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THE 6TH ANNUAL RED RIVER CHALLENGE WAS PLAYED AT HISTORIC DORNICK HILLS CC IN ARDMORE OK UNDER INCREDIBLE FALL SKIES AND SAW THE TJGT DEFEAT THE OJGT UNDER THE CAREFUL WATCH OF OVER 35 COLLEGIATE COACHES IN ATTENDANCE.  THE WEEKEND WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE EVER POPULAR STANDING ROOM ONLY, SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET WHICH FEATURED OKLAHOMA STATE HEAD COACH MIKE McGRAW AND FORMER OK. STATE STANDOUT DAYTON ROSE SHARING A COACHES AND PLAYERS PERSPECTIVE ON COLLEGIATE GOLF.
THE RED RIVER INVITATIONAL BRINGS THE BEST TJGT & OJGT PLAYERS TOGETHER IN AN ANNUAL STROKE PLAY FORMAT WITH AN INNER TEAM COMPETITION SIMILAR TO COLLEGIATE GOLF FOR THE RED RIVER CUP.  PLAYERS FROM MEXICO AND SEVERAL STATES ENJOYED DORNICK HILLS, THE RESTING PLACE FOR FAMOUS COURSE DESIGNER PERRY MAXWELL. DORNICK HILLS PROVIDES AN INCREDIBLE HISTORIC AND CHALLENGING SETTING FOR THE ANNUAL EVENT. THE INCREDIBLE BENT GRASS & UNGULATING GREENS ARE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING ALONG WITH THE OKLAHOMA WIND AS THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION TO THE DIFFICULTY OF THE VENUE.  THE TOURNAMENT’S STRENGTH OF FIELD THE PAST SIX YEARS HAS AVERAGED OVER 98% GIRLS AND 93% BOYS SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS RATE FOR SENIORS MOVING ON TO COLLEGE GOLF ON AN ATHLETIC OR ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP. 
TJGT CURRENTLY HOLDS A 5 VS 1 TEAM RECORD.
DAY ONE:  STEADY 15 TO 20 MPH WINDS AND LIGHTING FAST GREENS GREETED THE PLAYERS TO GIVE THEM A GREAT TEST OF CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.  OJGT’S CHARLIE SAXON FIRED AN OUTSTANDING 70 FOLLOWED BY LAKE TRAVIS HS STANDOUT TAYLER TERMEER WITH A 71.  PLANO’S PRESTON STANLEY AND AUSTIN FULLER, AN OU SIGNEE, FOLLOWED WITH A PAIR OF 72’S.  ON THE GIRLS SIDE, TJGT GIRLS DOMINATED THE FIRST DAY WITH THE TOP TEN PLACES AS TJGT STANDOUT MAGGIE NEECE AND KATY’S ABBY NEWTON FIRED A PAIR OF OUTSTANDING 74’S DURING THE HIGH WINDS.  ALLEN’S JESSA LaBARBERA, TERIZA ABE AND UNIV. OF MISSOURI/KANSAS CITY SIGNEE AND DEFENDING CHAMPION RACHEL MULKEY POSTED 76 & 77’S TO ROUND OUT THE LEADERBOARD. 
SATURDAY NIGHT:  SATURDAY NIGHT SAW OVER 325 PLAYERS AND PARENTS ENJOY A GREAT SOCIAL HOUR AND BANQUET MEAL @ DORNICK HILLS CC.  DAVE JONES, TJGT PRESIDENT AND MORRI ROSE, OJGT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTED THE TOURNAMENTS HISTORY AND SPIRIT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN TO JR. GOLF ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OUTSTANDING ALUMNI WHO HAVE PLAYED IN THE EVENT. DAYTON ROSE, A FORMER OK. STATE PLAYER FOR COACH McGRAW AND OUTSTANDING AMATEUR GOLFER SHARED INCREDIBLE AND PRACTICAL INSIGHTS ON LIFE OF A COLLEGIATE GOLFER.  DAYTON’S INSIGHTS WERE EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED AS IT GAVE A PRACTICAL AND HELPFUL LOOK TO ALL THE PLAYERS ON EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT WHILE PLAYING COLLEGIATE GOLF. COACH MIKE McGRAW FOLLOWED DAYTON AND INSPIRED THE PLAYERS IN SEVERAL AREAS BUT ALSO CHALLENGED THEM TO GREATER GOALS AND ATTITUDES ON AND OFF THE COURSE. COACH McGRAW, A MAN OF GREAT CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY WAS WARMLY RECEIVED FROM EVERYONE AND WAS ABLE TO PUT A SPECIAL TOUCH ON THE EVENING.
