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Lyndsey Ellis, September 10, 1990 - August 29, 2010 Sunday morning PJGT President Paul and Melissa Ellis lost their daughter Lyndsey to complications, due to her long struggle with schleroderma. Anyone wishing to send their condolences, please address them to pellis@pjgt.com or mail to 355 Novara Drive, Ballwin, Missouri 63021. Please join us in our prayers for the Ellis Family at this heartbreaking time in their lives. Welcome to the PJGT! The 2010-2011 season will mark the Plantations Junior Golf Tour's 17th season as the nations foremost Fall-Winter-Spring junior golf tour. With their first event being held in the fall of 1994 , the PJGT is the country's oldest three season junior golf tour. The PJGT offers boys and girls ages 8-19, the chance to play competitive tournament golf at first class golf courses. All PJGT events are two and three day tournaments with all participants playing 18 holes each day. With no resume required and no handicap restrictions, the PJGT is the place for junior golfers to showcase their talent and receive the recognition they well deserve. Members of the PJGT receive national exposure through the Junior Golf Scoreboard. In addition, several events will receive AJGA exemptions and several PJGT events will be Junior World qualifiers. Running from Labor Day weekend 2010 until Memorial Day weekend 2011, the 2010-2011 season should prove to be our most exciting season yet, with tournaments in 17 states. Tournament sites include: Whistling Straits, TPC Sawgrass, Innisbrook, Cog Hill, TPC Louisiana and many more! In addition, the Tour will host events at 10 college courses including the Tour Championship at Purdue University. Join us on Facebook ... click on the link or, if you already use Facebook, search Plantations Junior Golf Tour to see the latest photos, recaps and comments. Become a FAN and upload your own photos and check the latest results!
For Over-all Results in Boys 14-19 and Girls 12-19 Divisions, please go to PJGT Documents
Putting Arc Edgemont Classic – September 4-6 - York, PA
Stonehenge Golf Club – September 11-12 - Warsaw, IN
Fowler's Mill Golf Course – September 11-12 - Chesterland, OH
Almost Golf Mid Atlantic Junior – September 18-19 - Queenstown, MD
FCGA Show Me Shootout – September 18-19 - Farmington, MO
Mystic Hills Golf Club – September 25-26 - Culver, IN
Wooldridge Woods Golf Course – September 25-26 - Mansfield, OH
Pohick Bay Golf Course – September 25-26 - Lorton, VA
The Golf Club at Pevely Farms – October 2-3 - St Louis, MO
Blackthorn Golf Club – October 2-3 - South Bend, IN
Bushnell Big Red Showdown – October 9-10 - Bloomington, IN
Crescent Farms Golf Club – October 9-10 - Crescent, MO
Whistling Straits-Irish Course – October 9-10 - Sheboygan, WI
Willowbrook Golf Course – October 9-10 - Lockport, NY
Aberdeen Golf Club – October 16-17 - Eureka, MO
Walden Ponds Golf Club – October 16-17 - Hamilton, OH
Sand Creek Country Club – October 16-17 - Chesterton, IN
Herndon Centennial – October 16-17 - Herndon, VA
Batavia Country Club – October 16-17 - Batavia, NY
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Heritage Hills hosts first event of 2010-11
August 13, 2010 - It's hard to believe, but the first PJGT event of the year is fast approaching. Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York, PA, is once again the host course of the three-day Labor Day Weekend Putting Arc Edgemont Classic.
The Putting Arc Edgemont Classic is once again designated as a Major. Not only does Heritage Hills offer players a challenging course layout and a terrific and helpful staff, it gives players the opportunity to jump-start their season-long points tally at one of only three majors in the country in the month of September!
Please contact the office today at (636) 779-0176 to sign up. Hope to see you there!
Past PJGT Champion wins US Junior Am
July 25, 2010 - Ada, Michigan - Past PJGT Champion Jim Liu, of Smithtown, NY became the youngest champion in the history of the US Junior Amateur Championship with his 4-and-2 victory over another past PJGT champion Justin Thomas, of Goshen, KY in Saturday’s final match held at Egypt Valley Country Club.
