Official Publication of the Junior Foundation Vol. 6, Issue 10 March 2015

Junior Tour Edition

Andy Landenberger

Junior Tour Director

Updates

Website changes coming

in March

www.wiscjuniorgolf.com

Tentative 2015

Schedule NOW available

online

Look for junior

membership application

online. Memberships have

been mailed out to all

2014 members and DCP

participants.

Contents — Junior Tour News

— 2014 Point Standings

— Membership Corner

— Players of the Year

— Aces Wild — Junior Cup Matches

— Scholarships & DCP

Our Staff

Joe Stadler Executive Director

Andy Landenberger Junior Tour Director

Courtney Buchach TFTMC Executive Director

Chris Hoel Director of Operations

Ann Bloomfield TFTMC Program Director

Contact Us Wisconsin PGA

11350 W. Theo Trecker Way

West Allis, WI 53214

Phone: (414) 443-3570

Fax: (414) 443-0817

www.wiscjuniorgolf.com

Dear Junior Golfers & Parents

The Junior Foundation would like to thank

the PGA Professionals, golf course owners,

superintendents and sponsors for making

our tours a success in 2014. We are look-

ing forward to making events even better

for the 2015 season.

You will see some changes in the junior

membership this year. Memberships will

include a Junior Tour Member gift, person-

alized bag tag, Culver’s coupon & mem-

bership card. Your membership gift will be

based on how many years you have been

a member. Gifts range from a sharpie

marker set for new members in 2015 to a

personalized headcover for members of 8

years. Look for pictures on the website

soon of the gifts for each year of member-

ship.

The 2015 junior schedule is up on the

website. We have added a few new events

in the form of Girls Only tournaments. We

are excited to team up with the WWSGA

to run a Girls Match Play event on July 14-

15 at Horicon Hills and a Girls Only stroke

play event on August 4 at SentryWorld.

SentryWorld has been newly renovated

and will re-open in 2015. When you in-

clude the Sherri Steinhauer Girls Only

event at Blackhawk CC we have a great

schedule for girls to play.

We will run four 36-hole Players Tour

events this year. College players ages 21

and under can participate in these events.

Look for fall junior tour events again this

year and many other options on the 2015

schedule. More details will be available

online.

Andy Landenberger

WPGA Junior Tour Director

Junior Tour News

Top 10 Boys 2014 POY points 1. Kaylor Steger (Sturtevant) - 1,507

2. Thomas Longbella (Chippewa Falls) - 1,246

3. Mitchell Wittmann (Combined Locks) - 1,126

4. Chapin Orr (Dodgeville) - 1,051

5. Christopher Colla (Fond du Lac) - 1,026

6. Ricky Kuiper (Racine) - 987

7. Tyler Church (Onalaska) - 836

8. Trevor Thomas (Junction City) - 815

9. Eddie Wajda III (Brookfield) - 806

10. Charlie Maleki (Mequon) - 805

Top 10 Girls 2014 POY points 1. Mikayla Hauck (Cottage Grove) - 1,421

2. Anika Hitt (Mequon) - 1,000

3. Rebecca Klongland (Stoughton) - 965

4. Abby Chase (Beaver Dam) - 895

5. Grace Dunn (Brookfield) - 877

6. Speedy Kent (Mequon) - 849

7. Mikayla Smith (Appleton) - 821

8. Loren Skibba (Verona) - 750

9. Kayla Priebe (Appleton) - 742

10. Ashli Stolen (Stoughton) - 587

We will continue to run member only events in 2015. These events will be for Junior Members ONLY and will have limited field sizes. Applications for membership have been mailed out and are available online NOW! We look forward to seeing you on the links this summer. 2015 Important Dates

June 14 -15 - Players Tour event at Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys Course). Two day 36-hole event. June 16 - Wisconsin juniors Only AJGA Qualifier at The Legend at Brandybrook. June 23 -24 - Junior Championship at Brown Deer Park & Dretzka Park in Milwaukee. July 1 - Junior Best-Ball at The Bull at Pinehurst Farms. July 2 - Whistling Straits (Irish Course) Junior Tour event (members only event). July 6-7 - Players Tour event at Lawsonia. Two day 36-hole event. July 12-13 - Players tour event at Meadowbrook & The Racine CC. 36-hole event. July 14-15 - WWSGA & Junior Foundation Girls Match Play at Horicon Hills GC. July 19-20 - Players Tour event at Rolling Meadows & South Hills G&CC. 36-hole event. July 20-21 - Sherri Steinhauer Girls Only event at Blackhawk CC. Two day 36-hole event. August 2 - Adult/Junior event at Morningstar Golfers Club. August 10-11 - Lake Arrowhead Invitational (Boys & Girls). September 13 - Fall Junior Tour event at Washington County. September 26 - Fall Junior Tour event at Brown Deer GC. September 27 - Fall Junior Tour event at The Legend at Merrill Hills.

