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SOUTH FLORIDA SECTION186 ATLANTIS BOULEvARDATLANTIS, FL / 33462

PHONE / FAX561-729-0544 / 561-729-0914

EMAILsflorida@pgahq.com

WEBSITEwww.sfpgagolf.com

PRESIDENTWarren Bottke, PGA

vICE PRESIDENTMark VanDyck, PGA

SECRETARYDon Meadows, PGA

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTBrian Peaper, PGA

SOUTHERN CHAPTER PRESIDENTBob Mallek, PGA

SOUTHEAST CHAPTER PRESIDENTJim Leary, PGA

SOUTHWEST CHAPTER PRESIDENTDan Gawronski, PGA

ISLAND CHAPTER PRESIDENTAaron West, PGA

EXECUTIvE DIRECTORGeoff Lofstead

ADvISORY BOARDPaul Anderson

Rick Bayliss

Steve Sponder

Ken Kennerly

Matt Lambert

Peter Lund

Joe Steranka

CONTACTUS

New AppreNticesThe South Florida PGA would like to welcome the following new apprentices to the section:Member Classification FacilityMark Brueggeman B-8 Broken Sound Club-Club CourseGuy Mancini B-8 Lost Tree ClubRobert Aronowitz B-8 The Yacht & Country ClubGerard Onacki B-8 Miami Beach Golf Club

New MeMBersThe South Florida PGA would like to welcome the following new members to the section:Member Classification FacilityErik Compton, PGA A-3 PGA TourThomas Donovan, PGA A-8 Pelican Marsh Golf ClubJordan Hobbs, PGA A-8 The Club at Olde CypressMichael Kruzick, PGA A-6 GolfTEC- Boca RatonBenjamin McCann, PGA A-6 GolfTEC - Boca RatonJacob Myers, PGA A-8 Naples Lakes Country ClubGeoffrey Newman, PGA A-8 Trump National DoralJohn Scott, PGA A-21 unattachedNicholas Stokke, PGA A-1 Valencia Golf & Country ClubKaren Wise, PGA A-8 Esplanade Golf & CC of NaplesMichael Valicenti, PGA A-8 Atlantic National Golf Club

MAster professioNAlCongratulations to South Florida PGA Professional, Rafael Floriani on becoming a Master Professional.

Congratulations to PGA Professionals JR Congdon, Jamie Fordyce, Bill Kriews, John D. Lee and Vincent Mastro who have been elected to the Quarter Century Club of the PGA of America, an elite group of members who have served the PGA with honor and pride for 25 years.

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iN reMeMBrANce ofWe offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of South Florida PGA Professional, Ronald Nicol.

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2014 ANNuAl MeetiNg of the MeMBershipThe 2014 Annual Meeting of the Membership presented by PGA National Resort and Spa took place on Monday, August 4th at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens. Over 250 South Florida PGA Professionals attended this business meeting, filled with various messages of motivation and encouragement of getting more involved with the association.

For the first time this meeting was held in conjunction with the Florida Golf Summit, a four day event featuring various types of panel discussions and seminars not only for PGA Professionals but for all allied associations. .

The meeting began with a presenta-tion of the colors by the ROTC of Palm Beach Gardens High School and the singing of the National Athem by PGA Professional and District 13 Director, Jack Binswanger. Immediately follow-ing the opening ceremony, SFPGA Foundation President Tom Wilden-haus shared information regarding the growth of the Foundation, encouraging

all those in the room to get involved in giving back. Tom also showed a short video from the Williams’ family who will be receiving the home that PGA professionals and section staff are currently helping to build in Broward County through Habitat for Humanity.

In addition to Tom’s presentation, President of the South Florida PGA Warren Bottke and Executive Director Geoff Lofstead touched on various topics highlighting the health of the section and all the programs being conducted. PGA of

America Senior Director of Education and Employment, Dawes Marlatt was on hand to discuss the state of golf throughout the country. He highlighted employment information while encour-aging members to show their value by continuing to stay engaged not only at their facility but in their association.

