The Copa de las Americas, held January 6-9, 2010 is a biennial team event for amateurs in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean that began in 2003. It consists of three competitions - overall, men and women. The 2010 event was contested at the Olivos Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [...]
Emiliano Grillo, coming off medalist honors and a Final 8 appearance at the Polo Junior Classic, beat a PGA Tour winner and a two-time major champion on Sunday in Argentina. The 17-year-old IMG golfer took on the pros and beat nearly all of them.
Emiliano played in the Tour of Americas’ Argentina Masters and finished [...]
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Victoria continued her winning ways in the 3rd round matches today at the Polo Junior Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Victoria survived her quarterfinal match against Tiffany Lim, 1-up, and she will face Kelly Shon, who defeated Simin Feng in the quarters, 5 and 4 on Friday.
In the boys division, Oliver Schniederjans, [...]
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Tanco and Grillo move on to the final 8 at Polo Jr. Classic!
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Posted: Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Rolex All-Americans, IMG golfers and fellow Argentines Emiliano Grillo and Victoria Tanco advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the Polo Golf Junior Classic after finishing their second-round matches Thursday morning.
Emiliano, who is the highest seed remaining in the Boys Division defeated fellow IMG golfer, Sean Kelly of Staten Island, N.Y. 3 & [...]
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Four IMG Golfers move on to the round of 16 at the Polo Jr. Classic!
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Posted: Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Emiliano Grillo continued his fine play today at the rain dampened Polo Jr. Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach, FL. He defeated Patrick Rodgers of Avon, IN in a closely contested match. Emiliano won the match on the 18th hole, 1-up.
Sean Kelly had to face fellow IMG Golfer Seiji Liu in the round of [...]
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Seven IMG golfers move onto match play at the Polo Jr. Classic!
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Posted: Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The Polo Golf Junior Classic got underway on Monday (November 23)at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach, FL. This event marks the first tournament of the AJGA’s 2010 season. The invitation only field consisted of 156 players; made up of 78 boys and 78 girls, ages 12-18, from 25 states and 11 foreign countries.
IMG [...]
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Nine IMG Leadbetter Golfers name to Rolex All-America Teams!
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Posted: Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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.
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IMG Leadbetter Golfer, Emiliano Grillo, of Argentina was named the Golfweek Player of the Week (October 12th ), by virture of shooting a 1-under par 215 total(69-70-76) at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., to win the AJGA Ping Invitational by three shots.
Emiliano, 17 and a 2010 grad, held a share of [...]
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Emiliano Grillo wins the AJGA PING Invitational; Victoria Tanco finishes 2nd!
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Posted: Monday, October 12th, 2009
This year’s PING Invitational featured one of junior golf’s most competitive fields. Of the 72 players vying for the title at Karsten Creek Golf Club, 23 were Rolex Junior All-Americans, 19 participated in the 2009 Canon Cup, and in both the Boys and Girls Divisions, 13 of the top 15 players in the Polo Golf [...]
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DLGA Full Timers continue with good results….a week in review July 27-August 2, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
David Leadbetter Golf Academy students continued their nice place last week throughout the country. Jordan Lippetz and Mia Piccio both added top 3 finishes to their resumes at their respective events. Jordan Lippetz has moved up the rankings this summer and is quickly approaching the Top 100.
Jordan played the AJGA Notre Dame Jr. Open last [...]