Junior Membership Corner

The 2015 Junior Membership went live on February 9th at 9am. You will be able to renew your membership from last year or register as a new member. You should have been emailed your login information from last year to help you login and renew. As a reminder, registration for Junior Tournaments will begin on April 2.

Membership Benefits for 2015: - Receive a WSGA Handicap ($25 value with the $50 membership) - Personalized bag tag & member card - Junior membership gift, based on how many years you have been a member. Awesome new gifts in 2015! Gifts range

from a sharpie marker set to logoed putter cover or head cover. View gifts online soon. - Culver’s coupon ($4 value) - GolfTec initial lesson ($175 value) - Discounts at Six Flags/Hurricane Harbor (save $22 per ticket) - Discounts at Kalahari Resort in WI Dells. More expanded dates for 2015.

Junior Tour Players of the Year - 2014

Girls Player of the Year:

Mikayla Hauck

The WPGA Junior Foundation is pleased to an-

nounce Mikayla Hauck as the Junior Girls Player of

the Year for 2014. She won four times on the junior

tour schedule, had eight top five finishes and finished

3rd at Lake Arrowhead Invitational. Mikayla also made

a hole in one at the GolfTec Junior Championship on

her last hole to win her division with a score of 74.

She is 16 years old and from Cottage Grove.

Boys Player of the Year:

Kaylor Steger

The WPGA Junior Foundation is pleased to announce

Kaylor Steger as the Junior Boys Player of the Year

for 2014. Kaylor started his senior year off right by

winning the WIAA High School Division I state title.

He finished 2nd at the Junior Championship, won the

Junior Masters and finished 3rd at the WSGA State

Junior to claim player of the year honors. The Junior

Foundation had a record five boys reach the 1,000

point mark in 2014.

The 2014 WPGA

Junior Foundation

Player of the Year Awards

Future Tour Players of the Year—2014

Future Tour Girls Player of the

Year: Holly Murphy

The WPGA Junior Foundation is

pleased to announce Holly Murphy as

the Future Tour Girls Player of the

Year for 2014. Holly played in all 10

Future Tour events and finished with

two wins and in the top 5 another four

times. Holly dominated the points total

with 350 points. She is 13 and lives in

Lake Geneva. Runner-up to her was

Claudia Seeman with 230 points.

Future Tour Boys Player of

the Year: Jared Christensen

The WPGA Junior Foundation is

pleased to announce Jared Chris-

tensen as the Future Tour Boys

Player of the Year for 2014. His con-

sistent play on the Future Tour led

him to finish in the top ten in all but

one event and 6 top five finishes.

Jared is 14 and Sussex native. He

totaled 271 player points. Addison

Raimer finished runner-up with 222.

Aces Wild in Junior Events

The Junior Foundation had 7 hole in ones in 2014. Congratulations, Juniors!! We hope to see more Aces in 2015!

Aces in 2013—7 Aces in 2012—8

(Rachel Kauflin)

Back to Back for Team Wisconsin

The 17th Annual MN-WI PGA Junior Cup Match took place at Blackwolf Run & Whistling Straits on June 29-30, 2014. The first day of four-ball match play concluded with Team Minnesota leading 6.5 to 5.5. Day 2 of the Cup Matches was an awesome day for Team Wisconsin. Team WI won 13 singles matches to MN 11 to win the cup by a score of 18.5 to 17.5!!! It was a thrilling victory on a very difficult golf course. That makes two in a row for Team WI and they now lead the overall series 11-5-1.

