SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD ILLINOIS JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION
SPORTSMANSHIP
AWARD
JACKSON HULSEY
The Illinois Junior Golf Association is pleased to award the very first Sportsmanship Award to Jackson Hulsey ( 2022 ) of St . Charles , Ill . Jackson was nominated for this award after he came forward to report his score being incorrect online .
While going through scoring at the YDP Season Opener at Countryside , Jackson and his playing partners had gone hole-by-hole and signed their scorecards . Upon entering his scorecard into the computer , one hole was entered incorrectly . A hole on which Jackson actually made a bogey , the scoring system had him down for a birdie .
Jackson called the IJGA staff to report the error saying that he just couldn ’ t sleep that night knowing that his score was wrong . He said he knew a lot of players who would have let the scoring error stand , but he needed to make sure it got fixed immediately .
IJGA tournament staff went back to compare the hole-by-hole scores on the signed scorecard to the scores that had been entered into the computer and determined that it was a staff error when keying in the scores and corrected the hole in question .
It is players like Jackson , who show exemplarly sportsmanship and character that we are looking to highlight . If you have seen a player who has shown sportsmanship and character , please nominate them for the IJGA Sportsmanship Award by clicking the link on the next page .
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