Flashback Friday…..Ty Tryon!

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Posted: Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Past IMG Leadbetter Golfer, Ty Tryon is moving on to the second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying. Ty, playing in Lakeland, FL, made it through one of the five first-stage qualifiers that concluded on Friday.
Ty’s golf journey continues after he finished fourth at the Grasslands G. C. qualifier, partially on the strength of a second-round [...]

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As the flock of new talent enters through IMG’s gates every year, both staff and parents are excited to see the progress players make through their time at the Academy as well as the finished product. With so many that have come and gone at the peak of their careers, it is nice to see [...]

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Our very own Leadbetter Instructor, Mark Rummings, won the NFPGA PNC Championship yesterday! Mark shot rounds of 70-68 at the Eagle Creek Golf Club for an 8-under par two-day total of 138.
With this win, Mark not only won $4,000, but also qualified for the 2010 Professional National Championship in French Lick, Indiana.
Mark has been an [...]

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Victoria Tanco earned her second Rolex Junior Player of the Year crown by virtue of her three victories and five other top-10 finishes in national tournaments over the last year. Wins at the Rolex Tournament of Champions and Mizuno Junior at Innisbrook highlighted a year that also included a runner-up finish at The PING Invitational. [...]

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Congratulations to our IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy students who have been named to the Rolex All-America Teams.  For the last 32 years the AJGA has been honoring  48 boys and 48 girls annually as Rolex Junior All-Americans. The Rolex Junior All-American teams recognize those players who have established themselves as the world’s premier junior golfers.
Over [...]

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The El Con Classic……Saturday, October 24th.

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Posted: Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The fifth Saturday tournament of the school year was held this past weekend at IMG CC (October 24). Each Saturday tournament consists of up to 40 players and all ages compete against each other. Players play from their appropriate tee markers which is determined by the instructors. Players earn points each week that count towards [...]

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Toughest playground, perfect testing ground.

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Posted: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

IMG Soccer Academy for the next five weeks will be testing new, state-of-the-art soccer balls in conjunction with Nike Soccer. It’s a great opportunity for Nike and IMG Soccer players to have the most advanced equipment and put the new soccer balls through our rigorous training program.
We will be helping to provide over 100 hours [...]

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Fast Break with Coach Nate and Coach Vince

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Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009

Attitude and Intensity

November is right around the corner. and with it comes the start of basketball season. As practice begins, coaches will be looking to figure out just what their team will be like. Who are the starters? Who are the role players? Who makes the team? Who doesn’t make the team?
Coaches will [...]

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Soccer recap: Oct. 17 and 18

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Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009

The U.S. Soccer Development Academy League is a partnership between U.S. Soccer and the top youth clubs around the country to provide the best youth players in the U.S. with an every day environment designed to produce the next generation of National Team players. The IMG Soccer Academy U-18 boys’ team finished 3rd in the [...]

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Sophie Hayashi wins in Georgia!

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Posted: Monday, October 26th, 2009

The IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy traveled 5 hours north to Kingsland, Georgia to play the HJGT Laurel Island Junior Shootout at the Laurel Island Links this past weekend.  Bordered by the Crooked River basin, Laurel Island Links has several wooded areas and marshlands that posed a great challenge for the field, but the wide open [...]

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