July 30th, 2010 Junior Golf Championships - Breaking News...

Belmar Start Times Released... 9am Tee Times (Saturday) and 9am Shotgun (Sunday)
New Exemption Belmar Boys Champ Winner - Texas Cup Invitational (Full Entry Exemption)

The Southwest Junior Open has come to a close. We crowned 10 Champions and awarded numerous prizes. This was an outstanding event with over 8 states being represented. It was great to see players from South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas participate in this years Southwest Junior Open. We are in preparation to expand our events into more markets in 2011 and grow our recurring events from 2010.

This was by far our best event to date. The heat was our only challenge and it caused some minor delays from greens keepers holding up play throughout the round to water greens to keep them alive. We play this event on the British Open weekend at the Tribute Golf Club because it’s built around the best 18 British Open holes. We always have a breeze or strong winds. We very rarely play that course and don’t experience some type of breeze. It was very calm all weekend with the heat index hovered around 105-110 each day.

The pure numbers to operate this event were staggering. We used 4000lbs of ice for the three days and 160 cases of water. The dinner didn’t require as much water but we used 30 cases of soft drinks and 5 cases of water. We served 75 Pizza Hut Pizzas to all players, parents, and guests. It was outstanding to see the tennis court inside the PGA TOUR Superstore with standing room only during our raffle drawing.

This event is our original event and after its first year in existence we garnered Golfweek Ranking, Junior Golf Score Board Ranking, and AJGA Exemptions. That says a lot for a second year event. We will continue our goal of building/operating our events where junior golfers and families look forward to participating.

We are pleased to announce our 2010 Southwest Junior Open Champions
Boys 16-18 Champion – Justin Newby (Allen, TX) AJGA & TX Cup Invitational Exemptions
Girls 16-18 Champion – Courtney Radford (Allen, TX) AJGA & TX State Amateur Exemptions
Boys 14-15 Champion – Grant Bennett (Prosper, TX)
Girls 14-15 Champion – Taylor Icenberger (Coppell, TX)
Boys 12-13 Champion – Sean Wilcox (Frisco, TX)
Girls 12-13 Champion – Kenzie Wright (Frisco, TX)
Boys 10-11 Champion – Ryan Grider (Lewisville, TX)
Girls 10-11 Champion – Hailee Cooper (Montgomery, TX)
Boys 8-9 Champion – Jenson Rogenes (Frisco, TX)
Girls 8-9 Champion – Trinity King (Arlington, TX)

Hole in One – Saturday (Round 2)
Hole #14 – Hailee Cooper (Montgomery, TX)

Raffle Drawing Winners –
Samsung Jack Smart Phone - Guercio Crosby and Parents
Samsung Jack Smart Phone - Wilcox Sean and Parents
Samsung Jack Smart Phone - Barrows Matthew and Parents
Samsung Jack Smart Phone - Bowden Tanner and Parents
Samsung Impression Phone - Yarbrough Dylan and Parents
Samsung Flight Phone - Williams Wesley and Parents
Special Edition Amino Vital President’s Cup Towels - Holliday Macy
Special Edition Amino Vital President’s Cup Towels - Chalmers Taylor
Special Edition Amino Vital President’s Cup Towels - Johnson Marc
Special Edition Amino Vital President’s Cup Towels - Nelson Paige
TaylorMade Superfast Driver - Ayer Mia and Parents
Taylormade Hybrid 4Iron - Francis Angelique
Taylormade Penta Balls - Khoury, Gaston and Parents
Taylormade Penta Balls - Bell Grayson
150 sqft Synthetic Turf Green from Southwest Greens - Hughes Trevor and Parents
Pro Play Sport Video Equipment - Bennett Grant
Southwest Junior Open Buckles - Randazzo Stormy
Southwest Junior Open Buckles - Barrientos Melena
Southwest Junior Open Buckles - Ayer Mia
Southwest Junior Open Buckles - King Trinity
AT&T Gift Bag - Vohs Wesley
Amino Vital Gift Bag - Ligon Connor
Free Entry to Belmar Junior Championship - Rogenes Jenson and Parents
Free Entry to Junior Masters (2011 event) - Vohs Wesley and Parents
Tidewater Beach Resort – 3day/2night Resort Stay - Robinson Hunter and Parents
Mesquite Golf Club Rounds - Johnson Marc
Lost Creek Golf Club Rounds - Hampton Nick
Old Brickyard Golf Club Rounds - Tierney Ryan
Plantation Golf Club Rounds - Holditch Nicholas
Woodbridge Golf Club Rounds - Lo Albert
Waterview Golf Club Rounds - Walters Rondarius
Buffalo Creek Golf Club Rounds - Yarbrough Dylan
The Bridges Golf Club Round - Davis Harley and Parents
Whitestone Golf Club Rounds - Grady Katie
Mansfield National Golf Club Rounds - Miller Drew
The Trails of Frisco Golf Club Rounds - Yang Elton
Twin Creeks Golf Club Rounds - Hall Davis
Bear Creek Golf Club Rounds - Freeman Clifford
Tour 18 Golf Club Round - Patterson Lindy and Parents
Tribute Golf Club Round - Revis Kyle and Parents
PGA Tour Superstore Gift Card - Walters Rondarius
PGA Tour Superstore Gift Card - Washmon Wade
Entry in SJO - Chalmers Taylor and Parents

Universal Golf Solutions is excited to announce that the Southwest Junior Open has received more exemptions to add to the already impressive list. Below is a list of the rankings and exemptions that we have been able to acquire:

We have confirmed with the UIL and NCAA that all of our awards and prizes do conform to the eligibility rules. Your high school and college eligibility will not be jeopardized at all by playing in any of our events.

The 2010 Southwest Junior Championships will conclude on August 14-15 with the Belmar Junior Championship at Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Oklahoma. The staff and members at Belmar Golf Club are very excited to be hosting this event and are rolling out the red carpet for our juniors golfers. You won’t want to miss the chance to play this exclusive course. The winners of each division will receive an autographed guitar being used as our trophy from Country Music star and avid golfer Toby Keith who will award each winner of this event. The Belmar Junior Championship is limited to 125 players.

The PGA TOUR Superstore will be releasing exciting new details about their partnership with the PGA TOUR. The PGA TOUR is now a vital partner of the PGA TOUR Superstore and that ties our events directly to the PGA TOUR. We will continue to branch out into other areas across the nation to bring Major Championship Junior Events. Look for exciting details to come…

Southwest Junior Championships presented by PGA TOUR Superstore (Remaining Schedule)

Belmar Junior Championship presented by PGA TOUR Superstore (Entries Open)
August 14th & 15th – Belmar Golf Club, Norman Oklahoma (Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranking)

Universal Golf Solutions would like that thank all of our partners for helping us put on the best tournaments possible.

PGA TOUR Superstore - AT&T - TaylorMade/Adidas – Amino Vital – Chick-Fil-A – Huffines Auto Group –Southwest Greens Dallas - Infra Golf Website Design & Development – Englander – Montana Silversmith - Samsung - Carlisle’s Engraving – New York Life – Embroidery by Design