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Avery Finishes Three Under to Win Girls Division

Post author By tournamentsiteadmin
Post date March 21, 2021

Amari Avery with Cameron Champ after her victory in the 2021 Mack Champ Invitational.

Amari Avery finished three under par to win the girls division of the inaugural Mack Champ Invitational at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston.

Avery, a high school junior from Riverside, CA, who has verbally committed to play her college golf at the University of Southern California, shot 2-under 70 on Sunday to edge Bailey Davis by a shot. Davis, a member of the class of 2021 from White Plains, MD, who will play her college golf at the University of Tennessee, shot 72-70 for a 2-under-par total.

Avery is also scheduled to play the Augusta National Women’s Open from March 31 to April 3.

Shyla Brown from Matthews, NC, made an incredible run that included a 7-under 29 on the front nine on Sunday. She finished in third place at two over.

Alexis Lamadrid of Phoenix (class of 2027) won the girls 11- and 12-year-old division with a two-day total of seven over par.

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Champ Has Advice for MCI Players at Saturday Clinic

Post author By tournamentsiteadmin
Post date March 21, 2021

On Saturday, Cameron Champ fielded questions from Mack Champ Invitational players and talked about his practice routine, mental preparation, and some finer points of preparation for elite competition.

Champ conducted the clinic on the first hole of Memorial Park Golf Course after the first round of play. Glenn Weckerlin, chairman of the board for the Cameron Champ Foundation, served as MC for the event.

Champ hit some shots and said that he preferred to get his practice on the course, not the range. Ever since he was a junior player, he said, he has liked to work on his game on the course. “That’s how you learn how to score,” he said.

After hitting a few iron shots, Weckerlin asked the juniors what club they wanted to see Champ hit. Not surprisingly for one of the longest hitters in the game, requests for driver won in a landslide. Here’s a look at what they got to see.

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Dinner Reception Features Cameron Champ, Lee Elder and Roland Martin

Post author By tournamentsiteadmin
Post date March 20, 2021

Cameron Champ and Roland Martin were on stage and Lee Elder joined the conversation via video conference.

Cameron Champ Roland Martin and Lee Elder at dinner reception — Cameron Champ and Roland Martin were on stage, and Lee Elder joined the conversation via video conference.

On Friday night before the first round of the Mack Champ Invitational, Roland Martin hosted a conversation at the Omni Houston Hotel with Cameron Champ and Lee Elder, who tuned in from home via video conference.

Elder, who broke the color barrier at the Maters in 1975 and will be an honorary starter at Augusta National in 2021, talked about his time on tour, the challenges he faced, the camaraderie he felt with other black golfers of his era, the importance of setting goals for success, and much more. He really brought the house down, though, when Martin asked him about the money games that players of his era competed in to make ends meet.

Martin asked, “Lee, you were hustling folks out of money?”

Without missing a beat, Elder replied: “I wasn’t hustling nobody. They wanted to make a donation.”

Champ spoke about his path to becoming a PGA Tour pro, his current game and tournament routine, the importance of focusing on improving his game while also maintaining a rewarding personal life, his new wife and their love of animals, and his outside-of-golf passion – drag racing.

Jeff Champ, Cameron’s father and the co-founder of the Cameron Champ Foundation, kicked off the evening with advice for the assembled golf parents and also shared some memories about his father, Mack, and Cameron’s junior golf days. Glenn Weckerlin, chairman of the board for the Cameron Champ Foundation, spoke about the foundation’s work and plans for the future.

At the end of the night, Cameron Champ surprised the crowd by handing out new Nike sunglasses for all of the players.

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New Masters Documentary Features Cameron Champ

Post author By tournamentsiteadmin
Post date March 15, 2021

Cameron Champ’s first Masters experience will be a featured storyline in a new documentary produced by Augusta National Golf Club that will premiere on ESPN on Tuesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. ET.

Titled “The One in November,” the film gives a behind-the-scenes look at the 2020 Masters and chronicles the preparation and experience of a variety of individuals in the days leading up to the Masters.

The documentary will re-air multiple times in advance of ESPN’s live coverage of the 85th Masters Tournament. ABC will also air the documentary on Saturday, April 3, at 4 p.m., and it will be available on ESPN+ and Masters.com beginning April 4 as well.