2005 Tournament News
LOCAL ATHLETES COMPETE
IN MGA/MIAA HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL
AT 25TH ANNIVERSARY BANK OF AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP
$5,000 in winnings to top three teams
CONCORD, Mass - Local athletes will compete in the MGA/MIAA High School Invitational, a variation of the Junior Pro-Am event held in previous years, during tournament week at the twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship, which takes place at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, June 20-26.
The MGA/MIAA High School Invitational kicks-off with an 11:30 a.m. shotgun start on Tuesday, June 21, at MGA Links at Mamantapett, Chartley (Norton), Mass. The high schools of the three top teams will split $5,000 in winnings, $2,500 first prize, $1,500 second prize and $1,000 third prize. Trophies also will be awarded for first, second and third places, and the top three teams will be invited to the Champions Tour Kids Clinic held at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 24,, 2005, at the Bank of America Championship, where they will be recognized.
In addition, two Champions Tour pros will join the high-school golfers for a clinic and awards reception following the MGA/MIAA High School Invitational.
This competition will comprise 18 four-person high-school golf teams competing in either 18 foursomes or 24 threesomes in a stroke play event with a single winner. A team champion, the lowest scoring team using the best three or four scores, also will be crowned.
A shoot-out competition also will be held throughout the day. On a given hole, each team will determine who on their team hit the closest shot to the hole. That team member will be the team’s representative in the final shoot-out. Following the round, that representative will compete against the other teams’ representatives in a knockout style shoot-out.
Competing local high schools selected in a draw based on their locations include:
- Schools within a 15-mile radius of the Bank of America Championship
o Mr. Walter Nelson, AD, Lowell High School, 50 Fr. Morissette Blvd., Lowell, MA 01852
o Mr. Brent Clark, AD, Concord-Carlisle High School, 500 Walden St., Concord, MA 01742
West
o Ms. Sherry A. Webb, AD, Smith Academy, 34 School St., Hatfield, MA 01038
o Mr. Louis Conte, AD, Agawam High School, 760 Cooper St., Agawam, MA 01001
Central
o Mr. John J. Gibbons, Jr., AD, Clinton High School, 200 West Boylston St., Clinton, MA 01510
o Mr. Robert Raymond, AD, Hudson Catholic, 198 Main St., Hudson, MA 01749
South
o Mr. Robert Lynch, AD, Dedham High School, 140 Whiting Ave., Dedham, MA 02026
o Mr. Thomas Lamb, AD, Natick High School, 15 West St., Natick, MA 01760
o Mr. William M. Hebert, AD, Old Colony Regional Vocational/Technical High School, 476 North Ave., Rochester, MA 02770
o Mr. Ed Miller, AD, Quincy High School, 52 Coddington St., Quincy, MA 02169
o Ms. Donna Brickley, Notre Dame Academy, 1073 Main St., Hingham, MA 02043
North
o Ms. Alice R. MacInnis, AD, Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA 02176
o Mr. Leroy Hutt, AD, Beverly High School, 100 Sohier Road, Beverly, MA 01915
o Mr. Philip Sheridan, AD, Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, 485 Lowell St., Peabody, MA 01960
o Ms. Martha Jamieson, AD, Wayland High School, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland, MA 01778
o Mr. Sean Gallagher, AD, Salem High School, 77 Willson St., Salem, MA 01970
o Mr. John J. Nicolo, AD, Saugus High School, Pearce Memorial Dr., Saugus, MA 01906
Each student-athlete
will receive a certificate of participation and two good-any-one day
tickets to the 2005 Bank of America Championship.
For tickets to the twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America
Championship, call the tournament office toll-free at 1-877-559-GOLF,
e-mail
tickets@bankofamericachampionship.com or visit the tournament
online at
www.bankofamericachampionship.com .
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