2009 Fall Newsletter
AT&T PEBBLE BEACH JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION
Dear Junior Golfers,

We hope all of you had a terrific summer with many opportunities to play golf. Please take a few minutes to read this fall newsletter, and check out our Peter Hay Fall Tournament entry form and winter golf play schedule and entry form inside.

THE SUMMER LESSON PROGRAM KICK-OFF at Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Sunday, June 7th was awesome! Approximately 300 junior golfers registered for free golf lessons, with the help of 60+ local golf professionals who offered their time and talents at their respective courses in Monterey County.

We want to thank our many dedicated friends of junior golf who volunteer their time in an effort to make the Lesson Program such a success. Our special thanks to our photographer and office assistant, Kathy Pimentel and to Justin Russo for the incredible preparation work and time he put in, making sure our event was the best ever! I want to personally thank our wonderful team of volunteers who signed up the kids: Aana and John Fitzgerald, Karen Wallin, Jayne Russo, Maggi Dean, Suzi Cameron, Rosalee Gorman, Judy Falge, Greg Robleski, Linda Bergen, Debbie Rees, Olivia Pimentel, Bill Pigott, Joan Burlison, Ted Hollister, Frank and Charles Bartholomew, Gretchen Hausmann, Beverly Lewis, Romeo and Island Centeno, and Lani May and Roland Centeno, who did such an outstanding job at the kick-off!

WE ARE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL TO MR. TODD PONTTI, DIRECTOR OF GOLF AT RANCHO CAÑADA GOLF CLUB, FOR THE USE OF THEIR BANQUET ROOM, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE GOLF PRO’S WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE.

If you will be a Senior in High School next fall, Please read the following information.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association will be granting several college scholarships to selected junior golf members. If you expect to graduate from High School in June 2010 and intend to enroll in college for the fall 2010 semester, you may be eligible for one of our following scholarships. The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association Scholarship, The Couch Family Scholarship, the Johnny and Linda Miller Scholarship, the Darius Keaton Memorial Scholarship, and the Payne Stewart Memorial Scholarship, all of whom provide a four year scholarship program. To request an application, contact the Junior Golf Office at 625-1555.

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS

The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association is sincerely grateful to The Monterey Peninsula Foundation’s long-term support. They continue to play an essential role in the growth and success of our association.

We would like to express our appreciation by thanking the many people and businesses who have graciously supported our programs. We want you to know how much this means to us, for it would be difficult to continue without you. We welcome you to attend our events.

Our sincere thanks to Bill Sendell, Director of Tournaments at Pebble Beach GolfCourse, AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Board Member and our Summer Tournament Director, who continues his fantastic job of making sure each tournament is well run and enjoyed by all.

And to Golf Professional and Board member Justin Russo, who manages all our Skills Evaluation and Instructional Clinics at Rancho Cañada and who is also our Winter Golf Tournament Director, we thank him for his ongoing service and commitment to our program.

We would like to thank the Peter Hay Golf Course, Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Laguna Seca Golf Club, Del Monte Golf Course, Pacific Grove Golf Course, Corral de Tierra Golf Club, Golf Club at Quail, Poppy Hills Golf Course, Carmel Valley Ranch, The Preserve Golf Course, Links at Spanish Bay, Tehama Golf Club and Spyglass Hill Golf Course for hosting the “Summer Tournaments”. The facilities were top notch, the courses terrific and the staff was gracious and accommodating. We cannot express fully how much these tournaments mean to the kids.

As you know, none of our events would be possible without the assistance of our dedicated volunteers. Words can’t say enough of how very grateful we are to all of you who answer the call to help register and score for our ongoing tournaments.

The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association thanks the Monterey Herald for printing so many wonderful articles recognizing our many junior golfers who throughout the year have appeared and placed in competition on the links Congratulations! Please visit our website at www.attpbjrgolf for all the final results of our tournaments and information about our Association.

Linda Tunney,
Director

       GET READY FOR THE PETER HAY FALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

This tournament is open to all members and all divisions who have completed

a skills evaluation clinic

Our Association is in joint membership with the First Tee of Monterey County and Salinas Valley Junior Golf. This partnership allows each organization to enjoy the best each has to offer by offering a single membership application process.  You can sign up by calling our office at 625-1555, or go online to www.thefirsteemc.org, and follow the links to the membership procedures.

