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The Jacksonville Area Golf Association (JAGA) raised a record $20,000 at its 16th annual Scholarship Golf Classic, hosted Oct. 29 by the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. Sponsored by Nader’s Pest Raiders, the event boasted 104 golfers participating in a four-man scramble on the club’s Ocean Course.
Funds raised by the tournament will support JAGA’s Scholarship Trust program, which currently provides financial aid to 25 students who represent 16 JAGA-member clubs and 15 different colleges in and outside the state of Florida. Since the Trust was formed in 1974, JAGA has awarded approximately $1.75 million to more than 300 deserving area students who aspire to earn college degrees.
Former JAGA President Adair Roberts (2014-15) of Ponte Vedra Inn & Club chaired the event, with Randy Nader of Sawgrass Country Club serving as co-chair. The annual event was first launched by another former JAGA president, the late Bill Black (1993-94), and carries on in his honor today.
The gross and net prize-winning teams were:
Gross:
1st - Matt Lucas, Jeff Dennis, Scott McCaleb, Joe Bynum 56 (-16)
2nd - Thomas Bozzuto, Rick Dunham, Keith Mathews, Ryan Newton 58 (-14)
Net:
1st - Fred Seely, Tom Tomlin, Joe Stepnes, Jeff Adams 53 (-19)
2nd - Paul Worley, Pete Geiger, Dale Dignum, Chris Wimsett 55 (-17)
3rd - Duke Butler III, Duke Butler IV, Lenny Schonfeld II, Lenny Schonfeld III 56 (-16)
4th - John Caden, Pat O’Connell, Bruce Glassick, Dan Olsen 56 (-56)
JAGA’s final tournament of 2018 will be the JAGA Club Team Championship at Timuquana Country Club on Monday, Nov. 27. The tournament, organized by JAGA and the Northern Chapter of North Florida PGA, features one pro and three club members and is limited to JAGA-member clubs. JAGA president and Timuquana member Fred Seely and head pro Clint Avret are co-chairs.
For more details, eligible clubs may go to www.jaxareagolf.org or see the club’s head professional or a JAGA director.
