Top50jrTour prepares to kick off 2007 golf season

Published 5:17 am Saturday, May 12, 2007

By Staff
HOWELL – The Michigan Top50jrTour is gearing up for its fifth season and it is expected to be more exciting than ever.
In the past four seasons, the Top50jrTour, presented by the National Golf Scholarship Association, has provided over $50,000 in college scholarship awards and over 2500 FREE rounds of tournament golf for Michigan Students. This year the Top50jrTour expects to provide students with over 1500 FREE tournament rounds for participating students.
The 2007 season offers participating Michigan students with over 60 tournaments statewide as well as a season ending televised state championship.
"Each week hundreds of students qualify to play FREE tournament golf," PGA Golf Professional and Michigan Tour Director Dan Thomas said. "We are very proud of the significant contributions we are making to promote the game of golf in Michigan."
The unique format of the Michigan Top50jrTour offers local students the opportunity to not only improve their golf game, but also the chance to earn scholarship awards.
Students earn scholarship points by participating in Top50jrTour events, essays, rules of golf exams and community service. Each student’s scholarship points area multiplied by his or her Grade Point Average to determine a student's scholarship award. Scholarship awards can be increased as a student’s academic achievement improves.
Registration is open to all local boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18. This is an opportunity for students with a passion for golf to continue to improve throughout the summer. The season begins at Candlestone Inn &Golf Resort in Belding and concludes at The Highlands in Grand Rapids.
Interested students and parents should visit the Top50jrTour’s website, Top50jrTour.com or call (248) 321-9900 for more information. Online registration has already begun.
The full tour schedule is also available at the tour’s website. Players do not have to be members of their school teams in order to participate.
Players may participate in as many, or as few, events as they wish. Membership is $75 for the entire season. Individual Qualifiers are $55 each.
Event 1
June 11/12
Candlestone Inn &Golf Resort, Belding/ Cedar Chase Golf Club, Cedar Springs
Event 2
June 18/19
Saskatoon Golf Club, Alto/ Saskatoon Golf Club, Alto
Event 3
June 26/27
Falcon Head Golf Club, Big Rapids/Katke Golf Club, Big Rapids
Event 4
July 2/3
Quail Ridge Golf Club, Ada/ To Be Determined, Please Visit www.top50jrtour.com
Event 5
July 9/10
Grand Haven Golf Club, Grand Haven/ The Meadows Golf Club, Allendale
Event 6
July 16/18
The Pine Golf Club, Wyoming/Boulder Creek Golf Club, Belmont
Event 7
July 23/24
L.E.Kaufman, Wyoming/ Crystal Springs Country Club, Caledonia
Event#8 July 30/31 To Be Determined, Please Visit www.top50jrtour.com <http://www.top50jrtour.com/> / The Highlands, Grand Rapids