Jimmy and Justin both have won age division championships on the PJGT as well as many PJGT tournament titles. Jim came to national focus after shooting a PJGT 18 hole tournament record 59 as a 9 year old at the PJGT Tour Championship held at Lake Buena Vista, FL.
The 14-year-old Liu, who was born on Aug. 9, 1995, broke by more than seven months the previous championship record held by Tiger Woods, who was 15 years, 6 months and 28 days old when he won the 1991 championship.
“It is an honor to be just a part of the list of champions,” Liu said. “But to break Tiger's record is just a big plus. I have never thought I would do it, but it just happened to be my year this year.”
It certainly was Liu’s week on the hilly Egypt Valley course. After he quietly made his way through the stroke-play cut, Liu went on a tear through the match-play bracket, with only two of his matches going the full 18 holes.
“The first two rounds I either hit the ball good or I putted well,” Liu said. “I just didn't do it in the same round. After stroke play, I started to do it in the same round. I think that's just a matter of time and luck.”
Saturday’s final was no different, though the morning rain did dampen Liu’s start. After play was delayed 30 minutes due to the overnight rain that had soaked the Egypt Valley course, Thomas opened the morning’s portion of the match by quickly building a 2-up lead through the first three holes. Liu was able to stay close to Thomas through the constant rain, tallying his first birdie of the championship match on the fourth hole, and eventually was able to square the match with a birdie on the par-3 eighth hole – a birdie that was quite nearly an ace.
Liu started the back nine of the morning round with another birdie and never looked back from there. He shot the equivalent of 8 under par (with the usual match-play concessions) for the morning round, and then cruised through the afternoon round, shooting the equivalent of 1 under par, and ultimately closed the match out on the 34th hole.
While Thomas did not take home the victory, he did not roll over for the steamrolling Liu. Thomas parried Liu’s first-round 8 under with a 5 under of his own. However, his struggles with the putter proved to be his downfall.
“I played well enough to win, but it was just a couple putts here and there,” Thomas said. “There’s not many times you shoot 5 under in your first 18 and you’re 3 down. It was fun, but it’s unfortunate to lose.”
Thomas, who affectionately refers to Liu as “Slim Jim,” was able to pare his opponent’s lead down to one hole on two occasions on the afternoon’s second nine, the last occurring after he birdied the 31st hole. However, Liu quickly pushed back and won the next three holes to wrap up the match.
“This being my only year, it was unfortunate to get to the finals and not get it done, but I didn’t lose it, I got beat,” Thomas said. “I can’t be upset about that. It’s upsetting that I didn’t win, but it’s not upsetting that I didn’t lose it. I just got beat. He played great golf and deserves it.”
With their appearances in the final match, Liu and Thomas both received exemptions into the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship, being held August 23-29 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington.
Congratulations guys on a job well done!!
PJGT Recieves More AJGA Tournament Exemptions
July 2, 2010 - The AJGA announced today that due to the continuing success of the PJGT, they will offer more tournament exemptions for PJGT players in 2010-2011. In addition, the AJGA will also reward season point leaders with additional exemptions.
The AJGA would like to recognize the following for the 2010-2011 PJGT season:
Oct 9-10, 2010 Indiana University
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Nov 13-14, 2010 University of Kentucky
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Dec 28-30, 2010 Innisbrook Resort
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Mar 19-20, 2011 University of Kentucky
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Mar 26-27, 2011 Lengends of Indiana
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Apr 2-3, 2011 Cog Hill
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Apr 9-10, 2011 Shaker Run
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Apr 16-17, 2011 Kings Island
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Apr 23-24, 2011 Cook's Creek
Boys Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
May 28-30, 2011 Tour Championship
Boys Champion- 2 Tournament Exemptions
Boys Top 5- 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls Champion- 2 Tournament Exemptions
Girls Top 3- 1 Tournament Exemption
Final PJGT Point Standings
Boys (14-19) Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Boys (14-15) Top 10 Junior All-Star Exempt
Boys (12-13) Top 3 Junior All-Star Exempt
Girls (12-19) Champion 1 Tournament Exemption
Girls (12-14) Top 3 Junior All-Star Exempt
The PJGT looks forward to working once again with the AJGA this coming season!
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