Hughes wins final AJGA tournament
Propeck goes wire-to-wire in victory
Boys Division champion: Jack Hughes of Snowmass Village, Colorado (4-under-par 212)
· First AJGA Victory
· This was his final AJGA event
· Signed a National Letter of Intent to play college golf at the University of Colorado
· One of only four players in the Boys Division under par for the tournament
· “What a feeling to have won the tournament, my last AJGA ever. I couldn’t have asked for anything more. The AJGA has been great over the last four years and breaking through this week has been really awesome!”
Girls Division champion: Megan Propeck of Leawood, Kansas (3-under-par 213)
· First AJGA victory
· No. 85 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Sixth top-ten finish
· Shot a tournament-low 6-under-par 66 in the first round
· “I had a couple of hiccups today, but I was really happy to mentally stay strong and finish well. I’ve been working on getting a win for a long time and it feels good to finally finish and get one.”
Top local Girls Division finisher: Lauren Lehigh of Loveland, Colorado
· Third-career top-five finish
· Signed National Letter of Intent to the University of New Mexico
· Fourth time competing in this event
· Shot a first-round 2-under-par 70
· 2018 AJGA Scholastic Junior All-American
· Named Colorado Golf Association Future Famer of the year in 2019
Tournament information
· 54-hole stroke-play tournament
· 96 junior golfers from 16 states and three countries
· Walnut Creek Golf Preserve has hosted this tournament for the past three years
· Thirty-five players from Colorado