July 2023

TEXARKANA MAGAZINE

August 3, 2023, at Texarkana Country Club. To participate and learn more about Red River Junior Golf and the Farmers Bank & Trust Tour, visit redriverjuniorgolf.com . The Junior Pro-Am will showcase a diverse array of junior golfers from the Texarkana region. Several players from the TISD and PGISD golf teams recently participated in their respective State High School Championships. Others, like Alex Hammonds, have just returned from competing in Scotland at the US Kids European Championship. Numerous golfers like Molly and Roman Phillips have succeeded in regional tournaments spanning Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. The Phillips siblings have competed in five North Texas PGA events this year, with both consistently finishing in the top ten. However, the most coveted prize awaits the opportunity to tee off with a professional golfer who may someday ascend to the pinnacle of the sport as the world’s number one-ranked player. Noteworthy APT and WAPT alumni who subsequently triumphed on the PGA and LPGA Tour include Alexa Pano, Grace Kim, Gabby Then, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Ryan Palmer, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, and, once again, the current world’s number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler.

Graci Henard with professional golfer Scottie Scheffler during the 2018 Texarkana Children’s Charities Open at Texarkana Country Club.

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