Summer is a busy time for Bishops Gate Golf Academy (BGGA) students and alumni. It’s their time to focus on playing in summer tournaments and improving their game in competition. The summer is full of big-time events and BGGA students and alumni have been making headlines.
Julian Perico, of Peru, added another top-notch win to his resume when he recently won the IMG Academy Junior World Championships at Torrey Pines South in San Diego, Calif. The BGGA Player of the Year shot 8 under par after a birdie on 18 put him one shot ahead of the field.
“It’s unreal,” said Perico in an interview with amateurgolf.com. “I’m joining names like Tiger Woods and Jason Day. I know the course pretty well. I love this place. I feel like it’s a course for me.”
Perico will return to BGGA in the fall to complete his senior year.
Four other BGGA students found success qualifying for USGA events. Thomas Pfoestl and Teddy Tetak qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur taking place this week at Flint Hills National Golf Club in Andover, Kansas. Both players have BGGA coaches on their bag providing guidance.
Pfoestl shot 5-under 67 in his qualifier and Tetak took medalist honors in his qualifier also with a 5-under 67.
Annie Kim and Anna Chen have qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur and Chen also qualified for the U.S. Girl’s Junior. Chen shot 70 to qualify for the Women’s Am and 69 to qualify for the Girls’ Junior. The U.S. Women’s Amateur will have more BGGA influence as BGGA alum Karen Miyamoto also qualified.
Kristine Yin won the HJGT Lake Nona Junior Challenge
Many BGGA students focus their summer on playing AJGA events and there’s been many top finishes. There’s been seven top-5 finishes so far and they are listed below:
Date
Student
Tournament
Place
8-Jun
Wendy Chen
AJGA All-Star at Owensboro
2nd
8-Jun
Teddy Tetak
Davis Love III Junior Open
T3
8-Jun
Hiroshi Tai
Evitt Foundation RK Junior All-Star
3
8-Jun
Thomas Pfoestl
Gary Woodland Championship
T4
22-Jun
Julian Perico
Daniel Berger Junior Championship
5th
22-Jun
Wendy Chen
Mill Creek Foundation Junior All-Star
2nd
30-Jun
Hiroshi Tai
Windham Mountain Resort Jr All-Star
5th
As BGGA students have found success this summer, it makes their return to the beautiful BGGA campus in Howey-in-the-Hills in late August that much more exciting.
About Bishops Gate Golf Academy
The Mission of the Bishops Gate Golf Academy (BGGA) is to inspire and build excellence of golf skill and character in our student-athletes. BGGA’s golf development program combines athletics and academics for high school and postgraduate students with boarding and non-boarding options. Our coaching team delivers a strong individualized program that combines technical, mental, strategic and physical development in an ongoing cycle of training, preparation and tournament competition. (www.bgga.com)
Contact:
Stacy Shanks
Bishops Gate Golf Academy
407-580-9438
stacys@ijsa.com
