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Jake Myre and Nathan Romero to represent First Tee Tucson in Pebble Beach

PURE Insurance Championship Impacting the First Tee
Sept. 20-26: Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course

Sabino standout Jake Myre and Marana standout Nathan Romero were selected to represent First Tee Tucson at the PURE Insurance Championship Impacting the First Tee for the PGA TOUR Champions tournament held in Pebble Beach from Sept. 20-26.

According to a release, Myre and Romero will apply the life and leadership skills learned from First Tee programs during the one-of-a-kind event where they are paired with a PGA TOUR Champions player and amateurs from the business world. Ranging in ages from 15 to 19, the First Tee participants compete for the Pro-Junior Team title.

Tucson is part of 48 First Tee chapters from across the country and participants were selected by a national panel of judges based on their personal growth and life skills learned through First Tee’s programs, as well as their playing ability.

Play will be conducted on Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course on Friday and Saturday. The final round will be contested solely at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday, where 23 First Tee juniors will compete based on their 36-hole performance. The tournament will crown one male and one female First Tee Junior Champion on Sunday.

Abigale Morris from Buckeye Canyon View and Jake Walden of Gilbert Higley are representing First Tee Phoenix.

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Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017, a 2019 AZ Education News award winner and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. He was the first in Arizona to write about high school beach volleyball and high school girls wrestling. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Andy was named an Honorary Flowing Wells Caballero in 2019 and he is a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com

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