2022
Boys 16-18: Rafael Estrada (Mexico)
Girls 15-18: Jasmine Youn (Guatemala)
Boys 14-15: Jackson Saroney (New York)
Girls 13-14: Gianna Singh (California)
Boys 12-13: Lucas Gimenez (Florida)
Girls 10-12: Suritpreeya Pruksanubal (Thailand)
Boys 10-11: Uthai Ruttanawetwong (Thailand)
CONGRATULATIONS TO NC EAST DISTRICT GOLFER
HALEY QUICKEL (2020)
2019 OPTIMIST CHAMPION Girls 15-18 Year Division
NC East Golfers Pemika and Panchalika Arphalong from Thailand and Katherine Schuster from Kill Devil Hills taken at the 2017 PKBGT Aunt Ruby's Peanuts Masters and NCE OPTIMIST Qualifier, Greenville, NC. All three represented NC East District at PGA National
North Carolina East Optimist District is honored to partner 2022 OPTIMIST Qualifiers with these great junior golf organizations
Tarheel Youth Golf Association
Peggy Kirk Bell Golf Tour
PARENTS: CONSIDER JOINING AN OPTIMIST CLUB IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
2018 NC East District Junior Golf Committee at 2018 NCE OPTIMIST Qualifier. UNC Finley / PKBGT
OPTIMIST prospects Class of 2031 and 2032
NC East Golfers
2017 NCE District golfer Symon Balbin (left) from Pinehurst NC tied for first in regulation in the Boys 14-15 Year Division at the OPTIMIST. Symon lost in a sudden death payoff on the Bear Trap
Golfers at 2015 NC East Qualifier at UNC Finley Golf Course
NC East Golfers Hailey Freedman (mom Jamie) and Grace Holcomb (dad Mark, mom Amy) at a very rainy 2018 OPTIMIST at PGA National
NC East Boys 14-15 and Girls 13-14 Year Division participants in the 2017 OPTIMIST
NC East Golfers and parents discuss their round after a burger at 2017 Qualifier at Greenville Country Club
2017 NC East Golfers Boys 16-18 Year Division and Girls 15-18 Year Division at The OPTIMIST
NC East Golfer Trinity Ahing and dad Ken from New Bern, NC at 2018 OPTIMIST at PGA National
NC East Golfer Cade Handcock (Elizabethtown, NC) and PGA Professional Ricky Fowler
NC East Golfers Akshay Bhatia (left) and Chris Sperrazza (right) finished second and third in the 2016 OPTIMIST Boys 14-15 Division
ALL NC EAST DISTRICT OPTIMIST QUALIFIERS ARE PART OF THE
MAHLER THORP MEMORIAL