Grand Cypress Resort hosts annual Bridgestone Golf Tournament of Champions
(HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.) – International Junior Golf Tour – one of the leading competitive circuits for elite golfers grades 5-12 – today announces its spring 2012 schedule, including 25 events in 10 U.S. states.
Headquartered on Hilton Head Island, S.C., the IJGT offers over 60 two-and three-day events throughout the U.S. each year. IJGT members represent 45 U.S. states and 43 countries.
“The IJGT continues to solidify itself as one of the top junior golf tours in the world and each spring event will be nationally ranked by Golfweek, the American Junior Golf Association or Junior Golf Scoreboard,” says Peter Orrell, President and CEO of Junior Sports Corporation, which owns and operates the IJGT.
The Carolina Championship at Kiawah Island Resort (Feb. 18-19) will be held five months prior to the 2012 PGA Championship. Participants will have an opportunity to compete on the world-renowned Ocean and Turtle Point courses.
April 14-15, the IJGT will host The Battle at Bulle Rock Golf Club in Havre de Grace, Md. In 2008, Bulle Rock hosted the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, won by current world No.1 Yani Tseng.
The 2011-2012 season will come to a close Memorial Day weekend with the Bridgestone Golf Tournament of Champions, a three-day invitational at Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla.
IJGT alumni include Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Paula Creamer, as well as several other PGA and LPGA Tour players. The class of 2011 IJGT players play at several of the top NCAA Division I schools across the country including University of North Carolina, University of Arkansas, Indiana University, Southern Methodist University and others.
For more information about the IJGT or to sign up for an event: www.IJGT.com, info@IJGT.com, 800.792.9143.
About Junior Sports Corporation
Located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, JSC owns and operates:
Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy (www.IJGA.com) is the world’s only academy to combine training, competition and academics for serious junior golfers. Director of Instruction Hank Haney – coach to winners of every major championship on the PGA Tour – and his elite staff train junior golfers from more than 25 countries and 45 states.
The International Junior Golf Tour (www.IJGT.com) hosts 60 tournaments annually and is the only junior golf tour with events every weekend during the September-to-May school year.
Established in May 2011, the Ivan Lendl Junior Tennis Academy (www.LendlTennis.com) produces the finest tennis training and competition for junior students to ultimately reach the college or professional ranks. Ivan Lendl, former World No. 1 player and winner of eight Grand Slam singles titles, serves as Director of Instruction and is dedicated to the development of each junior tennis player.
Heritage Academy (www.HeritageHHI.com) provides progressive, diverse academic instruction for students from grades five to 12 who pursue extra-curricular passions, such as golf at Hank Haney IJGA and tennis at Ivan Lendl IJTA.
Hilton Head Island is easily accessible by most major airlines through Hilton Head Island (HHI), Savannah (SAV), Charleston (CHS) and Columbia (CAE) airports.
Contact:
Glenn Gray
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3511
ggray@buffalocommunications.com
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381
ssharp@buffalocommunications.com
