Recent TJGT winners, Thomas Birdsey (Trophy Club, TX - Class of 2010) and Emily Collins (Colleyville, TX - Class of 2010), earn “Player of the Week” Honors from Golfweek.
One can argue that the only thing hotter than the Texas heat right now is Thomas Birdsey’s golf game. The recent high school graduate, who will be attending Kansas State in the fall, fired a sizzling 68 in the final round of the Allen Samuels Cowboys Jr. Championship to claim back-to-back TJGT titles. Birdsey also birdied his final hole on at the TPC Las Colinas (PGA Tour course and site of the HP Byron Nelson Championship) to win the TPC Four Seasons Invitational by one shot.
Emily Collins, who has committed to play at Oklahoma this fall, has fired some hot scores herself. In the first round of the TPC Four Seasons Invitational, Collins shot a 66, birdieing five consecutive holes. Collins continued her solid play in the second round to claim the Girl’s Championship title.
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