The Australian team for the Junior Pacific Cup has dominated play on day 1 to move into a commanding position. The team is full of SAJG members and lead by team captain Mitch Sheather.
All players had great performances on day 1, with only one foursomes match halved....all other matches went the way of the aussies.....to lead 5.5 to 0.5.
The team comprises Mitch Sheather, DJ Loypur, Sean Ong, Lucas Herbet, Montana Strauss and Julienne Soo. Montana and DJ have both come of strong weeks at the Australian Amateur and will carry that form into this event.
With Day 3 now complete, the Australian team has won the Junior Pacific Cup 10.5 to 7.5. The US team mounted a fightback on the final day, but the deficit was too great. Congrats to the team on a great win.
The 2012 Series teed off at beautiful Metropolitan GC in very hot conditions. The heat didn't deter the SAJG Signature Tournament winner, Brett Coletta from Sandhurst, who returned a fine 69 to take out the event by 3 shots over Zach Murray from Wodonga.
Division A winner was Kono Matsumoto, whilst Div B points were shared between Connor Brodrick and Ellen Pollock. Jaz Gardner was too strong in Div C with 42 points.
With the pending amalgamation of SAJG with Golf Victoria, the structure for a joint junior membership is currently under review. As such there is no membership form or information on our website as in previous years.
For entry purposes, all current (2011) SAJG members will be carried forward until the new structure is finalised. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
VIC U16 CLASSIC WINNERS
Shanniah Fernando and David Lawler have taken out the first Victorian U16 Junior Classic for 2012. David returned a score of 57 and Shanniah a 63 to lead the field at the Aust Pitch'n'Putt course.
Fifty eager players took on the course on an overcast morning, perfect for golf.
Boys gross age winners included Ben Powell, Bodie Gardner, Tyrone Thorpe, Ashish Sudarsanan, David Lawlor and Stewart Tennison.
Girls gross winners were Angelique Vaxalis, Kay Bannan, Shanniah Fernando and Cheerie Tan.
Biggest smile of the day went to Keally Dwyer (pictured) receiving her Girls U10 nett trophy.
This is one of our favourite events...get your club's juniors/cadets to enter..it's great for all ability levels.
SAJG members had a great day at Woodlands for the first round of the matchplay at the Australian Amateur.
Montana Strauss demolished world number 2, Cecilia Cho from NZ, 5 and 3.
Su Oh won her match against Emily Perry (NZ) 7 and 5.
DJ Loypur defeated J Cabban (NSW) 7 and 5.
It must have been a day of great golf from all three to win so convincingly. The girls move into the final 16 and DJ the final 32, with the prospect of playing 2 matches tomorrow.
The 2011 Rookies of the Year have been decided... in drizzly trying conditions at Riversdale Golf Club on Friday, January 13 2012.
9 year old Nathan Page (Northern Golf Club) shot 2 over par on the modified layout to win the boys Rookie title, whilst Yarra Yarra's Shaniah Fernando took the honours at the girls Rookie champ.
Riversdale hosted the 2009 Final and were wonderful hosts again in 2011. Congratulations to Serena Yong (Girls U14) Kai Schipp (Girls U10), Jack Deftereos Brennan (Boys U14) and Levi Sclatter (Boys U10) for winning their age Rookie titles.
Justin Ispanovic from Rosanna GC and Soo Bin Park from Kingswood GC have taken out the 2012 Southern Junior Classic.
Justin fired a closing 73 to secure a one stroke win over Jueyi Guo (The Heritage) and Max Everett-Rose from Lingfield Park in the UK.
The Girls section saw 12 yo Soo Bin Park hold off the older girls to notch her first SAJG tournament victory. She fired 2 rounds of 79 to win by a comfortable 4 strokes.
The rescheduled 2011 SAJG Signature Tournament was played on a stunning day at The Heritage. Whilst the St John course proved difficult, the winners posted record scores for the tournament. Brett Coletta (Sandhurst) is the Boys Champion with a tremendous round of 69, 3 under par. Played off the gold tees at 6400m it was a great round of golf, winning by 6 strokes from James Bannan and Matthew Sellars.
The Girls Champion was equally impressive. Georgia Macklan from Jubilee fired a wonderful round of 73, 1 under par, to win by a comfortable 7 strokes from runner up Kirsty Hodgkins.
Full results are now available, with further images to be uploaded on Monday. Our sincere thanks to The Heritage for again being great hosts of this tournament.
SAJG member Bianca Ling has just taken out the girl's section of the Victorian Junior Masters at the Waverley Golf Club with a four round total of 308. Bianca started strongly with an opening round 72, but was reeled in by Julienne Soo, who finished second, just a stroke behind.
Frazer Droop from Yarrrawonga finished second in the boy's section after returning an even par total of 288, 3 behind winner Beaucousin Teremoana from French Polynesia.
Full results can be found on the Golf Victoria website.
STUART APPLEBY's MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FOR JUNIOR GOLF
Today Stuart Appleby made a major announcement about the future of junior golf in Victoria. Twenty juniors were invited to join Stuart on the tournament range at the JBWere Masters, hitting shots in front of their golfing heros as the cameras rolled!
Shortly after, 5 lucky juniors were able to take part in Stuart's JBWere Masters media conference, announcing to a full media centre that Stuart Appleby Junior Golf and Golf Victoria will in 2012 join to form the development arm of junior golf in Victoria.
Both SAJG and Golf Victoria are pleased with the outcome of the announcement and hope that the golfing community will warmly embrace the move, which will bring about a more streamlined and efficient approach to the promotion, development and administration of junior golf.
