Castner Golf - Student Golfing Accomplishments

Bill has many golfing students that compete through out the year in various golf competitions, either in New Jersey or New York and this is a list of some of his students golfing accomplishments.

Brandon Molson

Brandon MolsonBrandon Molson, a junior, won his first high school championship when he fired a four-over-par 76 to take the Union County Tournament and lead Westfield to the team crown yesterday at the Echo Lake Country Club in Westfield.

Second place went to Kevin Russell, also of Westfield, with a 78. Jacob Stockl of Johnson, last year's winner, shot 80 and placed third after winning a one-hole playoff with Jason Scarpa of New Providence.

Westfield finished on top with a 323, 19 strokes over runner-up Gov. Livingston. New Providence was third with a 346 after a chip-off under the lights on the 18th green. Scarpa hit his chip 10 feet from the cup for his squad to end playoff at 8:45 p.m.

"It feels good to win it, my first high school championship, Molson, a 17-year-old, said. "I shot a 37 on the back and, in our dual matches here, we don't play the back nine. I made some tough shots and some nice one-putts to save par.''

Molson, a 5-10, 145-pounder, birdied the par-five fourth hole when he two-putted from 20 feet, but bogeyed the third, doubled the fifth, and bogeyed the 14h and 15th holes.

"The greens were faster than normal today and I took 35 putts,'' Molson said. "My putting was good all day. Also, I hit a lot of greens and fairways."

"The key here at Echo Lake is to hit fairways, especially on the front nine because it's so tight. If you can do that, you can get up to the greens.''

Brandon Molson of Westfield took the Union County title at Echo Lake - (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger)

Read more about Brandon and the building of a golf club

Bill Castner on left with Sean Elliott the 2006 Hyatt Hills Mens and Junior Club Champion. Sean is holding both trophies. Dan Hollis, the Head PGA Golf Professional at Hyatt Hills is on the Right.SEAN ELLIOTT - WHER IS HE NOW? 2009 Update:

Bill's student, Sean Elliott, has relocated to Hilton Head, SC and is how living and learning at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy. Sean is living his dream.

The 15-year-old brings to Hank Haney IJGA an impressive golf resume including victories in the Watchung NJ High School Conference last April and the 2007 NJ PGA Junior Event at Rugters. As a 12-year old, Elliott scored wins at the 2006 US Kids/ NJ Championship and represented New Jersey in the US Kids World Championship in Pinehurst in 2006. In addition, he captured top honors in both stroke play and match play at the 2006 Union County High School Championship at Roselle Park Country Club.

Sean continues his stellar play at Hank Haney IJGA. In seven tournaments so far on the International Junior Golf Tour, he has scored three consecutive victories including Kiawah Island and The Links at Stono Ferry as well as four top five finishes. “One shot at a time and having a strong mental game have been the keys to my success.”

See Sean's swing in action Video One - Video Two

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Bill Castner on the left with Jacob Stock who has had a great 2006JACOB STOCKL:

Jacob is off to a great start to the year by winning the following events:

Last year, Jacob Stockl won the US Kids Regional Golf Championship for the 12-year old age division. Jacob continues to have an excellent year in 2007, posting scores of 76 and 72 at the 2007 Junior Masters at Ballyowen Golf Course.

See Jacob's swing in action Video One -Video Two



Paolo Matti in the classroom having lessonsPAOLO MATI:

Bill Castner on left with Sean Elliott the 2006 Hyatt Hills Mens and Junior Club Champion. Sean is holding both trophies. Dan Hollis, the Head PGA Golf Professional at Hyatt Hills is on the Right.PETER KIM:

ELEANA CLEARY:

Elaena took part and won the Staten Island Advance All-Star Selection - June 2008 and won the CHSAA All-Star Tournament (with Alyssa Mazzoli), including winning the longest drive and closest to the pin - May 2008

Elena Cleary won her second straight Jody's Junior Classic girls' title on July 11th 2007, defeating Natalie Miceli 2 and 1 at Silver Lake Golf Club in Staten Island. Cleary, an Advance All Star at St. John Villa this season, has won the first two Island girls' junior events this year, (taking the Kiwanis Easter Tourney back in April) and can make it three in a row at the Lowney Junior in August.

She also netted a berth in this summer's Staten Island Girls' Junior Amateur, where she was the runner-up in 2006. Cleary was 2-down after dropping the first and fourth holes, but righted the ship by with a winning bogey on the fifth and a par on the sixth. Her bogey on seven put her 1-up, but Miceli bogeyed the ninth to square the match again.

Cleary parred 10 for the lead again, but Miceli's bogey on 11 squared it again. A bogey on 13 put Cleary back in the driver's seat and a par on the 17th gave her the 2-and-1 win.

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Student Updates

Jeff and Bill King, two of Bill Castners students. Bill,

Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know how Jeff and Bill King did at a recent golf tournament. We recently won the Collegiate Golf Alliance (CGA) 2007 National Golf Championships. It was held at the Badlands Golf Club, in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 9-11, 2007. It was a 2-man scramble format.

There were approximately 37 colleges represented in Las Vegas that competed in the following 3 divisions: Student/Student, Student/Faculty and Alumni/Community. We won the Alumni/Community Division with an even par 72.

We also did well in the overall Skills Challenge: Jeff placed 3rd and I placed 1st . Jeff is currently a 2nd year student at Salisbury University.

Click on the 2 links below for additional details.

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2010, Joe Baguchinsky (Age 14)

I would really like to thank you for all the help you have given me over the past few years. I just found out that I made the high school golf team.

“The Switchblade” by Brandon Molson

Tom Murphy, Brandon Molson and Bill Castner with the new Switchblade PutterScotty Cameron- Watch out! When New Jersey’s own Brandon Molson, an eighth grader attended an Industrial Arts class, he had golf on his mind.

Brandon is an eighth grader at the Edison Middle School in Westfield, New Jersey. When his metal shop teacher, Raymond Brevere announced to the students that they would be graded on the quality of their project, Brandon had an idea. He did not want to build a coat hanger or basketball hoop. He would tackle the design and building of a golf club........... Read More


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