TOURNAMENT RECAPS

Event: BMO Financial Group Future Links Pacific Championship
Course: Cordova Bay Golf Course
When: April 2-4
Where: Victoria, British Columbia
Winners: Adam Hadwin (75-65-69--209)/Kirby Dreher (79-76-72--227)
Runners-up: Davis Poscente (71-73-69--213)/Lindsay Caljouw (79-76-76--231), Susan Nam (76-75-80--231)
Skinny: Adam Hadwin, 16, shot a final-round, 2-under-par 69 to take home his first Future Links title. After a 10-birdie performance in Round 2 that vaulted him into the lead, Hadwin stuck to a conservative game plan April 4.
"I just went out there looking to make my pars and let the rest of the field try to catch me," said Hadwin.
First-round co-leader Davis Poscente also shot 69 to finish second at even-par 213. Junior Team Canada member Ryan Lidkea shot 67 to take third. In the girls' division, Kirby Dreher shot a final-round 1-over 72 and cruised to a four-stroke victory. The 16-year-old had a pair of birdies on the day to finish with her best tournament round.
"My putting was really working today, especially on the back," said Dreher, who finished at 227. "I hit a lot of long par putts on some tough greens so to come back and pull out the win feels really great."
Susan Nam and Lindsay Caljouw tied for second at 231.
- For complete results, visit www.golfweek.com/juniorgolf/

Event: AJGA Ashworth Junior at Kingwood
Course: Kingwood Country Club (Marsh Course)
When: March 26-28
Where: Kingwood, Texas
Winner: Matthew Schneider (75-71--146)
Runners-up: Matthew Oates (72-77--149)/Sean Burch (80-69--149)
Skinny: Sixteen-year-old Matthew Schneider shot 1-under-par 71 in the final round of the Ashworth Junior at Kingwood for a two-day 146 total boosting himself into first from a five-way tie for third after the first round. Schneider cut four strokes off his first-round score to win the tournament.
"The winds made the course difficult yesterday. Following the first round, I knew that I had a chance to win the tournament if I shot lower today," Schneider said. "I was aiming for a 69 today, but 71 was enough to win."
First-round leader Matthew Oates fell into a tie for second place after a final-round 77 for a two-day 149. Tying Oates was Sean Burch. The 18-year-old was tied for 30th following his first-round 80. But Burch closed with 3-under 69.
- For complete results, visit www.golfweek.com/juniorgolf/

Event: IJGT at University of New Mexico
Course: University of New Mexico Golf Course
When: March 27-28
Where: Albuquerque, N.M.
Winner: Tom Glissmeyer (69-75--144
) Runner-up: Karl Katnik (71-76--147)
Skinny: Tom Glissmeyer followed his impressive opening-round 69 with a final-round 75 for a two-day even-par 144 to capture the IJGT at the University of New Mexico. In addition to claiming the title, Glissmeyer, who played in the 2003 U.S. Open, earned an exemption into the Southwestern Amateur that will be held later this summer at the Championship Course. Karl Katnik shot a final-round 76 to finish second. Rickie Fowler shot a final-round 71 to tie for third with Luke Symons who shot a final-round 72.
- For complete results, visit www.golfweek.com/juniorgolf/

Hoggard: First Tee Open,
new twist for old format

In a recent edition, a national magazine asked the question: Are pro-ams dying?

As amusing as Bill Murray and Ray Romano are not even their shtick, or Pebble Beach's ocean vistas, can make five hour-plus rounds with duffer corporate types worth watching.

Through the halls of pro golf the words pro-am echo like a four-letter word and there's little reason to think things are on the mend. It has been two years since Tiger Woods played Pebble Beach and -- unless, as he said, someone can take the bumps out of the Links' Poa annua greens -- he has no plans to add the world's most recognizable pro-am to his agenda any time soon.
- For more, visit www.g olfweek.com/articles/2004/juniorgolf/boys/38285.asp

NEWS AND NOTES

* The 2004 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series opens its ninth consecutive season May 31-June 1 at Duke University Golf Club in Durham, N.C. The series is open to juniors ages 13-17 and will included six new sites in an 11-state summer coast-to-coast schedule.

The series wraps up it season Aug. 9-10, at Tripoli Country Club in Milwaukee. This summer's schedule includes six 54-hole (three-day) and five 36-hole (two-day) competitions.

Each event will feature a field of 150 players. Juniors may enter as often as they wish. Each event will consist of boys' and girls' divisions and will have approximately one-half of the field from competitors residing within the host section of the country. For more information, visit www.PGA.com/juniors.

2004 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series
May 31-June 1 -- Duke University Golf Club, Durham, N.C.
June 3-4 -- The Walker Course at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.
June 8-10- - Hickory Point Golf Course, Decatur, Ill.
June 14-16 -- Lochland Country Club, Hastings, Neb.
June 21-22 -- Eaglesticks Golf Club, Zanesville, Ohio
June 29 - July 1 -- Oakland University Golf Club, Rochester (Detroit), Mich.
July 6-8 -- Eisenhower GC at The U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
July 20-22 -- Cottonwood Golf Club, El Cajon (San Diego), Calif.
July 26-27-- Elmcrest Country Club, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Aug. 2-4 -- Penn State University, State College, Pa.
Aug. 9-10 -- Tripoli Country Club, Milwaukee.

