PGA MEDIA GUIDE Junior PGA Championship presented by Under Armour and Heritage F.S.E. 2011 Facts and Format Fort Wayne. This season marks the second year of presenting Dates: Aug. 2-5 sponsorship for Under Armour and the debut of Heritage F.S.E. Site: Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, Ind. The Junior PGA Championship has been a parade of star performers. Past competitors who have gone on to successful 2010 Champions: professional careers include: Billy Andrade, Kathy Baker, Boys’ Division - Denny McCarthy, Burtonsville, Md. Brandie Burton, Stewart Cink, Chris Couch, Rick Fehr, Jim Girls’ Division - Cassy Isagawa, Wailuku, Hawaii Gallagher Jr., Trevor Immelman, Cristie Kerr, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Billy Mayfair, Michelle McGann, Phil Method of Play 72-hole, stroke-play Championship, 18 Mickelson, Sean O’Hair, Grace Park, In-Bee Park, Dottie holes daily. There is a cut after 54 holes to the low 30 boys and Pepper, Stacy Prammanasudh, Scott Verplank, Willie Wood low 30 girls plus ties. In the event of a tie after 72 holes, there and Tiger Woods. will be a hole-by-hole playoff. Alexis Thompson of Coral Springs, Fla., sealed her legacy at the Junior PGA by winning her second title in 2009, cruis- Rules and Regulations The Rules of Golf, which govern ing to a 12-stroke triumph, one stroke off the all-time record, play, are determined by the United States Golf Association set by Debbie Hall, who posted a 13-stroke victory in 1977. and applied by the PGA of America Board of Directors. The The 14-year-old Thompson, who was already competing Championship is subject to the overall supervision of the in her fourth Junior PGA Championship, finished in the top 3 Board and the PGA Rules Committee. in each of the last three Junior PGA Championships. In 2007, the 12-year-old Thompson became the youngest Eligibility Boys and girls, under 19 years of age and who champion in Championship history. have not yet begun college, may attempt to qualify through their local PGA Sections. The boys and girls field for the fi- With his win at the 2008 Masters Tournament, South Af- nals is comprised of one boy and one girl champion from each rican Trevor Immelman became just the second boys’ division of the 41 Sections, one boy and one girl champion from all winner of the Junior PGA Championship to also win a major PGA Junior Series events prior to the Junior PGA Champion- championship. In addition, Immelman (1996) became the sec- ship, winners of selected national junior tournaments ond to achieve PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors. conducted earlier in the year, Golfweek, Junior Golf Score- David Toms, the 1984 Junior PGA Championship, also board and Polo national rankings, and past Junior PGA won the 2001 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Championship winners who have not reached their 19th birth- With her victory at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, In-Bee days. Park of Henderson, Nev. and South Korea, became the third girls’ division winner of the Junior PGA Championship to A History of Showcasing Tomorrow’s Stars also earn a major championship. One of golf’s major championships for juniors, the Junior Park joined a select group that included Cristie Kerr of PGA Championship is where the best in the world get their Scottsdale, Ariz., winner of the 1995 Junior PGA Champion- start. ship and the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open; and Grace Park of Begun in 1976, at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Scottsdale, winner of the 1996 Junior PGA Championship and Fla., the Championship has been a popular stop on the na- the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship. tional junior circuit for many of today’s PGA and LPGA tour- In 2005, former Junior PGA Champion Sean O’Hair ing professionals. (1998) became the first Junior PGA Champion to achieve The Junior PGA Championship moved to Callaway Gar- PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors. There have been four dens in Mountain View, Ga., in 1978, and two years later was LPGA Rookies of the Year to come from the Junior PGA played at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Girls’ Champion or runner-up positions: 1985 Penny Hammel Fla., which would eventually host 19 Championships over the (1978 Champion); 1991 Brandi Burton (1988 Champion); next two decades. 