ABILENE, Texas -- Brock Wilson of Beaumont, Texas, carded a consistent 71-71-71 – 213
tournament-total to take the Boys Division at the Dodge/Bob Estes Abilene Junior at Abilene Country Club – Fairway Course. Kaira Martin of Paradise Valley, Ariz., took the Girls Division and her first American Junior Golf Association win Thursday with a 77-77-74 – 228 tournament-total after a sudden-death playoff on No. 15.
Conducted by the AJGA, the Dodge/Bob Estes Abilene Junior was a 54-hole stroke play event held at the Abilene Country Club – Fairway Course. The 120-player field featured players from 15 states and Mexico. The course was played at 7,007 yards for the Boys Division and 6,012 yards for the Girls Division.
Wilson spoke to the consistency of his numbers and compared the types of rounds each 1-under-par 71 presented.
“If my game is on, I know I am going to shoot about the same all week,” Wilson said. “But each round was a very different 71.”
In the first round, Wilson carded seven birdies, two bogeys, as well as two double-bogeys. Round two was more consistent with 13 pars, three birdies, and two bogeys. Thursday brought with it another type of round, with a pivotal eagle on No. 14.
“That eagle was really a turning point in the round in my pairing,” Wilson said of his round with Matthew Vela of San Antonio and Benjamin Thorseth of Richmond, Texas. “We were all neck-to-neck at that point, and that hole was what really turned the round in my favor.”
Vela carded a 2-under-par 70, 214 tournament-total to take second place. Three strokes behind, Thorseth finished with a tournament total of 217. Talor Gooch of Midwest City, Okla., carded a 3-under-par 69, 218 tournament-total to take fourth place. Rounding out the top five, Dillon Rust fired a tournament-low round, 5-under-par 67, tournament total of 219.
In the Girls Division, Martin attributed her lower round today, as well as her par in the playoff, to specific consistencies that came out in her game.
“I hit the ball straight today,” Martin said. “Going into No. 15, I just remained neutral and kept my ball in the middle of the fairway.”
Finishing 54 holes at a tournament total of 228, Callie Kemmer of Wichita, Kan., went on to card a bogey on the lone-playoff hole and take second for the Girls Division. One stroke behind, Heather Smith of Fort Worth, Texas, finished at 229 for the tournament.
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ABILENE, Texas — Final results from the Dodge/Bob Estes Abilene Junior conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Abilene Country
Club – Fairway Course. Par: Boys: 36-36—72; Girls: 36-36—72. Yardage: Boys: 7,007; Girls: 6,012. Rating/Slope: Boys: 72.5/129; Girls: 75.5/128.
BOYS DIVISION
Brock Wilson, Beaumont, Texas 71-71-71—213
Matthew Vela, San Antonio, Texas 73-71-70—214
Benjamin Thorseth, Richmond, Texas 69-71-77—217
Talor Gooch, Midwest City, Okla. 70-79-69—218
Dillon Rust, Edmond, Okla. 73-79-67—219
Ben Pounds, Austin, Texas 76-72-72—220
Andrew Green, Edmond, Okla. 73-74-74—221
Benjamin Gonzalez, Edmond, Okla. 77-73-72—222
Taylor Meadows, Boerne, Texas 72-78-72—222
Timothy Madigan, Rio Rancho, N.M. 75-74-73—222
Brian Dwyer, Southlake, Texas 72-72-79—223
Diego Castilla, Monterrey, Mexico 73-74-76—223
Tyler Russell, Elk City, Okla. 76-75-74—225
Blake Johnson, Brownwood, Texas 72-78-75—225
Collier Jones, Little Rock, Ark. 74-75-76—225
Cameron Hollek, Richmond, Texas 81-73-72—226
Donavin Sanchez, Portales, N.M. 76-78-72—226
Key Young, Coppell, Texas 76-77-73—226
Eric Frazzetta, Long Beach, Calif. 76-79-72—227
Tim Mitchell, Austin, Texas 78-74-75—227
Alex Donaldson, Windermere, Fla. 76-76-75—227
Ryan Dagerman, Dallas, Texas 74-77-76—227
John Darden, Frisco, Texas 75-75-77—227
Hunter Sparks, Oklahoma City, Okla. 75-74-79—228
Clark Collier, Edmond, Okla. 77-70-81—228
Tyler Sheppard, Midland, Texas 84-76-69—229
Chase Anderson, San Antonio, Texas 76-80-73—229
Thomas Birdsey, The Woodlands, Texas 76-80-73—229
Trey Sullivan, Aledo, Texas 73-81-75—229
