$10,000 in scholarships to be awarded to players on the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour in Kentucky;

PowerBilt brings sponsors and tour together
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – High-school seniors playing on the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour in Kentucky this year are eligible for scholarships totaling $10,000. Four golfers will receive scholarships of $2,500 each based on their playing ability, academic achievements, extra-curricular school activities and community service.

PowerBilt played the catalyst role in bringing together various groups to make the scholarship program a reality. The tour is sponsored by Pepsi and run by KGA-KPGA – the Kentucky Golf Association and the Kentucky Section PGA (Professional Golf Association). PowerBilt brought in the HB Foundation, which is providing the scholarship money, then organized the scholarship program.

While PowerBilt has long been an international brand in the golf-club industry, its roots are based in Kentucky where it’s owned by the Hillerich & Bradsby Co., makers of the world-famous Louisville Slugger. Since 1916, H&B has been making golf clubs, which includes nearly a century of support for Kentucky’s youth golfers.

This scholarship program is in addition to a similar one in Kentucky that PowerBilt announced earlier this year with the Musselman-Dunne Junior & College Golf Tour, which is also worth $10,000.

“It’s great to see the commitment that PowerBilt is making in its home state to young golfers,” says Mark Hill, executive director of the KGA-KPGA. “This is the first time we’ve had a scholarship program involved with the Pepsi tour, so it’s a great added benefit for these young golfers and their parents.” With some 500 golfers playing at golf courses ranging from Louisville to Paducah to Somerset, the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour is the largest youth golf organization in the commonwealth.

PowerBilt is also the title sponsor of the Kentucky Open, which brings together the top adult professional and amateur golfers in the state and has produced famous winners, such as J.B. Holmes, Steve Flesch, Jodie Mudd, Larry Gilbert, Frank Beard and Byron Nelson. “We’re always proud to support golfers at all levels in Kentucky,” says Ross Kvinge, president of PowerBilt. “By supporting the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour we look forward to the opportunity of perhaps playing a role in developing a Kentucky Open champion.”

The scholarships will be announced in July. Interested applicants can download an application and get more information by going to the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour’s website, www.kygolf.org, or the HB Foundation site, www.thehbfoundation.org.

PowerBilt has long been a favorite brand of golf equipment in Kentucky. Throughout the years, it’s provided clubs for golfers of all ages – from PGA Tour professionals to two-year-old tikes getting their first sets. Currently, PowerBilt is recognized throughout the industry as having one of the best complete lineups of clubs for junior golfers. It’s also the brand used on tour by former Master’s champion Fuzzy Zoeller. For more information on PowerBilt junior equipment as well as the new PowerBilt Air Force One golf clubs, visit powerbilt.com.