DANBURY, Conn. -- Zachary Herr, 14, of New Hope, Pa., came out on top after winning the second hole of the sudden-death playoff at the AJGA Northeast Open to win his first AJGA title with a three-round total of 4-under-par 212. Bonnie Hu of Fremont, Calif., finished strong after carding five birdies in the final round to finish 2-under-par 70 to take the trophy in the Girls Division.

Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the AJGA Northeast Open was a 54-hole stroke play event held at Richter Park Golf Course in Danbury, Conn. The field featured 75 boys and 24 girls, ages 12-18, from 17 states, Canada, Columbia and South Korea. The par-72 course was played at 6,607 yards for the Boys Division and 5,994 yards for the Girls Division.

Herr started out strong in the final round making a birdie on his first hole of the day, he then continued to card birdies on Nos. 7, 10, 12 and 18 to finish in a tie at 1-over-par 73.

On his final hole, Herr found himself in a familiar place after he hit a 178 yard approach shot to about two feet on No. 18. Herr tapped in for an easy birdie which forced a two-hole playoff against his best golfing friend, Geoff Vartelas of Cromwell, Conn. Last week Herr was tied after the final round at the CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner Junior but lost on the first playoff hole. This week was a different story. On the second playoff hole Herr used his 9-iron on the 162 yard par-3 No. 17 and then dropped a 15-foot putt to win his first AJGA event.

"After losing the playoff hole last week, I knew I needed to work on my irons this week and to become more cautious," Herr said.

Herr plans to compete in two more AJGA events at Kingsmill and The Greenbriar to conclude the summer before he begins his freshman year of high school.

Sam Bernstein of Riverdale, N.Y. and Ryan McCormick of Middletown, N.J., finished third at 2-under-par 214. Rounding out the top five in the Boys Division are Jeff Wibawa of Encino, Calif., and Sean Gaudette of South Hadley, Mass., at 1-under-par 215.

Hu, who won the UnderArmour/Hunter Mahan Championship in April, extended her lead from the first two rounds to take home the honors by 11 strokes in the Girls Division. Hu birdied the 140 yard par-3 No. 17 all three rounds, in the final round she added birdies on Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 10.

"Today I got lucky on No. 17, I made a putt from 30 feet for birdie," Hu said. "On No. 8 I hit my approach shot to eight feet for birdie, and then on Nos. 1 and 2 I stuck my approach shots to two feet."

In sole possession of second is Suzie Lee of East Northport, N.Y. at 9-over-par 225. Finishing in a three way tie for third are Harin Lee of Bayside, N.Y., Daniela Lendl of Bradenton, Fla., and Heather Proctor of Silver Springs, Fla., at 13-over-par 229.

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 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 50 states and more than 30 foreign countries.

Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner.

AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 200 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 350 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.

For more information about the AJGA Northeast Open please contact AJGA National Headquarters at (770) 868-4200.

DANBURY, Conn. -- Final results from the AJGA Northeast Open conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Richter Park Golf Course.

Par: Boys: 36-36—72; Girls: 36-36—72.
Yardage: Boys: 6,607; Girls: 5,994.
Rating/Slope: Boys: 72.8/131; Girls: 75.3/133.

