KFDM COOP Posted June 11, 2008 Report Posted June 11, 2008 LU Golf Coach Heads To Japan With US Squad BEAUMONT, Texas -Lamar head golf coach Brian White will depart this week for Japan as he leads a group of four of the best junior golfers in America as they participate in the 2008 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship. White, who just completed his second season as the head coach at Lamar after six years as an assistant, was named as one of three international team coaches by the Golf Coaches Association of America back in February. The US roster includes captain J.R. Steinbauer and players Bud Cauley of Jacksonville, Fla., Wesley Graham of Port Orange, Fla., Cody Gribble of Dallas and Gregor Main of Danville, Calif. The group will leave for the Far East on Friday and return on June 22. The competition, which is celebrating its 17th year, will run from June 18-21. For the fourth consecutive year, the Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship will be held at the Chukyo Golf Club Ishino Course in Toyota City, Japan. Nine teams from the 2007 field - Sweden (first), Norway (second), Australia (third), South Africa (fifth), New Zealand (sixth), Japan (T-seventh), USA (T-seventh), Mexico (ninth) and Argentina (11th) - are returning in 2008. A total of 11 players from those teams are making their second appearance in the Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship.
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