Although the playoff between Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun garnered much of the attention, it turns out the Monday playoff to decide THE PLAYERS was not the only golf tournament going on in Northeast Florida on March 17.
At the same time 72 local golfers were battling it out in the JAGA Four-ball tournament and dealing with the same fierce winds that created difficult playing conditions for McIlroy and Spaun at TPC Sawgrass.
The four-ball event was held at The Palencia Club in St. Augustine and the teams who were able to master the winds the best and win were Reagen Majoria and Ben McMillen who won the gross competition and Jeff Johnstone and Joe Gillis who won the net competition.
Majoria and McMillen represented The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach and teamed up to shoot 71 for a score of one-under and proved to be the only group in the gross competition to shoot under par.
Johnstone and Gillis represented Sawgrass Country Club as their home course and won the net competition by one stroke after shooting four-under.
Both teams took home $340 with their victories. The format was one best ball of each twosome with teams competing in both divisions (gross, net) but eligible to win prizes in only one.
JAGA’s next event will also be its oldest with the 68th Senior Amateur Championship set to be held at Marsh Landing Country Club on April 6 to 8.
Details and information to enter can be found by going to www.golfgenius.com/pages/9766984976250706497, and registration closes on April 1. Richard Ames of Eagle Landing CC is the defending champion.
JAGA’s other four-ball event in 2025 is scheduled for Nov. 3 at Ponte Vedra Inn and Club.
