Optimist International Junior

This week I participated in the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships. My four round total was 296, good for a 2oth place finish.

The first round was played at the PGA National Palmer course where I had a 73. I followed that up with rounds of 72, 74, 77 at the Champion Course which is the home of the famous Jack Nicklaus "Bear Trap", known as the hardest 3 scoring holes on the PGA Tour. This year these three holes were played a combined 234 strokes over par during the Honda Classic. The Champion course is home to the PGA Tour's Honda Classic and it is a former venue for both the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup. I enjoyed the week very much, especially making 15 birdies on a true championship layout.

Junior Golf

Here your will find my highlighted scores and scoring page links to the junior golf tournaments that I have played while attending Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.

• Roy Kiser Junior Jul 2-3.2007 1st 69-74=143
• TJGT Capital City Classic Sep 29 - Sep 30, 2007: 3rd 77-72= 149
• TJGT Stars of Texas Classic Nov 10 - Nov 11, 2007: 2nd 75-74=149
• Joe Bolander High School Championship Feb 28-Mar 1, 2008 10th 76-73=149
• Texas High School Region VI 5A Championship Apr 24-25, 2008: 78-72=150
• Texas UIL State High School 5A Championship May 8-9, 2007: 23rd 76-77=153
• Trans American Junior Championship Jun 16-18, 2008: 6th 76-72=148
• PARS GADO International Jun 28-29, 2008: 1st 73-68=141
• TJGT Baylor Country Invitational Sep 6-7, 2008: 22nd 76-74=150
• The Bart Grainger Memorial Sep 19-20, 2008: 22nd 75-73-73=221
• Seguin Matadors High School Fall Tourney Nov 17, 2008: 1st 71
• TJGT Lonestar Junior at Star Ranch Nov 22-23, 2008 2nd 70-71=141
• Texas High School Region VI 5A April 21-22, 2009 15th 75-76=151
• PARS Junior World Qualifier Jun 11-12, 2009 2nd 72-72=144
• AJGA Elbit Systems of America Junior Golf Classic Jun 22-25, 2009 17th 68-77-76=221
• Optimist International Junior 20th 73-72-74-77=296
• 2010 District 25-5A Individual and Team Champion April 8, 2010
• 2010 Region VI 5A Team Champions - 4th Individual
• 2010 State Championship Teams - Fifth Individual

This week I competed in the AJGA Elbit Systems of America Junior Golf Classic at Southern Oaks Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas • June 23-25th.

I finished 17th with scores of 68-77-76= 221.

The weather, I mean the heat proved to be quite a factor as the temperatures ran above 100 degrees each day. It was 104 degrees the second day when I teed off at 2:00pm. Overall, the tournament was a lot of fun and now the old saying of staying cool in the heat of competition has a whole new meaning.

Elbit Sytems AJGA results.

The PARS Junior World Qualifying tournament was held at Tapatio Springs Golf Resort in Boerne, Texas this week. The good news is I was glad to be able to play in the tournament as the defending champion.

I played well and finished second at even par with rounds of 72-72=144.

The tournament founder and director Brian Rous was not able to attend the event this year because his wife is thankfully recovering from a very serious fall. Please pray for a speedy recovery for Mrs. Rous.

PARS International Junior Results

Today, I was really pleased to lead the qualifier for one oof Junior Golf's "major" events, the 2009 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship.

The Optimist is one of the largest and most prestigious junior golf events in the world. The tournamet is scheduled for July 29-August 2, 2009 at PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Click here for the Optimist International Tourney Results.

State Champs 2009

Westlake boys win 5A state title

By Doug Smith
AMERICAN-STATESMAN CORRESPONDENT
Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Chaps are back.

Eight years after winning the most recent of their four state titles, the Westlake boys golf team won the UIL Class 5A state championship Friday at Jimmy Clay Golf Course.

Westlake opened the tournament Thursday with a 6-under-par 288 for a nine-shot lead over San Antonio Reagan. The Chaparrals came back Friday with a 5-over 293 for a 36-hole total of 1-under 575. Reagan challenged early Friday but finished with a 295 to take second place, 11 shots back of the Chaps.

Westlake Wins 2009 Class 5A Region VI Golf

I felt fortunate this year to shoot 75-76=151 at the Regional Tournament at Pecan Valley in San Antonio since I had injured and strained my left wrist just a week before the district tournament. Finishing one-two in district we took two teams to the Regional tournament.

Westalke won a playoff over San Antonio Reagan when Trent Redfern made birdie on the par-4 first hole of the playoff to close the deal.

Our ten players returned scores of:

Brenden Redfern 72-72 144

Trent Redfern 72-75 147

Tim Mitchell 70-76 146

Alex Ellis 74-74 148

Daniel Northington 76-76 151

Michael McCall 74-78 152

Eli Juren 75-78 153

Paul Otte 77-88 165

Greg Rosson 80-86 166

Paul Campbell 82-87 169

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Boys light up the links

Sports Editor Thomas Jones reports January 2, 2009:

"A youthful Westlake boys golf team established itself as the state’s best with an impressive run in the past 12 months. The Chaps followed a district title last spring by winning the Class 5A Region IV championship for the first time in seven years. They’ve continued to roll through this fall by winning all of their tournaments. With standouts such as sophomore Brenden Redfern, senior Trent Redfern and juniors Daniel Northington and Paul Otte, don’t expect the top-ranked Chaps to suffer any drop-off in the new year."