Gauntlet Golf Membership, situated in Stafford County, obtained $8,800 from the Virginia Tourism Company (VTC) Sports activities Advertising and marketing Incentive Program below the American Plan of Rescue Act (ARPA). These funds will assist the Gauntlet Golf Membership because it hosts the upcoming American Junior Golf Affiliation Tour Stafford Junior All-Star Event.
AJGA is a not-for-profit group devoted to the general development and growth of younger women and men who search faculty golf scholarships by taking part in junior golf competitions. Many leaders within the golf business contemplate this group to be the main junior golf affiliation on the earth. AJGA alumni on the PGA tour embody Jordan Spit, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and lots of different tour professionals.
In complete, the VTC has awarded $1.45 million to 83 native and regional occasion incentives particularly designed to draw new meetups and sporting occasions to spur financial exercise and journey throughout the Commonwealth. The funds are a part of a $50 million ARPA appropriation really useful by the August 2021 Particular Session of the Normal Meeting to assist revive Virginia’s tourism business to beat the detrimental influence of COVID-19.
“Sporting occasions and gatherings are important to the journey business,” stated Rita McClenny, President and CEO of Virginia Tourism Company. “This allocation is a chance to help these organizations of their ongoing restoration efforts and assist enhance attendance and income.”
Stafford County Tourism has caught the eye of the American Junior Golf Affiliation (AJGA) to play at Gauntlet, a 72-par 18-hole golf course designed by PB Dye. Event Week kicks off with the Stafford Junior-Am Fundraising Event on Sunday, August 14, 2022, sponsored by the Stafford County Financial Growth Authority (EDA).
The Junior-Am fundraising effort will profit the Stafford Instructional Basis, Stafford Junction and the AJGA Attaining Aggressive Excellence (ACE) grant.
“We’re thrilled to companion with Stafford County Financial Growth and Tourism Authority and Stafford EDA to ship essentially the most prestigious junior tour within the nation on our Tour Stafford Junior All-Star Event. The awarded grant shall be used to degree up the occasion with a large LED display screen displaying participant stats, leaderboards, native enterprise sponsors and extra. That is certainly one of many occasions organized by New Path Golf Administration this yr to lift funds for native organizations and develop the sport of golf in our space. We sit up for persevering with our partnership with AJGA and Stafford County for years to come back, producing extra tourism income and creating the sport for generations to come back,” stated Carmen Miller, Member Providers Director, Gauntlet Golf Membership.