The American Junior Golf Association wrapped up the Golf World West Coast Championship this week at Castlewood Country Club.
Junior golfers came from all over the United States to make up the field of 72 boys and 24 girls. There were kids from as far as Arizona, Hawaii, Texas, New York, Nevada and across the state.
The field of golfers also included two girls from Pleasanton, Lauren Oh and Kortnie Maxoutopoulis. Also, there were six boys from Pleasanton: Matthew Miller, Brian Robinson, Anthony Machi, Justin Gabbert, Michael Smith and Chris Crownover.
After the first round of play the Pleasanton teens had the following scores: Matthew Miller had a 72, Brian Robinson, 75, Anthony Machi, 77, Justin Gabbert, 82, Michael Smith, 84, Chris Crownover, 84, Lauren Oh, 85 and Kortnie Maxoutopoulis, 87. The par for the boys was 70 and for the girls 71.
The tournament began on Monday and was scheduled to finish up Thursday.
The junior golfers played on the Hills Course at Castlewood Country Club and participated in many different events throughout the week. Some of the events included a Junior-Am Fundraising Tournament, a tournament cookout, long drive contest, Care Fore the Course Party and the awards ceremony.
The top five boys will receive full exemption to all AJGA tournaments, the top 10 will receive three tournament exemptions, top 15 will receive two tournament exemptions and the top 25 will receive one tournament exemption. The top three girls will receive full exemption from all AJGA tournaments, the top five will receive three tournament exemptions, the top 10 will receive two tournaments exemptions and the top half of the field will receive one tournament exemption.
The American Junior Golf Association is a nonprofit organization with the goal of helping junior golfers achieve their dream of obtaining a college golf scholarship.
