Jerry J. Ransom Pro-Junior-Am Returns to Benefit Northern Texas PGA Foundation

Steven Clements • July 1, 2024

$230,000 Donated to Foundation

DALLAS, Texas (July 1) – The Northern Texas PGA conducted the Jerry J. Ransom Pro-Junior-Am at Royal Oaks Country Club. The event, which was first played in 2018 to help raise funds for the Northern Texas PGA Foundation, raised an event-record $230,000 to support the Foundation’s growth of the game initiatives.


Ransom, the namesake of the Jerry J. Ransom NTPGA Golf House, is an avid golfer from Greenville, Texas, where he currently serves as the City Mayor. He has supported the NTPGA Foundation’s growth of the game initiatives for many years and was the lead contributor for the NTPGA Foundation’s Capital Campaign that took place from February 2020 to December 2021. 


“I support the NTPGA because of their commitment to growing the game, particularly their programs for junior golfers,” said Ransom in an interview last October. “I’m honored to be associated with such a wonderful organization, and I’m very appreciative of the opportunities that they have given me over the years.”

Today’s event featured 18 teams consisting of three amateurs, a PGA of America golf professional and a current Ewing Automotive NTPGA Junior Tour member. World number 1 and Ewing Automotive NTPGA Junior Tour member from 2004 - 2010, Scottie Scheffler stopped by to say hello before the tournament teed off. 

The team consisting of PGA professional Eric Hunt and junior golfer Nicholas Norris, along with amateurs Cameron Decker, Chris Hader and Lane Prado carded a 17-under-par, 123, to win the event.

Following the tournament, the names of the junior golfers who participated were placed into a random drawing for a $5,000 scholarship for their college education. Delaney Newberry, of Dallas, Texas, took home the check and funds will be paid in her name when she heads to college in the fall of 2026. This year, the NTPGA Foundation awarded  $736,500 in scholarships to 89 students. Since 1983, the Foundation has awarded $5.7 million in scholarships to junior golfers in North Texas. 


A special thank you to Dr. Ransom and all he has done for junior golfers in Northern Texas and the game of golf.

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