Key links:
- Final Results for Region 5
- Golf Genius Scoring
- Region 5 Rosters
- Photos, Courtesy of PGA Jr. League (Note: Photo IDs can be found in File Information > Details for each image.)
Over the weekend, 13 All-Star teams of junior golfers met at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for two fun and exciting days of competition Sept. 21-22 at the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Regional Championship. Teams from four PGA Sections—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin—participated in the weekend event.
Split between two age divisions, eight 13u All-Star teams (players ages 10-13) and five 17u All-Star teams (players ages 14-17) vied for the opportunity to advance to their respective National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship this fall.
Rain slowed and even shortened the 13u championship match on Sunday, but teams from Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont, Illinois, won both divisions to become Region 5 Champions.
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Cog Hill headed back to the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship next month
Even though it was raining, the Cog Hill Ravines 13u All-Stars were all smiles on Sunday as the team defeated the Woodfield 13u All-Stars of Mt. Prospect, Illinois, 5.5-2.5 to secure their spot in the 2024 13u National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship. Cog Hill will represent Illinois in the Championship, set for Oct. 10-13 at PGA Frisco’s Fields Ranch West. Team Illinois finished fourth in the Championship in 2023.
The team is coached by Kevin Weeks, PGA, and based at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont, Illinois.
Day one (Saturday) of the Regional consisted of two, nine-hole rounds of stroke play qualifying for the teams, in which the top four seeds advanced to match play semifinals on Sunday. Tiebreakers played a vital role in determining the top four seeds after the Woodfield 13u All-Stars (Mt. Prospect, Ill.) and Cog Hill Ravines 13u All-Stars (Lemont, Ill.) finished the qualifying round tied at -27 and TPC Wisconsin 13u All-Stars (Madison, Wisc.) and Cog Hill Dubsdread 13u All-Stars (Lemont, Ill.) both shot -2. Utilizing the tiebreaker (entire team aggregate score), Woodfield 13u All-Stars headed into Sunday as the No. 1 seed. Doug Brazeau, PGA, and Assistant Coach Keith Donovan coach the team.
The Cog Hill Ravines 13u All-Stars finished second, the TPC Wisconsin 13u All-Stars were the No. 3 seed, and the Cog Hill Dubsdread 13u All-Stars, also coached by Weeks, rounded out the top four.
Michigan’s Orchards 13u All-Stars, led by Coach Jeff Stalcup, PGA, and Assistant Coach Keith Bock, finished fifth (+2), Ironwood 13u All-Stars of Fishers, Indiana, finished sixth with +11, Milham Park 13u All-Stars from Milham Park Golf Course in Kalamazoo, Michigan, finished seventh (+20) and Wisconsin’s South Central 13u All-Stars, led by Coach Pamela Saladino, LPGA, finished eighth with +22.
In Sunday’s match play semifinals, the No. 1 seed Woodfield 13u All-Stars faced the fourth-seeded Cog Hill Dubsdread 13u All-Stars, with Woodfield winning 8-0. The second-seeded Cog Hill Ravines 13u All-Stars defeated the No. 3 seed, the TPC Wisconsin 13u All-Stars, 5.5-2.5.
The rain shortened the 13u Championship match to six holes, with the Cog Hill Ravines 13u All-Stars besting Woodfield to become Regional Champions.
Cog Hill Ravines 17u All-Stars to represent Illinois in 17u National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship in November after winning Region 5
Team Illinois is returning to the 17u National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship with the Cog Hill Ravines 17u All-Stars 6-3 match play win over Indianapolis Academy 17u All-Stars in the Region 5 championship on Sunday afternoon. Cog Hill, coached by Kevin Weeks, PGA, finished fourth at the 2023 17u National Championship.
The Cog Hill Ravines 17u All-Stars (Lemont, Ill.), one of five 17u teams competing to represent their state at the 17u National Championship later this fall, advanced to the Region championship match with strong play throughout the tournament despite the weather.
During Saturday’s stroke play qualifying round, the Cog Hill Ravines 17u All-Stars garnered the top seed, shooting a -21 and leading the field by five shots. Indianapolis Academy 17u All-Stars, coached by Chris Clemons, PGA, and Assistant Coach Miyah Chambers, finished second with a -16, Great Lakes Bay 17u All-Stars (-13) of Midland, Michigan, claimed the No. 3 seed, and the Milham Park 17u All-Stars (Kalamazoo, Michigan) were fourth with a -5. The host team Grand Geneva 17u All-Stars, coached by Garrett Farni, PGA Associate, and Assistant Coach Christian Kolmos, PGA Associate, finished fifth with a +12.
On Sunday morning, the No. 1 seed Cog Hill Ravines 17u All-Stars defeated Michigan’s Milham Park 17u All-Stars 6-0 in the match play semifinals. In the other semifinal match, the No. 2 seed Indianapolis Academy 17u All-Stars faced the Great Lakes Bay 17u All-Stars, with Indianapolis besting Great Lakes 4-2.
In the Sunday afternoon championship, Cog Hill and Indianapolis remained tied through six holes but Cog Hill won the match with a dominant performance on the final three holes to become the Regional Champion.
The Cog Hill Ravines 17u All-Stars will represent Illinois at the 17u Championship to be held Nov. 14-17 at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.