October Month In Review

October 2015 Month In Review PGA

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October 2015 Month In Review

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TO U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S Boys 16-18

Girls 16-18

1st Place (76) - Joe Chambers

1st Place (103) - Casey Oppenheimer 1st Place (38) - Joshua Ryan

2nd Place (80) - Michael Robinson

2nd Place (115) - Caitlin Bullock

3rd Place (87) - Michael DeColli

12 & Under

2nd Place (41) - John Wang 3rd Place (43) - John Olsen

Girls 13-15 Boys 13-15

1st Place (91) - Lily Byrne

1st Place (79) - Alex Seeling 2nd Place (81) - Alex Mulrooney 3rd Place (85) - Nikita Romanov Click here to view Full Press Release

HEIDELBERG COUNTRY CLUB

OCTOBER 10, 2015

October 2015 Month In Review

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TO U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S Boys 16-18

Girls 16-18

12 & Under

1st Place (80) - Shravann Raja

1st Place (88) - Casey Oppenheimer 1st Place (41) - John Wang

2nd Place (81) - Joe Chambers

2nd Place (91) - Camille O’Halloran 2nd Place (41) - Henry Fish

T-3rd Place (84) - Drew Stern

3rd Place (106) - Sofia Mancuso

T-3rd Place (84) - Chris Benvenuto

Girls 13-15

T-3rd Place (84) - Noah Schwartz

1st Place (87) - Caprian Kan

3rd Place (50) - Darren Nolan

Boys 13-15 1st Place (73) - Andrew Curran 2nd Place (79) - Nikita Romanov 3rd Place (80) - Hayden Moffat

WOODCREST COUNTRY CLUB

Click here to view Full Press Release OCTOBER 11, 2015

October 2015 Month In Review

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TO U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S Boys 16-18

Girls 16-18

12 & Under

1st Place (72) - David Robbins

1st Place (83) - Kaitlyn Lees

1st Place (41) - Henry Fish

2nd Place (74) - Hayden Rousselle

2nd Place (100) - Casey Oppenheimer

T-2nd Place (42) - Sunshine Gu

3rd Place (77) - Joe Chambers

3rd Place (101) - Caitlin Bullock

T-2nd Place (42) - Zachery Sandler

Boys 13-15

Girls 13-15

T-2nd Place (42) - Elizabeth Beek

1st Place (84) - Jaden Weisman

1st Place (84) - Caprian Kan

T- 2nd Place (84) - Aj Aivazoglou T- 2nd Place (84) - Stephen Lorenzo

Click here to view Full Press Release LINKS GOLF CLUB

OCTOBER 24, 2015

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October 2015 Month In Review

Serious Breach – of Rule 1

TO U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S -

Boys 16-18

Girls 16-18

1st Place (69) - Gaven Giampalmi

1st Place

2nd Place (70) - Jacob Hanzel

(83) - Kait-

3rd Place (75) - Hayden Rousselle

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lyn Lees 2nd Place (100) - Casey Oppenheimer

Boys 13-15

3rd Place (101) - Caitlin Bullock

12 & Under

Girls 13-15

1st Place (41) - Henry Fish

1st Place (75) - Akhil Giri 2nd Place (80) - Alec Ryden 3rd Place (83) - Austin Lauver

1st Place (79) - Caprian Kan

T-2nd Place (42) - Sunshine Gu T-2nd Place (42) - Zachery Sandler T-2nd Place (42) - Elizabeth Beek

Click here to view Full Press Release MAYS LANDING GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

OCTOBER 25, 2015

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October 2015 Month In Review

TO U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S Girls 16-18 12 & Under

Boys 16-18

No Contestants

1st Place (80) - Christopher Warner T- 2nd Place (80) - Alex Golland 3rd Place (80) - Jacob Liberman

Girls 13-15

1st Place (44) - Alexander Lepore 2nd Place (44) - Victoria Kim

No Contestants

Boys 13-15 1st Place (83) - Ryan D’Ariano 2nd Place (90) - Jackson Putney 3rd Place (92)- Stephen Cain Click here to view Full Press Release

