ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION PGA FOUNDATION NAMES 2023 LARRY MALONE AND YELLOWSTONE CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
The Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation has named seven students as Scholarship Award winners for 2023. The 2023 Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation Scholarship Award winners are: Parker Ames, McCall, Idaho; Jameson Harper, Kimberly, Idaho; Toby Heider, Kimberly, Idaho; Derek Lekerkerk, Twin Falls, Idaho; Addiley Lloyd, Bozeman, Montana; Riley Smith, Glasgow, Montana; and Eli Weisenberger, Laurel, Montana.
Each Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation Scholarship Award winner will receive $2,500 to assist with expenses related to his or her college education for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation’s Scholarship Award is awarded annually to college-bound high school seniors based on academic achievement, community and extracurricular activity, leadership, financial need and involvement and contribution to the game of golf. Participants in the Snake River Chapter Larry Malone Scholarship Pro-Am and the Laurel (Montana) Golf Club and Yellowstone Country Club (Billings, Montana) Pro-Ams contribute to the scholarship fund of the Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Montana State Golf Association and business and individual contributors and donors. The Scholarship Program has now awarded over $415,000 to deserving youth over the past 49 years.
“We continue to be humbled by those who make possible the funding efforts of the RMSPGA Foundation. The support of the Foundation’s event participants and the individual and business donors make everything we do possible,” states Vaughn Jenkins, PGA, executive director, Rocky Mountain Section PGA. “We wish this year’s scholarship recipients all the best with their matriculation,” adds Jenkins.