In closing, PGA Members in attendance showed their support as Jim Leary was sworn into office as the Southeast Chapter Presi-dent by ImmediatePast President Brian Peaper.

Thank you to all SFPGA Section Professionals who came out to attend the event.

Presentation of the colors by the ROTC of Palm Beach Gardens High School

SFPGA President, Warren Bottke, PGA

Jim Leary, PGA being sworn into office by Brian Peaper, PGA

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The Florida Summit kicked off on Sunday, August 3rd with a panel discussion featuring industry leaders including:

SFPGA Executive Director, Geoff LofsteadDirector of GCSAA, Darren DavisGeneral Manager at The Country Club of Mirasol, Matt LambertFlorida Golf Alliance, Taylor BiehlUSTA CEO, John EmbryFitness, Pam CaldwellJohn Foy, USGA

This panel provided great information about the state of the in-dustry and the future of the game of golf. Jim Butler, PGA General Manager at Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples was the moderator of the event and tested the panelists with various questions in each of their areas of expertise.

SFPGA Executive Director Geoff Lofstead touched on topics including the media’s outlook on the game versus the reality of its health in South Florida. He highlighted various statistics including the fact golf is the most charitable of

all sports as it grants over $4 billion to charity annu-ally. General Manager at the Country Club at Mirasol Matt Lambert noted the desire for facilities to adapt to change in order to remain healthy. Noting that changes can come by taking a non traditional approach when attracting new members.

Over 100 people were in attendance for this panel discussion which kicked off a great week of activities. Immediately following the panel an opening cocktail reception was held presented by E-Z-GO, McGladrey and Precor.

Jim Butler, PGA, Taylor Biehl and Geoff Lofstead

South Florida PGA Professional, Steven Carle overcame death en route to earning his Class A PGA Membership. On April 23, 2014, Carle suff ered from a sudden cardiac death. After being dead for 5 minutes, he was revital-ized to life and was placed immediately into an ice bath to lower his body temperature. On May 1st, a week after his heart attack, Carle underwent quadruple bypass surgery.

On Friday, August 1st Carle, an assistant professional at Boca Lago Country Club, traveled to Port St. Lucie to complete his testing and presentations to receive his Class A PGA Membership. SFPGA President, Warren Bottke was onsight to congratulate Carle on his achievements.

Carle continues to receive cardiac therapy three times a week to help in his recovery. Looking back on what happened, Carle says, “I am incredibly lucky to be alive.”

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eMployMeNt corNerRenewed Focus on PGA Members – Changing From Service Oriented Employees to Sales Oriented Leaders

It has always been a cornerstone of the mission for PGA professionals to “promote the game of golf.” In the past when golfers were abundant, the economy was chugging along steadily and before the golf course building boom promoting the game was a kind of warm and fuzzy goal. Slowly, but inexorably that has changed to a measurable necessity. As is said, the only possible job security is to be more valuable today than you were yesterday. And the most obvious contribution a PGA professional can make to most facilities is to increase revenue, rounds, memberships or member retention.

This is not to demean the terrifi c customer service many professionals and facilities provide. However, like much of the rest of the U.S. economy, golf has evolved slowly but dramatically from a customer service focused culture to a sales culture. It could be argued that really good customer service has become the standard rather than a noteworthy excep-tion across all industries and companies throughout the U.S. Even fast food operations train their employees in what used to be the province of high-end customer service operations.

In some contexts sales has had an unfavorable connotation. Many of us think of sales as a high pressure tactic designed to have us pay more than we would like for a product we may not even want in the fi rst place. In reality what the modern consumer may be looking for is information to make an informed buying decision. Purchasing decisions are not made solely on price. Especially for discretionary purchases, consumers want to understand the relative merits of the choices they face. Not only has that, their personal values tended to rise to the top. Does the decision benefi t the entire family or just them? What is the atmosphere like at the facility we are considering; welcoming or restrictive, comfortable or tense? Is there a sense of community? Am I greeted with a smile, by name? How about my spouse, family and guests?

