PGA Junior Series Arrives in Happy Valley

State College, Pa., - The 2010 PGA Junior Series is excited to be back at Penn State Golf Course in State College, Pa., for a three day tournament starting on Monday July 19^th.  The tournament will take place on the Blue Course and will feature over 160 juniors from 16 different states and Canada.   

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.

All four divisions are going to be very exciting to watch this week at Penn State.  In the Girls’ 16-18 Division, Devon Compton of Rochester, Mich., is back in the field and looks to repeat as champion after winning here last year. 

She will have some tough competition with the likes of Morgan Ransom of Columbus, Ohio, also a PGA Junior Series winner, and Nadia Luttner of Pittsburgh, Pa., who is a PGA Junior Series veteran.

In the Boys’ 16-18 Division, Colton Wiggins of Indiana, Pa., is playing up a division after dominating last week in the Boys’ 13-15 Division and will have to compete against a solid field filled with people from the northeast.

The Blue Course at Penn State is in tournament conditions with heavy rough and excellent greens.  Players must keep it in the fairway this week and hit the smaller than average size greens in regulation.  The Blue Course recently held the Men’s 2009 Big Ten Championship and has also held numerous state tournaments, collegiate tournaments, and local events. 

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 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.