Southwest Florida golf column: Area qualifiers miss cut in tour majors

A trio of Southwest Florida golfers who had qualified for major championships missed the cut Friday.

Jessica Carafiello, who just had her first winter as a teaching professional at Shadow Wood Country Club, shot 77-78/155 and missed the cut by 11 strokes at the KPMG Women's LPGA Championship in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Carafiello, who spends the rest of the year in Stamford, Connecticut, qualified through the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals National Championship last year.  It's the second straight year the former Florida Atlantic University golfer made the LPGA Championship.

Naples High grad Kristin Tamulis, a regular on the LPGA Tour who plays out of Grey Oaks, also missed the cut, shooting 77-74/151, and so did Naples' Mo Martin, who had a 146. Martin, also a regular on the tour, plays out of The Club Pelican Bay.

In the U.S. Senior Open in Peabody, Massachusetts, Fort Myers'  Tommy Tolles and  Tommy Stankowski both missed the 36-hole cut after qualifying.

Tolles, who lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and is a former PGA Tour player, won his qualifier back on June 12. The 50-year-old missed the cut by a stroke, shooting 71-71/142. Stankowski shot 76-72/148.

Calusa Pines member Jeff Sluman tied for 12th with 68-68-71-70/277, and Jay Haas, another Calusa member, tied for 42nd, shooting 70-70-70-74/284.

Calusa members Loren Roberts (71-72/143) and Rocco Mediate (72-72/144), Bonita Springs' Peter Jacobsen (77-76/153), a former champion, also missed the cut.

2017 Chubb Classic champion Fred Couples tied for fourth, and former champion Kenny Perry won the tournament.

PGA Professional Championship: Andrew Filbert of Bonita National finished 70th in the in Sunriver, Oregon, on June 21. Filbert shot 73-73-71, but stumbled to a final-round 84.
Justin Smith of Bonita Bay West missed the cut for the final round after shooting 76-70-75. Justin McCarraher of Fiddlesticks missed the 36-hole cut, shooting 77-82.

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Florida State Girls Junior Championship: Kim Egozi of Bonita Springs and Vasy Montague of Naples both made the cut at The Oaks Club in Osprey. Egozi shot 83-80-78/241 and Montague shot 87-75-81/243.

Naples' Eliza Kodak finished second in the 12-and-under, shooting 40-38/78 and Addison Klonowski of Naples was third with scores of 40-42/82.

LPGA Girls Golf: Results, Stableford tournament at Pelican Sound (7-1): 1. Annika Church; 2. Claire Sattler; 3. Megan Pagan. Net winners -- 1. Ashley Zimmermann; 2. Annika Church; 3. Azelle Dietter.

The First Tee Junior Tour: Results, at Hideout (6-29): Boys Division I -- 1. Christian Taylor 69; 2. John Wolner 74; 2. Mark Iwinski 74; Boys Division II -- 1. Mason Dozer 80; 2. Kody Horton 82;  Girls Division I -- 1. Ashley Cardona 88; 2. Megan Ariza 89; Girls Division II -- 1. Pearl Jenkins 104

Next tournament, Thursday at Golf Club of the Everglades.

SFPGA Junior Tour:  Naples' Tommy Amendola finished 12th in the Boca Ration Regional Hospital Junior Championship's Boys 13-18 Division at Broken Sound. Amendola shot 76-82/158.

SFPGA Section; Don Meadows, the director of golf at Quail Valley Golf Club in Vero Beach, was sworn in as the 20th president of the South Florida PGA Section on June 20. He was vice president from 2015-17 and secretary from 2013-15.

Men's Summer Interclub: at Vanderbilt (6-30): Flight A -- 1. Bill Finger (Gateway)-Bill Walton (Naples Lakes)-Kevin Jarnagin (Spanish Wells)-Jack Mowrer (Olde Cypress); 2. Gerald Swiacki (Lely Classics)-Ray Smith (TwinEagles)-Rich Thompson (Naples Lakes)-Tim Lyons (Wildcat Run); 3. Glenn Price (Royal Palm)-Paul Frederick (Vanderbilt)-Ron Leavitt (The Quarry)-Jack Robinson (TwinEagles). Flight B -- 1. Jeff Macie (Vanderbilt)-Jim Lawn (Royal Palm)-Stuart Axelrod (Treviso Bay)-Hank Brueggeman (Royal Palm); 2. Dave Wolf (Lely Classics)-Skip Blounts (Glen Eagle)-Dick Gerrard (Naples Heritage)-Tom Klier (Bear's Paw); 3. Steve Barger (Treviso Bay)-Joe Giampa (Countryside)-Barry Silver (Pelican's Nest)-Ralph Richardson (Olde Cypress).

Next event on Friday at The Country Club of Naples.

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Impact Zone Golf: 10-week Get a Golf Game Coaching Program with Mark Trenkamp at IZG Golf Academy located at Tiburòn Golf Club every Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. from June 29-Aug. 31, $300 per person; Supervised practice, every Monday and Thursday, 5 to 7:30 p.m., Impact Zone Headquarters, ; Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Tiburòn Golf Club,  $30 per session or with iZG Academy Membership; Drive, Chihp and Putt training, July 12, 4 to 6 p.m.,  Tiburòn Golf Club, $25 per session; Women's Playing Lessons, Tiburòn Golf Club, Monday-Saturday after 2 p.m., prepayment and reservation required, $230 individual; $184 for 2 people; $161 for 3 people; $138 for 4 people; Golf Fore Ladies Clinic, Wednesdays, 11 to 11:45 a.m., prepayment and reservation required, $30 per person.

Call 239-236-5536 to purchase. For more information visit: https://impactzonegolf.com/ladies-golf/

Coral Oaks: The Cape Coral course is participating in the PGA of America's Family Golf Month during July. 

The goal of the campaign is to promote the game of golf to new and experienced golfers alike and encourage quality time be spent among families.

Coral Oaks will be offering three specials from July 1-31 to make it more affordable for families to participate in the program. These family deals include: 1) $40 round of golf for a family of four (two adults and two children under 18) with carts anytime; 2) Free driving range token for son/daughter (under 18) with purchase of an adult range token; and 3) Child (under 18) can play free any time when accompanied by a greens fee paying adult or parent. For more information, call 573-3100 or go to coraloaksgolf.com.

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