ORLANDO, Fla. -- In his first Invitational win, Mu Hu of Shen Zhen, China, battled back from a two-stroke deficit to fire a 5-under-par 67 in the final round of the HP Boys Junior Championship, taking home the title and ending the tournament at 10-under-par 278. Behind Hu was third-round leader Wesley Graham of Port Orange, Fla., who ended the event at 6-under-par 282, earning second-place honors.

Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the HP Boys Junior Championship was a 72-hole stroke play event held at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge. The 76-player field featured players from 24 states, Taiwan, China and South Korea. The par-72 course was played at 7,189 yards for the tournament. The tournament field was cut to the top 40 and ties after Wednesday’s second round.

Hu, carding his lowest round of the tournament, fired seven birdies and only two bogies on his way to victory. He said the wrist injury that had plagued him since the previous week wasn’t a problem today, a factor that caused him fewer worries and provided him with confidence going into the first few holes.

“The past few days I’ve had to worry about how my wrist felt,” Hu said. “But I was able to hang on and keep stepping forward throughout the tournament. It all came together here today.”

Even though this is his fourth AJGA victory and seventh top-10 Invitational finish, Hu said the win was his biggest ever and felt like a stepping stone to future opportunities.

“I feel like a better player now,” he said. “This gives me the confidence to know I can compete in majors and win.”

Battling Hu all day was Graham, who ended the day at 1-over-par 73. Trailing Hu by two strokes going into No. 12, Graham fired back with a birdie to cut the lead to one and stay in contention.

“I had a lot of bad breaks out there, but it’s always good to get second at an Invitational,” Graham said.

Scott Langley of St. Louis, Patrick Reed of Baton Rouge, La., Joseph Barr of Versailles, Ky., and Mark Johnson of Tulsa, Okla., all shot tournament totals of 5-under-par 283 to end the event in a four-way tie for third. In seventh place, with a four-day total of 4-under-par 284 was David Chung of Fayetteville, N.C. Jae Han Chun of Ansung-City, South Korea carded a 3-under-par 285 for the week to take eighth place, while Adam Sumrall fired 1-under-par 287 to take home ninth. Rounding out the top-10 was David Dannelly of Easley, S.C., who shot a tournament total of even-par 288.

The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA, the largest Association of its kind, has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and 25 foreign countries.

Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989.

AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Final results from the HP Boys Junior Championship conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge. Par: 36-36—72. Yardage: 7,189. Rating/Slope: 75.1/140.
Mu Hu, Shen Zhen, China 70-70-71-67—278
Wesley Graham, Port Orange, Fla. 75-67-67-73—282
Scott Langley, St. Louis, Mo. 71-71-70-71—283
Patrick Reed, Baton Rouge, La. 73-69-70-71—283
Joseph Barr, Versailles, Ky. 72-70-71-70—283
Mark Johnson, Tulsa, Okla. 70-75-67-71—283
David Chung, Fayetteville, N.C. 72-75-67-70—284
Jae Han Chun, Ansung-City, South Korea 72-71-72-70—285
Adam Sumrall, South Bend, Ind. 75-71-70-71—287
David Dannelly, Easley, S.C. 71-77-69-71—288
Cameron Peck, Olympia, Wash. 72-75-72-70—289
Tommy Chung Hao Mou, Taipei, Taiwan 78-72-69-70—289
Sang Yi, Carrollton, Texas 72-71-73-74—290
Lion Kim, Lake Mary, Fla. 76-70-70-74—290
Geoffrey Shaw, Edmond, Okla. 77-74-72-69—292
Zeyu He, Bradenton, Fla. 74-71-75-72—292
Sam Chien, San Diego, Calif. 71-77-71-73—292
Ravi Patel, Naperville, Ill. 74-73-70-75—292
Derek Chang, Alpharetta, Ga. 72-73-76-72—293
Gregor Main, Danville, Calif. 74-72-78-70—294
Logan Blondell, Lakeland, Fla. 72-75-76-71—294
Bobby Wyatt, Mobile, Ala. 73-75-72-74—294
Bo Andrews, Raleigh, N.C. 72-71-76-75—294
Adam Wennerstrom, Austin, Texas 70-74-75-76—295
Robbie Ziegler, Canby, Ore. 74-74-74-74—296
Sihwan Kim, Buena Park, Calif. 71-73-76-76—296
Michael Jae Woo Im, Fullerton, Calif. 74-73-74-75—296
Blayne Barber, Lake City, Fla. 74-70-74-78—296
John Peterson, Fort Worth, Texas 74-77-74-72—297
Spencer Cole, Greer, S.C. 73-73-75-76—297
Kelly Kraft, Denton, Texas 77-74-73-74—298
David Zickler, Florence, Ala. 72-78-74-74—298
Bruce Woodall, Yanceyville, N.C. 73-75-76-75—299
Travis Klutts, Lake Kiowa, Texas 73-77-73-76—299
Andrew Colvin, Longwood, Fla. 77-74-74-76—301
Byeong-hun An, Bradenton, Fla. 74-73-75-79—301
Jonathan Randolph, Brandon, Miss. 74-75-74-79—302
Austin Graham, San Clemente, Calif. 72-79-74-78—303
Bryan Harris, Rancho Mirage, Calif. 74-74-74-81—303
Minghao Wang, Reunion, Fla. 74-76-72-81—303
Josh Jones, The Colony, Texas 73-72-78-81—304
Daniel Meggs, Charlotte, N.C. 72-77-76-81—306
Jonathan Fly, Memphis, Tenn. 74-77-77-80—308
Jed Dirksen, Hampton, Iowa 73-77-79-81—310
Stephen Carney, Tulsa, Okla. 72-75-81-83—311

MISSED THE CUT

Alex Kang, Oak Park, Calif. 75-77-152
Dominic Bozzelli, Pittsford, N.Y. 74-78-152
Jeffrey Kang, Fullerton, Calif. 76-76-152
Kyle Kopsick, Lake Bluff, Ill. 75-77-152
Cameron Wilson, Rowayton, Conn. 77-75-152
Jace Long, Dixon, Mo. 75-77-152
James Byrd, Windermere, Fla. 72-80-152
Drew Page, Waynesville, N.C. 78-75-153
Aaron Fitzpatrick, Orlando, Fla. 80-73-153
Brinson Paolini, Virginia Beach, Va. 77-76-153
Jay Vandeventer, Bristol, Va. 76-77-153
Hyun Seok Lim, Fullerton, Calif. 75-78-153
Christopher Walker, The Woodlands, Texas 78-75-153
John Hahn, Kent, Ohio 78-76-154
Tom Lo, Los Angeles, Calif. 81-73-154
Parker Houston, Greensboro, N.C. 75-80-155
Alex Shi Yup Kim, Fullerton, Calif. 76-79-155
Nicholas Mullhaupt, Bradenton, Fla. 77-78-155
Patrick Barrett, Pinehurst, N.C. 80-75-155
Sean Ouhyun Yoon, Corona, Calif. 79-77-156
Alex Frankel, Atlanta, Ga. 81-75-156
Brandon Ellis, Westerville, Ohio 76-80-156
Brian Scherer, Midland, Texas 81-75-156
Phillip Choi, Orlando, Fla. 80-77-157
Matthew Thompson, Battle Creek, Mich. 78-80-158
Joe David, Madison, Tenn. 77-81-158
Drew Ernst, Seneca, S.C. 77-85-162
Brandon Ramirez, Orlando, Fla. 79-83-162
Niko Bain, Glendale, Ariz. 81-81-162
Michael Boyd, Windermere, Fla. 80-83-163
Andrew Cho, Howey in The Hills, Fla. 84-80-164

Jake An, Centreville, Va. JWD
Jordan Lewis, Marion, Ill. 76 JWD

** JWD=Justified WD