For good or ill no matter how good your product or service, it still requires selling someone on the benefi ts of why they should choose yours over all of the other options available. As evidenced above, it is not always about price. Unfortu-nately in too many instances, golf has become a commodity, where many facilities feel they are forced to compete on price alone. While it is understandable, it is not a long-term revenue solution. One of the principles of sales is to add value as opposed to lowering the price. Personalized service is one of the most eff ective added value components avail-able.

Happily, there is no one better positioned than the PGA professional to be the lead revenue producer at any facility. Not by cheapening the off ering, but by doing what we PGA professionals have always done – provide a personalized, recreational community that people want to be a part of.

Mike McCollum, PGAPGA Employment Consultant

pros oN the goProfessional To FromDaniel Bracey, PGA LM A-1 - Cypress Woods Golf & CCIan Killen, PGA A-1 - Hawk’s Nest Golf Club A-8 - Hawk’s Nest Golf ClubDonald Vandermillen, PGA A-1 - The TwinEagles Club A-8 - The TwinEagles ClubPhil Henry, PGA A-4 - Park Ridge Golf Course A-4 - John Prince Golf Learn CtrChristopher Phillips, PGA A-1 - Cypress Woods Golf & CC A-8 Heritage Palms Golf & CCBob Erickson, PGA LM A-14 - The Yacht & Country ClubBen Pittman, PGA A-1 - Estero CC at The Vines A-1 - Fiddlesticks Country Club

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iNAugurAl MAyor’s sNAg youth golf chAlleNge kicks off with regioNAl sNAg golf tourNAMeNts

SNAG Golf has continued to grow in Miami-Dade County with the help of SFPGA Professional Larry Levow who organized a new event. The inaugural Mayor’s SNAG Youth Golf Challenge began on July 24th. Gwen Cherry Park, Tamiami Park and Goulds Park each hosted this event which featured hundreds of kids ages 14 and under, participat-ing with the goal of making it to the fi nals. The fi nal championship will be held at Tamiami Park on August 11 and will feature those who qualifi ed from the 6-hole regional SNAG competitions.

“We salute Miami Mayor Gimenez for spearheading a Youth Sports Challenge and for including golf in the mix. The Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation Department runs one of the largest junior golf programs in Florida and SNAG equipment and programming is at every event,” said SNAG CEO, Terry Anton. “The kids love it and so do their par-ents.”

On July 16-17, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission presented the 2014 Kids Fitness Festival of the Palm Beaches. The event was held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center and included over 40 diff erent traditional and non-traditional sports. Some of the featured sports included baseball, basketball, fencing, football, golf, lacrosse, martial arts, netball, pickle ball, tennis, soccer and more.

Five South Florida PGA Professionals and Apprentices were onsite to deliver golf lessons to kids who attended the event. Kids enjoyed a few tips on the full swing and played a variety of putting games. Many kids returned multiple times throughout the two-day event and expressed great interest in the game of golf.

Thank you to all those who dedicated their time to grow the game of golf: Mike Jonges, PGA, Brad Roff er, Mike Ortega, PGA, Seth Francis, and Dave Pesacov, PGA.

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SNAG Golf has continued to grow in Miami-Dade County with the help of SFPGA Professional Larry Levow who organized a new event. The inaugural Mayor’s SNAG Youth Golf Challenge began on July 24th. Gwen Cherry Park, Tamiami Park and Goulds Park each hosted this event which featured hundreds of kids ages 14 and under, participat-ing with the goal of making it to the fi nals. The fi nal championship will be held at Tamiami Park on August 11 and will feature those who qualifi ed from the 6-hole regional SNAG competitions.

“We salute Miami Mayor Gimenez for spearheading a Youth Sports Challenge and for including golf in the mix. The Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation Department runs one of the largest junior golf programs in Florida and SNAG equipment and programming is at every event,” said SNAG CEO, Terry Anton. “The kids love it and so do their par-

Msr opportuNitiesOver the course of the next month we are hosting two Junior Golf events. In order to make these events successful we need your help! Please note the followings dates in which we are need of PGA Professional and apprentices to help in return receiving 1 MSR credit per each hour worked. -Junior Challenge Tour #9 - Hawk’s Nest Golf Club, Vero Beach-August 12-13 -Junior Challenge Tour #10 - Worthington Country Club, Naples - August 23-24

If you are able to help with any of the upcoming Junior Tour events please contact Jake Weir at jweir@pgahq.com or at the section offi ce at (561) 729-0544.