BOYS DIVISION
* Zachary Herr, New Hope, Pa. 69-70-73—212
Geoff Vartelas, Cromwell, Conn. 72-68-72—212
Sam Bernstein, Riverdale, N.Y. 76-69-69—214
Ryan McCormick, Middletown, N.J. 77-71-66—214
Jeff Wibawa, Encino, Calif. 71-72-72—215
Sean Gaudette, South Hadley, Mass. 70-73-72—215
Michael Miller, Brewster, N.Y. 73-68-76—217
Bradley Kushner, Mendham, N.J. 77-67-76—220
Greg Jarmas, Wynnewood, Pa. 76-70-74—220
Charlie Von Arentschildt, Scottsdale, Ariz. 75-73-73—221
Jonathan Renza, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. 76-70-75—221
Andrew Lane, Fairport, N.Y. 72-74-75—221
Brendan Lemp, West Hartford, Conn. 69-76-77—222
Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla. 70-78-74—222
John Gullberg, Franksville, Wis. 75-76-71—222
Blake Morris, Waterbury, Conn. 73-77-72—222
Tucker Koch, Malvern, Pa. 79-73-70—222
Ben Cooley, Rydal, Pa. 73-71-79—223
Branden Chicorka, Enfield, Conn. 72-74-77—223
Joshua Briere, Newport, Vt 75-73-75—223
Brandon Dalinka, Newtown, Pa. 76-74-73—223
Tyler Wingo, Fairfax, Va. 76-74-74—224
Alexander Hicks, Cape May Court House, N.J. 75-70-80—225
Joe Toland, White River Junction, Vt. 75-72-78—225
Chris Houston, Gilford, N.H. 77-72-76—225
Nicholas Pandelena, Atkinson, N.H. 80-72-73—225
Benton Kircher, Pittsford, N.Y. 73-73-80—226
Luke Edelman, Mahwah, N.J. 77-72-77—226
Shane Stewart, Dublin, Ohio 73-77-76—226
Andrew Kim, Lake Mary, Fla. 75-76-75—226
Westen Koorbusch, Darien, Conn. 76-76-74—226
David Pastore, Greenwich, Conn. 76-76-74—226
Derrick Kim, Congers, N.Y. 79-72-76—227
Christian Dolan, Islip, N.Y. 74-78-76—228
Michael Troy, Stamford, Conn. 74-79-75—228
Anthony Alex, Wayne, N.J. 81-72-75—228
Chris Wiatr, Woodbury, Conn. 73-73-83—229
Edward McCrossen, Ambler, Pa. 77-75-77—229
Gene Yang, Piscataway, N.J. 76-76-77—229
Adam Larkin, North Bellmore, N.Y. 75-75-80—230
John Dawson, Chesapeake, Va. 78-72-80—230
Andrew McGill, Needham, Mass. 76-76-78—230
James Sullivan, Houston, Texas 81-73-76—230
Patrick Cansfield, Port Huron, Mich. 79-79-72—230
Dylan Murray, Westport, Conn. 80-75-76—231
Brad Cadigan, South Weymouth, Mass. 76-81-74—231
Daniel Costenbader, Palmerton, Pa. 78-72-82—232
Hyung Mo Kim, Norwood, N.J. 78-77-78—233
Andrew DeForest, Cottekill, N.Y. 84-77-72—233
Robert Gelber, Scarsdale, N.Y. 80-80-73—233
John Brennan, East Longmeadow, Mass. 75-80-79—234
Paolo Addona, Montreal, Quebec 78-83-73—234
Patrick Ross, Dunmore, Pa. 83-75-77—235
John Gordy, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 82-78-76—236
Patrick Leisure, Charlottesville, Va. 79-77-81—237
Xander McDonald-Smith, Rockaway Park, N.Y. 84-74-79—237
Jesse Zorfas, Newton, Mass. 76-83-78—237
Dillon Corbo, Montville, N.J. 82-75-81—238
Michael Lai, Redlands, Calif. 83-76-79—238
Schuyler Stitzer, Greenwich, Conn. 76-86-76—238
Eric Hallberg, Castle Rock, Colo. 80-82-76—238
Joshua Feinberg, Hudson, Mass. 77-82-79—238
Samuel Brourman, Pittsburgh, Pa. 80-84-75—239
Kenny Chong, Bradenton, Fla. 78-85-77—240
Robert Gibbons, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. 79-79-83—241
Andrew Park, Seoul, South Korea 85-80-77—242
Alexandre Belmont, Manhattan, NY 79-84-79—242
Keith Schuman, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 82-78-87—247
Kyohei Itamura, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. 88-75-84—247
Michael DiTursi, Rye, N.Y. 85-81-83—249
Paul Toohey, Yonkers, N.Y. 88-80-81—249
Andrew McCracken, Virginia Beach, Va. 78-87-86—251
Brandon Medeiros, Pembroke, Mass. 86-82 JWD
Matt Campbell, York, Maine 77 JWD
William Prince, New Canaan, Conn. 89-78 DQ - Rule 6-3a (NS)

GIRLS DIVISION
Bonnie Hu, Fremont, Calif. 74-70-70—214
Suzie Lee, E. Northport, N.Y. 79-77-69—225
Harin Lee, Bayside, N.Y. 78-73-78—229
Daniela Lendl, Bradenton, Fla. 75-79-75—229
Heather Proctor, Silver Spring, Fla. 79-79-71—229
Bailey Cocca, Latham, N.Y. 82-75-74—231
Daniela Ordonez, Bogota, Colombia 79-78-75—232
Vivian Hsuan Chen, Bradenton, Fla. 78-79-79—236
Crystal Lee, Mahwah, N.J. 77-77-83—237
Jane Dong, Fremont, Calif. 78-80-80—238
Ankita Tiwana, Wesley Chapel, Fla. 83-79-79—241
Alice Choi, Whitestone, N.Y. 87-76-78—241
Linda Brown, San Leandro, Calif. 83-80-78—241
Erica Herr, New Hope, Pa. 87-79-76—242
Esther Park, Closter, N.J. 80-80-83—243
Kristina Shalhoup, South Easton, Mass. 83-83-78—244
Isabel Southard, Sharon, Mass. 82-79-84—245
Ellen Ceresko, Jefferson Twp., Pa. 77-87-82—246
Mia Landegren, Bridgewater, Conn. 87-82-78—247
Katie Partridge, Bloomfield, Conn. 81-85-82—248
Michelle Rosenhouse, Dix Hills, N.Y. 80-86-87—253
Emily Wickstrom, Austin, Texas 85-85-83—253
Mariel Curran, St. James, N.Y. 86-94-75—255
Stephanie Frankian, Watertown, Mass. 84-86 JWD

* Won Sudden-Death Playoff
** NS=No Show
** JWD=Justified WD