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Watch: Livermore PGA Junior League Golf All-Stars Sink Putt, Send Team to National Championship
The team will compete in the 2016 PGA Junior League Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona.
LIVERMORE, CA — A group of junior golfers from the Las Positas Golf Course in Livermore competed against three teams from Orange County, Washington and Oregon at the PGA Junior League Golf Western Regional last weekend in at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Washington.
Drew Kim, 13, sank the final putt to send his team to the 2016 PGA Junior League Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. The team will compete on Nov. 19 through Nov. 21.
Final Western Regional Results:
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- First Place – Las Positas All-Stars (2-0-1 record, 25 total points)
- Second Place – SKOUTgolf All-Stars (2-0-1 record, 24 total points)
- Third Place – East Hill & Sammamish All-Stars (1-2-0 record, 12 total points)
- Fourth Place – Orange County #2 All-Stars (0-3-0 record, 11 total points)
Las Positas All-Stars Team Roster: All participants played with Las Positas Golf Course during the regular season.
Team captain: Jeff DeBenedetti, PGA
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- 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
Photo courtesy PGA of America
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