The Southwest Drive, Chip and Putt Regional Qualifying Finals were held at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale on Sunday, August 25th. Qualifiers were determined in four age groups for both girls and boys with the 8 winners moving on to Augusta National Golf Club for the finals.

Since June, aspiring junior golfers have been competing in this golf development initiative created by the Masters Tournament Foundation, United States Golf Association and PGA of America, all with the goal of competing in the finals next April at Augusta National.


The Golf Channel was on hand to do interviews with all 8 qualifiers and a parent.  Spots will air between now and the finals on April 6, 2014.

Girls 7-9: Raina Ports of Tucson qualified to move on to the finals at Augusta National by edging out Gracie McGovern of Scottsdale by only two points. 

Girls 10-11: Madeleine Adam of Chandler just got by Berlin Long of Lehi, Utah 81 points to 80. 

Girls 12-13: Great and balanced scoring in all three skills from the top three qualifiers with Ashley Menne (117) of Surprise, AZ edging Morgan Goldstein of Las Vegas (107) and Hannah Leitner   (104) of Tucson.  Difference came down to final skill with Ashley outscoring Morgan by 10 points in putting.

Girls 14-15: Hunter Pate of Las Vegas dominated her division by winning the driving skill and placing second in both chipping and putting.  She outscored Delaney Buck of Scottsdale by 31 points. 

Boys 7-9: Balanced scoring by Adam Miller of Phoenix in all three skills was the key for him to win by a wide margin and win the qualifying spot to Augusta.  Adam beat out Henry Dall and Tavin Boman both of Scottsdale.

Boys 10-11: Aiden Goldstein of Las Vegas won the chipping skill by a wide margin and used a good putting performance to win by a 23 point margin and qualify for Augusta National.  Cade Anderson (Scottsdale) and Ethan Klose (Phoenix) finished second and third. 

Boys 12-13: Caden Christopherson of Chandler posted the highest point total of the day with 151. Caden won the spot to Augusta by beating out Cameron Barzekoff of Las Vegas and Cole Ponich of Farmington, NM who both posted day high scores in the putting skill with 70 points out of a possible 75.

Boys 14-15: Juan Contreras of Phoenix leveraged the two longest drives of the day (over 250 yards) and edged out Gabriel Velarde and Jake Guess both from Mesa, AZ.  Difference came in the putting skill with Contreras holing both a 6 and 15 -footer after hitting the hole from 30 feet.