Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro, North Carolina
June 8-12, 2009
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Quick Facts
• The FootJoy Invitational is a 72-hole stroke play AJGA Invitational. The field will be cut to the low 60 and ties following Thursday’s third round.
• The FootJoy Invitational is one of 86 tournaments the AJGA will host in 2009, and one of 12 Invitationals.
• Twenty-five states, Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Hong Kong, Peru and England are represented in the FootJoy Invitational.
• Twenty-five Rolex All Americans will compete (4 first-team, 6 second-team, and 15 honorable mention)
Schedule of Events
Monday, June 8
8 a.m. shotgun    Practice Round
1:30 p.m. shotgun    Junior-Am
Fundraising Tournament
6:30 p.m. Â Â Â Junior-Am Reception
Tuesday, June 9
7 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.    First Round off
No. 1 tee
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Wednesday, June 10
7 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.    Second Round off
No. 1 tee
4:30 p.m. Â Â Â Care for the Course
5 – 7 p.m.    Tournament Cookout
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Thursday, June 11
7 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.    Third Round off
 No. 1 tee
Field will be cut to top-60 and ties
following play
Friday, June 12
7 – 11 a.m.    Final Round off No. 1 tee
4 p.m. Â Â Â Awards Ceremony
All events will be held at
Sedgefield Country Club
Local Storylines
PGA TOUR Exemption on the line…
For the second consecutive year, the PGA TOUR’s Wyndham Championship will give the FootJoy Invitational Champion an exemption to its August event. In 2008, Cameron Peck of Olympia, Wash., won the FootJoy Invitational en route to Rolex Junior Player of the Year honors, and competed in the Wyndham Championship as an amateur, missing the cut after carding rounds of 71-71 — 142.
Future Spartans set to compete…
A pair of UNC-Greensboro men’s golf signees are set to compete near their future campus. Justin Clement of Lexington, N.C., and Robert Hoadley of Southern Pines, N.C., are in their last junior golf season before teeing it up for Coach Terrance Stewart this fall. In all, 29 players in the field have signed National Letters of Intent.
Top Players in the Field
Jordan Speith (Dallas, Texas) • Class of 2011   Polo Golf Ranking: 3
A first-team Rolex Junior All-American, Spieth has three career AJGA victories, including a win at the 2008 PING Invitational. Over the span of the last two seasons, Spieth has 10 consecutive top-10 finishes in AJGA tournaments. Most recently, he finished T7 at the Thunderbird International Junior.
Patrick Winther (Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.) • Class of 2010   Polo Golf Ranking: 4
Winther has burst onto the junior golf scene in the past year, recording three victories in his last seven AJGA starts. Wins at the 2008 Polo Golf Junior Classic and the 2009 HP Boys Championship at Carlton Woods have made him an early Rolex Junior Player of the Year
contender.
Andrew Yun (Chandler, Ariz.) • Class of 2009   Polo Golf Ranking: 6
Yun’s storied AJGA career includes 22 top-10 finishes and a win at the 2006 FootJoy Invitational (held at Forest Oaks Country Club). A four-time Rolex Junior All-American, Yun most recently finished T5 at the Thunderbird International Junior and will continue his golf career at Stanford this fall.
James Back (Cerritos, Calif.) • Class of 2010   Polo Golf Ranking: 7
Back claimed his second career AJGA crown this April at the Heather Farr Classic presented by Longbow Golf Club. Last season, Back recorded a T10 finish at the FootJoy Invitational en route to second-team Rolex Junior All-America honors.
Daniel Lee (Valencia, Calif.) • Class of 2011   Polo Golf Ranking: 11
An honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American in 2008, Lee rewrote the record books at the 2009 Thunderbird International Junior, setting new scoring records for 18-, 36- and 54-hole totals. His winning score of 18-under-par 198 tied the third-lowest 54-hole total in AJGA history, and broke the tournament scoring record by four shots.
2009 Tournament Field
Byeong-hun An     Bradenton, Fla.Â
Bo Andrews     Raleigh, N.C.
Anton Arboleda     La Canada, Calif.
James Back     Cerritos, Calif.
Zachary Balit     Bradenton, Fla.
Tye Beall     El Paso, Texas
Blake Biddle     St. Charles, Ill.
Lucas Bjerregaard     Frederikshavn, Denmark
Jay Burlison     Salinas, Calif.
Adam Carson     Bristol, United Kingdom
Franco Castro     Alpharetta, Ga.
Matthew Ceravolo     Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Rak Cho     Brea, Calif.
Phillip Choi     Orlando, Fla.
Mario Clemens     Beverly Hills, Calif.
Justin Clement     Lexington, N.C.
Austin Cook     Jonesboro, Ark.
Michael Cromie     Cary, N.C.
Richard Dearinger     Chapel Hill, N.C.
Michael Decker     Pebble Beach, Calif.
Jesse Droemer     Sealy, Texas
Jacob Everts     Ooltewah, Tenn.
Zhong Yang Fu     Bradenton, Fla.
Robert Galbreath Jr. Â Â Â Â Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Joey Garber     Petoskey, Mich.
Santiago Gavino     San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Mike Genovese     Pensacola, Fla.
Kevin Gillick     Lincoln, Neb.
Talor Gooch     Midwest City, Okla.
Emiliano Grillo     Bradenton, Fla.
Patrick Grimes     Palo Alto, Calif.
Stewart Hagestad     Newport Beach, Calif.
Gavin Hall     Pittsford, N.Y.
Nelson Hargrove     Haverford, Pa.
Logan Harrell     Huntersville, N.C.
Michael Hebert     Orlando, Fla.
