Junior tourney showcases three local winning golfers

STAFF REPORTS Tuesday, September 2, 2008 8:06 PM CDT Murphy – The Ridges Junior Golf Tour held its second tournament of the season – The Club Shoppe Open – at Cherokee Hills Golf Course on Aug. 28. 

    Sponsoring the tournament for the third straight year were Randy and Eleanor Vaughn, owners of the Club Shoppe. They were on hand to greet the junior players before they headed out on the course.

  Randy spoke to the junior golfers and emphasized the importaN.C.e of having fun on the course.     The season has gotten off to a strong start, with 88 junior golfers representing seven counties in north Georgia and western North Carolina.  Union County has the most players with 33 followed by Clay County with 24, Towns County with 14 and Cherokee County with 11. White and Fannin counties in Georgia have three and two players, respectively while Cherokee County, Ga., has one. 

    Every county had at least one junior player placing in the tournament. 

2008 Club

Shoppe Open results:

Girls 9 and under

1.     Ellie Martin,

Cherokee County, N.C.

2.     Kenzie Jenkins,

Towns County

3.     Maddie Horinek,

Union County

4.     Ansley Burnette,

Union County

5.     Ally Horinek,

Union County

Girls 10-12

1.     Amber Williams,

Towns County

2.     Cameron Carter,

Union County

3.     Elise Schoeffler,

Union County

4.     Jordan Ledford,

Clay County

Girls 13-15

1. Morgan Bentley, Union County

2. Courtney Brown, Cherokee County, N.C.

Boys 8 and under

1. Josh Cottrell, Clay County

2.     Carter Wright, Towns County

3.     Beck Burnette, Union County

4. Hunter Nix, Union County

5.     Gabriel Allison, Union County

Boys 9-10

1.     Colin Williams, Cherokee County, N.C.

2. Kyle Rhinehardt, Clay County

3. Corey Brown, Clay County

4. Dylan Brown, Clay County

5. Will Shirah, Fannin County

Boys 11-12

1.     Oliver Allison, Union County

2. Colby Jones, Union County

3. Dallas Manus, Towns County

4.     Colton Stanley, Union County

5.     Harrison Hobbs, Towns County

6.  Grant AreN.C.ibia, Towns County

Boys 13-14

1.     Gage Killian, Cherokee County, N.C.

2.     Andrew Barrett, Cherokee County, Ga.

3.     Grayson Waller, Union County (not pictured)

4. Austin Dyer, Union County

Boys 15-17

1. Parker Lewis, Clay County

2.    Coltin Beattie, Union County

3.     Andrew Bateman , Cherokee County, N.C.

4.     Luke Crumley, White County

5.     Alex Hood, White printable version e-mail this story

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