Bill Pigott, President of the ATT Pebble Beach Jr. Golf Association, presented the scholarship awards to the following members of the graduating class of 2009:

(From left to right)

Peter Walker from CarmelHigh School received the Johnny Miller Junior Golf Scholarship for $5,000

Lani May Centeno from Santa CatalinaSchool received the Couch Family Junior Golf Scholarship for $5,000

Ryan Tuttle from Santa CatalinaSchool received the Darius Keaton Memorial Scholarship for $5,000

Michael Yanoksa from Pacific GroveHigh School received the Payne Stewart Memorial Scholarship for $5,000

Good Luck to our college-bound scholarship winners & to all of our Junior Golfers who are graduating seniors.

Our Heartfelt Thanks

The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association is sincerely grateful to The Monterey Peninsula Foundation’s long-term support. They continue to play an essential role in the growth and success of our association.

We would also like to express our appreciation by thanking the many people and businesses who have graciously supported our programs. We want you to know how much this means to us, for it would be difficult to continue without you. We welcome you to attend our events.

Our sincere thanks to Bill Sendell, Director of Tournaments for the Pebble Beach Company, AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Board Member and our Summer Tournament Director, who continues his fantastic job of making sure each tournament is well run and enjoyed by all. Bill’s assistant this year is Tobin Barth.

We also thank Golf Professional and Board member, Justin Russo, who manages all our Skills Evaluation and Instructional Clinics at Rancho Cañada and is our Winter Golf Tournament Director. We have divided each junior by skill level to make it equitable for all players and to encourage the spirit of competition. All junior golfers who wish to compete in our Junior Tournaments are required to complete a skills evaluation test.

We would like to thank the Peter Hay Golf Course, Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Laguna Seca Golf Club, Del Monte Golf Course, Pacific Grove Golf Course, Corral de Tierra Golf Club, Golf Club at Quail, Poppy Hills Golf Course, Carmel Valley Ranch, The Preserve Golf Course, Links at Spanish Bay and Spyglass Hill Golf Course for hosting the “Summer Tournaments.” The facilities were top notch, the courses terrific and the staff was gracious and accommodating. We cannot express fully how much these tournaments mean to the kids.

As you know, none of our events would be possible without the assistance of our dedicated volunteers. Words can’t say enough of how very grateful we are to all of you who answer the call to help register and score for our ongoing tournaments.

The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association thanks the Monterey Herald, Jerry Sturant and Ken Merfeld for printing so many wonderful articles recognizing our many junior golfers who throughout the year have appeared and placed in competition on the links. Congratulations! Please visit our website at attpbjrgolf.com for all final results of our tournaments.

Thank you all for your continued support.
Linda Tunney
Executive Director

Good Luck to our college bound scholarship winners & to all of our Junior
Golfers who are graduating seniors.

HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR SKILLS EVALUATION YET?

Remember, in order to participate in our tournaments, you must complete the skills evaluation. Call the office at 625-1555 to sign up for any of our golf skills evaluation clinics being offered free of charge.

ENCLOSED IS SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR BRONZE THROUGH PLATINUM DIVISONS. As with all of our tournaments, we will be sending you a postcard with your tee time noted at least one week prior to each tournament. You must be PRE-REGISTERED with a CONFIRMED TEE TIME to play in each tournament.

If you are scheduled to play in a tournament and cannot make it, please be sure to call the office at 625-1555 to cancel.

NO SHOWS WILL LOSE THEIR PRIVILEGE TO PLAY IN THE REST OF THE 2009 TOURNAMENTS.

We are proud that for 20 years our program has had a significant impact on shaping the life styles of so many junior golfers, by helping them realize the positive rewards that come from playing golf and the reason for playing, the participation itself. Our continuing goal is to develop not only better golfers, but also better people.

We give special thanks to all our volunteers who generously donate their time throughout the year. The success and quality of our Junior Golf program continues to be the result of many dedicated and interested people.

For our tournaments to continue to succeed, there is a vital need for individuals, (parents, adults and older junior golf students) to score for the bronze and silver divisions. We recognize that some of you are happy and willing to volunteer but may not feel qualified to score therefore this year we are offering training.

For more information please call - 625-1555, or e-mail us at……… pbjrgolf@ix.netcom.com

Linda Tunney, Executive Director

Kathy Pimentel, Executive Assistant