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Archive for November 2025

Why Team Ohio’s Birdies Meant Even More After a Rain-Soaked Run to Second Place

Frisco, TX – On the final day of the 2025 PGA Jr. League Championship, the Texas sky wouldn’t cooperate. Lightning sirens wailed, rain hammered the turf and the championship match against Team California kept slipping into pauses. The players

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A Legacy of HOPE: Burt Jones and the Power of Purpose

Before he ever cradled a 7-iron or gave a Veteran the gift of golf, Burt Jones was a kid from Milford, Ohio, staring down the narrow roads of a small town and choosing the only path that seemed to lead somewhere bigger. In December 1968, despite

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2025 SOPGA Awards Spotlight: Andy Montgomery, PGA

Golf Professional of the Year…At Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Powell, Ohio, the first thing people notice isn’t the immaculate fairways or the hum of carts on a Saturday morning. You notice the feeling. The kind of environment that hums

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PGA HOPE Ambassador, Brandon Johnson: From the Fairways to the Flight Line and Back Again

Brandon Johnson has worn many hats: Air Force officer, analyst, fierce competitor and now, PGA HOPE Ambassador. What ties them together is a lifelong commitment to service. Through his new role with the Southern Ohio PGA, Brandon is using the game he

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2025 SOPGA Awards Spotlight: Gene Powell, PGA

Teacher and Coach of the Year, Presented by GOLFTEC…If you spend any time on the lesson tee with Gene Powell, you quickly notice two things: an eye for detail that could rival a scientist’s, and a warmth that makes even the most

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