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Category: Mack Champ Invitational
The 86 boys who came to Houston for the Mack Champ Invitational last week faced stiff competition, rough conditions and a new three-round format.
For the first time, the MCI at Memorial Park Golf Course was an all-boys event. The MCI for Girls will be played April 13-15 at The Club at Carlton Woods, site of The Chevron Championship, the first major of the LPGA Tour season.
The weather was a challenge. The players had to battle through rain, low temperatures and high winds all week. In the end, two Texas natives came out on top, with Shiv Parmar winning the 13-18 division and Isaiah Diaz winning the 12-and-under division. Parmar, from the San Antonio suburb of Selma, shot 4 under over three rounds to hold off defending champ KJ Ofahengaue by a shot.
Diaz, from Del Rio, shot 65 in the third round to finish 4 over and win the 12-and-under division.
This was the most competitive MCI yet, with 20 rounds of par or better despite the challenging weather. Seventeen of the 25 high school seniors in the field have committed to play college golf. This was also the first year the tournament featured three rounds, which meant players could earn World Amateur Golf Ranking points.
Read more about the tournament at mackchampinvitational.com.
The Mack Champ Invitational is introducing significant changes in 2023 that will give our junior golfers even more opportunities to shine.
We are creating a separate girls’ event in April that will be played at the site of The Chevron Championship, the first major of the LPGA Tour season. Our boys’ event is adding a third round, which means players can earn World Amateur Golf Ranking points, a first for the MCI.
What a thrill to see these great junior golfers moving on to college competition! We’ll be following them all and can’t wait to see what they do on the course and in the classroom.
- Sofia Bastidas, Arkansas State
- Rory Bennet, Lamar
- Maya Beasley, Richmond
- Marlon Jones, San Jose State
- Emily Mayne, Howard
- K.J. Ofahengaue, Utah Tech
- Brenna Preap, Grand Canyon
- Andrew Reyes, Rutgers
- Trey Rusthoven, Central Michigan
- Matthew Vital, Temple
- Michael Vital, Temple
- Haven Ward, Denver
Meet the Students
The Cameron Champ Foundation is proud to announce our first group of scholarship winners. These young people are the first to benefit from a program that will be supporting student-athletes for years to come. You can learn more about our scholarships here.
Chevron | Charlie Sifford
Sacramento State
Theater
Blackbird Golf | Cameron Champ Foundation
San Antonio College
Architecture
Chevron | Mack Champ
Towson
International Relations
Chevron | Mack Champ
Florida A&M
Information Technology
Chevron | Mack Champ
Florida A&M
English
Chevron | Mack Champ
Howard
Management
Chevron | Mack Champ
Dartmouth
Biomedical Engineering
Chevron | Mack Champ
Howard
International Business
Chevron | Mack Champ
California State, Dominguez Hills
Finance
Chevron | Mack Champ
Howard
Finance
Chevron | Mack Champ
Florida A&M
Graphic Design
Chevron | Mack Champ
Chevron | Mack Champ
Central Michigan
Business and Marketing
Chevron | Mack Champ
Howard
Political Science
Chevron | Mack Champ
Towson
Computer Science
Chevron | Mack Champ
Seattle
Business
Chevron | Mack Champ
Biola
Cinema and Media Arts
Chevron | Mack Champ
North Carolina A&T
Biology
Chevron | Mack Champ
South Carolina
Public Relations
Chevron | Mack Champ
Winston-Salem State
Computer Science
Chevron | Mack Champ
Christopher Newport
Biology
Chevron | Mack Champ
Howard
Biology
Chevron | Mack Champ
Texas A&M
Biomedical Science
Chevron | Mack Champ
Florida International
Psychology
Nike recently released this video about Cameron’s golf journey and the Mack Champ Invitational as part of its “What Are You Working On” series.
One year after Cameron’s 2021 victory at the 3M Championship, the PGA Tour featured Cameron, our foundation, and the Mack Champ Invitational on “The Cut.”
Alona Avery and KJ Ofahengaue won the boys and girls titles at the second annual Mack Champ Invitational on March 20 with steady performances down the stretch under tough, windy conditions.
They beat out golfers from around the country and the world who had come together in Houston for the premier junior golf tournament for players of diverse backgrounds.
The weekend also featured a dinner reception and clinic with Cameron Champ and Sean Foley, a live-streamed broadcast with Michael Collins and Scott Walker, a concert by jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright, and the chance for players and their families to build relationships that will last a lifetime.
Head to mackchampinvitational.com to learn more about the tournament and to join our database for consideration for next year’s MCI.
A #GivingTuesday message from our founder Cameron Champ. You can help provide a life-changing experience for a junior golfer at the 2022 Mack Champ Invitational by going to cameronchampfoundation.org/donate. #PapaChamp #WalkWithUs
Posted by Cameron Champ Foundation on Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Your donation will help provide a life-changing experience for a junior golfer at the 2022 Mack Champ Invitational.
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