Local 11 year-old competing for the “UA World Golf” title

Auggie Beard, a local 11-year-old boy from Jackson will be competing in the “Under Armour World Golf Tour” in Orlando Florida on July 18th 19th and 20th. Auggie is a member at the Kimbeland country club in Jackson where he practices frequently.

Auggie qualified for the World Golf tour and the National tour by averaging a “8” handicap or less for the 11-year-olds. Auggie started qualifying in the spring of 2025 and played in 22 tournaments in Missouri and Illinois. Auggie placed first in 20 of the tournaments and second place in the other two in which helped him qualify for the two major tournaments.

Auggie played in the “Nationals Finals” at West Palm Beach Florida in the middle of February and placed in the top 30 in the nation out of 107 kids. The competition at West Palm was remarkable and there were kids from all over the United States in the competition.

The world tour has young men from all over the world including Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Puerto Rico and many other nations with the top kids in the world coming together to compete.

The competition will be played at the nationals golf course in Kissimmee Florida.

They will be fortunate enough to play on the Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, and Jack Nicholas courses. These three PGA courses represent some of the top courses in the Nation for the youth golfers.

We wish you luck Auggie!