State Street Stars
For the 2nd
consecutive year a contingent of Challenge Cup players representing
State Street captured the Deutsche Bank Championship Pro-Am title.
The team of Megan Khang, Juliet Vongphoumy, Will Dickson, Ben Balter and
PGA Tour star Anthony Kim fired a sizzling 18-under par total en route
to top honors.
The
United States Challenge Cup Junior Golf Foundation
was founded in 1980. It was formally established in 1983
and incorporated
as a non-profit charitable organization.
The Challenge Cup provides
junior golfers ages 8-19 the
opportunity
to develop their skills through a
competitive tournament schedule.
The foundation offers: instructional opportunities through
local PGA
professionals, a junior mini-tour for novice to intermediate players (ages
8-15), 28 major competitions,
and opportunities to qualify for 6
of the world's top junior events: the Scott Robertson Memorial, the
Junior World
Golf Championships, the Golfweek/FCWT Invitational, the
Optimist International Junior, the Doral
Publix
Junior
and
the
Orange Bowl) and 2 of New England's premiere amateur
tournaments (the Hornblower and the Francis Ouimet Memorial).
In 2001, the Challenge Cup and Northeast Amateur partnered
to create another unique opportunity for junior golfers. Each
year the
Challenge Cup Player of the Year will earn an invitation to compete in
one of the world's top amateur events the prestigious Northeast Amateur.
2010 Sponsors
The Spinal Technology Junior Classic, the Francis Ouimet Junior Stroke Play Championship, the World
Series of Junior Golf, the Computer Merchant Cup, the Northeast Junior Classic and the Challenge Cup Junior Invitational
are
part of the AJGA's
2010 PBE program.
more
All
36-Hole Challenge Cup competitions are part of the Junior Golf Scoreboard
Ranking System.
