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KIRK
FIRES 5-UNDER-PAR TO SECURE VICTORY THAT ELUDED HIM A YEAR
AGO
Lincicome repeats 2001 victory at Chateau Elan
A pair
of Polo Golf Junior All-Americans, Chris Kirk of Woodstock,
Ga., and Brittany Lincicome of Seminole, Fla., claimed hard-fought
titles at the AJGA TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Chateau
Elan. It was the first time in three years that the tournament
was not interrupted by bad weather.
After
entering the final round with a one-stroke deficit, Kirk captured
the Boys Division by making birdie on two of his final three
holes on the par-71 Chateau Course at Chateau Elan Resort.
With rounds
of 70-67, the University of Georgia-bound Kirk fought through
a crowd of players on his way to the top. After the first
round, he was one of 30 players within three shots of the
lead. At the end of the final round, he separated himself
by two shots at 5-under-par 137.
In the
Girls Division, the 17-year-old Lincicome shot rounds of 71-73
on the Woodlands Course to win her second Girls Division title
at Chateau Elan Resort at even-par 144. Two years ago, Lincicome
won the tournament when it was played on the Chateau Course.
Lincicome
gave herself a chance for birdie on the 18th hole, where she
stuck her approach on the par-4 to eight feet. When she missed
her birdie putt, she assumed she was heading for a playoff,
not knowing that Nicole Hage had just made bogey to finish
one shot back. The victory was somewhat surprising to the
long-hitting Lincicome, but in the end, the championship was
hers.
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Results
GERLICH
CLAIMS VICTORY, HOLDS OFF LOPEZ DURING FINAL ROUND
Girls Division play cancelled due to inclement weather;
Connelly wins in sudden-death playoff
Jeff
Gerlich of Austin, Texas, fired a 4-under-par 138 total to
win the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Bentwood by one stroke
over Lance Lopez of Fresno, Texas. Stephanie Connelly of Pasadena,
Md., won a sudden-death playoff after the girls division final
round was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Gerlich's
round of 70 hinged on his putting, fueling nine birdies and,
at one point, a six-shot lead. Lopez, playing with Gerlich
in Sunday's round, fired a final-round 68 to finish 3-under-par
for the tournament. On the last four holes, Gerlich finished
5-over-par, while Lopez held steady making pars.
Lopez
finished second at 71-68-139. Colt Knost of Pilot Point, Texas,
fired Sunday's low round putting him alone in third at 74-66-140.
Bronson Burgoon of The Woodlands, Texas, finished in fourth
at 73-68-141. Michael Lester of Dallas, and Ryan Roberge of
The Woodlands, Texas, rounded out the top-five at 142.
The
girls division was set to tee off at noon, moments after the
weather horns sounded, signaling the suspension of play. With
no girls groups leaving the teeing ground and raging weather
wreaking havoc on Bentwood Country Club, the girls division
title was settled through a sudden-death playoff once the
weather passed some two hours after–a playoff Stephanie
Connelly eventually won over Kelly Louth and Mallory Code
on the third hole.
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Results
CREAMER
CLAIMS FOURTH CROWN IN A ROW
Yoon fires consecutive 4-under-par 67s to take the Boys
Division
Paula
Creamer of Pleasanton, Calif., fired a 72 on Sunday at the
AJGA Heather Farr Classic to claim her fourth AJGA tournament
in a row. David Yoon of Irvine, Calif., used a tournament
total of 8-under-par 134 to take the title in the Boys Division.
Creamer,
who began the season with a win at the prestigious AJGA Polo
Golf Junior Classic, birdied her final hole to take a one-shot
victory in the Girls Division. This was her fourth national
win of the year and her 13th of her career.
One shot
off the pace with a tournament total of 1-under-par 141 was
Tiffany Tavee of Gilbert, Ariz. Tied for third at 142 were
Tiffany Joh of San Diego, Calif., and Angela Park of Torrance,
Calif. Amie Cochran of Torrance, Calif., and Marina Choi of
Los Angeles round out the top five at 146.
In the
Boys Division, Yoon continued his hot streak with another
4-under-par 67 to pick up his first national win. The turning
point in the round for the 17-year-old was when he eagled
No. 8 and then followed that up with consecutive birdies.
He also birdied No. 18 to finish the day with an eagle and
five birdies.
Taking
runner-up honors four shots back at 3-under-par 139 was Marty
Melcher of Redlands, Calif. Tom Glissmeyer of Colorado Springs,
Colo., finished third at 140, while Jake Grodzinsky of Cornville,
Ariz., Erik Flores of Grass Valley, Calif., and Philip Francis
of Scottsdale, Ariz., tied for fourth with tournament totals
of even-par 142.
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Results
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