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Orange Park Open Results!
Greetings!

 

Who ordered the weather?  You did a great job!  What a great weekend for some challenging yet competitive golf. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.  Talking about weather,

remember, the High 90's and humidity is coming, but good news not until after THE PLAYERS.  Enjoy this weeks event and don't forget to wear your NFJG hats and shirts.  Show it off, be PROUD of the best Junior Tour in Florida.  Thanks for doing so and we'll see you out there.

 

OK, let's get down to business!

 

Maybe "The Orange Park Open" should have been called "The Orange Park Challenge" as the players of the two day Web.com Junior Players Tour event witnessed two different conditions of play during the weekends event. Round one with 46 players in the field was battled out at The Golf Club at Fleming Island with aerified and sanded greens while round two was played at The Country Club of Orange Park where the greens, only less than a year old where firm to hard and fast. After the completion of round one it was any ones title to have and it didn't matter which division you were in as each division had some very competitive scores atop the leaderboard.

 

During the opening round Elliott Wright and Peyton Billings had no issues navigating the course to an even par round of 71 with Hunter Layne one back at 72 and Kyle Jewett and Drew Neilen just two back with a 73 for the low rounds of the day. In the Foundation Tour young Colton Swartz corralled a nice 39 with Nolan Harper within a length of the lead with a 41.

 

Day two and the final round however would paint a different picture as the average score for most of the players was around eight shots higher than the first round scores. For a few it was a move to catch up to the leaders. Like William Levinson who was one of the few to better his scoring average. Levinson started out with an EAGLE on the second hole followed up by a birdie on the third and dropped eight strokes off his score from round one. Maybe a little too late, but a great showing none the less.

 

The one thing for sure is that golf is a game about understanding conditions and the elements of play, like hot, cold; wet, dry; hard, soft; fast and slow. These are just a few, add wind, slope, elevation, sand and grain and it can be overwhelming, but those who learn to understand it and accept it will rise to the top like Peyton Billings who shot the low total 71-76=147

 

Congratulations to all our players who competed in this past weekends event, for this was a good test of physical endurance and mental strength and special congratulations to our Tournament Champions and Runner-ups for your fine play. Don't forget to dust off those trophies once in a while.

 

 

 

North Florida Junior Golf Foundation Scholarship Program
The Board of Directors and the Staff of the NFJG Foundation are pleased to provide on a annual basis scholarships for deserving NFJG Foundation Members (past and present). 

The purpose of the NFJG Foundation Scholarship Program is to encourage and promote the attainment of high education goals for Foundation Members who have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement during school or college. Learn More 

Additional information may be found on the website at www.NFJG.org
AJGA Performance Star
Congratulations!

Peyton Billings

You earned 1 AGJA Star 

Florida Junior Tour Exemption
Congratulations!

Peyton Billings

Kyle Jewett

Ashin Chadha

Harrison Presta

Olivia Whitten

Chloe Schiavone 

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Web.com Junior Players Tour - Titleist Invitational has been posted the Junior Golf Scoreboard
North Florida PGA Junior Championship
Over the past three months players from the NFJG TOUR had the opportunity to compete for a qualifying position to earn a fully paid exemption entry into the 2015 North Florida PGA Junior Championship being held at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida on June 24 and 25, 2015.

Congratulations to the following NFJG Tour Players who have earn an exemption:

Boys 16-18 - Kyle Jewett,   Alternate- Troy Sheffield
Boys 13-15 - Davis Lee,  Alternate - Stewart Slayden
Boys 10-12 - Will Davis,  Alternate - Andre McLauchian
Girls 13-15 - Olivia Whitten,  Alternate Marissa Cardenas
Girls 16-18 - Katelyn McCallum
Foundation Boys - Phillip Dunham, Alternate Alexander Lymus
Foundation Girls - Kate Herod
All NFJG TOUR players are encourage to participate in this once a year event.
Click on the picture above to register.
Players earning a paid exception need to contact Executive Director Jack Aschenbach to confirm entry status.
Upcoming Events:
 

"The South Hampton Invitational" - May 17th, 2015

Deadline: Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Dr. Gordon Ira Classic - Hyde Park Golf Club - June 10-11

NFJG Match Play Championship - Windy Harbor Golf Club - June15-17

San Jose Classic - San Jose Country Club - June 22


 The Summer Series will be busy tournament schedule. Please keep in mind, depending on the course in which we play that fields could be limited to 80-100 players.  With 250 active registered players it will be a first to sign up is in and when we fill the field we will need to start a wait list, so as I always say, sign up early to insure you get in.

Top Players at the
Web.com Junior Players Tour
"Orange Park Open"
(Photo's left to right)
 Boys 16-18
Champion Kyle Jewett
and
Runner-Up Ashin Chadha

Boys 13-15
Runner-up Harrison Presta and
Champion Peyton Billings 
Girls 13-15
Runner-up Chloe Schiavone

and

Champion Olivia Whtten 

Boys 10-12
Runner-up Andrew Davis
and
Champion Lucas Slayden
I see the gap??
What Sam Harrell saw after hitting his approach shot on the par-4 10th and then stuck it to 10 feet of the pin.
Foundation
Runner-up Nolan Harper
 and
Champion Colton
Don't forget to Sign Up For The "South Hampton Invitational"
THE SOONER, THE BETTER!
The Orange Park Open is in the history books and I would like to thank all the players, parents, grandparents, supporting casts and Staff for making our Junior TOUR the best in Florida.  Please join me in sending a warm thank you to the Head Golf Professionals and the Professional Staff at The Golf Club of Fleming (David Ven Vertloh) and the Country Club of Orange Park (Will Newman) for their outstanding customer service.  Hopefully this inaugural event will live on for many years to come.

 

 

See you on the links!
 
Sincerely,


Jack Aschenbach, PGA
Executive Director
North Florida Junior Golf Foundation
(904) 868-9535