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Harrisburg senior selected for 2022 PURE Insurance Championship Impacting First Tee

Girls play in the Class AA State Golf Meet on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Bakker Crossing in Sioux Falls.
Girls play in the Class AA State Golf Meet on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Bakker Crossing in Sioux Falls.

Harrisburg senior golfer Mattie Weidenbach was selected to compete in the 2022 PURE Insurance Championship Impacting First Tee, the organization and PGA TOUR Champions announced Tuesday morning.

The nationally televised event will bring teens from First Tee chapters across the nation to Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course for the PGA TOUR Champions tournament on Sep. 20-25. Play will be conducted that Friday and Saturday, where 23 golfers will compete in the 36-hole tournament.

Weidenbach will represent First Tee — South Dakota, which she has been involved in for 12 years.

Weidenbach earns the honor after placing sixth at the Class AA state tournament in her junior season this past spring, helping Harrisburg secure a Class AA team state golf title.

The 19th edition of the annual event will be televised on Golf Channel.

Follow Sioux Falls Argus Leader reporter Michael McCleary on Twitter @mikejmccleary.

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Harrisburg senior Mattie Weidenbach selected for national golf event