TJGT MEMBER ANDREW PRESLEY CAPTURES AJGA TPC CRAIG RANCH TITLE
FORTH WORTH NATIVE AND TJGT MEMBER ANDREW PRESLEY (2010) CAPTURED THE AJGA TPC CRAIG RANCH TITLE THIS WEEKEND UNDER THE EYES OF PGA SUPERSTAR & RYDER CUP MEMBER HUNTER MAHAN. THE CRAIG RANCH EVENT IS ALWAYS THE AJGA’S TOP RANKED OPEN EVENT DUE TO SUCH A STRONG FIELD EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR WAS NO EXECEPTION. THE LIST OF FORMER STANDOUT PLAYERS WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO CRAIG RANCH AND “WHERE THEY ARE NOW” IS IMPRESSIVE: PETER UIHLEIN: OKLAMHOMA STATE, PHILIP FRANCIS: UCLA, KYLE STANLEY: CLEMSON & WALKER CUP PLAYER, JOSH JONES & JOHN PETERSON: LSU, KELLY KRAFT: SMU & TEXAS AMATUER CHAMPION, CHRIS WARD: TEXAS TECH, PATRICK REED: GEORGIA, CODY GRIBBLE: TEXAS SIGNEE, CAMERON PECK: TEXAS A & M SIGNEE & USGA JR. CHAMPION: WILL GRIFFIN: TEXAS TECH, AUSTYN KARLE: PEPPERDINE, ANDREW YUN: STANDFORD SIGNEE, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS.
PRESLEY IS A STANDOUT TJGT PLAYER AND HAS COMPETED IN THE TOUR’S TOP INVITATIONALS. HE ATTENDS SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND WILL NOW BE ELGIBLE FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS AJGA INVITATIONAL EVENTS. THE FIELD PLAYED 36 HOLES ON SATURDAY IN A COLLEGIATE FORMAT UNDER DIFFICULT WIND CONDITIONS. ANDREW BIRDIED THE 18TH HOLE TO SHOOT A FINAL SUNDAY ROUND 69 TO CLAIM THE TITLE IN FRONT A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS INCLUDING HUNTER MAHAN HIMSELF.
TJGT SALUTES ANDREW ON THIS GREAT WIN AND HIS PARENTS FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP IN ANDREW’S LIFE.
DAVE JONES, TJGT PRESIDENT AND CRAIG RANCH VOLUNTEER CHAIRMAN STATED, “IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ANDREW, A FINE TJGT PLAYER WIN SUCH A BIG EVENT. THIS WILL CERTAINLY VAULT HIM TO THE NATIONAL RADAR OF COLLEGE COACHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HIS PARENTS ARE GREAT ROLE MODELS AND PROVIDE HIM TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP IN ALL AREAS OF HIS LIFE, SPECIFICALLY HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE. ANDREW IS FIRST CLASS AND TJGT WISHES HIM A GREAT SUMMER OF AJGA & TJGT INVITATIONAL PLAY. IT WAS A HONOR TO SEE HIM MAKE THAT BIRDIE PUTT ON THE 18TH HOLE TO CAPTURE THE TITLE. FORMER TJGT MEMBERS HAVE CAPTURED THE BOYS TITLE IN THIS EVENT IN TWO OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND HAVE FILLED THE LEADERBORDS. THAT IS A TESTAMENT OF THE STRENGTH OF TJGT EVENTS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE AJGA PERORMANE BASED ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES AT EACH TJGT OPEN & INVITATIONAL EVENT.”
TJGT SALUTES THE MEN & WOMEN OF THE AJGA & ANDREW PRESLEY, 2009 TPC CRAIG RANCH CHAMPION. TJGT PLACED FIVE MEMBERS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TOP TEN LEADERBOARD.
BOYS: ANDREW PRESLEY, GREGORY YATES, JESSE DROEMER, JOE DORAMUS, JOHNATHAN SCHNITZER
GIRLS: KAYLI QUINTON, AMY RUENGMATEEKHUN, CASEY GRICE, MARY MICHAEL MAGGIO, JADE STAGGS.
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