PGA Junior Series Arrives In New England

Stow, Mass., - The 2010 PGA Junior Series is back in New England for the seventh stop of the 2010 summer.  This week the 54-hole tournament is being played at the North Course at Stow Acres Country Club in Stow, Mass. 

The first round will start Monday July 12 and will feature over 90 juniors from nine different states as well as Italy and Argentina. 

The field is broken down into four divisions, two girls and two boys, with ages ranging from 13-18.  The Boys’ 16-18 and overall girl winner will each earn a spot in the 35^th Junior PGA Championship held later this summer at Sycamore Hills Golf Club Aug. 2-5 in Fort Wayne, Ind.

This summer will also feature points awarded to the top-10 finishers who are American citizens at the nine PGA Junior Series events.  These points help players to qualify for the 7^th Junior Ryder Cup held in late September in Gleneagles, Scotland.  The U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team will be comprised of six boys and six girls who are American citizens and members of the high school graduating class of 2011, or younger.

The golf course is going to be a great challenge for all the players.  With numerous tight fairways and quick greens, players will need to have all facets of their game on if they hope to win this week.

PGA Junior Series veteran Connor Garrity of Hollidaysburg, Pa., looks to win in the Boys’ 16-18 Division but will be up against some hard competition from the New England area.   

The 2009 PGA Junior Series Player of the Year in the Boys’ 13-15 Division Colton Wiggins of Indiana, Pa., is in the field this week and hopes for a better finish than earlier this summer when the series was in Lexington, Ky. 

The Girls’ 16-18 Division is highlighted by Brooke Beegle of Fortville, Ind., who came in fifth place earlier this summer at the PGA Junior Series event in Colorado Springs, Colo.  She hopes that her experience on the PGA Junior Series will help her this week earn a victory. 

Stow Acres Country Club hosted the 70^th US Amateur Public Links Championship in 1995 as well as numerous PGA Open Qualifiers for the Deutsche Bank PGA Tour Event. 

The PGA Junior Series is one of the premier junior circuit in the country hosting tournaments across the country for the entire summer.  It features excellent junior golfers at top golf facilities every week.  The mission of the PGA Junior Series is to promote the enjoyment of golf by junior golfers through affordable and competitive playing opportunities in professionally supervised events organized by the PGA of America and supported by PGA Professionals.  In its fifteenth year it has conducted 154 events in 41 states.