Junior Golf Notebook

        VSGA Junior Match Play   SUFFOLK, Va. • June 22-25 – Dylan Jensen of Ridgeway won the 20th Virginia State Golf Association Match Play Championship at Nansemond River Golf Club. Jensen qualified for the 16-player bracket with 69-76, earning the No. 15 seed in a playoff after five players had tied for the final two…

A kid that cares

         Drew Johnson winner of major award for charity work Drew Johnson has all the makings of someone who just might develop into a special golfer for a long time to come. You’d have a hard time, however, finding anyone who doesn’t think the rising sophomore from Northwest Gilfod High Schoo isn’t pretty special right…

Junior Golf Notebook

        North & South Junior PINEHURST • June 15-17 – Jonathan DiIanni of Kernersville and Lane Gakeler of Greensboro posted top-10 finishes in the North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst. DiIanni opened with 78 at Pinehurst No. 8 but came back with back-to-back 70s at No. 5 and No. 2 to advance to fifth on…

New AJGA event coming to Tanglewood

        The American Junior Golf Association will be making its first stop in Forsyth County this August on the famed Tanglewood Championship Course. The event came together through the work of AccuSport of Winston-Salem and former Wake Forest star Webb Simpson, now a member of the PGA Tour. The event, the AccuSport Championship hosted by Webb…