MAINEVILLE, Ohio -- T.J. Vogel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Anthony Paolucci and Jordan Spieth of Dallas, Texas, are tied for the lead in the boys' division following the second-round of play at the 2008 Junior PGA Championship at TPC River's Bend in Maineville, Ohio.
Spieth, who was in a tie for 10th place after the opening round, fired a second-round 64 to match Miguel Cabrera-Bello in 2004 for best second-round score in Junior PGA Championship history. He did not card a single bogey and credits his brilliant play to being very aggressive on the course.
"It is hard to play safe out here, and if you do that you are going to give yourself some tough putts and you will start aiming shots and not hitting fairways," said Spieth, who is playing in his first Junior PGA Championship. "Being aggressive has always been my game plan and yesterday I got away from that. I will not do that anymore this week."
Vogel, the first-round leader, played a solid round to keep himself in contention.
"I played a bogey-free round today, which I can not complain about, but it could have been better," said Vogel, who has only two bogeys over his first 36 holes. "My ball striking was definitely better of the tee yesterday and it has to be for the rest of the week for me to win this Championship."
Luke Guthrie of Quincy, Ill., is in fourth place, two-strokes behind the leaders. Tyler McCumber of Ponte Vedra, Fla., son of former PGA Tour player Mark McCumber, is in fifth place overall and three-strokes off the pace. Mark McCumber won ten times on the PGA Tour between 1979 and 1994, including the Players Championship in 1988 and the Tour Championship in 1994.
Danielle Frasier of Encinitas, Calif. continues to lead in an impressive girls' division after firing a 72 in her second-round. Frasier leads Karen Chung of Livingston, N.J., Erynne Lee of Siverdale, Wash., and Sarah Brown of Phillipsburg, N.J., by
one-stroke.
"I have to keep giving myself chances, but it all comes down to putting," said Frasier. "I have to be more aggressive then I was today. I played it a bit too safe out there."
Frasier carded three birdies and three bogeys during her second-round of play and admits that hitting greens in regulation has been pivotal to her success at TPC River's Bend this week.
"I struggled on the putting on the back nine but overall I hit the ball pretty well," said Frasier. "I am playing solid golf and that is what I have to do to win this week."
Brown, who tied for ninth place at the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior, will try and limit her mistakes over the final two rounds.
"I lost my concentration a few times out there and have made mistakes," said Brown, who is playing in her first Junior PGA Championship. "I will not let that happen again."
Alexis Thompson of Coral Springs, Fla., last year's champion, moved into a tie for ninth place after a second-round 71. She was in a tie for 12th place after the opening round.
"If I just get my putter working better I will be good. It is still not good, but it is better," said Thompson, winner of the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior. "My summer has gone really great so far but I am really motivated to win golf tournaments and I hope to play well the next two days."
Begun in 1976, The Junior PGA Championship has traditionally produced unforgettable golf performances and brings together the best junior golfers from around the country to compete for the Jack Nicklaus Trophy in the boys' division and the Patty Berg Trophy in the girls' division.
