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by Jimmy Headrick
US Kids tour dates
U.S. Kids Golf “Gulf Coast” Summer Tour:
June 4 Millbrook, Picayune, MS
June 11 Money Hill, Abita Springs, LA
June 25 Beau Chene, Mandeville, LA
July 16 Diamondhead Cardinal, Diamondhead, MS
July 23 Timberlane, Gretna, LA
August 13 Beau Chene, Mandeville, LA
August 20 Sunkist, Biloxi, MS
August 27 Diamondhead Pine, Diamondhead, MS,
Tour Championship
Gulf Coast will join the US Kids Golf tours Atlanta,
Miami & Charlotte for a two-person team tournament
called the SEC Cup at Callaway Gardens in Georgia
on Sept. 16-17. Players will be chosen from finishing 1st
through 4th in points standing on the Summer Tour. The
Gulf Coast Tour will be represented by two teams from
each age division from Boys 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13-14 and
from Girls 10-11 and 12-14. The summer birthday cutoff
of July 31 will be used for this fall tournament.
Morgan Guepet competed in the U.S. Kids Regional
Tournament, the Jekyll Island Cup, March 25-26 and
placed first in the 11 year old division with a 72 and a 77.
Three more Gulf Coast members who competed in the Jekyll Island
Cup include Sophia Macias, Baby James and Harper Anne Hinckley.
Team Acers – One of three teams from Diamondhead for the Gulf Coast Junior League
Western Division. Pictured: Landen Moran, Jesse Gillis, Charley Thompson, Nikolas Ellis,
James Grimes (Baby James) scored a 33 at the U.S. Kids Owen Russell, Hazel Bilbo, Bennie Russell, Jack Lawson, Mitchell Thompson. Back row
Golf tournament held at Pinewood March 19. He used Coach Bill Hudson, Gabe Hudson, Coach Jimmy Headrick, Coach Robbie Russell.
his new, longer golf clubs for the first time in competition.
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He is pictured with his father James Grimes, Sr.