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Feb. 25, 2008

Contact: Steve Ethun, AJGA

(678) 425-1786

AJGA Makes Inaugural Trip to Harmony Golf Preserve

Junior All-Star at Harmony set for May 16-18, 2008

BRASELTON, Ga. – For the first time in the American Junior Golf Association’s 30-year history, the AJGA will travel to the Town of Harmony, Fla., for the inaugural Junior All-Star May 16-18, 2008. Seventy-eight of the nation’s top up-and-coming junior golfers will compete in a 36-hole stroke play event contested at the only Johnny Miller signature designed golf course in Central Florida, Harmony Golf Preserve.

The tournament practice round will take place Friday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m. Tournament play begins Saturday, May 17 with first-round tee times beginning at 7:30 a.m. off the first and 10th tees. The final round will begin at 7:30 a.m. Sunday also off the first and 10^th tees. The awards ceremony will directly follow final-round play at the tournament scoreboard. Spectators are welcome to attend and admission is free of charge.

The Junior All-Star at Harmony is the first of nine events in the AJGA’s 2008 Junior All-Star series, a collection of tournament specifically designed for boys and girls age 12-15 years old. The competition provides an opportunity for younger members to develop their skills and earn entry into AJGA Open tournaments. The series concludes with the invitation-only Birks & Mayors Junior All-Star Invitational on The Country Club at Mirasol’s Sunset Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Oct. 10-13, 2008.

The tournament field will be filled through the AJGA’s Performance Based Entry process. Applications are now being accepted on the AJGA’s Web site, ajga.org, through April 8. For more information, feel free to call the AJGA’s Player Services Department at (877) 373-2542.

The players in the Junior All-Star at Harmony will look to follow the paths of notable juniors who played in Junior All-Star events and went on to become some of junior golf’s greats, including Rolex Junior Players of the Year Peter Uihlein of Bradenton, Fla. (2005, 2007), and Philip Francis of Scottsdale, Ariz. (2006).

The Junior All-Star at Harmony is one of 81 events the AJGA will conduct in 2008. This year, AJGA tournaments will take place in more than 25 states.

The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA, the largest Association of its kind, has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.

Titleist, the AJGA’s National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association’s success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA’s second Premier Partner.

AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.

For more information about the American Junior Golf Association, please contact Steve Ethun (sethun@ajga.org) in the AJGA Communications Department at (678) 425-1786 or visit the AJGA Web site at ajga.org.

The first Johnny Miller Signature design in central Florida, Harmony Golf Preserve has been awarded 4 ½ stars by the readers of Golf Digest magazine. Players take advantage of a complete practice facility, with a driving range, putting green and chipping area. The club’s 18,000 square-foot clubhouse houses golf shop; locker rooms, two restaurants and banquet facilities. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Troon Golf is the world’s largest golf management company, overseeing operations at more than 185 courses located in 31 states and 23 countries.

For more information about Harmony Golf Preserve, please contact Brock Nicholas (bnicholas@troongolf.com), call (407) 891-8525, or visit harmonygolfpreserve.com.