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33rd Junior PGA Championship
TPC River's Bend
Maineville, Ohio
Second Round Scores
BOYS' DIVISION
T1 Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas, 2011, 70-64--134
T1 T.J. Vogel, Miami, Fla., 2009, 66-68--134
T1 Anthony Paolucci, Dallas, Texas, 2011, 68-66--134
4 Luke Guthrie, Quincy, Ill., 2008, 70-66--136
5 Tyler McCumber, Ponte Vedra, Fla., 2009, 68-69--137
T6 Bobby Wyatt, Mobile, Ala., 2010, 71-67--138
T6 Mark Joye, Columbia, S.C., 2009, 69-69--138
T8 Robert Bell, Pierz, Minn., 2008, 70-70--140
T8 Gaston DeLaTorre, Brush Prairie, Wash., 2008, 69-71--140
10 Clarke Fry, Manhattan, Kan., 2008, 67-74--141
T11 Joe David, Madison, Tenn., 2008, 71-71--142
T11 Jeffrey Kang, Fullerton, Calif., 2010, 70-72--142
T11 Dominic Bozzelli, Pittsford, N.Y. 2009, 71-71--142
T14 John Popeck, Washington, Penn. 2008, 72-71--143
T14 Richard Werenski, South Hadley, Mass. 2010, 70-73--143
T16 Ji Soo Park, Centerville, Va. 2011, 71-73--144
T16 Kevin Miller, Dover, Ohio 2009, 69-75--144
T16 Andrew Yun, Tacoma, Wash. 2009, 73-71--144
T19 Cody Martin, Union, Ky. 2009, 68-77--145
T19 Austin Gutgsell, Mandeville, La. 2008, 76-69--145
T19 Ernesto Marin, Miami, Fla. 2009, 75-70--145
T19 Sean Luke, Desoto, Texas 2009, 72-73--145
T23 Anthony Aicher, Wausau, Wis., 2009, 77-69--146
T23 Kyle English, Bloomington, Ill., 2009, 75-71--146
T25 Rahul Bakshi, INDIA, 2009, 74-73--147
T25 Tanner Kesterson, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 2011, 72-75--147
T25 Zhong Yang Fu, CHINA, 2010, 76-71--147
T25 David Fink, Kailua, Hawaii, 2009, 75-72--147
T25 Stephen Archibald, St. George, Utah, 2008, 69-78--147
T25 Cameron Freeman, Ft. Collins, Colo., 2009, 74-73--147
T31 Brad Gehl, Carmel, Ind., 2009, 76-72--148
T31 Max Hosking, Madison, Wis., 2008, 77-71--148
T31 Drew Czuchry, Auburn, Ga., 2010, 70-78--148
T31 Branden Chicorka, Enfield, Conn., 2009, 75-73--148
T31 E.J. McFarland, Pittsburgh, Penn., 2009, 76-72--148
T36 Casey Fernandez, McAlester, Okla., 2011, 76-73--149
T36 Blake Brown, Scottsdale, Ariz., 2008, 75-74--149
T36 Cole Childs, Holliston, Mass., 2010, 74-75--149
T36 Ross Frankenberg, Barrington, Ill., 2009, 76-73--149
T36 Robert Greenleaf, Makawao, Hawaii, 2010, 75-74--149
T41 Matthew Porter, Cortland, N.Y., 2009, 78-72--150
T41 Dorian Vauls, Clayton, Ohio, 2008, 75-75--150
T43 Larry Iverson III, Billings, Mont., 2009, 76-75--151
T43 Trey Kaahanui, Tempe, Ariz., 2012, 74-77--151
T43 Leif Jacobsen, Milton, Mass., 2008, 78-73--151
T43 Andrew Gain, AUSTRALIA, 2009, 74-77--151
T47 Andrew Dorn, West Chester, Ohio, 2011, 76-76--152
T47 Cameron Beal, Bowling Green, Ky., 2011, 76-76--152
T47 Parker Hewit, Westfield Center, Ohio, 2008, 75-77--152
T47 Nathan Hughes, Bartlesville, Okla., 2009, 80-72--152
T47 Alika Bell, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 2010, 71-81--152
T47 Peter Eiler, Holland, Penn., 2010, 78-74--152
