Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation Names Marcus Mayer of Sidney as 2012 Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship Award Winner

The Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation has named five students as Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship Award winners for 2012. The 2012 Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship Award winners are: Emily Buckner, Livingston, MT; Mathew Johnerson, Ennis, MT, Jessica Johnson, Riverton, WY; Marcus Mayer, Sidney, MT, and Brandon McIver, Billings, MT. Each Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship Award winner will receive $1,000.00 to assist with expenses related to their college education for the 2012-2012 academic year.

The Rocky Mountain Section PGA Foundation’s Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship Award is awarded annually to college-bound high school seniors based on academic achievement, community and extracurricular activity, leadership, and involvement and contribution to the game of golf. Supported by the Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship, the Rocky Mountain section PGA Foundation, the Montana State Gold Association and donors to the RMSPGA Golf Days, the Yellowstone Chapter PGA Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $52,000.00 to deserving youth over the past 15 years.

“The Section congratulates these young people on their achievements,” states Vaughn Jenkins, PGA, executive director, Rocky Mountain Section PGA. “It is the goal of the Foundation to instill the life values of honesty, integrity, respect, courtesy, sportsmanship and perseverance in young people,” adds Jenkins.