* Will Mann will captain this year's Junior Ryder Cup team. Mann, a former PGA president (1998-00), will lead the 12-player U.S. squad Sept. 11-12 at Westfield Group Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio.

The U.S. Junior Ryder Cup squad will consist of six boys and six girls who earn a spot on the team via their performances in Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series events and the Westfield Junior PGA Championship. The team will be finalized Aug. 10 following the final Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series event in Milwaukee.

The European team won the inaugural Junior Ryder Cup in 2002 at the K Club in Ireland, 9 1/2 to 2 1/2.

* The First Tee announced the qualifying sites for The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart.

A total of 78 junior golfers, boys and girls ages 13-18, will compete in The First Tee Open, an official Champions Tour tournament, Sept. 3-5. The juniors will have the chance of competing alongside a Champions Tour player at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Bayonet Golf Course on California's famed Monterey Peninsula.

Five regional open qualifiers will take place across the country to decide 50 of the 78 junior spots.
- For more, visit www.g olfweek.com/articles/2004/juniorgolf/boys/38238.asp

* Webb Simpson, No. 15 in the Golfweek/Titleist Junior Rankings, held off a talented field March 28 to win the Azalea Invitational.

Simpson, 18, who will attend Wake Forest this fall on the Arnold Palmer golf scholarship, tied the Azalea 72-hole record of 14-under 270.

The high school senior from Raleigh, N.C., made par on the Country Club of Charleston's demanding 18th hole for a final-round 69 and a one-shot victory over Todd White (69). Brandt Snedeker, the U.S. Amateur Public Links champion, who posted a final-round 66 finished two back, while Nathan Smith, the U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (69) finished alone in fourth. Snedeker and Smith, who will be playing in the Masters this week, used the Azalea as a tune up.

Short shots: Grass-roots junior golf organizations and the American Junior Golf Association will benefit from a new sponsorship agreement, the AJGA announced March 31. MassMutual Financial Group, a financial services organization, will sponsor 20 Junior-Am fund-raising events in 2004, lending support to the AJGA's efforts to give back to the local communities that support AJGA tournaments. A Junior-Am typically pairs a top junior golfer from an AJGA tournament field with four amateurs for a day of competition. Funds raised from this outing go toward the tournament, as well as a local junior golf charity. . . . Kentucky will host three AJGA events in 2004 with the addition of the Subaru Open at Andover June 28-July 1 at Andover Golf & Country Club in Lexington. . . .There is still room in the April 16-18 IJGT event at The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va. . . . The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour announced a partnership with the Jim McLean/Future Collegians World Tour. The MJT, now in its sixth season, conducts 30 multi-day tournaments across the country. Boys and girls in Canada ages 11-18 are now able to take advantage of reciprocal memberships in the MJT and the FCWT, and a number of MJT members will receive exemptions into the FCWT National Championship for boys at PGA West's TPC Stadium course May 18-21 in La Quinta, Calif.. . . . Daniel Gooch of Knoxville, Tenn., recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3, 188-yard 13th at the RTJ Trail's Highland Oaks Golf Club during the Highland Oaks Junior Classic. Gooch used a 6-iron to record his second career ace.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

AJGA
April 9-11 -- TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior at Chateau Elan, Braselton, Ga.
April 9-11 -- Heather Farr Classic, Mesa, Ariz.
April 9-11 -- TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior at The Woodlands (Texas)

IJGT
April 9-11 -- The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
April 9-11 -- Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz.

FCWT/Laura Diaz FCWT
April 9-11 -- Mission Inn, Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

INDEPENDENT
April 8-10 -- Bank of Bermuda Foundation Mid Ocean Club International Junior Championship
April 9-11 -- Innisbrook Easter, Innisbrook Resort, Tampa, Fla.

NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE

AJGA
April 16-18 -- Ashworth Junior at Hot Springs (Ark.)

FCWT
April 17-19 -- Stow Acres, Stow, Mass.

RECRUITING CENTRAL

There are 263 men's and 142 women's college golf programs competing in NCAA Division III. That is 33 percent of the total number of golf programs sponsored by the NCAA. Division III institutions don't offer athletic scholarships and generally don't make headlines for recruiting violations. In fact, the NCAA has more relaxed recruiting rules for Division III, because the most talented athletes are being recruited by Division I and II programs.

Division III schools, however, may be the ideal fit for many prospective student-athletes who want to earn a degree and keep playing their sport but don't want the commitment and time demands of Division I sports. A few Division III golf programs have very competitive rosters, but many men's teams only have one or two players who can break 80. Some women's teams may not have anyone who can break 90. Check out the education and athletic opportunities at some of these schools. It could be exactly what you are looking for.
- For more college recruiting information, visit the Ping American College Golf Guide at www.collegegolf.com/.

THIS WEEK IN GOLFWEEK
Check the April 10 issue of Golfweek for a profile of the University of California's Peter Tomasulo.

POLL QUESTION
Will Tiger Woods' tournament-record 270 total at the Masters (set in 1997) ever be eclipsed?

Have an interesting junior note to report, or know an interesting junior we can profile? E-mail Golfweek scoreboard editor Graham Elliott at gelliott@golfweek.com.

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