Junior Tour Edition. Official Publication of the Junior Foundation Vol. 4, Issue 8 February Contents. Our Staff

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1 Official Publication of the Junior Foundation Vol. 4, Issue 8 February 2013 Junior Tour Edition Junior Tour Director New Additions To website Tentative 2013 Schedule NOW available online New user friendly Website Changes In January Scholarship Application available online Look for junior membership application in February. Memberships will be mailed out to all 2012 members. Dear Junior Golfers & Parents I hope all of you had a Happy New Year! The Junior Foundation had a great year and is looking to keep it going with some new tournaments and sites. Our weird Wisconsin winter is at it again the past few weeks. It will eventually warm up outside. Thank you to all participants of our junior tournaments, clinics and camps. We could not have had these great venues to play at without the support of PGA Professionals, golf course owners, superintendents and facility managers who support junior golf. In 2013, you will see some changes, mainly to the Players Tour. We are expanding this tour to additional 36 hole events. The Meadow Valleys course at Blackwolf Run will kickoff the season June We would like these events to offer more of a college feel and college coaches like to see 36 hole scores from events. The college division will now allow 21 year olds to participate this summer, up from 20 year olds. They will compete in their own division just like in 2012 and compete for golf shop gift certificates. The junior membership will continue to offer benefits like a divot repair tool ($15 value), personalized metal bag tag, Culver s coupon ($4 value) and much more. We will continue to run two Adult/Junior events in This event will allow juniors and an adult/parent to play together in a fun format. It will be an afternoon shotgun with lunch before the event. More details will be available online in February. WPGA Junior Tour Director Contents Junior Tour News 2012 Point Standings Membership Corner Players of the Year Aces Wild/Scholarhships Junior Cup Matches United Way Drives Our Staff Joe Stadler Executive Director Junior Tour Director Courtney Buchach TFTMC Executive Director Chris Hoel Tournament Director Bill Ehn Golf Administrator Contact Us Wisconsin PGA W. Theo Trecker Way West Allis, WI Phone: (414) Fax: (414)

2 Junior Tour News We will continue to run member only events in These events will be for Junior Members ONLY and will have limited field sizes. Applications for membership will be mailed out and available online in early February. We look forward to a great 2013 golf season. Here are some 2013 important dates June Players Tour event at Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys Course) Two day 36-hole event June 11 - Junior Best-Ball at The Bull at Pinehurst Farms June 23 - Adult/Junior at South Hills G&CC June Junior Championship at Brown Deer Park & Dretzka Park in Milwaukee July 2 - Whistling Straits (Irish Course) Junior Tour event (members only event) 2 p.m. start July 3 - Players Tour at Erin Hills. Erin Hills will host the 2017 U.S. Open July Journal Sentinel at Currie Park July 23 - Girls Only event at Stevens Point CC July 31 - August 1 - Lake Arrowhead Invitational (Boys & Girls) October 6 - Adult/Junior at River Club of Mequon October 20 - Fall Scramble at Grand Geneva Resort October 27 - Fall Stroke Play at Trappers Turn Top 15 Boys 2012 POY points 1 Trevor Thomas (Junction City) - 1,472 2 Mitch Johnson (Middleton) - 1,226 3 Peter Webb (Madison) - 1,082 4 Henry Klongland (Stoughton) Will Wittmann (Combined Locks) Kaylor Steger (Sturtevant) Josh Smith (Hazel Green) James Christian (Oconomowoc) Phillip Johnson (Colgate) Kyle Kolberg (Mosinee) Johnny Decker (Verona) Ben Skogen (Onalaska) Adam Miller (Lodi) Logan Handy (Oshkosh) Alex Nannetti (West Bend) Top 15 Girls 2012 POY points 1 Sienna Chapman (Racine) - 1,641 2 Rebecca Klongland (Stoughton) - 1,242 3 Anika Hitt (Mequon) Gabby Curtis (Eau Claire) Abby Chase (Beaver Dam) Rachel Morris (Mequon) Nicole Isaacson (Racine) Lexi Greytak (Sun Prairie) Carly Vanderheyden (Green Bay) Grace Dunn (Brookfield) Logan Willis (Kohler) Katie Pokrandt (Eau Claire) Abby Dufrane (Marinette) Brooke Ferrell (Edgerton) Kaylyn Markiewicz (South Milw.) Junior Membership Corner Parents & Juniors The 2013 Junior Membership will go live online on Friday, February 8th at 8am. You will be able to renew your membership from last year or register as a new member. You should have been ed your login information from last year to help you login and renew. Just a reminder - Registration for Junior Tournaments will begin in April. Membership Benefits for Receive a WSGA Handicap. ($25 value with the $50 membership) - Personalized bag tag & member card - Flix divot repair tool ($15 value) - Culver s coupon for medium concrete mixer ($4 value) - GolfTec initial lesson ($175 value) - Discounts at Six Flags/Hurrican Harbor. Save $22 per ticket - Discounts at Kalahari Resort in WI Dells. More expanded dates for 2013.