2000 Dorothy Delasin (1998 runner-up); and 2002 Beth Bauer The Championship also visited Bellerive Country Club in (1997 Champion). St. Louis, Mo., in 1988 and Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & Coun- In 2002, former Junior PGA Champion Ty Tryon of Or- try Club in 1993. The Championship returned to PGA Na- lando, Fla., became the youngest player (age 17) to earn a tional Golf Club in 1994 and remained at the site until 2001. PGA Tour fully exempt playing card. The Maxfli Golf Division served as title sponsor of the Junior In 1990, Vicki Goetz-Ackerman, of Hull, Ga., became the PGA Championship from 1991 to 1999. first participant to win three Junior PGA Championships Westfield Insurance, one of the country’s premier insur- (1987, ‘89, ‘90). Beth Bauer of Valrico, Fla. (1994, ‘97), the ance carriers, became title sponsor from 2001-2007, and ele- late Heather Farr (1980, ‘82) of Phoenix, Ariz., Aree Song vated the Championship to yet another level. Wongluekiet (1999, 2000) of Eustis, Fla./Thailand, are the In 2011, the Junior PGA Championship makes its second other competitors who have captured more than one Junior consecutive visit to Indiana at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in PGA Championship. PGA MEDIA GUIDE Junior PGA Championship n Junior PGA Champions Through the Years Junior PGA Championship Year Champion Score Runner-up(s) Site Inaugural 1976 (Boys) Larry Field 297 Ricky Smallridge Walt Disney World (Magnolia), Fla. (Girls) Nancy Rubin 320 Michelle Jordan 2nd 1977 (Boys 15-17) Randy Watkins 291 Rick Stallings Walt Disney World, Fla. (Boys 12-14) John Inman 298 Robert Burns (Boys, Palm; Girls, Magnolia) (Girls 15-17) Debbie Hall 294 Lauri Merten (Girls 12-14) Lise A. Russell 329 Denise King 3rd 1978 (Boys) Willie Wood* 289 Bob Wolcott Callaway Gardens (Mountain View), Ga. (Girls) Kathy Baker 304 Sharon Barrett 4th 1979 (Boys) Rick Fehr 286 Tracy Philips Callaway Gardens (Mountain View), Ga. (Girls) Penny Hammel 306 Jenny Lidback 5th 1980 (Boys) Tracy Phillips 293 John Inman PGA National GC (Haig), Fla. (Girls) Heather Farr 297 Jenny Lidback 6th 1981 (Boys) Billy Andrade 286 Scott Erikson PGA National GC (Haig), Fla. (Girls) Cathy Johnston 296 Heather Farr 7th 1982 (Boys) Billy Mayfair 292 Tim Fleming PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Heather Farr 287 Dottie Pepper 8th 1983 (Boys) Michael Bradley 286 Edward Pfister PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Tracy Kerdyk 296 Cheryl Morley 9th 1984 (Boys) David Toms 289 Michael Finne PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Clare Dolan 307 Cheryl Morley 10th 1985 (Boys) Steve Termeer 292 John Alber PGA National GC (Haig), Fla. (Girls) Jean Zedlitz 300 Dana Lofland 11th 1986 (Boys) Brian Montgomery 293 Damien Jamila PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Adele Moore 300 Tracy Nakamura 12th 1987 (Boys) Jeff Manson 294 Thomas Hurley PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Vicki Goetze 296 Michelle McGann 13th 1988 (Boys) Reynold Lee 294 Kevin Hammer Bellerive CC, St. Louis, Mo. (Girls) Brandie Burton 288 Kimberly Cayce 14th 1989 (Boys) Bobby Collins 288 Briny Baird, Justin Leonard PGA National GC (Haig), Fla. (Girls) Vicki Goetze 295 Renee Heiken 15th 1990 (Boys) Chris Couch 278 Tiger Woods PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Vicki Goetze 278 Estafania Knuth 16th 1991 (Boys) David Dawley* 299 Chip Spiron PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Julie Brand 305 Jeong Min Park 17th 1992 (Boys) D.A. Points 223# Todd Lynch PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Kellee Booth 214# Eunice Choi 18th 1993 (Boys) Pat Perez 271 Robert Floyd Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & CC (Girls) Erika Hayashida 279 Betty Chen 19th 1994 (Boys) Joel Kribel 272 Boyd Summerhays PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Beth Bauer 282 Jenny Lee 20th 1995 (Boys) Kyle Thompson 143# Andy Doeden PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Cristie Kerr 138# Jae Jean Ro 21st 1996 (Boys) Trevor Immelman 295 Kyle Thompson PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Grace Park 292 Beth Bauer 22nd 1997 (Boys) Bubba Dickerson 214# Nicholas Loar PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Beth Bauer 208# Stacy Prammanasudh 23rd 1998 (Boys) Sean O’Hair 289 Nathan Fritz PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Leigh Anne Hardin 278 Dorothy Joy Delasin 24th 1999 (Boys) Chan Song Wongluekiet** 282 Jayme Berkowitz PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. (Girls) Aree Song Wongluekiet 271 Naree Song Wongluekiet 25th 2000 (Boys) Ty Tryon 276 Chan Song Wongluekiet, PGA National GC (Champion), Fla. James Vargas (Girls) Aree Song Wongluekiet 275 Naree Song Wongluekiet 26th 2001 (Boys) Taylor Hall 280 Casey Wittenberg Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) In-Bee Park 289 Mallory Code 27th 2002 (Boys) Tyler Aldridge 278 Adam Porzak Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) In-Bee Park 275 Jenny Suh 28th 2003 (Boys) Phillip Bryan 279 James Sacheck Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) Emma Cabrera-Bello 281 Jennie Lee 29th 2004 (Boys) Daniel Woltman 280 Brian Maurer Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) Angela Park 277 Jennie Lee 30th 2005 (Boys) Alex Volpenheim 272 Joe Monte Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) Stephanie Kono 281 Kristina Wong 31st 2006 (Boys) Joe Monte 275 Tony Mapu Finau Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) Brittany Altomare 284 Kristen Schelling 32nd 2007 (Boys) Chris DeForest 274 Mark Johnson Westfield Group CC, Westfield Center, Ohio (Girls) Alexis Thompson 283 Kimberly Kim 33rd 2008 (Boys) Anthony Paolucci * 276 Jordan Spieth TPC River’s Bend, Maineville, Ohio (Girls) Danielle Frasier 277 Sarah Brown 34th 2009 (Boys) T.J.