DAY TWO:  THE OKLAHOMA WINDS SUBSIDED AND SCORES DROPPED OVERALL UNDER INCREDIBLE FALL TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR SKIES.  THE DORNICK GREENS WERE AGAIN LIGHTING FAST BUT TAYLER TERMERR, SON OF FORMER OK. STATE & UT GOLF CLUB GM STEVE TERMEER CAPTURED THE MEDALIST HONORS WITH AN OUTSTANDING ROUND OF 70, TOURNAMENT TOTAL OF 141.  TAYLER’S NAME WILL GO ON THE BOARD OF GREAT FORMER RED RIVER CHAMPIONS WHO ARE ALL EXCELLING IN COLLEGIATE GOLF.  THE REMAINING TOP FIVE SPOTS WERE DETERMINED BY SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFFS. 
OJGT’S TAYLOR MOORE & CHARLIE SAXSON AND TJGT’S ANDREW WINTERS TIED FOR SECOND @ 144.  A SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFF ENDED WITH TAYLOR MOORE CAPTURING 2ND, CHARLIE SAXSON 3RD, AND ANDREW WINTERS 4TH.  OJGT’S NICK HEINEN DEFEATED TJGT’S PRESTON STANLEY FOR THE 5TH SPOT.
THE TJGT GIRLS DOMINATED THE EVENT WITH THE TOP 13 INDIVIDUAL PLACES.  AUSTIN WESTLAKE AND TJGT/ AJGA STANDOUT MARIANA SIMS CAPTURED MEDALIST HONORS WITH AN OUTSTANDING FINAL ROUND SCORE OF 74. THE WIN WAS VERY SPECIAL AS MARIANA SKIPPED HER HOMECOMING BUT DROVE AWAY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTED GLASS AWARDS THAT ARE TRADEMARKS OF TJGT INVITATIONALS.  COLLEYVILLE’S MAGGIE NEECE THE FIRST ROUND LEADER AND ABBY NEWTON COMPETED IN A SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFF FOR THE TOP THREE.  ABBY NEWTON, A RISING JR. GOLF STAR DEFEATED NEECE IN THE PLAYOFF TO CAPTURE SECOND PLACE.  ELISABETH RAU CAPTURED 4TH PLACE AND TERIZA ABE CAPTURED 5TH PLACE FROM SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFFS.  WAY TO GO TJGT GIRLS.
TJGT’S NEXT MAJOR EVENTS ARE THE THANKSGIVING CLASSIC NOV 27-28 @ HORSESHOE BAY RESORT AND THE 54 HOLE BARTON CREEK RESORT MAJOR DEC 28-30. BOTH EVENTS CARRY MUCH AJGA PBE AND GOLFWEEK RANKED.  TJGT PARENT/PLAYER SCRAMBLE IS NOV 26TH @ HORSESHOE BAY. COME ENJOY GREAT FUN & PRIZES.  TJGT’S NEXT INVITATIONAL IS HOSTED AT THE 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WOMENS VENUE @ TRADITIONS @ TEXAS AM.  SPOTS ARE STILL OPEN FOR THE HOLIDAY CLASSICS AND EMAIL TJGT IF YOU DESIRE TO PLAY @ TEXAS AM.