Livermore, California's Las Positas Junior Golfers Headed to PGA Junior League Golf Championships in November

    LIVERMORE, CA, September 21, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ten young golfers on the Ace Junior team from Las Positas Golf Course in Livermore, Calif. are on their way to the PGA Junior League Golf championships in Scottsdale, Arizona in November.

The team of 10 boys and girls, ranging in age from 12 to 13 years old, gained the path to the upcoming championship event after winning the Western Regional Championship at Chambers Bay Golf Course in Washington on September 18, 2016.

The win came after team member Drew Kim, 13, successfully made a 15-foot putt, on the final hole, in the final match.

"We had been down 1-to-4, and then because of Drew Kim's putt, we won the regionals," says Jeff DeBenedetti, PGA, Las Positas's director of golf who heads up the Junior program. "The entire team played very well, and is an example of the level of play that our Junior program achieves."

This year, 37,000 junior golfers in the U.S. played PGA Junior League Golf. Of those, eight teams, or 80 young players, including the Las Positas Ace Junior Team, will compete in the championship event at Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona November 19-21, 2016.

Members of the Las Positas Junior team include:
- Ian Gilligan, 13
- Darren Pang, 13
- Drew Kim, 13
- Anay Roge, 13
- Aiden Tran, 12
- Ethan Jaehn, 12
- Jacob Ponce, 12
- Austin Tran, 13
- Alice Liu, 12
- Madison Wu, 12

For more information or to register for the Junior program, visit http://www.laspositasjuniors.com, or call 925-455-7820.

About Las Positas Junior Golf Program
The Junior Golf program at Las Positas Golf Course is renowned for excellence in Junior Golf achievements. The program teaches children and teens of all skills levels to play golf. The ACE Junior team won the national championship in 2012.

About Las Positas Golf Course
Las Positas Golf Course is a recently renovated Robert Muir Graves designed course offering a challenge for players at any skill level. Located in Livermore Wine Country, the Signature 18 hole course is a par 72 stretching a very walkable 6,723 yards. The golf course is ideal for families, league play for men, ladies, seniors, juniors, tournaments, and events.

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