Dr. Gordon Ira Classic at Hyde Park Golf Club

North Florida Junior Golf Foundation Dr. Gordon Ira Classic at Hyde Park Golf Club on June 24-25, 2020.

AA did not play as well for the distance, she placed 6th Elite overall girls. If she was playing in the Rising Girls, she would have placed 1st Place. It was scorching hot, with heat index over 100! Summer is here!

I copied several photos from the NFJG Facebook page:

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They're not making them like Hyde Park Golf Club anymore. Located in Jacksonville, Florida visitors can play virtually the same course that was designed by the legendary Scottish architect Donald Ross in 1925. 

The Jacksonville Open, which evolved into the PLAYERS Championship, began at Hyde Park. A regular stop on the mens and womens professional tours in the '40s and '50s, Hyde Park was the site of Mickey Wright's first official pro victory. Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg and Louise Suggs all were tested at Hyde Park as well. In fact, if you keep it in single digits on the sixth hole, a Par 3, you'll beat Ben Hogan's (11) that he took one year playing at Hyde Park.

Director Jack's Highlights:

In the Girls field of 20 Jacksonville’s Hannah Stevens was showing off her hard work on the practice tee by putting together a round one leading score of three over 75. Her closes competitor, Ponte Vedra’s Ashley Huffman would be three strokes back at 78.

In round two, we would have some pretty talented pairings in each of the contests and the fireworks were starting early.  In the Girls, Hannah Stevens would start her round on hole #10. She would blast three birdies in her first five holes to take a commanding lead. A bogey at the par-4 5th would start a bogey trail which left a trail of smoke through her 16th hole to knock her well out of contention.

Also making an early move was St. Johns Shanya Arasu who birdied two holes on her opening nine to turn at 35. Arasu would play well and post her NFJG TOUR best score of one over par 73, but it was the steady and error free play of Ashley Huffman who sparkled her way to the top of the leader board. Huffman would also fire a one over par 73 to nip Arasu by 3 shots and claim rights to the Girls Overall and Elite Tour Girls Championship. Arasu would take the Silver Cup.

Jacksonville’s Alexa Fallis would best her round one score by five strokes to take the “Rising Tour Girls” title. Valdosta’s Molly Davis would come in six strokes back to hoist the Runner-up award.