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drive, chip & putt

Two local Drive, Chip & Putt qualifiers were held in July at Stoneybrook GC of Estero and Plantation Preserve. Participants hit 3 attempts in each of the three skills: drive, chip & putt. Points were then recorded and totaled to determine the top 3 finishers in each age/gender divisions. These top 3 finishers move on to the sub-regional qualifier which will take place at the PGA Center for Golf Learning & Performance on Au-gust 7. Thank you to Jeff Nixon, PGA, and Brian Schuler for their help with the local qualifiers!

stoNeyBrook gc of estero ANd plANtAtioN pre-serve gc host drive, chip & putt locAl QuAlifiers

partner newsRecently, Taylor Farms partnered with South Florida PGA Foundation as the presenting partner of Team Golf! Taylor Farms is committed to pro-viding healthy wholesome produce to households and food and beverage operations around the country. For more details about their organiza-tion or to speak with their representative please visit taylorfarms.com or email Leonard Batti at lbattie@taylorfarms.com.

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foundation newshABitAt for huMANity: hoMe Build updAte

We are over half way completed with our 3rd home build with the Habitat for Humanity. SFPGA Professionals have been donat-ing their time to help out, however we are still in need of volun-teers during the month of August.

The home is located in East Ft. Lauderdale and the volunteer dates are as follow: August 7, 19, 20, 21, 28Address: 271 NE 34th / Oakland Park, FLTime Commitment: 7:45 AM-12:00 PM

For more details, contact Mereditch Schuler at msculer@pgahq.com.

pAtriot golf dAy/folds of hoNor pro-AMIt is that time of year again, time to sign your facility up to par-ticipate in Patriot Golf Day August 29th through September 1st. This year will mark the 8th annual Patriot Golf Day, and as a sec-tion South Florida is a large supporter raising over $300,000 an-nually. For more details or to register your facility today click here

August 11th Jupiter Country Club will host the Folds of Honor Pro-Am. Teams for the event must be comprised of one PGA Pro-fessional and three amateurs. Cost per team is $525 with a portion of the entry fee going back to the Folds of Honor Foundation. For more information and registration click here.

Quote of the MoNth

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

–Albert Einstein

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best practices

WeatherBug, a presenting partner of the South Florida PGA, delivers accurate weather informa-tion and fast weather alerts that can be very impor-tant during weather patterns such as the current summer in South Florida. WeatherBug ensures that golfers are protected at facilities that utilize its ser-vices.

Recently, WeatherBug conducted an analysis of a recent lightning strike at Fort Myers Beach on July 23 that included one fatality and two injured individuals. The analysis shows that most light-ning stays in the sky with cloud-to-cloud lightning strikes. These strikes are early detection of cloud-to-ground strikes, which are dangerous and in this scenario killed one individual. The following power point slides demonstrate how advanced warning can help save lives. If you do not currently use or have a lightning system installed at your facility, we encourage you to contact WeatherBugClick here to view the full power point.

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Lightning strikes within a 50 Mile Radius during 4 hours (i.e. the rough viewing area):

Type Count of type Cloud To Ground 2372 InCloud 14250 Total Lx 16622

Lightning strikes within a 10 Mile Radius during 4 hours (i.e. unsafe range of impact location) Type Count of type Cloud To Ground 715 InCloud 3841 Total Lx 4556

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tournament news

HOBE SOUND, Fla. – 32 South Florida PGA Professionals, compris-ing 16 teams, competed at Hobe Sound Golf Club in the 7th Annual Senior-Super Senior Event. Taking home fi rst place honors was the team of Billy Ziobro and Mike Gray. They carded a total of nine bird-ies and no bogies in route to a nine under par 63 and a winner’s check of $1,000. Finishing just two strokes back was the team of Ed Humen-ik and Bruce MacDonald shooting a 65.

