PROVIDENCE FORGE, Va. -- On a course where players faced challenging terrain and strong winds, victory came down to the final putt as Bo Andrews, 18, of Raleigh, N.C., carded a final-round 80 for a tournament total 6-over-par 222 to hold on to his lead and win the Boys Division by one stroke Friday at the CNL Lifestyle Company Junior Championship. Annie Park, 13, of Levittown, N.Y., shot a 2-over-par 74 final round to top the Girls Division.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the CNL Lifestyle Company Junior Championship featured 99 players from 16 states and two foreign countries. The field consisted of 75 boys and 24 girls, ages 12-18. The Boys Division played The Tradition Golf Club at Royal New Kent as a par-72 at 6,983 yards while the Girls Division played the course at 6,058 yards.
Andrews, who missed the original application deadline for the tournament gained entry as an alternate, was determined to take full advantage of the opportunity.
“It’s weird how it happened, but I took the whole situation as motivation and told myself, let’s get in and just play,” Andrews said.
It was that same positive attitude that seemed to carry him through the final round.
“Today was a big struggle. The course was playing difficult,” Andrews said. “I shot six over [par] on the front side, but then I just told myself to play like I know how to because I am lucky to be out here. It’s not everyday you get to be in the final group.”
Rounding out the leaderboard, tied for second place at 7-over-par 223, was Robert Register of Burlington, N.C., Allan Day of Midlothian, Va., and Wilson Day of Raleigh, N.C. Brandon Squier of Advance, N.C., rounded out the top five at 9-over-par 225.
In the Girls Division, Park carded a final-round 74 – including birdies on Nos. 2 and 9 – and came from three shots back to win by two strokes.
“I thought I got fourth and then I looked up [at the scoreboard] and was like, wow I won the tournament.” Park said. “I tried to keep it steady but with all the wind, today was harder than the other days.”
Taking into account all of the factors that went into the day’s round, Park said this win was a brutal one.
“I feel amazing,” Park said.
Kelly Shon of Port Washington, N.Y., carded a 9-over-par 225 to finish in second place and Casey Ann Kennedy of Venice, Fla., carded a 10-over-par to round out the top three.
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The largest Association of its kind, the AJGA has an annual junior membership — boys and girls ages 12-18 — of more than 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 25 foreign countries.
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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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PROVIDENCE FORGE, Va. -- Final results from the CNL Lifestyle Company Junior Championship conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at The Tradition Golf Club at Royal New Kent. Par: Boys: 36-36—72; Girls: 36-36—72. Yardage: Boys: 6,983; Girls: 6,058. Rating/Slope: Boys: 75/144; Girls: 77/148.
BOYS DIVISION
Bo Andrews, Raleigh, N.C. 70-72-80—222
Robert Register, Burlington, N.C. 75-76-72—223
Allan Day, Midlothian, Va. 71-78-74—223
Wilson Day, Raleigh, N.C. 73-73-77—223
Brandon Squier, Advance, N.C. 74-77-74—225
Bryce Chalkley, Richmond, Va. 79-75-72—226
Tyler Wingo, Fairfax, Va. 75-75-76—226
Nicholas Austin, Midlothian, Va. 73-76-77—226
Daniel Walker, Earlysville, Va. 70-76-80—226
Rich Leeper, Chapel Hill , N.C. 73-75-80—228
Cyrus Stewart, Raleigh, N.C. 78-77-74—229
Brandon Wilhide, Richmond, Texas 75-78-76—229
Ben Warnquist, Rockville, Md. 76-77-76—229
Brad Mason, Dallas, Texas 76-83-71—230
Spencer Kushner, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. 75-79-76—230