Juan Pablo Hernandez     Mexico City, Mexico
Kramer Hickok     Plano, Texas
Robert Hoadley     Southern Pines, N.C.
Ben Itterman     Carlsbad, Calif.
Trey Kaahanui     Tempe, Ariz.
Smylie Kaufman     Birmingham, Ala.
Billy Kennerly     Alpharetta, Ga.
Cody Kent     Castle Rock, Colo.
John Young Kim     Los Alamitos, Calif.
Kyle Kmiecik     Avon, Ohio
Brian Langley     Blacksburg, Va.
Shane Lebow     Santa Barbara, Calif.
Daniel Lee     Valencia, Calif.
Davis Lee     Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Jim Liu     Smithtown, N.Y.
Joaquin Lolas     Lima, Peru
Tom Lovelady     Birmingham, Ala.
Landon Lyons     Baton Rouge, La.
M.J. Maguire     St.Petersburg, Fla.
Ernesto Marin     Miami, Fla.
Chase Marinell     Cape Coral, Fla.
Maxwell Marsico     Las Vegas, Nev.
Ian McConnell     Riverview, Fla.
Tyler McCumber     Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Brent McKenzie     Cambridge, Ontario
Keith Mitchell     Chattanooga, Tenn.
Blake Morris     Waterbury, Conn.
Clark Palmer     Augusta, Ga.
Anthony Paolucci     Dallas, Texas
Will Pearson     Memphis, Tenn.
David Persons     El Paso, Texas
Kevin Phelan     St. Augustine, Fla.
Andrew Presley     Fort Worth, Texas
Brenden Redfern     Austin, Texas
Curtis Reed     Castroville, Texas
Crawford Reeves     Greenville, S.C.
Seth Reeves     Duluth, Ga.
Robert Register     Burlington, N.C.
Brandon Rodgers     Knoxville, Tenn.
Ramsey Sahyoun     Reseda, Calif.
Alberto Sanchez     Nogales, Ariz.
Johnathan Schnitzer     Houston, Texas
Jordan Shuey     Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Jordan Spieth     Dallas, Texas
Colton Staggs     Tulsa, Okla.
Lam Steven     Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Justin Thomas     Goshen, Ky.
Curtis Thompson     Coral Springs, Fla.
Jay Vandeventer     Bristol, Tenn.
Daniel Walker     Earlysville, Va.
Jack Walsh     Lawrenceville, Ga.
Richard Werenski     South Hadley, Mass.
Patrick Winther     Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
Chris Worrell     Enid, Okla.
Bobby Wyatt     Mobile, Ala.
Yao-Chun Yang     Troy, Mich.
Shawn Yim     Buford, Ga.
Michael Yiu     Laguna Hills, Calif.
Andrew Yun     Chandler, Ariz.
Ryan Zech     Kearney, Mo.
*Field as of June 3, 2009
Tournament History
Past Champions
2002   Seung Su Han, Chino Hills, Calif.   76-65-68-66––275
2003   Brian Harman, Savannah, Ga.   69-71-67-68—275
2004   Brian Harman, Savannah, Ga   68-70-74-70––282
2005   Daniel Woltman, Beaver Dam, Wis.   70-68-68-72––278
2006   Andrew Yun, Tacoma, Wash.   68-73-70-66––277
2007   Peter Uihlein, Bradenton, Fla.   73-66-70-70––279
2008   Cameron Peck, Olympia, Wash.    66-71-68-66––271
Low Round: (64), Roberto Galletti, Jr. 2005
Low 54-hole Total: (271), Cameron Peck 2008
2008 Final Leaderboard
1Â Â Â Â Cameron Peck, Olympia, Wash. Â Â Â 66-71-68-66–271
T2 Â Â Â William Sjaichudin, Bradenton, Fla. Â Â Â 70-70-69-68–277
T2 Â Â Â Rak Cho, Brea, Calif. Â Â Â 67-68-71-71–277
T4    Cory Whitsett, Houston, Texas    69-71-70-68–278
T4 Â Â Â Phillip Choi, Orlando, Fla. Â Â Â 68-77-67-66–278
T6    Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas    71-67-70-71–279
T6 Â Â Â T.J. Vogel, Cooper City, Fla. Â Â Â 68-67-74-70–279
T6 Â Â Â Chan Kim, Chandler, Ariz. Â Â Â 66-73-70-70–279
T6 Â Â Â Brinson Paolini, Virginia Beach, Va. Â Â Â 72-68-72-67–279
T10 Â Â Â James Back, Cerritos, Calif. Â Â Â 72-71-70-67–280
T10    Anthony Paolucci, Dallas, Texas    71-71-69-69–280
Media Accommodations
The AJGA is prepared to make covering the FootJoy Invitational an enjoyable experience. Whether it be on-site professional communications staff or timely results, the AJGA is ready to honor all media requests. At the event, the AJGA will provide:
   • Information about the tournament and its participants leading up to the event
   • Assistance with player interviews before, during and after the tournament
   • A golf cart to make covering the tournament as easy as possible
   • Assistance locating players on the course
   • A recap with results after each tournament round in a timely manner
During the week of the tournament, the AJGA will have three communications representatives on hand to assist the media. These media officials will write an AP style recap and produce agate results each tournament day. These will then be faxed and/or e-mailed to all media outlets. Interviews with AJGA Tournament Directors, Tournament Chairmen and juniors can be conducted before/after every round.
The AJGA Web site, ajga.org, is a tremendous media resource. The tournament Web site, which is linked from the AJGA homepage, includes recaps, results, list of participants, tee times, live scoring, scorecards and sponsor information.
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