The Senior-Super Senior Event is an 18 hole competition in which 9 holes were played in a scramble format and the other 9 holes were played in a four-ball stroke play format. Teams were comprised of two South Florida PGA Professionals, one between the ages of 50-64 and other 65 or older. The event was supported by the PGA Tour. Click here for results.

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Mike Gray and Billy Ziobro

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Host PGA Pro-fessional Brian Peaper eagled the fi rst and last holes when he teamed with John Reynolds to win the 35th annual National Car Rental Pro Scratch Championship presented by Nike Golf and sup-ported by Laser Link.

Peaper and Reynolds posted a nine under par 63 in the four-ball stroke play event at the Lost Tree Club, winning by a stroke over the 80-team fi eld.

Finishing one stoke behind the leaders, Joe Allinder, PGA of Spring Run Golf Club and Da-vid Herring claimed second place. Click here for results.

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fessional Brian Peaper eagled the fi rst and last holes when he teamed with John Reynolds to win the 35th annual National Car Rental Pro Scratch Championship presented by Nike Golf and sup-ported by Laser Link.

Peaper and Reynolds posted a nine under par 63 in the four-ball stroke play event at the Lost Tree Club, winning by a stroke over the 80-team fi eld.

Senior-Super Senior Event. Taking home fi rst place honors was the team of Billy Ziobro and Mike Gray. They carded a total of nine bird-ies and no bogies in route to a nine under par 63 and a winner’s check of $1,000. Finishing just two strokes back was the team of Ed Humen-ik and Bruce MacDonald shooting a 65.

The Senior-Super Senior Event is an 18 hole competition in which 9 holes were played in a scramble format and the other 9 holes were

Brian Peaper, PGA and John Reynolds

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NAPLES, Fla. – Michael Kostelnik birdied the eighth hole of a sudden death playoff Tuesday as he teamed with Jason Hrynkiw to win the 33rd annual South Florida PGA Pro-Pro Championship presented by TaylorMade adidas Golf and Ya-maha. Kostelnik, PGA Assistant Golf Professional at the Lost Tree Club in North Palm Beach, sank a 10-foot putt on the par-3 12th hole at The Classics at Lely Resort for the victory.

Kostelnik and Hrynkiw, PGA Head Golf Professional at Gle-neagles Country Club in Delray Beach finished the second round tied at 129 with David Witt, PGA Director of Golf at Talis Park GC and Daniel Heaslip, PGA Head Golf Profes-sional at Windstar on Naples Bay.

Hrynkiw and Kosterlnik shot 66 at The Classics at Lely Re-sort and 63 at TPC Treviso Bay. By comparison, Witt and Hea-slip also had 66-63 but at TPC Treviso Bay and The Classics a t Lely Resort respectively. The two teams halved seven holes at Lely before Kostelnik ended the marathon.

This victory was Hrynkiw’s fourth SFPGA, including the Fort Lauderdale Open in May. Kostelnik, Witt and Heaslip had one SFPGA victory a piece entering play Mon-day.

There were 72 teams in the four-ball stroke play event presented by TaylorMade-adidas and Yamaha. Supporting partners included Golf Buddy, Global Golf Sales, TaylorMade adidas Ashworth and Golf ScoreCards, Inc. Click here for results.

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Jason Hrynkiw, PGA & Michael Kostelnik, PGA

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Tommy Dee, Marianne Deibel, Kevin Holt, Michael Kostelnik, PGA Jason Hrynkiw, PGA, Colin Visina, Dan Heaslip, PGA and David Witt, PGA

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junior tour

ATLANTIS, Fla. – July 10-11, the SFPGA Junior Challenge Tour pre-sented by The Honda Classic held Challenge event #6 at Tequesta Country Club in Tequesta. A sold out fi eld of 84 junior golfers provided some great excitement at the beautiful Tequesta Country Club.

Andre Wade of West Palm Beach took the round 1 lead in the overall boys division after fi ring an even par 71. Entering round 2, Vero Beach native Austin Aliff was 4 shots off the lead. Aliff was able to shoot a steady 2-over par 73 in round 2 and take the overall boys division title. Wade would go on to take the top spot in the boys 16-18 age division. Palm City native Alexander Vogelsong won the boys 13-15 age division.

