Entries Being Accepted for Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship

The Pacific Northwest PGA Section is accepting applications for the 2007 Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship at McCormick Woods GC in Port Orchard, Wash., on June 2-3.

The winners of the boys' and girls' divisions qualify to join over 150 of the nation's top junior golfers in the PGA of America's flagship junior event, the Westfield Junior PGA Championship, July 11-14, at Westfield Group Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio.

The 32nd national Westfield Junior PGA Championship is open to one boy and one girl champion from each of the 41 PGA Sections, the winners of select national junior tournaments conducted throughout the year, and special invitees who have not reached their 19th birthdays nor begun college.

Junior golfers who wish to enter the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship can obtain entry applications at local PGA golf facilities or contact the Pacific Northwest PGA Section at 800/688-4653 or visit the Pacific Northwest PGA Section website at www.pnwpga.com.    

The Junior PGA Championship has traditionally been a stepping stone for many of today's PGA and LPGA Tour professionals as well as current collegiate stars. Past competitors who include: Billy Andrade, Brandie Burton, Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk, Cristie Kerr, Justin Leonard, Michelle McGann, Phil Mickelson, Grace Park, Dottie Pepper, Scott Verplank, David Toms and Tiger Woods.