Dorado Beach hosted the first PGA/PRGA junior golf camp of 2006. Twenty-two junior golfers showed up to this unique partnership event. Aaron West and Robert Birtel acted as host professionals and showed the kids the finer points of the grip, alignment, set-up, stance, posture, as well as full swing, chipping, pitching and putting. The event started a little after 9 a.m. and continued until about 11:30 at the Dorado Beach golf range. Kids traveled from as far as Ponce to attend this event and all were looking forward to the next scheduled camp at El Conquistador on June 12th, 2006 from 9-11 a.m. The cost of the program was $20 which included range balls, water, gatoraide and snacks. Host professional's Seth Henrich and Trent Bluemel are in for a large camp if the first event at Dorado Beach is any indication of the success of the program. Special thanks to the PRGA for their efforts pre-registering the kids and informing all parents of dates, times, and locations. The schedule for the year is as follows; El Conquistador June 12, Rio Mar July 17, Coco Beach July 24, Coco Beach July 31. All from 9-11, and all sign-ups will be run through the PRGA.

The May 17th Pro-Am at Hyatt Dorado Beach is in the books and the winner once again is Carlos "YoYo" Rosario with a Playoff victory and an even par 72. Also with 72 was newcomer Hector Fernandez from Aguirre Golf Club. Yoyo hit driver followed by sandwedge into the 18th hole at Dorado Beach and rolled in a 6 footer to seal the playoff victory. His back injury from two weeks ago was a non factor in the 95 degree heat. In third place and with his sixth career Hole in One was host professional Junior Colon. Junior shot 40 -33 to finish at one over 73. In a tie for fourth Place there were three professional Aaron West, Mark Clouse and Robert Moreno with 75's. The next tournament is at Palmas Del Mar on May 31st, 2006 12:30 sharp. Jeff Willenberg the host General Manager promises a great event with beverages everywhere and for everyone. Thank you to all our participants and sponsors for your support. special thanks to Cap Cana, Sports Group, Superior Angran, Oxford Golf, Don Q Serralles, Gatoraide, Pepsi, and Hyatt Hotels for their specific support of this event.

Monday May 15th, 2006 marks the first Island Chapter sponsored education seminar of the year. We are fortunate enough to have representatives from Ping stopping down to do a private fitting classroom seminar followed by an on range fitting. Please e-mail awest@hyatt.com to confirm your participation. The seminar is free, you will have lunch at Zafra restuarant on you own, with golf afterward 3:00 p.m. Confirmed participatants are:

Brian Shaver, Tony Loyola, Aaron wEst, Robert Birtel, Robert Moreno, Ellie rodriguez, Junior Colon, Alberto Rios, and Paul Veneziano.

PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE CHANGES TO THE ISLAND CHAPTER TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FOR 2006:

Wed. August 16, 2006 Coco Beach Pro-Am
Wed. September 13, 2006 Mahogany Run Pro-Am
Mon. September 18, 2006 El Conquistador Pro-Super
Sun. October 15, 2006 Costa Caribe Pro's vs. Am's
Wed. Oct. 25, 2006 Costa Caribe Pro-Member
Wed. November 15, 2006 Rio Mar Pro-Am
Thur. November 16, 2006 Rio Mar Liberty Cablevision
Mon-Tuesday November 27-28, 2006 Costa Caribe Chapter Championship
Mon-Wednesday December 4-6, 2006 Cap Cana Invitational

PAT Costa Caribe August 14th, 2006

Our first profile is of Vice-President of the Island Chapter, Director of Golf of the El Conquistador resort, Seth Henrich. Seth is a Class A PGA member originally from Newell, Iowa. Seth spent his first five years in the Island Chapter at Dorado Beach first as the assistant professional and then as the Class A head professional. Seth did a short stint off Island at Our Lucaya resort in Grand Bahama, Bahamas in 2005, before returning to Puerto Rico in early 2006. Seth is overseeing the addition of 9 holes to the El Conquistador golf course as well as the construction of a new clubhouse and cart area. Seth has a 3 year old son Hogan and a brother in the golf business who works at Tierra del Sol in Aruba. Seth has been instrumental with sponsorship in 2006 bringing in Oxford golf, Superior Angran as well as Sports Group. Seth has played in 2 out of 3 of our golf events this year and has committed to attending the Ping fitting seminar in May. His participation in the island chapter events, work with the player card program and the sponsorship program is the reason seth was selected as the first Profile of the Pro. Congratulations Seth and keep up the good work in 2006.

PROFESSIONAL POINTS
WEST, AARON 44
MORENO ROBERT 34
FERNANDEZ HECTOR 33
CATRILLO RAFAEL 32
BIRTEL, ROBERT 31
ROSARIO, YOYO 29
WILLENBERG, JEFF 26
VENEZIANO, PAUL 26
CLOUSE, MARK 22
COLON, JUNIOR 20
RIOS, ALBERTO 18
RODRIGUEZ, JESUS 17
SHAVER, BRIAN 14
BALWIN, TOBY 12
SANTIAGO, DANIEL 12
BLUEMEL, TRENT 11
MORALES, RIGO 9
RODRIGUEZ, JOSE 7
RIVERA, CARMEN ANA 6
BULL, SETH 5
RODRIGUEZ, ELLIE 2
HENRICH, SETH 1
LOYOLA, TONY 1
PHILLIPS, NEVIN 1
HARLINSKI, BOB 0
MARTINEZ, RUDY 1
MATTHEWS, DAVID 0
SWIDERSKI, CRAIG 0

ISLAND CHAPTER PGA
SOUTH FLORIDA SECTION
AVERAGE SCORE
2006
TOTAL

SCORE

FERNANDEZ, HECTOR 71
CLAUSE, MARK 73
MORENO, ROBERT 73

WEST, AARON 74

ROSARIO, YOYO 74
COLON, JUNIOR 74
RIVERA, CARMEN ANA 75
CASTRILLO, JUNIOR 75

BLUEMEL, TRENT 76

WILLENBERG, JEFF 76

MORALES, RIGO 76

RODRIGUEZ, JESUS 76
BIRTEL, ROBERT 76

BALDWIN, TOBY 77
VENEZIANO, PAUL 77
SHAVER, BRIAN 78
SANTIAGO, DANIEL 79
RIOS, ALBERTO 80
RODRIGUEZ, JOSE 80

HENRICH, SETH 81
PHILLIPS, NEVIN 81
RODRIGUEZ, ELLIE 86
LOYOLA, TONY 88