Three student golfers got to test the greens in the Bahamas over the recent Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Sugar Creek junior golfers Aaron Macham, a Columbia High School sophomore; Miles Bizzle, a Chapel Hill Middle School eighth-grader from South DeKalb; and Hollye Weekes, who now lives in Seoul, South Korea, made the trip to play in the Junior Invitational Bahamas Golf Tournament on the island of Nassau.

The students play at Sugar Creek Golf Course in Atlanta, which is operated by SydMar Golf Management Inc. Marie Jackson-Dunovant, SydMar’s president, said the students might not have been the academy’s best golfers but that they had good attitudes and demonstrated dedication to the game.

“We took those who we saw practicing when we weren’t watching,” she said.

Hollye has participated in the Sugar Creek Junior Golf Academy for the past three years. Aaron has been playing golf since age 11, and Miles, another three-year Junior Golf Academy member, plays on Southwest DeKalb High School’s golf team.

The Atlanta-based Sydni A. Jackson Golf Foundation picked up the tab for the three players.

The Sugar Creek Junior Golf Academy is open to students ages 7 to 18. It is geared to providing opportunities in golf for those who might not otherwise be able to afford it.

Sugar Creek’s 2010 Junior Golf Kickoff will be April 17. Golfers ages 7 to 18 will get skill training and learn the history of the game. For enrollment and other information, e-mail ­mbuckstallworth@sydmargolf.com or call Leonard Jones at 404-241-7671.