TEE OFF TIME.Byline: Shawn Miller The Register-Guard S ALEM - Since the high school season wrapped up nearly two months ago, the state's junior golfers are deep into the real competition - playing Oregon Junior Golf. Although the Oregon Golf Association, which runs junior golf throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington, works closely with high school golf, there are major differences between the two seasons - notably the challenge of both the courses and the level of competition. "There is an arbitrary division of individual players based on the size of the school, not the quality of the players," Oregon Junior Golf's Director of Communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Eric Yaillen said of high school golf. "There is no opportunity for the 6A champion to play the 5A champion, unless they are going into another level of program, which is Oregon Junior Golf." The junior golf program includes boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. , age 8-17, who compete June through August. There are more than 30 tournaments available, including the Junior Stroke Play Championships - a three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. beginning today at the OGA OGA Office Genuine Advantage (Microsoft) OGA Ontwikkelingsbedrijf (Dutch) OGA Office of the General Assembly OGA Other Government Agency OGA Ogallala, Nebraska (airport code) Golf Course in Woodburn. All course times are donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. , keeping the cost of tournaments low - approximately $25 per event and often including a banquet A banquet is a large public meal or feast, complete with main courses and desserts. It usually serves a purpose, such as a charitable gathering, a ceremony, or a celebration. Sometimes a banquet consists of only desserts, but it is advisable to include main courses as well. , tee gifts and trophies. Junior golf also plays on some of the toughest courses in the state, adding several hundred yards to the length of courses high school golfers generally play. Yaillen said the typical length of a high school course for boys is 6,200 to 6,300 yards and for girls is approximately 5,200 yards. He noted that the junior golf events add more than 500 yards to each round. "What high school does is they shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. the length because that brings in the kids with the lesser ability into the game a little bit more," he said. "It makes it more of a team event." At the Junior Match Play Championships, held at Creekside Golf Course in Salem, June 25-29, the course length was nearly 7,000 yards. "We're playing at 6,900 yards out here," Director of Junior Golf Charlotte Plank said. "We're playing the ball down. We have educated rules officials and a number of educated marshals out there." The individualism individualism Political and social philosophy that emphasizes individual freedom. Modern individualism emerged in Britain with the ideas of Adam Smith and Jeremy Bentham, and the concept was described by Alexis de Tocqueville as fundamental to the American temper. of the sport is also emphasized in junior golf, where competitors have to learn at an early age that there aren't teammates to average out the scoring, or coaches to give advice. "If you hit a bad shot, you've got to go chase it and you've got to make up for it," said Sheldon senior-to-be Philip Bagdade. "You have to try to limit the damage as much as possible and just fight back always. "It's so much more on yourself. You don't have your coaches come up to you and give you encouraging words. You've got to be able to figure it out on your own if it's not going well." Bagdade has played junior golf since he was 10 and is reaping the benefits. He has won two of the major junior golf tournaments this summer, the Peter Jacobson Junior Challenge and the Junior Match Play Championships. Bagdade is being recruiting by numerous collegiate col·le·giate adj. 1. Of, relating to, or held to resemble a college. 2. Of, for, or typical of college students. 3. Of or relating to a collegiate church. coaches, including Oregon coach Casey Martin Casey Martin (born June 2, 1972 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American professional golfer. He still resides in Eugene. He was educated at Stanford University, and was briefly a teammate of Tiger Woods. , who also grew up playing Oregon Junior Golf. "Every summer my mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. would take my brother and I around, and we would just travel pretty much Oregon visiting junior tournaments," Martin said. "It just defined my summer and it's really defined my life. It is what I have done for as long as I can remember. It's something I always looked to as a kid and now I'm coming back watching the kids." Martin, along with Plank and Yaillen, noted that without the experience of junior golf, high school golfers aren't as likely to be recruited. "I'm obviously looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the best in-state kids I can find," Martin said. "First option is to go to these tournaments to see what the state has to offer and then compare it to what else is out there." Sheldon graduate Jack Dukeminier, who will play for Oregon next season, said his breakthrough win at the 2005 Junior Match Play Tournament led to collegiate offers. "I almost look at high school as like a warm-up season, besides state," Dukeminier said. "Other than that, high school is way less formal." As clear as the benefits of summer golf are, the resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. goal of the program is player development. "Our goal in a golf program is to groom people for competitive golf," Yaillen said. "It's to groom them not only for collegiate play but ultimately for professional play." ABOUT OREGON JUNIOR GOLF Who competes?: Boys and girls ages 8-17. More than 10,000 youths have competed in Oregon Junior Golf Tournaments: There are more than 30 tournaments throughout the summer Cost: The average cost of a tournament entry fee is $25 How many: With more than 60 competitors on the waiting list, 231 junior golfers teed off at the Peter Jacobson Junior Challenge on June 19-20 Luminaries: Professional golfers Peter Jacobson and Casey Martin, coach at Oregon, both grew up playing Oregon Junior Golf Up next: The 10th Annual Oregon Junior Stroke Play Championship begins today at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn |
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