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AJGA JEFFREY M. ISNER MEMORIAL JUNIOR AT
NEW SEABURY
Country Club of New Seabury, Dunes Course
Mashpee, Massachusetts
August 25-28, 2003
QUAGLIANO PACES FIELD WITH
A 2-UNDER-PAR 68 IN MASHPEE
Three tie for lead in Girls Division with 72s
MASHPEE, Mass. - Michael Quagliano of White Plains,
N.Y., fired a 2-under-par 68 to take the lead in the first
round of the AJGA Jeffrey M. Isner Memorial Junior at New
Seabury Tuesday. Songyi Yi of San Diego, Calif., Marika Lendl
of Goshen, Conn., and Chelsea Curtis of New Seabury, Mass.,
all carded 2-over-par 72s to share the top spot in the Girls
Division.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the 54-hole
event features 84 boys and girls, ages 13-18, from 14 states,
as well as 33 Massachusetts natives. The 15th annual event
is being held at the Dunes Course at the Country Club of New
Seabury.
Quagliano, who teed of on No. 10, started his day by shooting
even par on his front nine, but turned his game up a notch
by making two birdies and no bogies on the back nine.
"My short game kept me in it today," the 16-year-old
said. "I'm going to try to shoot below par each day and
see where that puts me after three rounds. This is my last
tournament of the summer, so it would be nice to win for the
first time at my last event of the summer."
Following one stroke behind Quagliano with 1-under-par 69s
are Joey St. Laurent of Nashua, N.H., Bryce Mueller of Chapel
Hill, N.C., and Jamie Wallace of Moorestown, N.J.
St. Laurent earned his place in the event after earning one
of 12 spots through Monday's qualifier. The 17-year-old had
three birdies and an eagle on the day.
"I didn't even expect to be playing this week,"
St. Laurent said. "I shot three 74s at my last tournament,
so I hope to improve on that this week. We'll see what happens."
Mueller credits his low score to his consistency on the greens.
"It was all the short game today," the 17-year-old
said. "I got up and down from absolutely everywhere and
stayed consistent the entire time - I didn't make a bogey
until No. 15."
Wallace also gives his short game the credit for his success
in the first round. He, like St. Laurent, also had three birdies
and an eagle on the day.
"I made an eagle on No. 3," the 17-year-old said.
"I hit my drive in a greenside bunker and managed to
hole out for an eagle. Other than that, I kept it in play
and did well today."
In the Girls Division, defending champion Yi was proud of
her first-round performance. Yi had three birdies on Nos.
4, 10 and 18.
"I did better than I did last year during the first round,"
the 16-year-old said. "I'm going to concentrate more
tomorrow so that I can win again."
Lendl, who had four birdies on Nos. 1, 12, 16, and 17, is
playing in her second and last AJGA tournament of the summer.
"Everything went well today and my putting was great.
I wanted to spend the day getting a feel for how the field
was," Lendl said. "I really want to win this one."
Curtis, a 16-year-old Country Club of New Seabury member,
felt she had an advantage going into this tournament because
of her familiarity with the course.
"This course is all strategy and you have to lay up a
lot," Curtis said. "I didn't hit many greens today
in regulation, but I was able to get up and down to save par."
Second-round tee times will begin at 7 a.m. on Wednesday off
the Nos. 1 and 10 tees at the Country Club of New Seabury,
Dunes Course.
For more information on the AJGA Jeffrey M. Isner Memorial
Junior at New Seabury contact tournament headquarters at (508)
539-8322 ext. 6235.
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