The ASGA chatted with Anna Kate Nichols and her dad Joey Nichols on June 30 at Pleasant Valley Golf Club, the family’s home club. The father-daughter duo discussed Anna Kate’s steady improvement on the links, Joey’s experience as a USGA Championship-level amateur player, and their time spent together on the course.
For Immediate Release: July 7, 2023
The Arkansas State Golf Association and the First Tee of Central Arkansas are pleased to
announce the award winners of the newly established Arnold Palmer Scholarship. The recipients
and their colleges of choice are:
Each of the champions erased two-shot deficits during the final round at ASGA Founding Member Club Texarkana Country Club.
Payne fired a 2-under-par 70, and Brooks Simmons of Dallas, Texas, Banks Cozby of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Jackson Byrd of St. Simmons Island, Georgia, nabbed the other qualifying spots.
