As an approved FJT STEP program the Emerald Coast Junior Golf Tour will again send a team to the FSGA Florida Junior Team Championships in 2023. 

Over the last few years, the Emerald Coast Junior Golf Tour has been able to win seven official State Titles! See below for the details. 

 

Age groups (Birthdays as of August 1) are:

 

Boys 16-18

Boys 13-15

Girls 16-18

Girls 13-15

 

Positions for the team will be based on results during the second half of the 2021 calendar year (July through November) and the first half of the 2022 season (January through May), with an emphasis on the results of two-day events.

 

The entry fees will be paid by the Tour and each player will receive uniform attire for the two tournament days.

The ECJGT invests a portion of the Annual Registration fees paid to the Tour to allow our teams to play this event and give the best players an opportunity to shine against the best the state of Florida has to offer! The best two of three scores each day will be counted as the team score.

 

For additional details on the event please click here.

 

Archives:

2022

Boys 16-18: Braydon Moye, Bentley Van Pelt, Jack Wallace-4th

Girls 16-18: Juliana Hock, Cloe Rich, Mariane Johnson-3rd

Boys 13-15: Jacob Daw, Mark Piver, Troyce Perkins-T5

Girls 13-15: Julie Waldo, Savannah Goodman, Abby Vernier-3rd

 

2021

Boys 16-18   Eddie Lee (individual runner-up), Morgan Hughes and Braydon Moye - 3rd place

Boys 13-15   Bentley Van Pelt, Jaylen Abbas, Davis Moore - 5th place 

Girls 13-15   Ava Kight (low score day 2), Anna Kunkel, Julie Waldo - 3rd place

 

The ECJGT will be represented with just one team in 2018. Many scheduling conflicts and personal situations have resulted in the other teams not being able to field 3 qualified players who where strong enough to warrant a nomination. We are happy to announce that the

Girls 16-18 team of Taylor Moody, Alia Scotka and Paola Rosario will represent the ECJGT. Good Luck ladies!

 

 

The ECJGT Teams for the 2017 FSGA Junior Team Championships to be held at Plantation Country Club, Venice.

Boys 16-18   Champions! John David Cobb, Patrick Poate (Medalist), Chase Hurt

Boys 13-15   Blake Rigdon, Jackson Reeves, Justin Burroughs

Girls 16-18   Champions! Madisyn Messmore, Lauren Miller (Co-Medalist), Cameron Fish

Girls 12-15   Madison Tenore, Alia Scotka, Colby Reeder

 

 

 

The 2016 ECJGT Team for the FSGA Jr Team Championships at Plantation Golf and CC, August 6-7, is

Boys 16-18: Blue Team: Patrick Poate, Kevin Choe, Cameron Bonner (Champions!)

                        Red Team: Chase Hurt, AJ Panyko, Bailey Threlkeld

Girls 16-18: Kaide Farne, Cameron Fish, Madison Tenore

 

 

The 2015 ECJGT Team representing at the FSGA Jr Team Championships August 8-9 at Disney World are:

Boys 16-18: Patrick Poate, AJ Panyko, Jacob Lehman

Girls 16-18: Abigail Herrmann, Ailsa Clark, Sarah Pabst (Champions!)

Boys 13-15 Blue Team: Noah Williams, Chandler Holloway, Brendan Reilly

Boys 13-15 Red Team: Cam Page, Ty Aulger, Blake Rigdon

Girls 13-15: Lauren Miller, Madison Tenore, Madisyn Messmore

 

2014 ECJGT Team to travel to Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, August 9-10.

Boys 16-18: Bryce Geraghty, Tyler Cohen, Brian Richards

Boys 13-15: Patrick Poate, Kevin Choe, AJ Panyko

Girls 16-18: Lindsey Harrison, Abigail Herrmann, Sarah Pabst

Girls 13-15: Lauren Miller, Cameron Fish, Madison Tenore

 

Emerald Coast Teams made a big splash this past weekend at the FL Junior Team Championships, taking home 2 of the four titles up for grabs. Enduring tough hot and windy conditions the teams battled through the last day, even though at times it seemed that their dreams were drifting away. Jason, Christian and Davis have now represented at every trip that we have a taken down south and it is fitting that they bring home a State Championship together! Their work ethic and commitment to the game – they played every event with us this year! – gave them the resilience to hang tough when things looked like they may be slipping away. Jason finished as low individual with the only under par two day-total in any division – another indication of how tough the course was playing this year. We wish Davis well as he starts his collegiate career at the University of Montevallo today!!

Brock and Tyler played solidly all weekend, but it was 13 year old Kevin Choe, in his first trip to the event, who truly carried the team and also earned low individual honors at 1-over par. When all seemed lost, the others stumbled and our boys had to get their clubs back out of the car and prepare for a playoff! After Tyler calmly sank his 15 footer for bogey to match his opponent, Kevin barely missed his 12 footer for birdie to give us the edge. In the end Brock had two putts from16 feet to seal the win, but made short work of it by draining his birdie putt!!

