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The tournament was founded 73 years ago in 1952 as the Insurance City Open; [2] It was renamed the Greater Hartford Open in 1967, a title that was retained through 2003. From 1973 through 1988, the GHO also bore the name of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., who would often play in the pro-ams.
The tournament has been played since 1976 and is the flagship junior tournament of the PGA of America. The field consists of 156 girls and 156 boys. The field consists of 156 girls and 156 boys. Half qualify through their PGA Section and the remainder of the field is based on national junior/amateur events and special exemptions.
The Junior Players Championship is a leading annual junior golf tournament in the United States for male amateur golfers under the age of 19. [ 1 ] The tournament has been played since 2007 and is organized by the American Junior Golf Association .
The tournament is the flagship tournament of the American Junior Golf Association. The field is made up of the top boys and girls on the AJGA Rankings, AJGA Junior All-Americans, award recipients, plus select invitees. [2] The 44th edition in 2001 featured 144 of the best junior golfers in the world from 14 different countries. [3]
Martin Davis Eichelberger Jr. (born September 3, 1943) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour levels. Early life and amateur career [ edit ]
In 2015, he was named All-USA Boys Golf Player of the Year by USA Today. [3] Riley made the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur two years in a row, joining Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth as the only players to appear in the championship match twice. [4] In 2013, he lost the final to Scottie Scheffler when he called a penalty on himself on the last ...
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
Bentley envisioned such an organization, and created the American Junior Golf Association to meet the need. The AJGA conducted its first national junior golf event in 1978, the AJGA Tournament of Champions, at Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill, Florida. [4] Later that same year the AJGA introduced and conducted its second national event. [5]