We would like to thank Blackwolf Run & Whistling Straits for hosting last years event. The Junior Foundation would also like to thank the sales reps that donated tee gifts to each player. Thanks to Ted Robbins, Tom Cranwell, Michael Chase, Matt Flaten and Rob Hurab. The team consists of the top 12 boys and 12 girls in our great state of Wisconsin based on the WPGA Player of the Year points list.

2014 participants included Hallie Kent, Mikayla Hauck, Abby Martin, Maddie McCue, Abby Dufrane, Lauren Kluber-tanz, Grace Dunn, Abby Chase, Caroline Lake, Anika Hitt, Rebecca Klongland, Gabby Curtis, Steven Young, Hunter Eichhorn, Nate Thomson, Zach Nash, Jonah Buss, Ricky Kuiper, Christopher Colla, Matthew Bachmann, Trevor Thomas, Garrett Loomis, Charlie Maleki and Thomas Longbella. The team captain is Junior Tour Director Andy Landenberger.

Minnesota will host the 2015 Cup Matches on June 28-29. The host course will be StoneRidge GC in Stillwater, MN. The 2015 team will be announced in late March with letters sent to those who qualify for the team.

June 16th—Par 3 #1—Noyes Park GC

Ryan Kusek from Slinger—Hole in One on #5, 70 yards

July 8th—Junior Tour #13—Pleasant View GC James Luessman from McFarland—Hole in One on #2, 169 yards

July 10th—GolfTec Junior Championship—Currie Park GC Tyler Beeck from Sheboygan Falls—Hole in One on #16, 205 yards

July 10th—GolfTec Junior Championship—Currie Park GC

Mikayla Hauck from Cottage Grove—Hole in One on #5, 107 yards

July 16th—Junior Tour #17—House on the Rock Resort

Kailey Taebel from Stoughton—Hole in One on #17, 138 yards

August 8th—Par 3 Inviational—Noyes Park GC Rachel Kauflin from Wauwatosa—Hole in One on #2, 83 yards

Her hole in one was on second playoff hole to win!

August 8th—Junior Tour #34—Monroe CC

Jack Rogerson from Monroe—Hole in One on #12, 178 yards

Do you have a junior golf license plate yet? What are you waiting for?

Order a Golf Wisconsin License Plate today and help support Junior Golf.

Your $25 fee will help fund junior golf programs statewide. To receive a plate application call the Section Office at 414-443-3570 or visit our website and look under Fundraiser tab for

application. The WPGA Junior Foundation receives 75% of the funds raised by the plate sales.

The $25 fee is 100% tax deductible.

2015 Scholarship Application Online

Attention Parents/Juniors—The 2015 Scholarship application is available on our website. Look for it under the Membership tab then Scholarships. Last year we awarded eighteen individuals scholarships totaling $12,000. Please submit your application before the May 11th deadline. We have broken down the scholarship application into two categories. One is for High School Seniors and the other is for current College Students. Make sure to apply for the appropriate scholarship. More scholarship applications are available on our website for girls through the LPGA.

The Regional finals for the Drive, Chip and Putt competition were held on September 6th at the TPC Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wisconsin was well represented with 14 boys and 15 girls competing. Emily Lauterbach, Hartland, won the 14-15 year old division of the girls competition with a score of 136 which was the 3rd highest score of the day including the boys divisions. Jessica Guiser, also from Hartland, captured the title in the girls 7-9 division with a score of 124. Good luck to Emily and Jessica at the finals in April at Augusta! The Junior Foundation, along with the WPGA, will be running 6 local qualifiers and 1 sub-regional Drive, Chip and Putt events in 2015. Winners from qualifiers advance to sub-regional and sub-regional winners advance to regionals at Medinah Country Club, IL. Winners at the regional advance to the finals at Augusta National in 2016. Registration is free for these events for kids ages 7-15! Register at www.drivechipandputt.com. Wisconsin Sites & Dates Wed, July 1 - The Legend at Bergamont (Oregon, WI) Tues, July 7 - SentryWorld (Stevens Point, WI) Wed, July 15 - Whispering Springs GC (Fond du Lac, WI) Tues, July 21 - Thornberry Creek GC (Oneida, WI) Fri, July 24 - Oakwood Park GC 1:30pm start (Franklin, WI) Tues, July 28 - The Legend at Merrill Hills (Waukesha, WI) Sub-Regional Saturday, August 8 - University Ridge (Madison, WI)

Drive, Chip & Putt