LGA Staff 
Lafayette, LA | October 28, 2020 The Louisiana Junior Golf Tour is pleased to award its 2020 Boys’ Player of the Year to Riley Hnatyshyn of Abita Springs and 2020 Girls’ Player of the Year to Kaitlyn Montoya of Shreveport. Both players won two events this year to solidify them at the top … Read more
The following article was written by Dan McDondald for his Making the Turn column for Wednesday, Oct. 21 Normally, the Louisiana Golf Association’s Distinguished Service Award is presented at a banquet during the organization’s Mid-Amateur Championship. Due to COVID-19 restrictions that banquet couldn’t happen earlier this year, and the Mid-Amateur scheduled at Le Triomphe had … Read more
October 18, 2020 Patterson, Louisiana Sarah Meral of Abita Springs and Liza Lapeyre of New Orleans continued their stellar play after an opening round of nine-under par 63 with a final round of six-under par 66. Lapeyre and Meral had an incredible fourteen birdies, one eagle and one bogey for the entire Championship. … Read more
October 17, 2020 Patterson, Louisiana Sarah Meral of Abita Springs and Liza Lapeyre of New Orleans carded an incredible round of nine-under par 63 to lead by seven strokes at The Atchafalaya Golf Course. Lapeyre had four birdies and an eagle for the side while, Meral contributed with three birdies of her own. … Read more
Shreveport, Louisiana | October 11, 2020 Robby McWilliams of Benton and Rod Baronet of Lecompte won their second consecutive LGA Senior Four-Ball Championship at Southern Trace Country Club. McWilliams and Baronet would need extra holes after being tied with Billy Joe Tolliver and Burt Allen of Shreveport at thirteen-under par 131. The playoff … Read more
Shreveport, Louisiana October 9, 2020 Julie Harrison of Baton Rouge won her fifth straight and eighth overall Women’s Senior Amateur Championship on Friday at Southern Trace Country Club. Harrison shot rounds of 75-76 despite the wet playing conditions. Mary Lynn Stuart of Shreveport won the Super Senior Division (65+) for the second consecutive … Read more
Shreveport, Louisiana October 8, 2020 Julie Harrison of Baton Rouge seeks her fifth straight and eighth overall Women’s Senior Amateur Championship after an opening round of three-over par 75 at Southern Trace Country Club. Harrison made five birdies during her round in difficult playing conditions. Last year’s runner-up, Mary Lynn Stuart of Shreveport … Read more
Big Cedar Lodge is quickly becoming known as America’s Next Great Golf Destination, with courses designed by some of the top names in golf: Tiger Woods, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. Along with these legendary names, Johnny Morris is changing and growing the game of … Read more
West Point, Mississippi – September 13, 2020 Louisiana won its fifth consecutive Junior River Cup on Sunday at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi. The Junior River Cup is a Ryder Cup style event between the top junior golfers in Mississippi and Louisiana. It is conducted in Mississippi in even years and … Read more
Lafayette, LA – John A. Hendry, D.D.S., of Lafayette has been named recipient of the Louisiana Golf Association’s Distinguished Service Award for 2020. The award was initiated in 1984 by the LGA to honor individuals who have contributed to the betterment of the game in Louisiana. “I was fortunate throughout my professional career as … Read more