2012 FSGA Junior Team Chps

The team of Brock Ochsenreiter, Stephen Shephard and Tyler Cohen are State Champions!

In the Boys 13-15 age division on the Lakes Course, the Emerald Coast Junior Golf Tour (pictured left) won the title with a tournament total of 293. Leading the way for their wire-to-wire victory was Brock Ochsenreiter, who fired rounds of 71-74 as Steven Shephard posted a 75-73 and Tyler Cohen recorded a 79-79. Josh August, of the Palm Beach County Junior Golf Association, took home low individual honors with a tournament total of two-under par 142.


Teams of three, representing their junior programs, competed in 36-holes of stroke play with the total of the low two of the three gross scores counting for each round. This event is open to junior programs that provide organized tournaments, instruction or clinics which are open to all junior golfers in the community. There are four divisions; boys 16-18, boys 13-15, girls 16-18 and girls 13-15.

2012 Teams

We are very happy to announce the 2011 ECJGT Team for the FSGA Junior Team Championships to be played at Sandridge Golf Club in Vero Beach, August 6-7.

Congratulations to the following players for being selected!

Boys 16-18 Davis Bowyer Jason Rogers Christian Bosso

Boys 13-15 Brock Ochsenrieter Stephen Shephard Tyler Cohen - Champions!

Girls 13-15 Lauren Miller Malia Stovall Sarah Pabst

Girls 15-18 Antonia Poate Lindsay Harrison Alexis Hazard

2011 Teams

Boys 16-18 Cole Glass Spencer Odonnell Davis Bowyer Alternate: Harrison Krause

Boys 13-15 Christian Bosso Jason Rogers Parker Remig Alternate: Andrew Smith

Girls 16-18 Kayla Bloor Ivey Kelly Alexandria Ryals Alternate: Alexis Hazard

Girls 13-15 Madison Pacheco Antonia Poate Katt Crowdis

Brandon Jowers, Langley Vannoy, Clay Vannoy and Madison Pacheco power ECJGT teams at Florida Junior Team Championships

The first trip for an Emerald Coast team to the Florida Junior Team Championships proved to be exciting and successful. In addition to playing to some great competition and proving themselves worthy of their nominations, the team also enjoyed some time off together in the pools and lazy river at Orange Lake Resort. See pictures later for details!

Playing the Arnold Palmer designed Legends Course, Shalimar’s Brandon Jowers showed he is not just a force in the FL Panhandle, but also on a state level by winning the unofficial individual honors and leading the Boys 16-18 team to a tie for 2^nd place! His rounds of 67-68-133 led the team to a 4 under finish as a team. Pensacola’s Trey Aguirre shot 76-74 and Jay’s Jesse Floyd shot 75-80 to each post a supporting scores. They are all itching to come back next for the win, as they were only two strokes behind the winning team!

The Girls 13-15 placed fourth, just on shot from third! Pensacola’s Madison Pacheco lead the team with rounds of 81-77 and tied for 5^th individually. She was supported by Niceville’s Antonia Poate who followed a first round 82 with a career low 79 on day 2, which also gave her a top 10 individual finish. Niceville’s Rachel Butterfield joined them with rounds of 93 and 125. Both Madi and Toni are also eligible to return in this division next year.

The Boys 13-15 division saw Pensacola’s Clay Vannoy take third place individually at 1 over par after very solid ball-striking rounds of 72-71-143 on the Orange Lake Reserve Course. This propelled his team to a seventh place finish in a very strong field. He was joined by Davis Bowyer with rounds of 84-79 and Jason Rogers with 88-80.

Pensacola’s Langley Vannoy two solid rounds of 74-76-150 placed her 8^th individually and her team to a 7^th place finish. She was joined on the team by Niceville’s Jaime Jordan with 83-84 and with Ivey Kelly 89-86.

A big thank you to all the players and parents for their time and commitment. Michele and I are already looking forward to next year!

Posted 8/9/2010

The ECJGT Team for the 2010 Junior Team Championships was announced this evening.

The team will compete August 7-8 in Kissimmee against teams from the other Junior Golf Tours from East, Central and South Florida.

Representing the Emerald Coast are:

Boys 16-18 Division Jesse Floyd, Trey Aguirre and Brandon Jowers Alternate: Cole Glass

Boys 14-15 Division Davis Bowyer, Clayton Vannoy and Jason Rogers Alternate: Harrison Krause

Girls 16-18 Division Langley Vannoy, Jaime Jordan, Ivey Kelly Alternate: Rebekah Pruett

Girls 13-15 Division Madison Pacheco, Antonia Poate, Rachel Butterfield Alternate: Katt Crowdis

Congratulations on their selection and we wish them good luck representing our Region in Kissimmee.

Best Regards,

Chris and Michele Poate