The girls 13-18 overall division featured some great play for the tourna-ment. Coconut Creek native Taylor Morgan, and Miami native Phoebe Beber-Frankel each fi red opening round 79’s. After a back and forth battle in round two, Morgan was able to grind out a 1 shot victory in the overall girls division over Beber-Frankel. Weston native Gabrielle Soares would go on win the girls 13-15 age division. Bridget Green of West Palm Beach would go on to take home the girls 16-18 age division title.

The 11-12 year old boys and girls once again provided some of the best golf of the tournament. Vero Beach native Carter Dalili opened up round 1 with a 2-under par 69. Round 2 featured great excitement after Miami native Jake Beber-Frankel posted a round two 5-under par 66 to move him to 3-under par for the tournament. Dalili was able to maintain his composure and fi re off another 2-under par 69 and take home the boys 11-12 age division with a 4-under par tournament total. Taylor Roberts of Boca Raton, and Casey Weidenfeld of Pembroke Pines each fi nished tied for the lead after round two in the girls 11-12 age division which sent them into a scorecard playoff . Weidenfeld would end up on top after the scorecard playoff and claim the girls 11-12 age division.

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pAcheco ANd Muttillo tAke top hoNors At chAMpioNship eveNt #6

ATLANTIS, Fla. – July 17-18, the SFPGA Junior Championship Tour pre-sented by The Honda Classic held event #6 at Hunters Run Golf Course. Despite a lengthy rain delay during round 1, excellent course conditions provided a great tournament for the juniors.

Hallandale Beach native Valeria Sofi a Pacheco continued her stellar play this week with a 1 shot victory over Wellington native Mary Janiga. Pache-co shot 74-72 for a tournament total of 146. Janiga, who shot a fi nal round even par 71, would go on to claim the girls 16-18 age division. Zora Gittens of Parkland held the lead after round one with a 1-over par 71, fi red a second round 77 to claim the girls 13-15 age division title.

Anthony Muttillo of Boca Raton claimed his fi rst Championship Tour vic-tory this week. Muttillo fi red an opening round 4-under 67 to take a one shot lead over Miles Castoro of Fort Lauder-dale. Muttillo would go on to shoot a second round 2-over par 73 and claim the Overall Boys Title. Castoro would go on to claim the boys 13-15 age division. Boca Raton native Harry Brenner would take home the boys 16-18 age division.

Austin Aliff , Chris Hayes, PGA and Taylor Morgan

John Oyler, PGA, Anthony Muttillo, Valeria Sofi a Pacheco and Steve Pinger

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junior tourATLANTIS, Fla. – The SFPGA Junior Challenge Tour presented by The Honda Classic held event #8 at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, FL.

South Florida PGA Junior Tour newcomer Alejandro Restrepo just moved from Venezuela to Coral Gables, FL last week. After hearing about the upcoming tournament down the street from his residence, he decided to enter. Restrepo started off with an opening round 3-under par 68 for round one. Restrepo would go on to shoot a second round 2-over par 73 to capture the overall boys title. Cole Castro of Homestead, would go on to take the boys 13-15 age division. Miami native Tomas Nieves would captured the boys 16-18 division title.

The girls 13-18 age division also had a first time player capture top honors this week. West Palm Beach native Carrie-Ann Lee fired an opening round

even par 71. Lee would hold strong during round two with an 3-over par 74 to capture her first victory. Hannah Foster of Hobe Sound would go on to take home the girls 13-15 age division title, while Coral Gables native Sara Ciliberto would take home top honors in the girls 16-18 age division.

Joey Burke has played consistently all year but has yet to take home the top honors in the boys 11-12 age division. After making the trip over from Naples, everything finally clicked for the youngster who would go on to win the division by 1 stroke over Zach Buttrick of Key Biscayne. Pembroke Pines native Jennifer Liffy was the winner of the girls 11-12 age division.

