AJGA Members Take U.S. Junior Amateur Titles

Philip Francis of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jenny Shin of Torrance, Calif., took home top honors at the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior respectively, July 22.

Francis, the top-ranked player in the AJGA Boys Rankings and winner of four AJGA tournaments in 2006, defeated Richard Lee of Chandler, Ariz., 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final.

Shin, 13, who tied for fourth at the Hanmi Bank Junior Open last month, defeated Vicki Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., on the first hole of sudden death, the 37th hole of the day.

Stanley Shines at Southern Amateur

First-team Rolex Junior All-American and Clemson University-bound Kyle Stanley of Gig Harbor, Wash., won the 100th annual Southern Amateur at the Country Club of Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala., July 22. Stanley fired rounds of 67-70-67-71—275 for a 9-under-par total.

With the win, Stanley received an invitation to play in the PGA TOUR’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla., next year. Stanley has enjoyed much success at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge, winning the 2005 HP Boys Junior Championship with a four-day score of 12-under-par. He followed that up with a third-place showing at in the same event last month.