TJGT SUPPORTS & SPONSORS THE AJGA TPC CRAIG RANCH EVENT!!!
THE TJGT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LEADERSHIP STAFF ONCE AGAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING THE 4TH ANNUAL UNDERARMOUR/HUNTER MAHAN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYED APRIL 25th-26th AT THE TPC AT CRAIG RANCH. TJGT PAST BOARD CHAIRWOMAN/GENERAL COUNSEL MS. TERRI GREEN SERVED AS THE TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE EVENT. SEVERAL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALSO PLAYED KEY ROLES IN PAST YEARS SUCH AS FUND RAISING CHAIRMAN AND MEDIA RELATIONS. THIS YEAR, MIKE NEECE, INTEGRA MARKETING CEO & BOARD CHAIRMAN, ALONG WITH FELLOW BOARD MEMBER TOM HERVEY, PRESIDENT ALLEN SAMUELS AUTO GROUP, RECRUITED PARTICIPANTS AND PLAYED IN THE FRIDAY JUNIOR AM FUNDRAISING TOURNAMENT. AVID GOLFER PUBLISHER AND “1310 THE TICKET’” TEE BOX CO-HOST CRAIG ROSENGARDEN, ALSO A BOARD MEMBER, PROVIDED HIS STAFF TO SERVE AS MEDIA CHAIRMAN. ADDITIONALLY DAVE JONES, HAS RECRUITED OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TOURNAMENT THE PAST FOUR YEARS. PAST BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SERVED AS AJGA TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN, WHICH HAVE PROVIDED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN PLANNING & EXECUTING TJGT’S OPERATIONS.
THE FIELD FOR THIS TOURNAMENT IS USUALLY THE HIGHEST RANKED OF ALL AJGA OPEN TOURNAMENTS OUTSIDE THE INVITATIONALS. THE LIST OF CURRENT & FORMER PLAYERS IS IMPRESSIVE AND TPC CRAIG RANCH IS A PREMIER VENUE. CRAIG RANCH HOSTED THE 2008 NATIONWIDE TOUR, TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP AND MANY PGA TOUR PROS SUCH AS HUNTER MAHAN CALL CRAIG RANCH HOME.
DAVE JONES STATED, “OUR VISION AND PHILOSOPHY WITH THE TJGT IS OUR ORGANIZATION’S LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVED PARENTS OF CURRENT & FORMER AJGA & COLLEGIATE PLAYERS. THEREFORE, YOU SEE MANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS & STAFF WITH THEIR OWN KIDS IN THE FIELD AND THEY CERTAINLY EXPERIENCE THE AJGA FIRST HAND. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO BEST MENTOR & COUNSEL OTHER PARENTS/PLAYERS ON THERE “ROAD TO COLLEG GOLF.” THE EXPERIENCES OF WALKING YOUR OWN CHILDREN THRU THE AJGA AND JR. GOLF OVERALL, IS INVALUABLE TO ASSIST EVERY TOUR MEMBER FAMILY REALIZE THEIR DREAMS. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCES WHEN COUNSELING OTHER JR. GOLF FAMILIES WHOSE JUNIORS WANT TO PLAY COLLEGE GOLF. THE CRAIG RANCH EVENT IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A TJGT INVITATIONAL EVENT WITH SO MANY MEMBERS IN THE FIELD WHO HAVE EARNED AJGA PBE STATUS ON THE TOUR. TJGT IS EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE AJGA’S SUPPORT OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. THE AJGA IS THE GREATEST JR. GOLF ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD AND WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO BE ASSOCIATED & SUPPORTED BY SUCH A FIRST CLASS ORGANIZATION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND EVERY KID WE KNOW TOWARDS THIS OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION. ”
TJGT WOULD LIKE TO THANK UNDERARMOUR, HUNTER MAHAN, and TPC CRAIG RANCH GM: TODD HARBOR, AJGA SOUTH CENTRAL VP: DARREN NELSON, CJ GOECKS, TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN & THE OVER 40 VOLUNTEERS, SPECIFICALLY MR. HAROLD EPPS FOR A GREAT WEEKEND OF ELITE JR. GOLF. TJGT SALUTES THE AJGA TOURNAMENT STAFF, THE PLAYERS & CRAIG RANCH FOR ALLOWING THE TOUR THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ON SUCH A GREAT EVENT.