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After 38 years of welcoming some of golf's greatest up and comers to the Gem City, the Pepsi Little People's Championships Association will have another sponsor on board beginning next year. Titan International, Inc. will become co-title sponsors with Refreshment Services Pepsi.

"Pepsi has been a wonderful sponsor for 38 years, and we deeply appreciate all that organization has done to support Little People's and young golfers," said Nan Ryan, Little People's Executive Director.

"Titan's involvement with this international junior golf event will be a great boost to the tournament," added Ryan. "The relationship between Pepsi and Titan will make it possible for us to offer more services to the players, and to attract more golfers to Quincy from all over the world."

"When we saw there was a threat that the tournament might have to leave the community, we couldn't let it happen. Local businesses profit from the tournament and the young people that participate in the event do as well," Morry Taylor, Titan's CEO/Chairman of the Board, commented.

Beginning immediately after the close of the 2011 event, the tournament will become the Pepsi Titan Little People's Golf Championships and the Pepsi Titan LP Collegiate Golf Championships.

"We are very pleased to welcome Titan International on board as our Co-Title Sponsor starting with the 2012 Little People's," stated Roy Nelson, General Manager of Refreshment Services Pepsi.

"It will help assure that Quincy remains the home for this wonderful event for many years to come. Pepsi Little People's has given our community great exposure to young golfers and their parents from around the globe, and has done much to help the economy of the City."