BLUE HERON PINES GOLF CLUB OCTOBER 31, 2015

October 2015 Month In Review

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HEIDELBERG COUNTRY CLUB

WOODCREST COUNTRY CLUB

LINKS GOLF CLUB

MAYS LANDING GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

BLUE HERON PINES GOLF CLUB

2015 BUSTARD MEMORIAL JUNIOR INVITIONAL

Boys 13-15

Boys 16-18 1 Alex Aulerich

Flemington, NJ

2015 78-74--152 +10

1 Byron Chin

Princeton Junction, NJ

2017 73-76--149 +7

T2 Andrew Gallagher

Mount Laurel, NJ

2018 81-72--153 +11

2 Sean Taylor

Westfield, NJ

2018 73-83--156 +14

T2 Hayden Rousselle

Doylestown, PA

2018 78-75--153 +11

3 Clement Shao

Warren, NJ

2019 79-78--157 +15

TOURNAMENT RESULTS — OLD YORK COUNTRY CLUB

OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Girls 13-15

1 Haley Bookholdt Columbus, NJ

2017 75-75--150 +8

1 Ami Gianchandani Short Hills, NJ 2018 74-72--146 +4

2 Esther Park Wilmington, DE

2019 86-80--166 +24

2 Phoebe Brinker Wilmington, DE 2020 79-73--152 +10

3 Mehr Sawant Holmdel, NJ

2017 92-84--176 +34

3 Tiya Chowdary Montgomery, NJ 2021 79-75--154 +12

Click here to view Full Press Release TOURNAMENT RESULTS — OLD YORK COUNTRY CLUB

OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 1, 2015

2015 BUSTARD MEMORIAL JUNIOR INVITIONAL

Girls 16-18

Know the Rules THE SCORING AREA If you’ve ever played in a Philadelphia Junior Tour event you’ve probably noticed blue tape on the ground when you finish your round and return your scorecard. Have you ever wondered why the tape was there? Or maybe you’ve wondered what you can do while you’re in the blue tape area and if there is anything you can do after you leave.

Why is the Blue Tape on the Ground?

The blue tape on the ground defines the scoring area at Philadelphia Junior Tour events. If the scoring area is in an open space you may see a rectangle of blue tape on the ground. If the scoring area is in a room at the golf course you may just see tape at the exits of the room to define the scoring area.

What does it mean when I enter the Scoring Area?

When you enter the scoring area you are checking your scorecard with the person who kept your official scorecard, the marker, and signing that you agree with the scores that he or she recorded for you. The Rules of Golf state the competitor is responsible for the correctness of each hole on his or her scorecard. The committee is responsible for the addition of the scorecard. Each of you must sign the card and return it to the committee member who is taking scorecards. If you do not sign the scorecard the penalty is disqualification.

If you write down a score that is lower than actually taken the penalty is disqualification, if the score is higher than you have actually taken the scorecards stands as returned.

CONTINUED: Know the Rules

When have I returned my scorecard?

Decision 6-6c/1 says “The Committee should designate a "scoring area" where competitors are to return their score cards (e.g., in a tent, a trailer, the golf shop, by the scoreboard, etc.). When it has done so, Rule 6-6c should be interpreted in such a way that a competitor within the "scoring area" is considered to be in the process of returning his score card.

Alterations may be made on the score card even if the competitor has handed the score card to a member of the Committee. He is considered to have returned his score card when he has left the scoring area.”

This is why the blue tape defining the scoring area is so important. What if you realize you made a 6 on a hole where you wrote down a 5 but you haven’t left the blue tape? You have not returned your card and you can correct the mistake with no penalty. However, had you left the scoring area and then realized the error the penalty would be disqualification. The penalty may sound harsh but returning an accurate scorecard is a very important part of playing tournament golf.

If you’ve ever seen a Tour Professional returning their scorecard they will double and triple check their card for accuracy and wait until the Committee has confirmed their score before exiting the scoring area.

To find out more about a player’s responsibilities read Rule 6 in the USGA Rules of Golf.

Golf & Socializing Golf is an independent game. When you’re out there on the course, you’re not playing against anyone else, it’s you versus the fairways. You versus the bunkers, and the greens, and the trees, the hazards, water, wind, gopher holes and so on and so forth.

But it’s rare that any golf facility will let you out on the golf course alone.

You’re often put into 2-somes, 3-somes, or maybe a group of 4. And now all of you, together, are irritated at the hazards, fishing balls out of the water, and pondering the inefficient placement of the trees and fairways. You’re even now discussing best bunker shot strategies with each other, comparing golf clubs, exalting at putts drained and then perhaps making plans for a meal afterwards.

Golf is funny that way. It’s an independent game, and yet it has a natural ability to create conversation and build relationships between people.

Most of the reason behind the game’s ability to create communication is due to its creation of ‘slow time’. The 21st century is all about speed, and efficiency. People move from task to task during a day, scheduling appointments and errands by the minute, never bothering to slow down, never creating time to unwind for themselves.

Golf & Socializing On the golf course, the flow of time still remains relatively untouched.

Best case scenario, a par 3 is still played in a minimum of 13 minutes, a par 4 in 15 minutes and a par 5 in 17 minutes. An entire round of golf will take you 4½ hours to complete.

When people are made to spend that much time together, with most of the minutes spent in sedentary activity (walking, riding a cart, reading a putt, waiting for someone else’s shot etc.), social behavior dictates that people will start interacting, learning about each other, and becoming familiar with each other.

Even in a tournament setting, fellow competitors start up a stream of conversation, enjoying a camaraderie that is built upon having been paired together numerous times over their competition seasons.

And for the juniors, socializing is a skill that they are, at that age, still growing and developing. What better way to learn and develop that skill than on a golf course, during a tournament, away from school, and amongst likeminded people their own age.

Golf is an independent game. But when done the right way, can become an interactive and rewarding activity.

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