Yueer Cindy Feng of Orlando, Fla., became the first player to successfully defend her title at the Thunderbird International Junior by defeating IMG golfer Laetitia Beck of Caesarea, Israel, in a four-hole sudden-death playoff on Memorial Day at the AJGA even in Scottsdale, AZ.
Laetitia narrowly missed a birdie putt that would have secured the [...]

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Victoria Tanco takes over the Top Spot!

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Posted: Friday, June 4th, 2010

Victoria Tanco is the new No. 1 in junior the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Girls Rankings!
Victoria, now 16-years-old knocked Alexis Thompson from the top spot after Alexis’s long reign at the top. Alexis soon will vacate the junior scene altogether as she plans to turn pro this summer after the Curtis Cup.
Victoria, of Argentina, is a two-time [...]

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The FCWT All-American awards were given out on Friday evening  at the FCWT National Championship being held at PGA National in West Palm Beach, FL.
Check out the Leadbetter golfers that have excelled throughout the year on the tour!
Boys 16-18 First Team All-American
Tyler Sluman
 
Boys 16-18 Second Team All-American
James “Tiger” Yoon
 
Boys 16-18 Third Team All-American
Shugo Imahira
Tanapol “Petch” [...]

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2010 Leadbetter End-of-the Year Awards!

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Posted: Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The 2010 Full Time Awards Banquet was held on May 11.  It was a day fun filled day as it got started with a morning and afternoon scramble.  And it was followed by a nice dinner and award ceremony.
The evening started with a buffet style dinner that included a variety of salads, soup, fruit and [...]

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Laetitia Beck has found lots of success as a junior golfer, including a win this year at the Verizon Junior Heritage over a field that included the top-ranked Alexis Thompson. Now Beck is back for her last stretch as a junior golfer before the heads to Duke next fall. The junior star was recently featured [...]

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Congratulations go out to six more IMG Leadbetter golfers who are all signing National Letters of Intent to play collegiate golf this week during the spring signing period!
Laetitia Beck(In her 4th year at IMG)- Duke University
Chenxiao (Zack) Duan (In his 2nd year at IMG)– UC Irvine
Jennifer Gorman (In her 2nd year at IMG)– Rollins College
Katerina [...]

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Victoria Tanco in Sports Illustrated!

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Posted: Thursday, March 4th, 2010

IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy student Victoria Tanco was featured in this week’s edition of Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd.” The column is a weekly entry that features the nation’s top high school athletes who excel in their respective sports. Also mentioned was fellow IMG Academies student Laetitia Beck. Visit SI.com to see the full [...]

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For the third week in a row an IMG Leadbetter Golfer has been named Golfweek’s Player of the Week!
 
Two week’s ago the Golfweek Player of the Week was Ai Miyazawa after her win at the FCWT Black Diamond event.  Ai shot rounds of 77 – 76 and won in a playoff against Courtney Boe [...]

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Victoria Tanco wins her 4th AJGA Invitational!

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Posted: Monday, February 15th, 2010

Victoria Tanco won her fourth AJGA invitational Monday at the Annika Invitational held in Reunion, FL. She went head-to-head against fellow IMG’er and last week’s Junior Heritage winner, Laetitia Beck. Both Victoria and Laetitia entered the final round tied at 5-under par 139 and six shots ahead of the nearest competitors.
Victoria and Laetitia were even [...]

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Eight IMG Leadbetter girls are competing this President’s Day weekend in the ANNIKA Invitational in Reunion, FL.
Two of those eight have made their way to the top of the leaderboard after two rounds of play.
Laetitia Beck and Victoria Tanco find themselves in a share for the lead entering the final round and six shots ahead [...]

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