T53 Christopher Ferraro, Hurlley, N.Y., 2008, 72-81--153
T53 Ryan Zech, Kearney, Mont., 2011, 78-75--153
55 Craig Osterbrock, Wilmington, Ohio, 2009, 79-75--154
T56 Nicholas Kelley, Moreno Valley, Calif., 2008, 79-76--155
T56 Carlos Miguel Briones, San Lorenzo, Calif., 2012, 80-75--155
T56 Kevin Bell, St. Louis, Mo., 2010, 79-76--155
T56 Peter Creighton, Kenmore, N.Y., 2008, 83-72--155
T56 Drew Imel, Bluffton, Ind., 2009, 79-76--155
T61 Nick Brothers, Inverness, Fla., 2009, 80-76--156
T61 Adrian Contreras, El Paso, Texas, 2011, 77-79--156
T61 Sheldon Keith Early, Jr., Greer, S.C., 2008, 80-76--156
T64 Austin Zimmerman, Lincoln, Neb., 2008, 75-82--157
T64 Jeffrey Miller, Centralia, Ill., 2009, 82-75--157
T66 Connor Steele, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2010, 80-78--158
T66 Blake English, Charlotte, Mich., 2009, 81-77--158
T68 Conner Pratt, Birmingham, Ala., 2010, 85-74--159
T68 Lorne Boutte, Richton Park, Ill., 2008, 81-78--159
T70 Tyler Dattmore, East Syracuse, N.Y., 2009, 83-77--160
T70 Brandt Munden, Mesa, Ariz., 2008, 81-79--160
72 Brian Hughes, Fairfield, Conn., 2009, 77-85--162
73 Miguel Macias, Santa Fe, N.M., 2010, 84-79--163
74 Richard Sung, Closter, N.J., 2009, 83-84--167
75 Luke Conrad, Valley, Neb., 2009, 88-85--173
T76 Stevie Johnson, San Rafael, Calif., 2010, 87-90--177
T76 Preston Hardin, Leander, Texas, 2009, 86-91--177
GIRLS' DIVISION
1 Danielle Frasier, Encinitas, Calif., 2010, 68-72--140
T2 Karen Chung, Livingston, N.J., 2013, 70-71--141
T2 Sarah Brown, Phillipsburg, N.J., 2010, 70-71--141
T2 Erynne Lee, Silverdale, Wash., 2011, 70-71--141
5 Kelly Shon, Port Washington, N.Y., 2010, 74-69--143
T6 Alexandria Buelow, Palm City, Fla., 2009, 73-71--144
T6 Katie Sylvan, San Diego, Calif., 2009, 69-75--144
T6 Simin Feng, CHINA, 2013, 71-73--144
T9 Rachel Morris, Carlsbad, Calif., 2010, 75-70--145
T9 Alexis Thompson, Coral Springs, Fla., 2013, 74-71--145
T9 Samantha Swinehart, Lancaster, Ohio, 2010, 74-71--145
T9 Cassy Isagawa, Wailuku, Hawaii, 2011, 76-69--145
T13 Amy Anderson, Oxbow, N.D., 2009, 75-71--146
T13 Kristina Merkle, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009, 73-73--146
T15 Sadena Parks, Puyallup, Wash., 2008, 73-75--148
T15 Jaye Marie Green, Boca Raton, Fla., 2011, 75-73--148
T17 Amelia Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla., 2009, 75-74--149
T17 Kyle Roig, PUERTO RICO, 2011, 76-73--149
T19 Brooke Beeler, Butler, Ill., 2008, 81-69--150
T19 Lindsay Danielson, Osceola, Wis., 2009, 74-76--150
T19 Cassandra Blaney, Davenport, Fla., 2008, 74-76--150
T19 Amy Ruengmateekhun, Garland, Texas, 2010, 75-75--150
T23 Madison Pressel, Boca Raton, Fla., 2009, 76-75--151
T23 Alexia Heist, El Paso, Texas, 2012 79-72--151
T23 Michelle Shin, Cape Coral, Fla., 2009, 73-78--151
T26 Hannah Collier, Birmingham, Ala., 2010, 76-76--152
T26 Catherine Dolan, Ballwin, Mo., 2008, 76-76--152
