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FSGA Winter Series to Include Event at Ironhorse

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The 2013-2014 Florida State Golf Association Winter Series will consist of seven events that runs from November through March. The series kicks off on November 25th with the Lake Mary Individual Winter Series Event and wraps up on March 4th with the Winter Garden Individual Winter Series Event.

West Palm Beach has been selected to host one of the Winter Series events when the West Palm Beach Individual Winter Series Event comes to Ironhorse Country Club.

Taking place December 9th and 10th, the event is open to male amateur golfers who are age 40 or older as of March, 2014 and are either a Regular or Foundation Member of the FSGA.

Cost of the event is $160 and entries close on November 27th.

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Tequesta Golfer Earns Web.com Tour Card

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Hugo Leon might have missed the cut at the PGA Tour Canada’s final event of the season but it proved not to matter when it came to achieving his ultimate goal.

That’s because, despite being sent home early from the TOUR Championship of Canada, the Tequesta resident finished the season fourth on the money list and will receive his Web.com Tour card for the 2014 season. The top five on the money list at the end of the Canadian season all earn Web.com Tour cards for next year.

Leon won The Great Waterway Classic earlier in the season and had three more top-15 finished during the year to earn his card for next year. His top five finish on the money list completes the comeback that he has made since he suffered a season ending…

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43 Golfers Advance from Bear Lakes Q-School Event

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43 golfers from around the state and country got one step closer to earning their PGA Tour cards when they advanced out of the PGA Tour’s qualifying school pre-qualifier at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach.

Rourke Van der Spuy of Columbus Georgia won the 54-hole event shooting a three round total of seven under par. He won by two shots over both Tyler McCumber of Ponte Vedra Beach and Evan Beirne of Jupiter. Both McCumber and Beirne shot in the 60s in their final round to finish the event at five under.

Other local golfers to advance included Ben Silverman and Jeff Ivall of Palm Beach Gardens, Scott Turner of Stuart, Josh Hart of Jupiter, and Tyler Kitson of West Palm Beach.

The 43 golfers that advanced will all…

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12th ANNIVERSARY of 9/11

Wednesday, September 12, 2013, marks the 12th anniversary of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center with events planned around the United States to commemorate the tragedy.

The official New York City tribute will take place at the National September 11 Memorial Plaza at the World Trade Center site.  The tribute will repeat this year with the ritual reading of the names of the 2,983 victims who died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, PA.

Numerous local cities like Jupiter, Tequesta, and Palm Beach Gardens are holding memorial ceremonies including moments of silence to honor those who lost their lives including police officers and first responders to save victims of the attacks. Please click on the highlighted city…

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Tiger Woods Wins Player of the Month Honors for August

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Tiger Woods won Player of the Month honors on the PGA Tour for the month of August headlined by a win and a second place finish.

The Jupiter Island resident continued his impressive run in the month of August, recording his fifth win of the season at the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational and finishing runner up at The Barclays, the first event in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. It is the 10th time in his career that Woods has at least five wins in a PGA Tour season.

Woods beat out Jason Dufner who won the PGA Championship for his first major, Adam Scott who Woods finished second to at The Barclays, and Patrick Reed who won his first ever PGA Tour event at the Wyndham Championship. Tiger earned a total of 1,528 in…

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Jack Nicklaus Designs Golf Course for Veterans

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Jack Nicklaus has designed close to 300 golf courses all over the world including the Bears Club in Jupiter, but none are more important to him right now than a nine-hole facility in Washington State. That’s because this facility has been specifically designed for, and open only to military veterans.

The American Lake Veterans Golf Course is a nine-hole facility in Lakewood, Washington that Nicklaus built. The Lost Tree resident is now working on a nine-hole expansion and turning the facility into a full 18-hole golf course.

Nicklaus is giving more than half a million dollars’ worth of expertise in designing the expansion for the course that is routinely used by wounded veterans for physical and mental rehabilitation.

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Local Golfer to Represent Florida in State Team Championship

Tara Connelly (right) and Meghan Stasi won the 2013 Women’s International Four-Ball Championship. Photo courtesy of the FSGA.

Palm Beach Gardens resident Tara Connelly will be part of the team representing Florida at next month’s US Women’s State Team Championship. The 2013 US Women’s State Team Championship will be held September 17-19 at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio.

Connelly will be joined in Ohio by Meghan Stasi of Oakland Park and Ericka Schneider of Bradenton. This will not be the first time Connelly and Stasi are paired together. The two teamed up to win the 2013 Women’s International Four-Ball Championship. In addition to the four-ball championship, Tara was also a semi-finalist at the 2011 US Women’s Mid-Amatuer, a quarterfinalist at the…

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ADMIRALS COVE COUNTRY CLUB…LABOR DAY “GRILL OUT”

Most Americans celebrate Labor Day with bountiful barbeques.  It is the symbolic end of summer that celebrates the creation of the labor movement.  Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of the American worker. The Club at Admirals Cove will be offering a LABOR DAY “Grill Out” – Monday September 2, 2013 at 6:00pm in Harbourview.  Recommended dress is Club Casual for members only and their guests.   Served fresh off the grill will be New York Sirloin, BBQ Ribs, traditional barbeque hamburgers and hot dogs with all the toppings.  Two soup offerings of either chili or baked sweet potato soup.  Alternative menu options will be available of chicken and beef fajitas, fried chicken, swordfish, sausage and peppers,…

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Palm Beach Gardens Golfer Takes Juniors Tour by Storm

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Andrew Kozan’s first love was baseball. The Palm Beach Gardens resident started on the diamond at the age of four. A year later, something happened that very well could be life changing for the 14 year old: he discovered the game of golf.

Not wanting to play a team sport anymore, the freshman at King’s Academy in West Palm Beach took up golf and has not looked back since.

“I decided I didn’t want to play a team sport like that,” Kozan said, “where you have to depend so much on everyone else’s performance. I wanted to play a game with more independence, and my mom took me out to play golf one day and I loved it.”

That decision by his mom has proven to be a good one as Andrew has already won three times on…

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POSITIVE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK GREAT FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND

This year’s Labor Day weekend is predicted to see more Americans hit the road than in the past five years.  IHS Global Insight and AAA Travel cite the country’s improved employment situation and recovering home values for the upswing in the economy and the spike in travel plans.  Their reports predict that 34.1 million people will travel 50 miles or more within the country this Labor Day weekend. Beaches and barbeques are the conjecture for most.

“AAA is forecasting a lift in Labor Day travel this year due to the increasingly positive economic outlook and optimism in the housing market,” said AAA President and CEO Robert L. Darbelnet.  He is also quoted as saying, “For many Americans, their home is their biggest asset, as home prices improve in many parts…

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