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LAKE
FOREST, Ill. - The West Team retained possession of the
Canon Cup as it
cruised to a 35.5-14.5 victory over the East Thursday in the
13th annual event. Five members of the victorious West squad
went a perfect 4-0-0 in their four matches.
Pumping
themselves up before the final round of matches,
the West circles up for a huddle. |
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The Canon
Cup, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association and
hosted by Conway Farms Golf Club, featured 40 of the nation's
top junior golfers ages 13-18. The competition annually pits
East vs. West in a match play format similar to the Ryder
Cup. The East holds a 7-5-1 advantage over the West, and past
participants include Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Beth Bauer
and Cristie Kerr.
The West
jumped ahead quickly in this year's match, taking an 11-4
lead after day one. The West then picked up 11 of a possible
15 points during the second day of competition. Needing only
3.5 of 20 points to win Thursday, the West went out and won
four of the first five singles matches of the day to seal
the deal early. The winning squad set a new record for margin
of victory with it's 21-point win. The previous margin of
victory was 14 points when the East defeated the West in 1990,
32-18.
Andrew
Dresser (Carrollton, Texas), Allison Martin (Bakersfield,
Calif.), Jonathan Moore (Portland, Ore.) and Ashley Rollins
(Austin, Texas) all were unbeaten and untied during the week,
each accounting for four victories. Paula Creamer (Pleasanton,
Calif.), Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas), and Kevin Larsen
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) also were undefeated with records
of 3-0-1.
"It
was great," Moore, 17, said. "Each match my partner
played well and hopefully I helped them play comfortably as
well. We all had a great time together.
"It
means a lot to be able to go undefeated," he continued.
"Very few people are able to do it and it means you helped
your team out and that's what you are trying to do."
Showing
team pride, the East cheers on eachother as they
all become apart of Canon Cup history. |
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One of
the featured matches paired the top two ranked girls against
each other, No. 1 In-Bee Park of Eustis, Fla., versus No.
2 Brittany Lang of McKinney, Texas. Park was victorious with
a 2 & 1 win.
"It
was great to end the way we did," said West Captain Gus
Montano, who is 2-0 as captain. "We had a lot of momentum
and confidence after the first day and we fed off of that
the rest of the week. We knew we were going up against a tough
East team and we got them when we were peaking."
Link to Official Canon Cup Web site
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