2023 Media Release

Gage … PGA Atlantic Pro-Junior Champions

After a year off due to the pandemic, the 6^th Annual Sunice PGA Atlantic Pro-Junior was a special day with 32 teams participating!

The Abercrombie Country Club opened its doors on July 21^st to almost 100 young golfers as they enjoyed this wonderful game of golf with their PGA Professional.

PGA Professional Jonathan Garron and the Abercrombie Country Club were wonderful hosts with lots of food, drinks and prizes for all of the junior players. Thank you to all of the staff and Abercrombie members who were very encouraging and supportive of the young golfers.

The young players enjoyed a great deal of food and drinks with the all-day barbeque. The Abercrombie food and beverage team were wonderful with the kids. Kimberley Garron who handled the registration and pictures was very popular especially when handing out the ice cream! A special thank you to Sysco, Sobeys, Big 8, and Pepsi for their generous support.

The following clubs/facilities participated …

A special thank you to Darren Tolliver, Doug Hill and other mentors from Black Lives Matter Golf for participating and encouraging a group of young golfers to enjoy this great day and game with other young golfers from Atlantic Canada.

The focus of the event is all about fun with less emphasis on competition. That being said, we recognized Gage as the low team with junior team members Matthew Brosens, Noah Riggs, and Jaxon Allen captained by PGA Professional Shawn Miller. The individuals received special champion headcovers handcrafted by Dormie Workshop.

Winning Gage Team – L to R – Matthew Brosens, Noah Riggs, and Jaxon Allen, PGA Professional Shawn Miller, Jonathan Garron (PGA Atlantic Past President; Host Professional),

A special thank you to Sunice for their outstanding contribution to PGA Atlantic Junior programming and supporting sponsor G&G Golf for providing PGA Atlantic caps to all of the juniors.

Thank you also to Callaway, Srixon Golf, TaylorMade and Titleist who contributed to the first tee gift providing balls for all of the junior participants. Also a special thank you to Puma Golf and Nike Golf for providing caps for all players as part of the giveaways. In addition Puma Golf and Bobby Jones provided carry sacks to hold all of the goodies and Sunice also provided towels for all.

Two gift bags each young golfer received.

In addition to the above juniors took home additional draw prizes due to the gracious support of our many industry partners including Sunice, G&G, Callaway, Nike Golf, Cobra Puma Golf, Bobby Jones, TaylorMade, Srixon Cleveland Golf, Titleist, adidas Golf, Levelwear, Dormie Workshop, Mizuno, and Golf Trends, Thank you for contributing to the success of the event.

And a sampling of prizes.

The camaraderie and sportsmanship demonstrated by our young golfers illustrates that not only is the future of our game alive and well but that it is in extremely good hands. The PGA Professionals clearly enjoyed the day as much as their young golfers.

Please ensure that the juniors at your club don’t miss out next year.