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Jupiter Senior Softball News

By Mike Richmond

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

Dye Preserve Well Represented

At This Year’s PGA Championship

The Dye Preserve was perhaps the most-represented because they are used at four PGA Tour events this year: to become members. “What most of us love about Dye
club in the United States at the recent PGA Championship. American Express, the Players, RBC Heritage and Zurich Preserve is it’s all about the golf.”
Amazingly, eight members from the private club in Jupiter Classic of New Orleans. The Dye Preserve already would have had a PGA
qualified for the year’s second major championship. That’s “Good players want to practice with other good players, champion had member Mito Pereira not double-bogeyed
more than 5 percent of the field at Valhalla Golf Club. because it makes everyone better,” said longtime Jupiter the 72nd hole at the 2022 PGA at Southern Hills, missing a
A Dye Preserve member didn’t get a chance to lift the resident Daniel Berger, who joined the Dye Preserve when he playoff by a shot. But there will be more opportunities for
Wanamaker Trophy that goes to the winner, but they had a was 13 and has encouraged many of his fellow professionals Dye Preserve members to win a major.
very respectable showing.
Dean Burmester was in contention on Saturday before
finishing tied for 12th, a position he shared with fellow Dye
Preserve member Alex Noren. Corey Connors tied for 26th,
and Joaquin Niemann was T39.
Pavon and Pendrith qualified for the PGA by winning PGA
Tour events this year, two of them in record fashion. Pavon
prevailed at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January to
become the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour in more
than a century and Pendrith was the first Canadian to win the
CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
The success of the Dye Preserve members also has been
evident on LIV Golf Tour and the DP European Tour. Niemann
has won twice this year on the LIV Golf circuit and also
captured the Australian Open last December, earning him
special exemptions into the Masters and PGA Championship.
Burmester won a pair of DP European Tour titles late last
year and followed that up with a playoff win over Sergio
Garcia at LIV Golf Miami.
Cristobal Del Solar of Colombia, another Dye Preserve
member, shot a record-breaking 57 this year on the Korn Ferry
Tour, the lowest round ever in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event.
“We are very proud of what our professional members have
accomplished, including qualifying for the PGA,” said Kurt
Thompson, the Dye Preserve’s general manager. “We’d like
to think the high quality of our Pete Dye-designed course and
the practice facilities have played a role in their success.”
Many of the Dye Preserve’s professionals say they joined
the club in large part because of the course, which was
designed by the brilliant Dye in 1988 (when it was known
as Cypress Links) and renovated by him in 2002.
It helps to be able to play well on Dye’s unique designs

Daniel Berger. Photo by Getty Images.