Fox Run Golf Club Ready For Hot and Humid PGA Junior Series Event

Eureka, Mo. – Fox Run Golf Club in Eureka, Mo. is the host to the forth stop on the 2010 PGA Junior Series schedule this summer.  It will be the first time that Fox Run Golf Club will play host to a PGA Junior Series event. 

The field features 113 juniors from 13 different states and should provide some exceptional golf during the three day tournament that starts on Tuesday June 22^nd. 

“This golf course is going to be very challenging and fair for the juniors,” said Jeff Field Head Golf Professional at Fox Run Golf Club.  “Whoever wins this week will need to be patient with both the golf course design and set up.” 

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. as well as a spot in the Junior World Championship held in San Diego, Calif. in July.

Shelby Phillips of Gilbert, Ariz., who was the 2009 PGA Junior Series Player of the Year headlines the Girls’ 16-18 Division. 

The Boys’ 16-18 Division is wide open with no clear favorite.  Danny Summers of Mission Hills, Kan., who won the Boys’ 13-15 Division in Memphis, Tenn., at the first PGA Junior Series event of the 2010 summer, is also in the field trying to become a two time winner. 

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.

Fox Run Golf Club is a challenging lay-out known in the area for its ability to be stretched to over 8300 yards.  Luckily for the juniors this week, the course will be playing at its standard length but should still provide players will demanding shot making and accuracy around the greens.  

The PGA Junior Series is 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.