The Brookhaven 17u All-Stars, from Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, are headed to the inaugural 17u National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship after defeating the River Place 1 All-Stars (Austin, Texas) 5.5-3.5 in match play. Brookhaven’s 17u team, which is also led by PGA Head Coach Joey Anders and Assistant Coach April Pyle, advances to the Championship held at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, Nov. 16-19, 2023, and will compete as Team Texas.
The top four teams advancing to Sunday’s semifinals were within two shots of each other after Saturday’s qualifying round. River Place 1 All-Stars shot a -20 in stroke play, one shot better than second seed Brookhaven All-Stars (-19), and two shots better than Aurora-Meadows Hills All-Stars (Colo.) and the Eclipse Academy Blue All-Stars (Spring, Texas) both with a -18. The River Place 2 All-Stars shot a -13, followed by the KMG18 Elite Gold All-Stars (Kelli McKandless Golf, Murphy Creek Golf Course, Aurora, Colo.), -8, FTFW All-Stars (First Tee of Fort Worth, Texas), -4 and the New Mexico Tech All-Stars (Socorro, N.M.), +11.
In semi-final action, River Place 1 advanced to the championship match after a 6.5-2.5 win over Eclipse Academy Blue All-Stars, while Brookhaven defeated Aurora Meadow Hills All-Stars on a tiebreaker (more holes won) after both teams were tied 4.5-4.5 at the end of the match.
Teams not making the semifinals participated in a 9-hole, two-person scramble shootout. Zakery Mosher and Avery Glanzer of First Tee of Fort Worth won the 17u division, shooting a 31.
Brookhaven All-Stars Roster with Ages:
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Connor Bryce, Dallas (15)
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Andrew Kondratiuk, Dallas (15)
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Nathan Miller, Dallas (16)
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Nicholas Norris, Dallas (16)
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Luke Olive, Dallas (14)
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David Pyle, McKinney (14)
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PGA Head Coach Joey Anders, PGA
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Assistant Coach April Pyle
