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Greetings!
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the Nor'easter that followed, I hope that everyone is safe and meeting the many challenges with the help and support needed from friends and family. My thoughts are with all those who experienced a loss of any kind and I hope each of you has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.
Chris Hunt
Assistant Executive Director
New Jersey PGA & New Jersey Golf Foundation
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COLLEGE CORNER
Congratulations to the following former Junior Tour Members who are currently playing collegiate golf:
Scotland Preston - Kansas State
Kelsey Solan - James Madison
Zach Bach - St. Joe's (PA)
Louis Bodine - Rutgers
Mike Pansini - Mount Saint Mary's
Matthew Michael - University of Rochester
Kevin Sanislo - Seton Hall
Corey Wilson - Seton Hall
Congratulations to the following members who have commitments to play collegiate golf next fall:
Peter Kim - United States Military Academy
Jared Mactas - Lafayette
Ethan Wall - Lehigh
John Edler - Bucknell
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JUNIOR TOUR ALUMNI Morgan Hoffman (Ramapo) & Kevin Foley (Immaculata) dominated high school golf in 2005 & 2006. Both won state player of the year honors and left for college with trophy cases full of state and regional awards. In fact, Foley & Hoffman finished 1st & 2nd in the 2008 MGA Ike Championship. Both players had to Monday qualify week to week just to make enough money to earn full exempt status leading into the final 7 weeks on tour. Hoffmann played in 13 Web.com Tour tournaments and made 12 cuts. While he didn't win, he came close losing in a playoff in the Chiquita Classic in late September. His final round 64 in the Tour Championship vaulted him into the Top 25 on the money list which earned him his 2013 PGA Tour Card. After a very successful run at Oklahoma State and a rich amateur career, we are looking forward to watching him on the PGA Tour. Foley had to post a good score in the final round of the last tournament prior to the tour championship just to get into the top 60. A Sunday 67 was good enough for a tie for 5th in the event and secured his spot in the Tour Championship. While Hoffman was shooting a Sunday 64 and in contention for the championship, Foley was firing a 65, vaulting up the leaderboard on his way to a tie for 13th. Kevin was too far outside the Top 25 to earn his 2013 Tour Card but he found himself exempt into the 2nd stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School, otherwise known as Q-School. Kevin played well this week at Q-School but finished 1 shot out of making it to the Final Stage. His rounds of -2. -2. -1 & -4 were good enough for a top 20 finish but the top 19 and ties made the next round. Although disappointed, Kevin is already looking forward to his full season on the web.com tour and I expect him to be a PGA Tour rookie in 2014. Morgan and Kevin are both on twitter. Follow them and let them know you are a NJPGA Tour Member and share their passion for the game and dreams of playing in college and beyond. @Foley_PSU @Morgan_Hoffman |
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2012 Player of the Year Winners
Anina Ku: Girls 11-15
Alexandria Yang: Girls 16-18
TJ Kaczan: Boys 11-15
Teddy Badenhausen: Boys 16-18
All four players received exempt status on the IJGT Tour through the Spring as well as preferred access into all IJGT majors and preferred access to the 2013 IJGT Tour Championship.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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