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Our annual golf tournament will be held on Tuesday, October 18th at The Bear’s Club. Sponsorships are now available for the event. Our day at Jack Nicklaus’ home course includes lunch, gift bag, golf, caddy, prizes, dinner and drinks. All players compete in both gross and net divisions.

This is your chance to join our current sponsors of Andrew and Cindy Brock, PGA TOUR Superstore TruGreen and Comcast. We are offering a variety of sponsor opportunities.

The schedule for the day is noon lunch and warm-up, and a 1:00pm shotgun. The tournament format is play your own ball, no scramble, one best ball of the foursome. Limited field to ensure a fast pace of play.

For more information contact [email protected] or call 561-307-4060.

We recently had 10 students from Coach Glen Beaver’s programs compete in Drive, Chip & Putt, a free nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on the three fundamental skills employed in golf. The competition was conducted at The Falls Club, with three of our students advancing to the next round to be held in August at Old Marsh Golf Club.
 
Advancing to Sub-Regionals pictured above: 
Abriella Morrison: Girls 6-18. 2nd Overall
Ameila Mayer: Girls 9-10. 3rd Overall
Mateo Muñiz: Boys 10-12. 3rd Overall

Also, Sara Valentine from Coach Connie Capanegra’s class, competed at The Club at Ibis and won overall first place at the competition to also advance to the next round.

Pictured left: Sara in the middle accepting the winning ribbon.

In addition, 4 other students from Coach Glen’s class (pictured below) won ribbons.  
Xander Trivlis: Boys 7-9. 1st Chipping
Blake Mayer: Boys 7-9. 3rd Chipping
Marina Sterijevski: Girls 9-11. 3rd Putting
Sofia Mayer: Girls 12-13. 3rd Chipping

Chapter alumna Nyla Sims is interning this semester at the prestigious Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. Nyla is a senior at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore enrolled in the PGA Golf Management program. 

“What an incredible opportunity for Nyla to begin her career,” said Chapter Executive Director Carl Mistretta. “Baltusrol has played host to 17 major championships including seven U.S. Opens, two U.S. Women’s Opens and two PGA Championships. The club has a deep history in the game, and she will learn so much from their golf staff and the membership.”

Nyla plays on her college golf team and is a member of the Club Management Association of America, the Professional Golf Management Student Association and *Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She has also received our Chapter college scholarship.

“My ultimate goal is to become a PGA Professional and General Manager of a golf club,” said Nyla. “I want to continue to help grow the game of golf and create more diversity in the spirit of everything I have learned through First Tee.”

First Tee karma definitely exists. Just a few weeks before the U.S. Open, Chapter Director John Hahn let staff know that PGA TOUR professional and local resident Matt Fitzpatrick had golf clothes and equipment to donate to our Chapter. The donation included hats, shirts, shoes and other equipment.

A few weeks later, Matt went on to win the U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Congrats on the historic win Matt and thank you for donating to the students of First Tee!

Pictured above left: Students from PBSO Police Athletic League were each given a Workday hat donated by Matt.

Wiley “Coyote” Inman won a SFPGA Medalist Tour Event! He won in a playoff after posting 73-70 for a one under two-day total at Osprey Point on the Raven/Falcon course. This was Coyote’s first win since he moved up to the SFPGA’s top junior division. 

The Coyote followed the SFPGA win by firing rounds of 72-68 to clinch a spot in the Junior PGA Championships to be conducted at Cog Hill in Palos Park, Illinois in August.

“Very proud of the Coyote,” said Chapter Executive Director Carl Mistretta. “Even more impressive is that he is notching these victories against the older players. He just finished eighth grade and will start high school in the fall and play on the Palm Beach Gardens High golf team.”

Wylie has also been volunteering as a Junior Assistant Coach with our summer camp programs at Dyer Park. 

Keep it up Coyote. We think you might have found your lucky hat!

Jayda Dookie represented our Chapter at the John Deere Drive Your Future Academy in San Francisco. This is an all-girls event that focused on leadership development, remaining active in the game of golf, learning the value/impact of volunteerism, and recognizing the importance of teamwork. 

Jayda described her experience at the event:

“This academy was very engaging. It was an eye-opening experience. The academy featured mostly female guest speakers and they discussed different skills and gave us background on the different paths life might take us on. They offered informative discussions on how to market ourselves for college admissions and our future. We also had lots of fun. We volunteered at the Pomeroy Center, which helps with rehabilitation and education for people with disabilities. We spent a few hours teaching people how to play golf. I was very proud to make a difference in their lives. We went sightseeing at Muir Woods and took a boat tour around the Bay.  We played The Olympic Club, home of the 2012 U.S Open and 2021 Women’s Open. I just loved the course. I am so grateful to the First Tee and John Deere for the opportunity. I hope many more young women enjoy this experience next year. It really was life changing!