Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship
The Kelly Gibson Foundation, in partnership with Allstate Sugar Bowl, operates the Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship (TMMJGC), a two-day tournament held in New Orleans with the field comprised of top-rated boys and girls ages 13-18 from throughout the Gulf South Region and across the country. The 14th annual event was contested December 22-23, 2024, at TPC of Louisiana, home of the PGA TOUR’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Eighty-four top-ranked junior golfers from 17 states and three countries competed in the 2024 Tommy Moore Memorial.
Jamison Louie of Sugar Land, Texas, was the 2024 Allstate Sugar Bowl Tommy Moore Memorial Champion in the Girls 13-18 Division. Louie entered the final round even par and one stroke clear of the field. The second round brought windy conditions, but Louie remained consistent, shooting one-over par 73 to clinch the victory by one shot over Darby Hancock of Lakeland, Fla., with Jade Neves of New Orleans finishing in third.
Mason An of Houston, Texas, won the championship in the Boys 13-18 Division. After a one-under par 71 in round one, An entered the final round two strokes behind first-round leader Chase Duncan of Raleigh, N.C. The high school freshman rode back-to-back under-par rounds to erase the deficit and claim the 14th Allstate Sugar Bowl Tommy Moore Memorial Championship by one shot. Ainslie Stanford III of Edmond, Okla., was the runner-up followed by Dakota Cunningham of Olive Branch, Miss.
In conjunction with the TMMJGC, the Allstate Sugar Bowl also awards four scholarships worth a total of $10,000 each summer at the Kelly Gibson Foundations’ annual banquet.
Allstate Sugar Bowl TMMJGC Scholarship Winners
Allstate Sugar Bowl TMMJGC Champions
As part of its partnership with The Kelly Gibson Foundation, the Bowl also sponsors the Allstate Sugar Bowl Fall Golf Series. That included five events for 2025:
- August 23-24 at Kasati Pines at Coushatta, Kinder, La.
- September 13-14 at Carter Plantation in Springfield, La.
- October 11-12 at The Island in Plaquemine, La.
- November 15-16 at The Wetlands in Lafayette, La.
- December 6-7 at Kiva Dunes in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Tommy Moore was one of the best junior golfers to ever emerge from the New Orleans area. He was ranked the No. 1 junior golfer in the United States by Golf Digest magazine in 1980. A very accomplished junior and collegiate golfer, he went on to earn his PGA Tour Card, and won the Nike Tour Boise open in 1993.
Moore and Kelly Gibson, also a PGA Tour Professional and New Orleans native, grew up together playing golf on the Westbank and eventually travelled the world together while competing on the PGA Tour. Not only were they fellow athletes, but also best friends. Sadly, Moore died of a rare blood disease in 1998 at the age of 36. Hosting the Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship at Lakewood Golf Club where Tommy and Kelly played in so many tournaments as juniors is especially meaningful to both the Moore Family and the New Orleans golf community as a whole.
In addition to honoring Tommy Moore’s legacy of achievement and integrity, the TMMJGC will also increase exposure for the Allstate Sugar Bowl as Presenting Partner of the tournament. Proceeds from this championship will go into a scholarship fund for members of The Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour. Each year, the Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour awards thousands of dollars in college scholarships to its eligible participants. Scholarships are awarded based on community service, grade point average, and financial need, not golfing ability.
Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship
Tulane University and the Allstate Sugar Bowl teamed up to bring top women’s collegiate golfers to the Crescent City for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship for 11 years (2011-21). The three-day, 54-hole event featured 18 holes each day on the par-72, 6,280-yard course at English Turn Golf and Country Club.
2010 Allstate Sugar Bowl Mardi Gras Invitational
In the spring of 2010, the Bowl was the title sponsor of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Mardi Gras Invitational Men’s Golf Tournament at the TPC Louisiana in Avondale. The event was hosted by the University of New Orleans and featured 15 Division I teams in action.
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