Nathan Fredrick, Springfield, Mo. 74-77-78—229
Daily Young, Springfield, Mo. 76-75-78—229
Conner Ribble, Texarkana, Ark. 75-73-81—229
Sebastian Fernandez, Miami, Fla. 76-79-75—230
Taylor Koser, Rice Lake, Wis. 80-74-76—230
Justin Lavine, Sugar Land, Texas 71-83-76—230
Ford Fischer, Dallas, Texas 74-78-78—230
Nathan Chambers, Purcell, Okla. 74-77-79—230
Chris Becker, San Antonio, Texas 73-78-79—230
Jeffrey Juillerat, Tyler, Texas 80-76-75—231
Michael Young, Dallas, Texas 77-79-75—231
Shang Zhi, Bradenton, Fla. 79-76-76—231
True Graves, Odessa, Texas 73-80-78—231
Cole Wiederkehr, Tulsa, Okla. 78-75-78—231
Lane Hulse, Fordyce, Ark. 80-74-78—232
Ross Rotwein, El Paso, Texas 74-78-80—232
Brad Lyle, Richardson, Texas 77-75-80—232
Ian Armstrong, Richmond, Texas 76-75-81—232
Cody Santone, Haughton, La. 79-81-73—233
Cameron Scitern, Rockdale, Texas 80-78-75—233
Britt Ritter, Ardmore, Okla. 77-79-77—233
Hunter Brown, Richardson, Texas 76-77-80—233
Corbin Light, Plano, Texas 81-81-72—234
Scott Dow, Dallas, Texas 74-85-76—235
Isaac Idstein, Canyon Lake, Texas 79-78-78—235
Seth Stuart, Austin, Texas 82-75-78—235
Nicko Dodd, Sugar Land, Texas 75-82-78—235
Zachary Ming, Edmond, Okla. 76-80-79—235
Ricardo Salinas, Monterrey, Mexico 78-75-82—235
Carson Weinand, Naples, Fla. 84-80-72—236
Landon Morgan, Edmond, Okla. 81-80-75—236
Jeremy Lambright, Palestine, Texas 78-78-80—236
Kyle Dickerson, Anson, Texas 78-77-81—236
Taylor Ohlhausen, Abilene, Texas 79-84-74—237
Tye Beall, El Paso, Texas 79-82-76—237
Kay Jang, College Station, Texas 81-78-78—237
Hayden Witte, Denton, Texas 76-81-81—238
Kevin Clark, Abilene, Texas 73-83-82—238
JJ Brown, Austin, Texas 79-85-75—239
Jeffrey Weisheit, Flower Mound, Texas 78-81-80—239
Will Archibeque, Portales, N.M. 76-83-80—239
Andrew Wilcox, Duncan, Okla. 79-80-80—239
Timothy Kim, Rome, Ga. 81-81-78—240
Payne Wilkie, Austin, Texas 84-76-80—240
Chase Curtis, Richardson, Texas 76-83-82—241
Mick Huffman, Maurice, La. 81-84-77—242
Bryan Boaz, Tulsa, Okla. 81-82-79—242
Brad Mason, Dallas, Texas 81-85-77—243
Michael Hooper, Edmond, Okla. 81-84-79—244
David Shin, Desoto, Texas 81-85-78—244
Patrick Shanahan, Austin, Texas 75-82-88—245
Zachary Sadau, Southlake, Texas 84-88-74—246
Trey Oswald, Archer City, Texas 75-83-88—246
Austin Weaver, Flower Mound, Texas 82-78-88—248
Mark Crouse, Spring, Texas 84-84-83—251
Tommy Armour IV, Cincinnati, Ohio 82-86-85—253
Hayden McClelland, Olney, Texas 77-89-87—253
Corey White, Abilene, Texas 89-85-81—255
Andrew Beck, Albuquerque, N.M. 86-80-99—265
Shane Gibson, Edmond, Okla. 89-88-96—273
Daniel Webb, Tyler, Texas JWD
GIRLS DIVISION
* Kaira Martin, Paradise Valley, Ariz. 77-77-74—228
Callie Kemmer, Wichita, Kan. 74-81-73—228
Heather Smith, Fort Worth, Texas 80-72-77—229
Julia Thead, Poway, Calif. 72-78-80—230
Brianna Coopman, Georgetown, Texas 80-74-78—232
Noelle Zavaleta, Lakewood, Calif. 74-79-79—232
Kylie Bollenbach, Edmond, Okla. 79-81-73—233
Jordan Rhodes, San Antonio, Texas 78-75-80—233
Kelsey Welber, Plano, Texas 80-79-79—238
Kelsey Kipp, Tyler, Texas 76-86-79—241
Elizabeth Wendt, Houston, Texas 78-81-82—241
Sinae Montoya, Lubbock, Texas 70-84-89—243
Alli Itria, Lubbock, Texas 79-80-85—244
Shelby Hardy, San Saba, Texas 85-82-78—245
Sun Gyoung Park, Vail, Ariz. 81-78-86—245
Mei Liu, Austin, Texas 81-84-85—250
Kathryn Oliver, Waco, Texas 86-81-86—253
Leslie McGetrick, Highlands Ranch, Colo. 80-81-92—253
Kalie Presti, Southlake, Texas 85-86-83—254
Kendra Whittley, San Angelo, Texas 81-87-87—255
Erin Jang, College Station, Texas 87-83-85—255
Jane Yoo, Cerritos, Calif. 91-79-85—255
Brooke Bailey, Abilene, Texas 92-83-85—260
Susannah Grunden, Krum, Texas 85-88-92—265
Stephanie Scholer, Dallas, Texas 93-89-84—266
Paige Gibson, Carrollton, Texas 91-90-86—267
Bria Tate, Montgomery, Texas 90-95-93—278
Chelsea Zusan, Avon, Ind. 94-97-93—284
Alanna-Jean Keith, San Antonio, Texas 96 JWD
Brittany Beckett, Mansfield, Texas DQ (Rule 6-6b)
* Won Sudden-Death Playoff
** JWD=Justified WD