Lara Pavloff, PGA, Carrie-Ann Lee, Ale-jandro Restrepo and Bob Coman, PGA

ATLANTIS, Fla. – The SFPGA Junior Challenge Tour presented by The Honda Classic held event #7 at Plantation Preserve Golf Club in Planta-tion, FL on July 23-24. Plantation Preserve has been a regular stop for the South Florida PGA Junior tour over the years. Due to strong storms, the event was shortened to a one day 18 hole event.

Timothy Simpson of Fort Lauderdale has improved his play each week this season. During Championship event #6, Simpson found himself in conten-tion during the final round and ended up finishing strong but was unable to secure a win. Simpson was able to fire a 1-under par 71 and take home his first Overall Boys Division title with the South Florida PGA. Parkland native Blake Leon took home the boys 13-15 age division, while Juaqin Trigeuros of Miami took home the boys 16-18 age division.

The girls 13-18 age division needed extra holes to determine a winner. Hobe Sound native Hannah Foster and Boca Raton native Taylor Caradonna both posted 7-over par 79’s to force a playoff. After both players made par on the first playoff hole, Foster was able to birdie the second playoff hole to take home her second victory of the year. Caradonna went on to take home the girls 13-15 age division. Lea Himpens of Port St. Lucie went on to take home the girls 16-18 age division.

The 11-12 year old age division provided some outstanding play as usual. Miami native, Jake Beber Frankel won the boys division in a scorecard playoff over Allan Kournikova carding a 1-over par 73. Boca Raton native Taylor Roberts fired a 4-over par 76 to take home the girls division.

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Hannah Foster, Brian Schuler and Timothy Simpson

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rules with drew

The defi nition of Ground Under Repair states a ball is in ground under repair when it lies in or any part of it touches the ground under repair. When the margin of ground under repair is defi ned by a line on the ground, the line itself is in the ground under repair. Thus, a ball touching the line defi ning GUR is deemed to lie in the ground under repair. The player may take relief under Rule 25-1b. Also, GUR includes anything growing within the GUR, thus a ball stuck in a tree rooted in an area of ground under repair is deemed to be in the ground under repair even if the spot on the ground directly under where the ball lies is outside the white-lined area defi ning the ground under repair (Decision 25/10.5).

iN, oN or out?

The defi nition of Putting Green states a ball is on the putting green when any part of it touches the putting green. So, a ball overhanging but not touching the putting green is not deemed to be on the putting green. Thus, this ball is lying through the green and the player may not lift and clean his ball as provided by Rule 16-1b.

Ground Under Repair

Putting Green

A ball on an obstruction, in a hazard, is deemed to be in the hazard even if the ball is not touching the hazard as the margin of a hazard goes vertically upwards and down. Note 1 under Rule 24-2b states that if a ball is in a water hazard or lateral water hazard, the player may not take relief from the immovable obstruction (bridge). The player must play the ball as it lies or take relief under Rule 26-1 incurring a penalty of one stroke. However, the Note under Rule 13-4 states a player may at any time, including at address or in the backward movement for the stroke, touch with a club or otherwise, any obstruction or any construction declared by the committee to be an integral part of the course. Thus the player may ground his club on the bridge prior to a stroke or touch the bridge while making practice swings prior to making a stroke.Obstruction

in a Hazard

The defi nition of out of bounds states that when out of bounds is defi ned by reference to stakes or a fence or as being beyond stakes or a fence, the out of bounds line is determined by the nearest inside points at ground level of the stakes or fence posts. Thus, this ball is out of bounds since the diameter of the fence post is greater than that of the ball. In order for a ball to be out of bounds it must be completely out of bounds. If you extended a string from fence post to fence post, the ball would not be touching any part of the string or course, thus it would be considered out of the bounds.

Out of Bounds

The defi nition of bunker states that a ball lies in the bunker when any part of it touches the bunker. Thus, this ball is in the bunker even though part of it lies through the green. Given that the ball lies in the bunker, the player would be prohibited under Rule 13-4 from touching the ground in the bunker with his hand or club or touching or removing any loose impediments lying the bunker. However, the player would be permitted to ground his club outside the bunker.Bunker

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