(Orangeburg, SC), - Christian Salzer, 16, of Sumter, S.C., and Kayla Kozak, 16, of Bluffton, S.C. each topped their respective divisions in the SC qualifier of the Trusted Choice Big "I" National Championship held June 29 – 30, 2015, at the Orangeburg Country Club in Orangeburg, S.C. Salzer shot a combined score of 145 in two rounds and Kozak shot a 147.
Second place for the boys was Charles Dallery, 18, of Sumter, S.C., with a two-day score of 146. Third-place boys was George Eubank, Jr, 16, of Spartanburg, S.C., with a final score of 148. These four teenagers earned the chance to advance to the Trusted Choice Big “I” National Championship set for Aug. 3-6 at the Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas.
They will join Justin Hood, 18, of St. Matthews, S.C., who scored low enough in the 2014 national championship to automatically qualify for play this year in Kansas.
Nationally, at least 3,000 boys and girls play in more than 300 local and state-qualifying tournaments organized by nearly 2,000 independent insurance agents.
This tournament is a community-service project sponsored by the SC Trusted Choice Agents, whose members are small-business owners who operate independently of insurance companies, representing more than one company and selling all types of insurance. As a result, IIABSC members offer their clients a wider choice of auto, home, business, life and health insurance products. Find an agent near you at trustedchoice.com.
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