More than thirty junior golfers age 12 and under participated in the Creekside Classic Skills competition, to benefit the Valpo Parks Foundation on July 23. They played at Creekside Golf Course and Training Center in Valparaiso. Juniors competed in six skill areas and the winners were:
Eight and Under:
Long drive – Emma Cox
Chip – Aleah Ferngren
Pitch – Carson Shaffer
Sand – Wynne Aldrich
Putt – Emma Cox
Three Hole – Aleah Ferngren
Nine and Ten Year Olds:
Long drive – Eric Lewis
Chip – Logan Ferngren
Pitch – Eric Lewis
Sand – Eric Lewis
Putt – George Eisenahuer
Three Hole – Brett Jetmund
Eleven and Twelve Year Olds:
Long drive – Alyssa Harvey
Chip – Lexie Ferngren
Pitch – Sean Galipeau
Sand – Zach Ciesielski
Putt – Tim Cahillane
Three Hole – Tim Cahillane
The afternoon 12-hole scramble, which consists of two adults and two juniors in each foursome, was won by junior golfers Sean Galipeau and Brett Jetmund, paired with John Galipeau and Dane Brown. But they didn’t win easily – they had a playoff on hole number nine against Gariup Construction Team 1better known as junior golfers Mike Gariup and Pat Cowan with Dad Matt Gariup and Cheryl Geras. The third place win went to Gariup Construction Team 2 junior players Andrew Gariup and Bobby Jacobs, paired with Liz and Bernard Beckham.