Page 16 - Southern Exposure - July '24

Page 16, Southern Exposure

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Jupiter Senior Softball News

By Mike Richmond

The brave men and women of the armed forces who country. After the ceremony it
made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country were was “play ball” as players took
honored in a Memorial Day ceremony by the Jupiter Senior to the fields for pickup games.
Softball Association. The year-round slow-pitch
A crowd of about 45 players heard Army veteran Gary softball program is open to
Vitaletti explain the origin of the Memorial Day holiday. persons 55 and older, and new
When he asked if anyone wanted to remember a person who players are always welcome.
lost their life in combat, several in the crowd called out the Games are every Monday,
names of a friend or loved one who died for our nation. Wednesday and Friday
The ceremony concluded with players removing their caps and morning beginning at 8:30 a.m.
standing silently as they listened to the solemn sounds of Taps. at Jupiter Community Park.
Players representing most branches of the armed forces were For more information contact
present, including veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Gary Newman at (917) 623-
The tribute was a wonderful start to a meaningful 0791 or to register online go to
Memorial Day to honor those who gave their all for our www.leaguelineup.com/jssa. Army veteran Gary Vitaletti addressed the Memorial Day ceremony.

Dye Preserve Well Represented At

This Year’s PGA Championship

The Dye Preserve was perhaps the most-represented Pavon and Pendrith qualified for the PGA by winning Burmester won a pair of DP European Tour titles late
club in the United States at the recent PGA Championship. PGA Tour events this year, two of them in record fashion. last year and followed that up with a playoff win over
Amazingly, eight members from the private club in Jupiter Pavon prevailed at the Farmers Insurance Open in late Sergio Garcia at LIV Golf Miami.
qualified for the year’s second major championship. That’s January to become the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Cristobal Del Solar of Colombia, another Dye Preserve
more than 5 percent of the field at Valhalla Golf Club. Tour in more than a century and Pendrith was the first member, shot a record-breaking 57 this year on the
A Dye Preserve member didn’t get a chance to lift the Canadian to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Korn Ferry Tour, the lowest round ever in a PGA Tour-
Wanamaker Trophy that goes to the winner, but they had a The success of the Dye Preserve members also has sanctioned event.
very respectable showing. been evident on LIV Golf Tour and the DP European Tour. “We are very proud of what our professional members
Dean Burmester was in contention on Saturday before Niemann has won twice this year on the LIV Golf circuit have accomplished, including qualifying for the PGA,”
finishing tied for 12th, a position he shared with fellow Dye and also captured the Australian Open last December, said Kurt Thompson, the Dye Preserve’s general manager.
Preserve member Alex Noren. Corey Connors tied for 26th, earning him special exemptions into the Masters and PGA
and Joaquin Niemann was T39. Championship. Sports on page 17