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JACKSONVILLE ( www.sportsdayjax.com ) -     Will Davis   gave himself a 21 st   birthday present one day early when he fired a closing-round 67 to become the 62 nd   champion of the   Jacksonville Area Golf Association Amateur Championship   at   San Jose Country Club   where he grew up playing the game of golf. The Davidson College rising junior posted 66-69-67-202 (-14) to defeat defending champion Jason Duff of Elkton and the University of North Florida by five shots and UNF’s assistant golf coach Jeff Dennis by six though the closing leaderboard was not indicative of how the final round played out.   Davis, a Wolfson High School grad, teed off in the final round two behind Dennis, who opened in superb fashion with a 66 and a 67. It was a back-and-forth affair over the first nine holes of the finale with the pair tied at 11 under making the turn.  The first turning point came when Davis birdied the short par-4...

JACKSONVILLE ( www.sportsdayjax.com ) – The Jacksonville Area Golf Association (JAGA) officially announced and honored its 18 new college scholarship recipients for 2023 at a banquet last evening at Deerwood Country Club. The 18 JAGA Scholarship Trust recipients for 2023 are:   Name Club Affiliation High School College Hometown Tom Anderson Sawgrass CC Ponte Vedra Florida State University Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Will Anderson Sawgrass CC Ponte Vedra Florida State University Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Shanya Arasu Palencia GC Nease Flagler College St Augustine, FL Chase Carroll Deerwood CC Middleburg University of North Florida Middleburg, FL Jacob Davis First Tee Home School Florida Gulf Coast Jacksonville, FL Olivia Drake Hyde Park GC West Nassau University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL Matthew French NAS JAX GC Bishop Snyder Flagler College St Augustine, FL Casey Jones Jacksonville G & CC Providence California Polytechnic University Jacksonville, FL Juel Kimball Deercreek CC Bi...