| by: PRESS RELEASE - 7/16/2007 5:17:15 PM |
| HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill., July 16, 2007 - The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) announced that it will stage the 16th annual Midwest Junior Players Championship at Hawthorn Woods Country Club in Chicago's northern suburbs. The 54-hole, stroke-play event will kick off on Tuesday, July 24, at the newly opened Arnold Palmer Signature Course, with the winners being crowned on Thursday, July 26. The 99-person field will feature many of the nation's top junior boys and girls, ages 12-18. In 2006, Ravi Patel of Naperville, Ill., won the Boy's Division with a final-round, 1-under-par 71 at Twin Orchard Country Club, while Nathada Huachai of Bangkok, Thailand, ran away with the Girl's Division title.
The AJGA will launch the 2007 Midwest Junior Players Championship with a Junior-Am event slated for Monday, July 23. Local businesses and residents are invited to play with the participating junior golfers. Supporting golf at the grass-roots level, the Junior-Am allows the AJGA to make contributions to local junior golf charities and programs in hosting communities. In 2006, the proceeds of the AJGA Midwest Junior-Am benefited the Illinois Junior Golf Association (IJGA) and the AJGA Foundation. Over the past decade, Junior-Am events have raised more than $1 million for junior programs in communities across the United States.
For more information on the 2007 American Junior Golf Association Midwest Junior Players Championship or Junior-Am participation, contact Stacey Whyte, AJGA at (770) 868-4200, ext. 1787.
About Hawthorn Woods Country Club
Owned and operated by KemperSports, Hawthorn Woods Country Club, is home to Chicago's newest Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course, an 18-hole architectural jewel designed to challenge and thrill players of all levels. Carved along Lake County's rolling countryside, Hawthorn Woods masterfully blends the essence of the local terrain. Opened in May 2006, the 7,100-yard championship golf course incorporates bent-grass fairways and greens with enhanced wetlands, natural fescue grasses and meandering streams. Golfers experience many challenging and dramatic elevation changes throughout the course. The club and golf course are the focal point of a Toll Brothers master-planned community. In addition to golf, the club offers swimming, tennis and a state-of-the-art fitness facility. A 21,000-square-foot clubhouse serves as home to full-service dining rooms and men's and women's locker rooms. For additional information on Hawthorn Woods Country Club, visit www.hawthornwoodsgolf.com
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About the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA)
The AJGA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. With a playing membership of more than 5,000 juniors from 49 states and 25 foreign countries and a full-time staff of 56, the AJGA is the largest junior golf association in the world.
Since the inception of the AJGA more than 25 years ago, 160+ AJGA alumni have found their way to the professional golf ranks. AJGA alumni on the PGA TOUR include: Stewart Cink, Steve Flesch, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Charles Howell III, Justin Leonard, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson, David Toms, Mike Weir and Tiger Woods. AJGA alumnae on the LPGA Tour include: Beth Bauer, Brandie Burton, Laura Diaz, Pat Hurst, Christie Kerr, Emilee Klein, Kelli Kuehne, Michelle McGann, Lorena Ochoa and Grace Park. For more information on the AJGA, visit www.ajga.org
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