3 Junior Tour Players of the Year The 2012 WPGA Junior Foundation Player of the Year Awards Girls Player of the Year: Sienna Chapman The WPGA Junior Foundation is pleased to announce Sienna Chapman as the Junior Girls Player of the Year for Sienna had an incredible year as she captured 7 wins and had 5 second place finishes. Sienna never finished outside the top 3 in any WPGA Junior event. At Janesville Riverside she fired a season low 68. She amassed an outstanding 1,641 player points. Sienna is 16 and from Racine. Boys Player of the Year: Trevor Thomas The WPGA Junior Foundation is pleased to announce Trevor Thomas as the Junior Boys Player of the Year for Trevor is an 17 year-old from Junction City. He started off the first part of the season by winning a junior tour event at LaCrosse and winning the Journal Sentinel by shooting 68. Trevor got hot the second half of the season by winning the Junior Masters, 2nd at the High School Showcase and then winning the Lake Arrowhead Invitational to finish his fantastic season. Future Tour Players of the Year 2012 Future Tour Girls Player of the Year: Ashley Kulka The WPGA Junior Foundation is pleased to announce Ashley Kulka as the Future Tour Girls Player of the Year for Ashley played in all ten Future Tour events and finished with six wins. She accumulated a whopping 432 player points. Ashley is 13 and lives in Beaver Dam. Future Tour Boys Player of the Year: Jonathan Duggan The WPGA Junior Foundation is pleased to announce Jonathan Duggan as the Future Tour Boys Player of the Year for He won three Future tour events in 2012 and had five other top 5 finishes. The Player of the Year award came down to the last Future tour event as he ended up edging out Zak Kulka by 25 points. Jonathan is 14 years old and from Lake Geneva.

4 Aces Wild in Junior Events The Junior Foundation had a record 8 hole in ones this summer in junior events. We had two on the first day of the tournament season on June 11th, 2012.Congratulations Juniors!! We hope to see more Aces in 2013! June 11th - Players Tour #1 North Shore GC in Menasha Owen Nowicki from Green Bay, WI - Hole in One on #4-166 yards June 11th - Junior Tour #1 Whispering Springs GC in Fond Du Lac Doyle Kelly from Fond Du Lac, WI - Hole in One on #3-117 yards June 18th - Junior Tour #5 Pine Hills CC in Sheboygan Logan Handy from Oshkosh, WI - Hole in One on #9-143 yards June 19th - Junior Tour #6 Irish Course at Whistling Straits in Kohler Drew Dretske from Berlin, WI - Hole in One on # yards July 5th - Players Tour #2 Meadowbrook CC in Racine Bryan Kendall from Brookfield, WI - Hole in One on #4-192 yards July 11th - Journal Sentinel at Currie Park GC in Milwaukee Connor Duggan from Lake Geneva, WI - Hole in One on #8-94 yards August 3rd - Junior Tour #33 Hartford GC in Hartford Brett Pokrzywinski from Cleveland, WI - Hole in One on #4-136 yards August 20th Junior Tour #40 Reedsburg CC Jacob Michel from Lodi, WI Hole in One on #6 164 yards 2013 Scholarship Application now Available Attention Parents/Juniors The 2013 Scholarship application is now available online. Look for it under the Membership tab then Scholarships. Last year we awarded eighteen individuals scholarships totaling $7,700. Please submit you application before the May 10 deadline. We have broken down the scholarship application into two categories. One is for High School Seniors and the other is for current College Students. Make sure to apply for the appropriate scholarship. Cup Matches come down to the wire The 2012 MN-WI PGA Junior Cup Match took place at Lake Arrowhead on June The first day of four-ball match play concluded with Team Minnesota leading after the first round Day 2 of the Cup Matches saw Team Wisconsin rally late to push for a one point advantage with only a few matches left to play. The final few matches went in the favor of Team MN. Both teams totaled 18 points to tie for the first time in cup history. The tie breaker goes to the previous team who has the cup. Team MN keeps the cup by winning last year. We would like to thank Lake Arrowhead for hosting this years event. The Junior Foundation would also like to thank the sales reps that donated tee gifts to each player. Thanks to Ted Robbins, Tom Cranwell, Michael Chase, Matt Flaten and Rob Hurab. The team consists of the top 12 boys and 12 girls in our great state of Wisconsin participants included Caroline Lake, Abby Chase, Anika Hitt, Stephanie Gerber, Lexi Greytak, Olivia Lindsley, McKenzie Parks, Sienna Chapman, Rebecca Klongland, Gabby Curtis, Casey Danielson, Emily Joers, Ben Skogen, Mitch Johnson, Josh Smith, Henry Klongland, Devin Terry, Tyler Reinecke, Andrew Morrison, Will Wittmann, Henry Mulvey, Ryan Dickson, Eddie Wajda III and Mitchell Wittmann. The team captain is Junior Tour Director. Minnesota will host the 2013 Cup Matches on June 30-July 1. The host course will be New Richmond CC. The 2013 team will be announced in February with letters sent out to those who qualify for the team.

5 Partnership with United Way & Bucket of Hope The WPGA Junior Foundation has teamed up with the Bucket of Hope Junior Tour and the United Way this year. We will be running Drives at certain events this summer to provide everything from school supplies, books, food and clothes. We will be running the United Way drives at the following events. More information will be ed out as the season gets closer. June 14 - Vitense Golfland Future Tour June 17 - Six Mile Creek Junior Tour June Junior Championship July 1 - Maple Bluff CC Junior Tour July Journal Sentinel July 18 - Edelweiss CC Junior Tour July 26 - Dretzka Park Junior Tour July 29 - Lake Windsor Junior Tour July 31 Aug 1 - Lake Arrowhead Invitational August & under Junior Championship This project will also include a volunteer project that the United Way and Bucket of Hope choose. More information will be ed out and listed on website when available. Lets make a difference in 2013! Do you have a junior golf license plate yet? What are you waiting for? Order a Golf Wisconsin License Plate today and help support Junior Golf. Your $25 fee will help fund junior golf programs statewide. To receive a plate application call the Section Office at or visit our website and look under Fundraiser tab for application. The WPGA Junior Foundation receives 75% of the funds raised by the plate sales. The $25 fee is 100% tax deductible.