Sharpsburg’s Sapp Takes Southeastern Junior Golf Title

September 17th, 2009

NEWNAN, Ga—Canongate Junior Tour member and Sharpsburg resident Cody Sapp is on quite a roll. The 16 year old high school junior was not only part of the victorious Canongate Nike Cup Team over Labor Day weekend, but he managed to rally from two holes down to win a pivotal point on the final nine to help secure the win for Canongate. Sapp took that momentum with him into the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) event held September 12-13 at Country Club of Columbus where he won the Boys 16-18 age division after firing rounds of 72-69.

“Coming straight from putting on the same type of greens at The Nike Cup at Whitewater Creek really helped my confidence at Country Club of Columbus,” says Sapp. The win was Sapp’s first on the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour, a regional competitive tour that showcases the best junior golf talent in the Southeastern United States. The course in Columbus is certainly atop his favorites as he finished in the top 10 in the same event last year, placing seventh.

Cody-SappThis recent win moves him up to 5th in the point standings among all junior golfers in his age group on the SJGT. He also had a runner-up finish in the Grand Championship event for the Atlanta Junior Golf Association recently, firing rounds of 74-73-74 at Callaway Gardens.

Sapp credits his improved golf swing with time spent under the tutelage of former PGA Tour member David Schreyer, a Canongate instructor teaching out of Braelinn Golf Club in Peachtree City. In addition to his golf swing, Cody feels his mental approach to golf and competition has been aided by mental coach Ben English and a more focused workout program which has increased his strength and stamina.

With a little over a year remaining until early signing dates for college golf scholarships, Sapp has the time and talent to continue climbing the National College Scoreboard rankings and attract the eye of college coaches around the country. If his recent play is any indication of what lies ahead, Sapp will have his share of coaches following his play with great interest.

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2 Responses to “Sharpsburg’s Sapp Takes Southeastern Junior Golf Title”

  1. Don & Dona Musgrave says:

    This Cody Sapp just might be the best young golfer to come around in a long time. I’ve never seen a player develop so fast. His calm confident manner around the course will serve him well as he develops his full body strength for the long ball and the rapid improvement of his putting only opens the door to true success in the game of life illustrated by golf. Of course, since we’re his grandparents we could be a little over board with compliments, GO CODY!

  2. Tiger says:

    I’m watching this kid, he can try to take my fame from me.

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