Magazine to sponsor events in South Carolina and California
BRASELTON, Ga. — Golf World, the nation’s oldest golf magazine, will sponsor two American Junior Golf Association events in 2008, the AJGA announced Friday.
The Golf World Preseason Junior at Furman will be held at Furman University Golf Course, Greenville, S.C., April 11-13, while the Golf World Preseason Junior at Rancho Mirage will take place at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif., May 9-11. Golf World will become the title sponsor of both events in 2008 and 2009.
Preseason events are built into a series designed specifically for first-time AJGA members or those members who have not yet participate in an AJGA Open event, AJGA Invitational or Junior All-Star Series event in the current calendar year and/or the previous calendar year. Fields are filled on a first-come, first-served basis after the tournament applications are released with 50 percent of the initial tournament field reserved for rising seniors (2009 graduates).
"The AJGA is the leader in young player development. Golf World is the leader in golf news and information," said Tom Nolan, publisher of Golf World. "I am keenly interested in supporting the careers of our next generation of golfers and readers and I’m very proud to partner with the AJGA in these events."
Golf World, a Condé Nast Publication, has been the indispensable weekly source for breaking news, in-depth profiles and incisive commentary on the sport of golf since 1947.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) 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. The AJGA, the largest Association of its kind, has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of more than 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGA’s National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association’s success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA’s second Premier Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.
For more information, please contact Roseanna Smith (rsmith@ajga.org) in the AJGA Sponsorship Department at (678) 425-1741 or visit the AJGA Web site at ajga.org.
Contact:
Roseanna Smith, AJGA
(678) 425-1741
