Sedona Junior Golf Championship goes back to the future1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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Keegan Webster, of Sedona, hits an approach shot toward the green during the Sedona Junior Golf Championship on July 12 (left). Webster captured the first place trophy in the 15- to 17-year-old boys division with a rain-shortened 15 hole total of 67.
Photo by Jordan Reece/Larson Newspapers

Two Village of Oak Creek golf courses have revived a youth golf tournament that had been dormant for several years.

The Sedona Junior Golf Championship went off with nary a hitch nor a slice on July 12, and the success of the event bodes well for its future.

The golfers were divided into two groups, with the 8- to 12-year-olds competing at Canyon Mesa Country Club, and the 13- to 17-year-olds competing at Sedona Golf Resort.

Sedona Red Rock High School sophomore Keegan Webster took home the trophy for first place in the 15- to 17-year-old boys category, shooting a 67 in a rainshortened 15 hole round to win by one stroke over Seth Farmer.

“I was hitting my driver really well, and my iron shots were feeling pretty good,” Webster said. “I was making good contact.”

The Sedona Golf Resort, Webster said, is his favorite golf course — not only because he’s had success there, including with the high school’s golf team, but because he has taken lessons there for more than a year.

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“Gary [Pearce] has helped me tremendously,” Webster said. “I remember when I first started I was shooting about 100, and [July 16] I shot 76, which was my best round.”

Olivia Webster won the 13- to 14-year-old girls division, shooting a 103, and Hunter Thomas won the 13- to 14-year-old boys division with an 83.

For the full story, please see the Friday, July 19 issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Bear

Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.

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Jeff Bear
Jeff Bear
Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.