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July 28, 2011 Honeybrook Junior Member Competes at Pinehurst





“It’s pretty cool. Last year I lost by two strokes and I had two penalty strokes,” said Wren. 
 Added Mitchell, a recent winner of the Father-Son Younger Junior-Junior Division, “It’s an honor to play in a tournament honoring Francis Hussey. I read a little bit about the history of this tournament and it’s a sad story.” 
 Wren, 13, of Morgantown, Pa. and Mitchell, 13, of Wilmington, Del. are typically competitors and not teammates. 
 The two know each other from U.S. Kids Golf and Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour events. 
  “It’s great to team up with a great player and friend,” said Mitchell.
A total of 42 teams competed in the Hussey, named in honor of the former Rolling Green GC junior member.
Francis suffered with congenital heart disease and passed away in December of 1983 while undergoing major heart surgery. He was 13 years old when he died. Francis was a student in the Haverford Township School system, an avid sports fan and an active junior member at Rolling Green. His courage in the face of his illness was a great inspiration to all who knew him.

 

 

 Rehoboth Beach Junior Open (Rehoboth Beach CC) and the Phila PGA Jr Tour (Cripple Creek CC, Kings Creek CC and the Peninsula Club) last week.  R.J. won 2 of the 4 tournaments, including shooting a round of 1 under par at Kings Creek Country Club...he won the overall series, which was sponsored by SkyCaddie, and won a new SkyCaddie SGX (which he gave to dear ol dad for fathers day ;-)

 

So far this summer he has 5 tour wins in 8 tries and is currently ranked first in the Phila PGA section Player of the Year standings.

 

 

 

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2/23/11 - R.J. finished 17th in the 12 year old division in the Desert Shootout in Phoeniz, AZ.  296 of the top kids from around the world competed...the kids from the west and south really dominated.  RJ played against kids from England, Mexico, Canada and Iceland.  He did really well as he was the top finisher from a cold weather area.  He said he couldn't have done it without the help of his ace Honeybrook Looper, Matt "Matty the Caddy Seuffert.


 



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Douglas Simpson - US Kids 13 year old series Champion!


Junior Douglas Simpson participated in Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Series, Boys 13-15 year old 18-hole category.  He competed in 11 events, including the Dover Series, a three day event.

 Douglas had three 1st place finishes in the U.S. Kids Golf Philadelphia South Fall Series, 13 year old category, 18 holes:
  • Loch Nairn CC
  • Honeybrook GC
  • -Wyncote GC

 He has two more events to go; Chesapeake Bay GC at Rising Sun and Downingtown CC .

 Douglas is the overall Champion in the 13 year old category so far in the series. 

 Good Luck Douglas!




Junior Jake Gray on the Move!

Jake finished in 3rd place over all for the US Kids Golf Summer tour.  He finished in first place at Wyncote on July 27th, with an 85.  Jake finished in 1st place in the US Kids Fall Golf Tour at Loch Nairn on September 26th, with an 82.  Jake is currently ranked in 2nd place in the US Kids Fall Golf Tour, with 3 tournaments to go.


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Honeybrook Staff member Kendel Olear qualifies for District 3 Tournament October 8th and 9th

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Kudos to RJ!
9/21/10 - RJ Wren has been named "Philadelphia Section PGA Player of the Year" for his age group (which covers 10-13 year olds). 
Overall RJ played in 26 PGA events this summer, won 14;  had ten seconds and 2 thirds.  A very impressive record!  Nice going RJ!
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He will be honored on October 25th at Dupont CC/



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Willow Valley Golf Course (Lancaster, PA) hosted the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour for the first time on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Cooler then expected temperatures welcomed   47 players to Amish country to tackle the par 66, 4,382 yards long golf course. Russell “R.J.” Wren (Morgantown, PA) posted the low score in the 9 Hole Division (Boys & Girls 10-12) with a 38 (+5). Wren finished his round off in style with a birdie at the par 3 9th. Dawson Anders (Telford, PA) finished in 2nd place with a round of a 42 (+9) which bettered 3rd place finisher William Mirams (Stroudsburg, PA) by 2 shots.

 

4/25/10:   Good Honeybrook showing at Chesapeake Bay (Rising Sun Course) on Sunday!  In the US Kids Tournament there RJ Wren won the 11 year old division with a 79 and Jake Gray finished 3rd in the 13 year old division with an 88!

 



Congratulations RJ!

 

The A.W. Tillinghast designed Galen Hall Golf Club welcomed 60 junior golfers to the Par 72/73, 6,271/5,869/5,464 yards long golf course. Temperatures in the upper 50’s along with breezy winds on top of small and fast greens made scoring difficult. 

In the 9 Hole Division (Boys & Girls 10-12) Russell “R.J.” Wren (Morgantown, PA Honeybrook GC) earned his 2nd victory in as many tournaments on tour with a 47 (+10). 3 shots off Wren’s pace was Franca Hurtado (Macungie, PA) with a front nine score of a 50 (+13) which bettered Christian Ritondo (Newtown, PA) by 2 shots.
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                  RJMiddletownThe Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour kicked off the 2010 season at Middletown Country Club (Langhorne, PA) on Saturday, April 3rd. The par 69 ~ 6,123 / 5,860 / 5,175 yards long golf course welcomed 76 junior golfers from the Tri-State area who were delighted to see highs in the mid 70’s and all of the snow melted from the winter. 

 

 

 

In the 9 Hole Division (Boys & Girls 10-12), Russell “R.J.” Wren (Morgantown, PA, Honeybrook GC) posted the low front nine score of a 42 (+7) to record his first ever win in the 9 Hole Division. The key to Wren’s 1st place title was steady play and staying away from double bogeys. 2 shots off the pace of Wren and finishing in 2nd place was Franca Hurtado (Macungie, PA). Rounding out the top 3 was Luca Jezzeny (Furlong, PA, Lookaway CC) with a score of 45 (+10).