Sixteen of the top junior girls golfers in the state will be competing this weeked for a spot in the LPGA’s Volunteers of America Classic.
The girls, who qualified through play on the Legends Junior Tour, the Northern Texas PGA’s All-American Tour, and the Southern Texas PGA’s Prestige Tour, will begin play Friday in the Volunteers of America Classic Girls Match Play Championship. They will play two rounds of match play Friday at Old American Golf Club, which will host the LPGA event Dec. 3-6. The semifinals are 1 p.m. Saturday and the final at 1 p.m. Sunday. The drawing for pairings will be held Thursday.
“As a junior golfer, to have an opportunity to qualify and compete in a LPGA event in your home state is a bucket list item,” NTPGA Executive Director/CEO Mark Harrison said in a press release announcing the event.
Aledo’s Cheyenne Knight, last year’s Volunteers of America Classic champion, played on the NTPGA All-American Tour and was a two-time Legends Junior Tour champion. The match play field:
Legends Junior Tour
| Player | Hometown |
|---|---|
| Sophie Biediger | Dallas |
| Savannah Barber | Fort Worth |
| Tiffany Cao | Midlothian |
| Amelia Guo | Seabrook |
| Maelynn Kim | Katy |
| Lauren Nguyen | Katy |
| Farah O’Keefe | Austin |
| Alexa Saldana | Mexico |
NTPGA
| Player | Hometown |
|---|---|
| Jenna Madden | McKinney |
| Mia Nixon | Canton |
| Sydney Williams | Frisco |
| Meagan Winans | Richardson |
STPGA
| Player | Hometwon |
|---|---|
| Tillie Claggett | The Woodlands |
| Grace Jin | San Antonio |
| Morgan Miller | Cedar Park |
| Julia Vollmer | San Antonio |
Briefly: Nutcracker Golf Club of Granbury defeated Odessa Country Club 71/2-31/2 in the final to win the Texas League Play Playoffs at Horseshoe Bay Resort’s Applerock Course. The single-elimination match play event featured 10 teams from golf courses around the state. ... Labor Day weekend marks the 13th annual Patriot Golf Day to honor the military by raising awareness and scholarship funds for the families of fallen and wounded veterans. Golfers playing participating courses are encouraged to add an extra dollar to their green fees to fund Folds of Honor scholarships.
