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David Toms Overcoming Adversity Award
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Korengel Recipient of David Toms Overcoming Adversity Award NORMAN, Okla.- Ryan Korengel, a sophomore at Mount St. Joseph, has been names recipient of the David Toms Overcoming Adversity Award. Korengel overcame sever brain trauma to become...
WorldGolf Announces Patriot All-America
PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Patriot All-America, now its fifth year, is well regarded as a top amateur event nationally, attracting 84 celebrated golfers from all three NCAA Divisions, as well as others from NAIA, NJCAA, and AJGA rankings. The Arizona Golf Association (AGA),...
13 Q’s with Sean! Listen to Sean Walsh from Gonzaga University wrestle with some ‘this or that’-based questions. Sean details whether he prefers Caddyshack or Happy Gilmore, Arnold Palmer Tea or an Arizona Iced Tea, Glendale or Augusta, and much more.
Vanderbilt’s Zack Jaworski is more than excited for a December in Glendale. Listen to Zack as he touches on his eagerness to escape the Tennessee winter for the opportunity to play for patriots, what he’s looking forward to most about the Patriot All-America experience, and his favorite PGA golfer in today’s game.
We had the fortune of speaking with John Souza, a returning player to the Patriot All-America. John is a junior at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An Arizona native, he recalls learning his passion for golf at the age of 10 while his dad worked in Phoenix for ‘PING,’ the American manufacturer of golf equipment that today sponsors the Patriot All-America. In this interview, we talk what drew him to the Patriot All-America, his future in golf, and more.
A Patriot Story
Video created by Ryan Johnson of Elevated Media to highlight the lasting and poignant impact that the Patriot All-America has on the players.
Congratulations to Bryson DeChambeau
Southern Methodist University senior Bryson DeChambeau became the fifth player to win the NCAA championship and the U.S. Amateur Championship in the same year Sunday when he claimed the Havemeyer Trophy with a 7-and-6 decision over the University of Virginia’s Derek...
2014 Patriot All- America R.O.C.K. in the USA Video
The players, volunteers, staff and friends commemorate the 2014 Patriot All-America Invitational played at Wigwam with a little help from John Cougar Mellencamp. https://youtu.be/GO3f2_6ghKw
Kochevar claims 2014 Patriot All-America Invitational
Kyle Kochevar, a junior from the University of Virginia, shot 2-under 68 to come from behind to win the 2014 Patriot All-America Invitational. Kochevar finished the tournament at 1-under and outlasted Arizona freshman, George Cunningham in a two-hole playoff.
ESPN Coverage 2013
ESPN covers the 1st round of the 2013 Patriot All-America Invitational.
Patriot All- America Press Release 2014
The Patriot All-America, in only its fourth year is recognized as a top amateur event attracting 84 nationally-recognized golfers from the NCAA Divisions, as well as NAIA, NJCAA, and AJGA rankings. The Arizona Golf Association (AGA), JDM Partners and the Golf...
ESPN Covers 2nd Round
ESPN covers the second round of the Patriot All-America 2013.
Cappelen wins 2012 Patriot All-America on final hole
Sebastian Cappelen birdied the 18th hole for a one-shot victory at The Patriot All-America Invitational on the Gold Course at The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Ariz. Cappelen’s three-round 4-under bested Kevin Penner by one stroke.
College Write-ups
What colleges are saying about the 2012 Patriot Participants Matt Hansen - UC Davis Harrison Shih - Columbia University Matt Record - University of Nebraska Daniel Claytor - Barton College Hayden Jones and Anthony Maccaglia - Oglethorpe University
The Thunderbirds partner with Patriot All-America
The Thunderbirds, hosts of the PGA TOUR’s Waste Management Phoenix Open WM Phoenix Open have entered into a two-year partnership with the Patriot All-America Invitational benefiting the Folds of Honor Foundation. The 54-hole stroke play event, which features 84 of the...
Whitsett Wins Inaugural Patriot All-America Invitational
Litchfield Park, Ariz. – Cory Whitsett closed with a five-under-par 66 to win the inaugural Patriot All-America Invitational on the Gold Course at The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Ariz.