The Exploits of Jennifer Selfinger

To fully document the exploits of the heralded golf prodigy and future LPGA star, Jennifer Selfinger, would be quite a task. I will do what I can to add to this from time to time, but it is likely that Jennifer will continue to rack up achievements faster than I can record them.

Jennifer was raised from an infant to be a golfer. She is from a golfing family. Her father, Steven Mark Selfinger, enjoys nothing more than getting out the saw to cut up a set of golf clubs, reattach the handles, and teach another toddler to golf. This alone would be quite enough to make a good golfer out of just about any kid, but on top of it all, Jennifer really took to it with shocking skill and enthusiasm!

The results have been a great pleasure for many to watch. As a young girl, Jennifer played at tournaments all up and down the eastern United States, often advancing from level to level in local, state, regional, national, and even a few international competitions. She has won a truckload of trophies, plaques, cups, and even a trip to Disney World.

At the time of this writing, her summer of 1998 achievements are the most recent and exciting.

Jennifer finished 6th in the 1998 Ohio State High School championship while playing in only her sophomore year!
She outright won the girls local and state levels of the 1998 Independent Insurance Classic. This sent her, as the Ohio champion, to the national championship event in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she missed the final cut by two strokes to finish 22nd in a field of 48 state champions. Jennifer is looking forward to having another run at this one in 1999.
Believe it or not Jennifer entered the 1998 Franklin County Ladies Championship at age 15. This is the major womens tournament in the Columbus, Ohio area and has been for 75 years now. Jennifer was the youngest contestant, but she very nearly stole the whole entire show! It came down to just Jennifer Selfinger and past champion, 26 year old Jennifer Korn, in the championship match. They were tied at the end of 9, and it went all the way down to the 16th. Even though Jennifer has won many junior events, this runner-up finish in the most important local womens event of the year was very special to her.

Jennifer has been the subject of newspaper, radio, and television reports locally and around the country. She was even seen playing golf on ESPN late one night (on tape of course!).

Jennifer is now a young woman playing on her high school golf team. She is on the boys team and she is much more than just pulling her share of the weight. She is, in fact, the number two "man" on the team, second only to an insanely good young freshman who just happens to be her brother, Steven Selfinger Jr. Having these two on your high school golf team is a little bit like having Jim Thorpe and Jesse Owens on your high school track team. It is somewhat ridiculous, but lots of fun if you like to win.

College golf teams from all over the USA have been keeping an eye on Jennifer for some years now. Within the limits set by strict NCAA recruiting rules, they do whatever they can to make sure Jennifer realizes just how nice the weather is in Florida, what a wholesome environment they have in Oklahoma, etc. etc. etc.

The newspaper photo displayed here shows Jennifer knocking the ball, with excellent precision, hundreds of yards straight down the fairway. Believe it or not, she can do this at will.

I will endeavor to put articles, reports, photos etc. on this page, but I am not likely to keep up. I am starting with a backlog and, as I have said, Jennifer is likely to produce them faster than I can process them.

Enjoy reading about the exploits of Jennifer Selfinger!