T26 Abbie Horan, Antioch, Ill., 2010, 75-77--152
T29 Karisa Akin, Elizabethtown, Ky., 2008, 79-74--153
T29 Aurora Kan, Boothwyn, Penn., 2011, 76-77--153
T29 Anna Christenson, Oro Valley, Ariz., 2008, 76-77--153
T29 Melanie Audette, Lakeland, Fla., 2008, 81-72--153
T33 Lauren Kim, Los Altos, Calif., 2012 80-74--154
T33 Emma Talley, Princeton, Ky., 2012 79-75--154
T35 Stani Schiavone, Bangor, Penn., 2011, 77-78--155
T35 Lily Bartell, Cave Creek, Ariz., 2012 80-75--155
T35 Kendall Wright, Suwanee, Ga., 2009, 78-77--155
T38 Kaitlyn Rohrback, Crofton, Md., 2010, 79-77--156
T38 Anna Martin, Piedmont, S.C., 2009, 77-79--156
T38 Rachel Rohanna, Waynesburg, Penn., 2009, 72-84--156
T38 Heather Lott, Baton Rouge, La., 2009, 75-81--156
T42 Audrey Yowell, McPherson, Kan., 2009, 78-79--157
T42 Ariel Witmer, North Lima, Ohio, 2009, 82-75--157
T42 Rachel Powers, Quincy, Ill., 2010, 81-76--157
T45 Simone Hoey, Rancho Cucanaga, Calif., 2008, 78-80--158
T45 Betsie Johnson, Nicholasville, Ky., 2009, 80-78--158
T47 Brittany Altomare, Shrewsbury, Mass., 2009, 79-80--159
T47 Shelby Phillips, Gilbert, Ariz., 2011, 80-79--159
T49 Alyssa Elliott, Madison, Wis., 2009, 77-83--160
T49 Ali Nelson, Moorhead, Minn., 2008, 81-79--160
T51 Kayla Williams, Plantation, Fla., 2009, 80-81--161
T51 Erin Sharpee, Green Bay, Wis., 2009, 82-79--161
T51 Paige Spiranac, Monument, Colo., 2011, 84-77--161
T54 Sarah Beth Davis, Victoria, Texas, 2009, 85-77--162
T54 Kaitlin Higginbotham, Norman, Okla., 2008, 80-82--162
T54 Elise Bradley, Mandeville, La., 2012 84-78--162
T54 Beth Wagner, Ankeny, Iowa, 2011, 81-81--162
T54 Alli Weaver, Lititz, Penn., 2009, 77-85--162
T59 Shannon Warner, Livonia, Mich., 2008, 82-81--163
T59 Kristen Garabedian, Wells, Vt., 2010, 85-78--163
T59 Alexandra Lake, Madison, Wis., 2009, 82-81--163
T59 Olivia Weber, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 2009, 85-78--163
63 Meryl Weaver, Canton, Ohio, 2008, 82-82--164
64 Elizabeth Monty, N. Granby, Conn., 2008, 82-83--165
T65 Maria Battaglia, Uniontown, Penn., 2008, 85-81--166
T65 Morgan Ransom, Blacklick, Ohio, 2012 83-83--166
T67 Gianna Misenhelter, Overland Park, Kan., 2010, 84-83--167
T67 Tracy Martin, Tyngsboro, Mass., 2009, 85-82--167
T67 Ariana Gaeta, Utica, N.Y., 2009, 83-84--167
T70 Megan Weaver, Canton, Ohio, 2008, 85-83--168
T70 Brooke Vanskaik, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011, 85-83--168
72 Sophie Hayashi, Carmel, Ind., 2010, 87-82--169
73 Jessica Schall, Lake Mary, Fla., 2010, 89-81--170
74 Sarah Tranelli, Penfield, N.Y., 2009, 85-86--171
75 Mary Larsh, Edmond, Okla., 2009, 87-88--175
76 Macy Raimo, Albany, N.Y., 2010, 87-90--177
77 Jennifer Loiacano, Jonesboro, Ark., 2009, 96-87--183
78 Mikayla Williamson, Laketown, Utah, 2008, 108-103--211
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The PGA of America
Aug. 14, 2008
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