Les Wimp Memorial Junior Golf Invitational

On October 1st the Southwest Seniors Golf Association held the 5th Annual Les Wimp Junior Golf Invitational. This event originated to honor Les Wimp, a long time board member who had passed away. It was a way seniors could give back to junior golf with the emphasis on FUN of golf along with the life skills learned through the interaction on a golf course.

The event was held at Fountain of the Sun GC in Mesa, who hosted the event. The members of Fountain of the Sun GC truly enjoyed having these juniors compete on their course. Format was a scramble with each team comprised of 2 juniors under the age of 10 and 2 juniors age 11-16. Each team was encouraged to have at least one girl participant. The event attached 10 teams, including a team from Prescott Lakes CC.  The event was The team from Apache Creek GC (Cole Pickron – 14, Brock Goyen – 12, Gavin Hultman – 10 and Noah Allen – 10) won the event. Congratulations to Marc Bliss (12) playing for the team from Red Mountain Ranch CC who had a Hole-in-One on Hole #2.