ALL TJGT FINAL AT COTTON STATES INVITATIONAL
In a battle of former TJGT players, Grand Prairie’s Bobby Massa (UT Arlington) defeated Wichita Falls’ Will Osborne (Arkansas) 2 & 1 at the 2008 W. E. Cole Cotton States Invitational played at Bayou DeSiard Country Club June 24-28 2008. Everything pointed to an ALL-TJGT final with 4 out of the 4 semi-finalists being TJGT alumni. In addition to Massa and Osborne, Michael Smith from Cedar Park, Texas (Stephen F Austin) and Ryan Haselden, Houston, Texas (Vanderbilt) also played on the TJGT. Six out of 8 semi-finalists, or 75%, played on the TJGT as well. TJGT President Dave Jones, “We would like to give a BIG TJGT congratulations to both Will and Bobby for making the TJGT proud. They are both great competitors and great players and it’s no surprise it was such a close match.”
Over the past 9 years the TJGT has produced over 900 collegiate golfers and experienced a 95% success rate of seniors receiving collegiate scholarships from since the 2006/07 season.
The W. E. Cole Cotton States Invitational Golf Tournament is a match play event held in June at Bayou DeSiard Country Club in Monroe, Louisiana. A mandatory 36-hole stroke play qualifying competition is contested, with the sixty-four low qualifiers constituting the Match Play Championship. Match play competition consists of two matches per day over a total of three days. For more information on the Cotton States Invitational or for full-filed scores please visit www.cottonstates.org.