Local teenager to play at Pebble Beach, representing the First Tee of Coachella Valley

Palm Desert, CA (July 23, 2019) – First Tee and PGA TOUR Champions announced Tuesday that Braden Bernaldo will represent The First Tee of the Coachella Valley when he competes in the 2019 PURE Insurance Championship Impacting The First Tee, an official PGA TOUR Champions event to be contested at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California, September 24-29. The 16 th annual event, which is hosted by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, will be televised internationally on the Golf Channel.

Bernaldo , a native of Indio, California, currently attends Palm Desert High School and will be graduating in 2022. Now 14 years old, he started at The First Tee of the Coachella Valley when he was five. He currently plays on the varsity golf team at Palm Desert High School, and he helped in getting the team to the California State Tournament this year.

Bernaldo has a 3.7 GPA as a freshman student athlete and his goal is to be accepted at a D1 college to play golf and get a great education. He is currently a 1.7 handicap from the blue tees on most golf courses. Look out for him during next year’s high school season.