The Farmers Bank & Trust Junior Pro-Am was played Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at Northridge Country Club in Texarkana, Texas.  Over thirty junior golfers from throughout the area competed with professional golfers from both the APT and WAPT Golf tours.  Professional golfers were in town preparing for the Texarkana Children Charities Open held July 12-15 at Texarkana Country Club and Northridge Country Club in Texarkana.

Four teams tied for first place with a total score of six under par for the day.  After a scorecard playoff, winning teams were:

            1st Place -         Lane Witten

                                    Zach Fulmer

                                    Ellen Wright

                                    Nate Vontz (APT Pro)

            2nd Place -        Parker Pruett

                                    Junior Power

                                    Kaiden Neeley

                                    Paul Gonzalez (APT Pro)

            3rd Place -         John Henry Meisenheimer

                                    Alex Hammonds

                                    Gabi Nevels

                                    Madison Frerking (WAPT Pro)

            4th Place -         Sophia Gavriel

                                    Jayden Tanner

                                    Rip Thomas

                                    Jordy Labarbera (WAPT Pro)

Eligibility to play in the Junior Pro-Am was earned through participation in the Farmers Bank & Trust Junior Golf Tour, which is a series of golf tournaments held in the Spring and Summer for junior golfers.  The FBT Junior Golf Tour recently announced two additional tournaments to be held July 24th at Northridge Country Club and August 3rd at Texarkana Country Club.  Tournaments are open to all junior golfers ages 19 and under who have not yet started college. For more information, please visit www.redriverjuniorgolf.com, or email info@redriverjuniorgolf.com.