Eastvalley Elementary School third-grader Finley Nelson recently won the regional qualifier for the Boys 7-9 age division of the Drive, Chip and Putt competition at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
His next step is The Masters course in Augusta for the Drive, Chip, and Putt National Finals that will be played at Augusta National Golf Club in April 2026.
“I’m very excited to go to the Masters, and see it and actually get to play on it,” Finley said in a release issued this week by the Cobb County School District. “You have to be the best of the best to get there, and it’s very prestigious.”
Eastvalley principal Dr. Whitney Spooner said Finley’s accomplishments were noted on the school’s morning news update: “His classmates and teacher were so excited.”
Calley Anderson, Finley’s homeroom teacher, said in the release that “as soon as Finley told the class he had won the regional in Florida, the class could not contain their cheers. The whole class was jumping up and down.”
His teacher and classmates also made a good luck card and poster for him.
Finley said that “I was very happy that they were all cheering for me.”
“Finley is a very thoughtful, respectful, and dependable student,” Dr. Spooner said in the release. “He is soft-spoken, but very eager to learn.”
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