Good morning good afternoon or good evening to our young aspiring Junior Tour stars and your fan clubs my name is Daniel Frankle and I the director of junior golf for the Metropolitan section PGA we are happy to conclude another amazing season and it is our honor to recognize the exceptional
Accomplishments from our junior tour in 2023 this year we had nearly 1,300 members competing over 85 events while I’m going to make this short and sweet to get to what really matters your achievements there are a few thank yous that need to be acknowledged our biggest thank you is to all our PGA
Professionals and golf courses that have hosted an event this year their support shows us their commitment and generosity to Junior Golf for hosting us in the heart of the Season without their support the junior tour could never have the impact it has to grow the game on our website
Www.met pgad directory.com is a list of every course that hosted an event along with the appropriate names and addresses please take some time time to show your appreciation and send them thank you notes this gesture will recognize their impact and we hope to inspire them to
Continue hosting us in the years to come before I recognize the achievements of our Junior golfers from this season I would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2023 and all those who played on the junior tour and now have gone on to either play on a Collegiate golf team or
Are enrolled in a profession profal golf Management program or PGM we wish you the very best of luck on your next chapter we hope that by sharing how many of our Junior Tour members have been able to take it to the next level in competing on a collegate
Golf team it will be inspirational to our younger members to help them believe that they can be the next to do it themselves at this time I am thrilled to recognize our players of the Year from both a Players Tour and our future series these awards were developed to
Award our most successful Junior golfers from the season we are excited to hear from the winner from each division so without further Ado I turn it over to them like to first start off by thanking the mpj and everybody that has put a part into making all these tournaments
Very special uh thank you to all the golf courses that that have us every week it’s really amazing to play all these bunch of different places and always treated very well um like to especially thank Dan Franco Joan art Kelly um and all the guys that help these tournaments every time and it’s
Always a pleasure to playing them and uh finally like to thank my family and my parents for being very supportive throughout my whole journey um it’s amazing to finally become the player of the year it’s been playing in this tour for a while now and it’s very special to so thank
You hi my name is Joseph B and I am so grateful and honored to win the Met PGA 2023 player of the year on the junior tour last season in the first event I played I was made aware of the season long race to win player of the year and
It immediately became my goal I couldn’t have accomplished this goal without the help of so many great people people and I would like to thank them I would like to thank the Met PGA and all of the amazing courses who hosted us and most importantly Dan Frankle and everyone of
His amazing staff members who made these tournaments possible because of all their hard work I’ve had the opportunity to compete against some of the best golfers around and make true lifelong friends I would like to thank all of my coaches and mentors for helping me along
My golf Journey last but not least I would like to thank my parents for supporting me and my dreams I am so honored and humbled to win the 2023 Med PGA Player of the Year on the junior tour this accomplishment means so much to me because of the great competition I
Faced all season long thank you hi guys OS lippo here I just want to say thank you to the Met PGA for naming me the 2023 player of the year uh it’s a real honor to win this award you know playing in the Met PGA for 3 years now
Each year I work hard and try to get better uh I’d like to thank my parents um my golf pros up at Rotella and my golf coach uh my parents you know driving me around to these tournaments getting me there uh the pros at my golf Co course Mike carrye worked with me
Hard to get through uh golf coach coach brany you know always by my side and there with me throughout the entire season thank you hi my name is aie Hua and I’m honored to be the Players Tour 2023 player of the year I’m so thrilled to be receiving this award as I’ve been
Golfing since I was a little girl and because of met Junior PTA I’m able to continue loving the game because of the pled opportunities that the organization provides I would like to thank Dan Frankle and his outstanding staff for all that they do to help create the most memorable and
Meaningful tournaments throughout the season thank you to my coaches for their persistence and patience in teaching me and I would also like to thank all the incredible girls that I get to play with because those friendships both on and off the course are what it’s all about
Thank you once again and I look forward to seeing you all next summer thank you and congratulations to these Superstars this goes to show how hard work pays off and I have no doubt that your successes this season will be motivating to others who share your Love of the Game you could be
Next at the conclusion of our season recap video we are going to recognize all those who finished in the top three at any of our tournaments or championships this season any ties for awards were broken by a match of cards as established by the usgaa for a complete list of results
From all our events from 2023 please be sure to visit our Junior Tour app or our website at www.met PG Junior golf.com on our website you will also discover other special programs and initiatives run by our foundation with our pillars focusing on youth golf military and inclusion please feel free
To take a moment to explore our other offerings looking to 2024 you can expect to see membership registration open in February and our full tournament schedule will be up in the spring we will keep our website up toate throughout the offseason with any news or upcoming events
Once again we would like to congratulate all of our Junior Tour competitors on a spectacular season before we highlight your accomplishments we have a few words of encouragement from our foundation Ambassador and esteemed Junior Tour Alum Cameron young Cameron has not only finished in the top three and several
Major championships and other PGA Tour events he is currently in the top 25 live in the official world golf rankings take it away Cameron hi everyone Cameron young here at PGA Junior Tour Alum and member of the PGA Tour I want to congratulate all the current met PGA
Junior Tour members for all of their accomplishments this season keep working hard through the offseason and looking forward to seeing many of your successes in the years to come thank you Cameron not too long ago Cameron was competing on our Junior Tour just like you who’s
To say that you aren’t next wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and we cannot wait to see you in 2024
