HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy (Hank Haney IJGA) students Matthew Rushton (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Yuri Otsuka (Chiba, Japan) have been selected as GolfWeek Players of the Week.

Rushton won the International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) event this past weekend at Port Royal Plantation in Hilton Head Island, SC. He posted scores of 72 and 69 to finish at 3-under par and win by seven shots in the Boys 16-19 Division. Rushton, age 15, has been playing up an age group and has won seven of nine events played this year on the IJGT.

Otsuka also won the IJGT event at Port Royal in the Girls 19 and Under Division. She fired a 77 and 70 to round up the tournament with a total of 147 (3-over par). This was her 4^th IJGT win of the season.

Congratulations to Matthew and Yuri on their honors from GolfWeek!

To read the entire stories, click on the links below:

http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/mar/08/player-week-matthew-rushton/

http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/mar/08/player-week-yuri-otsuka/

http://www.golfweek.com/news/junior-golf/