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East Team Wins BallenIsles Junior Cup

At BallenIsles Country Club

The East Team won the Ninth Annual BallenIsles Junior Cup
at BallenIsles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The
two-day, Ryder Cup-style tournament was played Saturday, July
31 and Sunday, Aug. 1 on the club’s legendary East Course and
featured the area’s most accomplished male and female junior
golfers, ages 18 years and younger.
“The highlight of the BallenIsles Junior Cup is the
camaraderie between the kids,” said Jeff Fitzherbert, PGA,
director of golf, BallenIsles Country Club. “They all were
interested in each other’s matches and were very excited to have
been a part of this great team event.”
The Ninth Annual BallenIsles Junior Cup featured 24 male
and 12 female golfers. East and West Team members included:
East Team:
• Andres Barraza
• Jay Brooks
• Rafe Cochran
• Chase Cohen West Team: Dick Wilson and Joe Lee to design a championship-caliber
• Manuella Herrera • Gabriella Albert golf facility. Over the next 10 years, BallenIsles, then called
• Noelle Jensen • Carlos Caloca PGA National Golf Club, hosted numerous major tournaments
• Jackson Kantowski • Brianna Castaldi like the PGA Championship and PGA Seniors Championship
• Sebastian Kawas • Nick Estrada and was home for the Professional Golfers’ Association of
• Chloe Kovelesky • Alyssa Fritz America. The club was also the host site for the original
• Chris Lee • Alex Heard PGA TOUR Qualifying School and held the inaugural PGA
• Sophia Louis • Jackson Kustin Merchandise Show. When the MacArthur/PGA of America
• Aiden Macfarquhar • Sebastian Nachilly agreement expired in 1973, the club was renamed the JDM
• Lindsey Marcellus • Jake Navaretta Country Club for John D. MacArthur. For the next 15 years,
• Tyler Mistretta • Erin Marcelino the prestigious local country club hosted many celebrities and
• Poon Nantsupawat • Mathew Marcelino professional golfers and staged many events on the three golf
• Andie Smith • John Marshall courses on the property. In 1988, the three golf courses and
• Tyler Stachkunas • Payne McEntee surrounding property were sold by the John D. and Catherine
• Vilda Westh-Blanc • Justin Ross T. MacArthur Foundation and renamed BallenIsles Country
• Natthawat Sakchawanpob Club. A multiyear and multimillion dollar plan to develop a
• Corbin Scott private country club community was unveiled. Since the early
• Kyrsten Shawah 2000s, BallenIsles Country Club has been consistently ranked
• Skylee Shin as one of the Top 100 Clubs in America.
Since 2011, BallenIsles Country Club has invited South A $35 million clubhouse renovation was completed in
Florida’s top junior golfers to participate in the BallenIsles Junior November 2018, featuring 115,000 square feet of luxurious
Cup. Played on the club’s legendary East Course, the BallenIsles space; three championship courses with 54 holes of golf; a
Are you elderly and concerned Junior Cup is a fun team competition, and is sponsored by world-class 23-court tennis complex including an exhibition
Cleveland Golf and Srixon.
tennis court and pickleball courts; and a state-of-the-art sports
about Hurricane Season? About BallenIsles Country Club complex with a full-service Cosmo & Company salon and spa,
fitness center, Pilates and spin studios and resort-style swimming
In 1963 legendary Florida developer John D. MacArthur
and the PGA of America teamed up with golf course architects pool. For more information visit www.BallenIsles.org.

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