Andrew Cho, Howey in The Hills, Fla. 75-77-78—230
Brandon Dalinka, Newtown, Pa. 75-76-79—230
Jack Wilkes, Roanoke, Va. 75-73-82—230
Matthew Sizemore, Richmond, Va. 74-79-78—231
Joshua Eure, Crofton, Md. 75-78-78—231
Jeremy Wells, Hopewell, Va. 72-78-81—231
Alex Edfort, Somerset, N.J. 77-80-75—232
Jay Woodward, Bridgeport, W.Va. 79-79-76—234
Jordan Pastor, Haymarket, Va. 81-75-78—234
Will Boyle, Wellesley, Mass. 78-77-79—234
Joseph Curley, Vienna, Va. 74-80-81—235
David Gosselin, Woburn, Mass. 74-78-83—235
Michael Birmingham, Ashburn, Va. 84-73-79—236
William Prince, New Canaan, Conn. 77-79-80—236
Royce Kim, Yorktown, Va. 80-77-79—236
Bryan Leddy, Basking Ridge, N.J. 80-83-74—237
Harrison Ashworth, Fuquay-Varina, N.C. 77-81-79—237
Brandon Jobe, Fayetteville, N.C. 80-77-80—237
Benjamin Murray, Bradenton, Fla. 78-77-82—237
Reeves Zaytoun, Raleigh, N.C. 82-80-76—238
Alexander Gylfason, Virginia Beach, Va. 81-79-78—238
Alex Hoffman, Myersville, Md. 77-84-78—239
Alexander Kormanec, Vienna, Va. 78-81-80—239
Patrick Gould, Houston, Texas 78-80-81—239
Tory Henderson, Little River, S.C. 83-83-74—240
Brian Hollins, Rockville, Md. 76-85-79—240
Carl Brendes, Ashburn, Va. 84-75-81—240
Wes Strang, Bethesda, Md. 83-80-78—241
Eric Park, Chapel Hill, N.C. 79-82-80—241
Justin Blader, Eden Prairie, Minn. 80-80-81—241
Andrew Graham, Lagrangeville, N.Y. 81-82-79—242
Boomer Boyd, Wilmington, N.C. 81-81-81—243
Matthew Bassford, Front Royal, Va. 73-87-83—243
Victor Monte, Chantilly, Va. 73-82-88—243
Kyle Kegerreis, Chambersburg, Pa. 83-79-82—244
Samuel Packard, Pinehurst, N.C. 88-79-78—245
Garrett Fitzgerald, Arlington, Va. 79-86-80—245
Jonathan Miles, Wilmington, N.C. 82-82-82—246
Steven Brown, Northville, Mich. 81-82-83—246
David Sessions, Winston-Salem, N.C. 81-87-79—247
Ryan Yarbrough, Wilson, N.C. 83-84-80—247
Brandon Wright, Raleigh, N.C. 78-86-83—247
Michael Kamargo, Bethesda, Md. 82-84-82—248
Suk Ho Kang, Flushing, N.Y. 81-87-81—249
Jonathan Hammond, Raleigh, N.C. 80-84-87—251
Justin Nguonly, Vienna, Va. 90-83-83—256
Samuel Hockfield, Gladwyne, Pa. 87-88-81—256
Sam Wallach, Randolph, N.J. 79-88-89—256
Bryan Barach, Niskayuna, N.Y. 86-84-88—258
Abdul Sihag, Bradenton, Fla. 81-87-90—258
Eric Steinberg, Somerset, N.J. 86-89-89—264
DJ Tozier, Clifton Park, N.Y. 94-85-86—265
Daniel Willis, Oakwood, Ohio 92-91-90—273
Sam Stewart, Reisterstown, Md. 79 JWD
John Torell, Bronxville, N.Y. 81 DQ (6-6b)
Ryan Simpson, Mechanicville, N.Y. 77 JWD
Forrest Wilson, Alexandria, Va. 82 JWD
Boomer Malanchuk, Arlington, Va. 82-85 JWD
Hyung Mo Kim, Norwood, N.J. 84-82 JWD
Ben Heisey, New Bern, N.C. 71-82 QWD
GIRLS DIVISION
Annie Park, Levittown, N.Y. 71-78-74—223
Kelly Shon, Port Washington, N.Y. 75-71-79—225
Casey Ann Kennedy, Venice, Fla. 72-74-80—226
Kyle Roig, Pembroke Pines, Fla. 75-78-74—227
Jennifer Kirby, Paris, Ontario, Canada 72-74-81—227
Banchalee Theinthong, Bangkok, , Thailand 79-73-78—230
Kaitlyn Rohrback, Crofton, Md. 76-79-85—240
Katie Kirk, Davidson, N.C. 78-83-81—242
Christina Vosters, Bethany Beach, Del. 83-81-79—243
Brigitte Baker, McLean, Va. 80-82-83—245
Alice Choi, Whitestone, N.Y. 89-77-80—246
Louise Yi, Cinnaminson, N.J. 86-75-88—249
Victoria Newbury, Williamsburg, Va. 85-89-78—252
Caroline Ellington, New Bern, N.C. 87-82-85—254
Jessica Uem, Cherry Hill, N.J. 87-80-88—255
Courtney Kordes, Natrona Heights, Pa. 84-87-86—257
Ryan Ashburn, Seminole, Fla. 88-83-87—258
Karishma Thiagaraj, Rockville, Md. 85-83-92—260
Janice Kim, Alexandria, Va. 88-86-87—261
Rachel Carpenter, Suffolk, Va. 81-91-95—267
Karli Heimbecker, Sanford, N.C. 92-88-98—278
Cressy Lee, Oakhill, Va. 94-96-98—288
Rebecca Berger, Princeton, N.J. 108-109-108—325
Kristina Block, San Clemente, Calif. JWD
** JWD=Justified WD
** QWD=Questionable WD
