N.C. Agents Tee-Off for Young Golfers to Play in Regional IIAJC Qualifying Tournaments

The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina will sponsor qualifying tournaments for the annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) national finals. The tournament is open to local junior golfers—both boys and girls—18 and under who have not started college. Girls do not need to participate in a regional.

“The local tournaments will be held from June 7-18 at golf courses around the state,” stated IIAJC Chairperson Harry Fitzgerald. On the national level, the tournament is sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA).

Winners of the local tournament will earn a spot in the North Carolina finals July 10-11, at Foxfire Golf & Country Club in Foxfire Village. Last year, more than 300 young golfers participated in 8 qualifying tournaments around the state.

The top North Carolina qualifiers will advance to the IIAJC national finals set for July 24-29, at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Oklahoma

As junior golfers, current PGA Tour players Tiger Woods and Billy Andrade each won two IIAJC championships. Andrade captured back-to-back titles in 1980 and 1981. Woods won the tournament in 1990 and 1992.

While Woods and Andrade both had successful runs in the tournament, there is a distinguished list of current professional players who as juniors played in the IIAJC. They include Fuzzy Zoeller, Bob Tway, Craig Stadler, Casey Martin, David Duval, Hale Irwin, Phil Michelson, Justin Leonard and Bobby Clampett.

Entry forms for the local qualifying tournaments are available from Caryn Young at (888) 277-6340 or at www.iiajc-nc.com. To be eligible, players must not mark their 19th birthday before July 30, 2004 and must not have started college.

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