Buckingham hosts Summer Junior on July 20

Boys, girls ages 8-17 will compete for titles

BUCKINGHAM >> The first of two junior golf tournaments held annually in Lake County takes place July 20 when the 28th annual Buckingham Summer Junior Championship takes place at Buckingham Golf and Country Club.

PGA Director of Golf Mark Wotherspoon and PGA head golf pro Ted Mattila invite all junior boys and girls ages 8-17 to participate in the event, which is sponsored by Buckingham Golf and Country Club, the Buckingham Niners, the Buckingham Tournament Players Club and the Buckingham Women’s Golf Club.

Golfers will be divided into flights based on age. The entry fee of $15 includes green fees, tee prizes, lunch and trophies.

Back to defend their titles won a year ago are Middletown High School’s Austin Pritchard and Kelseyville High School’s Sarah Parlee.

Both also went on to win the Lake County Junior Golf Championship the following day at Adams Springs Golf Course on Cobb Mountain.

The Lake County Junior, the second in the series of annual junior tournaments, takes place July 22 at Adams Springs.

Sign-up forms for the Buckingham Summer Junior and the Lake County Junior are available at area golf courses. For more information on the Buckingham Summer Junior call the pro shop at 279-4863.

FILE PHOTO Austin Pritchard of Middletown High School will be back to defend his overall boys championship in both the Buckingham Junior on July 20 and the Lake County Junior on July 22. Next to Pritchard is John Berry, tournament director of the Lake County Junior.