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Pickels 2nd at SWPGA Championship

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Joey Pickels and Grady Bourguignon each took second in their respective age groups this weekend in the Southwest PGA Ping Junior Players Series Tour Championship at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale. Pickels shot a 77-76—153 to take second o... Full story

Chapman roars to third Yuma Women's Open title

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Connie Chapman won her third consecutive Greater Yuma Women's Open Championship on Tuesday at the Desert Hills Golf Course, firing a final-round 87 in brisk and windy weather conditions. Chapman's two-day total of 173 was nine shots ahead of Debbie ... Full story

Holscher leads Greater Yuma Women's Open

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Debbie Holscher shot an 83 Monday at Mesa del Sol Golf Course to take a one-shot lead after the first day of play in the Greater Yuma Women's Open Champion- ship. Donna Lalonde is one stroke back at 84, and Connie Chapman sits in third place at 86 h... Full story

Winter golf events targeted at women

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

As women's golf continues to grow in Yuma, so do the number of tournaments and events for the ladies of the links. Cocopah RV & Golf Resort will be one of six courses in the state to host a Join The Fun Scramble event at 2 p.m. Saturday as part ... Full story

Teeing Off: Tom Watson in full form

BY MATT MAXSON, SUN STAFF WRITER

Tom Watson shot a 64 Saturday, and if he keeps it up he'll be carding his age in no time. The 60-year-old Watson shot a 6-under and has a four-stroke going into today's final round at the Senior Players Championship. He's proving that his performanc... Full story

Canan plays in America's Cup, earns second Player of the Year award over summer

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

Team Arizona knew what it wanted to accomplish at the Girls Junior America's Cup, and Tacna's Mieke Canan held up her end of the bargain. "All we wanted to do was shoot in the 70s every day, and we all managed to do that," she said.  But ha... Full story

Bourguignon wins SWPGA event in playoff

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Grady Bourguignon shot an even-par 72 to tie for the lead with Sean Buchanan and nearly holed out for eagle on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the Southwest PGA Antigua Junior Tour Championship on Wednesday at Antelope Hills Golf Cou... Full story

Six competing at SWPGA Championships

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Grady Bourguignon is in second place after the first round of the Southwest PGA's Antigua Junior Tour Championship at Antelope Hills Golf South Course in Prescott. Bourguignon went even par on the back nine to shoot a two-over 74. He is two shots be... Full story

Nakasawa 22nd at U.S. Amateur qualifier

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Bentley Nakasawa finished 22nd at the U.S. Amateur local qualifier on Tuesday at Whirlwind Golf Course in Chandler, eight shots behind the four qualifiers. Nakasawa was one of 39 golfers to make the cut after Monday's Round 1 on the Cattail course w... Full story

Team Arizona places ninth at America's Cup

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Tacna's Mieke Canan posted three rounds in the 70s at the Girls Junior America's Cup earlier this week to help Team Arizona place ninth in the event and finishing in a tie for 39th place individually. Arizona was 35-over par for the tournament in Lo... Full story

Bourguignon T-4 at PING Masters

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Grady Bourguignon shot a 2-over 72 on Wednesday to finish in a tie for fourth place at the PING Arizona Junior Masters tournament at the ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe. Bourguignon, playing in the 13-14 boys division, birdied the first hole and fo... Full story

10 qualify for state championships

Ten Yuma-area junior golfers received invitations to the PGA Antigua Tour's state championship on Aug. 4-5 at Antelope Hills Golf Course in Prescott. The 11-12 and 15-18 boys age groups had the most local qualifiers. Kody Fiser and Cameron Sharp... Full story

YAGJF summer tournaments come to close with low scores

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

The Yuma Area Junior Golf Foundation offered a little something extra for four of its players Wednesday at Desert Hills following the final tournament of the summer. YAJGF director Richie Valenzuela handed out Most Improved Player awards to Daws... Full story

Nakasawa enters match play as No. 4 seed

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

Bentley Nakasawa had to pull off a couple of upsets at last year's Arizona Amateur Championship to reach the round of 16.  This year, he'll be the one looking to avoid an upset. Nakasawa followed up a 67 on Monday with an even-par 72 Tuesda... Full story

Nakasawa named Academic All-American golfer

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

Grand Canyon University golfer and former Yuma Catholic golfer Bentley Nakasawa was selected as a Division II All-American Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.  Nakasawa, a junior at GCU, has a 3.69 grade point average in the clas... Full story

Canan T-10 at state championship

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Tacna's Mieke Canan shot rounds of 77 and 81 on Tuesday and Wednesday to finish in a tie for 10th place in the Girls Junior State Championship at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. Canan was five shots off the lead after the first round on... Full story

Canan wins Thunderbird Classic

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Tacna's Mieke Canan scored her second tournament win of the summer with a closing-round 75 on Thursday to win the Thunderbird Junior Classic at The Arizona Biltmore Country Club. She was three strokes ahead of Gilbert's Saki Iida. Canan began the t... Full story

Bourguignon sixth at Jr. Worlds qualifier

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Yuma junior golfer Grady Bourguignon posted rounds of 73 and 77 to finish in sixth place in the 13-14 division at the Callaway Junior World Championships qualifier on Tuesday and Wednesday in Goodyear. Bourguignon was only two back of the leaders af... Full story

Canan goes low, finishes third

Tacna junior golfer Mieke Canan posted a 2-under 70 on Thursday in the final round of the Antigua/Milt Coggins Arizona Junior Stroke Play tournament to take third place. Canan birdied all five of Encanto Golf Course's par-5s in Thursday's round to o... Full story

Las Barrancas closing for summer

Other courses lowering green fees, offering summer specials

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

The summer months are bringing cheaper greens fees at courses in the Yuma area, but also a temporary closure for one venue. Las Barrancas Golf Course in the Foothills is shutting down operations from June 1 until September as owners predict fewer go... Full story

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