SARASOTA, Fla. -- After a five hour and 35-minute rain delay at the Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, Michael Chen of Bradenton, Fla., won the AJGA Sarasota Junior in a one-hole playoff over Chenxiao Duan also of Bradenton, Fla. In the Girls Division, Linda Luo of Lakewood Ranch, Fla., prevailed in a six-hole playoff.

The AJGA Sarasota Junior was a 54-hole tournament conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at the Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club. The event featured 63 boys and 21 girls, ages 12-18, from 11 states, China, Argentina, Paraguay, Columbia, Chile, Brazil, South Africa and the Philippines. The Boys Division played the par-72 course at 7,009 yards while the Girls Division played the course at 6,050 yards.

Chen and Duan tied after 54-holes with scores of 5-under-par 211. To earn the win in the playoff Chen carded a par to earn his first ever AJGA victory, one he says will take him to another level.

"I've been struggling and finally I have a chance to prove myself," said Chen. "It's the next step, it means a lot to me."

Robert De Biase of North Miami, Fla., finished third with a three-round total of 4-under-par 212. In fourth was Zach Hartman of St. Simons Island, Ga., who finished the tournament with a 3-under-par 216. Rounding out the top five in the Boys Division was Shugo Imahira of Bradenton, Fla., who finished with a 2-under-par 214.

In the Girls Division, a three-way tie in the clubhouse forced a playoff between Luo, Texira Abe of Angleton, Texas, and Clara Teixeira of Rio De Janiero, Brazil, who all carded scores of 2-over-par 218.

On the first playoff hole, Teixeira was eliminated after making a bogey. Luo and Abe matched pars for the next four holes, battling themselves and sunlight. On the sixth and final hole of the playoff, Luo made a birdie to clinch her first AJGA victory as the sun set on a long awaited finish.

"I was tired," said Luo. "But I trusted my game and I made it through to get the win."

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SARASOTA, Fla. -- Final results from the AJGA Sarasota Junior conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at The Ritz-Carlton

Members Golf Club. Par: Boys: 36-36—72; Girls: 36-36—72. Yardage: Boys: 7,009; Girls: 6,050. Rating/Slope: Boys: 73.6/128; Girls: 75/132.

BOYS DIVISION
* Michael Chen, Bradenton, Fla. 73-67-71—211
Chenxiao Duan, Bradenton, Fla. 67-76-68—211
Robert De Biase, North Miami, Fla. 71-72-69—212
Zach Hartman, St. Simons Island, Ga. 72-68-73—213
Shugo Imahira, Bradenton, Fla. 70-71-73—214
Sepp Straka, Valdosta, Ga. 67-76-72—215
Jeffrey Meltzer, Bradenton, Fla. 72-73-70—215
Jose Vega, Miami, Fla. 73-73-70—216
Maxime Blandin, North Palm Beach, Fla. 71-76-69—216
Cristobal Del Solar, Viña del Mar, --, Chile 70-76-71—217
Bailey Patrick, Jr, Charlotte, N.C. 75-71-71—217
Cole Horowitz, Dallas, Texas 75-73-71—219
Santiago Gómez, Armenia, --, Colombia 74-72-73—219
Nicholas Torrance, East Lyme, Conn. 71-73-75—219
Alex Slaton, Gainesville, Fla. 72-75-72—219
Davis Schaller, Celebration, Fla. 75-73-72—220
Will Davenport, Palm City, Fla. 73-73-74—220
Tanapol Vattanapisit, Bradenton, Fla. 72-77-72—221
Meechai Padungsiriseth, Bradenton, Fla. 78-72-71—221
Taylor Hancock, Clearwater, Fla. 78-76-68—222
Phillip North, Hilton Head, S.C. 73-75-74—222
Prem Samritpricha, Bradenton, Fla. 77-76-70—223
Peter Mathison, Jupiter, Fla. 74-73-76—223
Andrew Goodman, Palm City, Fla. 76-73-74—223
John Boehme, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. 79-75-69—223
Jack Maguire, St. Petersburg, Fla. 73-80-71—224
Guang Dian Huang, Cheng Du, China 75-75-74—224
Owen Curry, Longwood, Fla. 74-81-69—224
Oliver Vaidis, Bradenton, Fla. 76-74-74—224
Ryan Stovash, Orlando, Fla. 75-80-69—224
Jordan Miller, Bradenton, Fla. 78-72-74—224
Danny Walker, Bradenton, Fla. 76-75-73—224
Jonathan Clark, Orchard Park, N.Y. 74-76-75—225
Tate Hoisington, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 74-76-75—225
Matthew Rushton, Cape Town South Africa, S.C., Panama 81-74-70—225
Chris Wiatr, Woodbury, Conn. 76-71-79—226
Byoung Jun Chung, Rosario, Sante Fe, --, Argentina 72-78-76—226
Nick Celestino, Sarasota, Fla. 75-78-74—227
Matthew Taylor, Naples, Fla. 79-75-75—229
Marcus Plunkett, St. Augustine, Fla. 74-75-80—229
Ryan Jahn, Jupiter, Fla. 78-78-74—230
Eric Muslawski, Sarasota, Fla. 78-77-75—230
Anibal Kim, Asuncion, --, Paraguay 77-80-73—230
David Sullivan, Woodstock, Ga. 82-73-75—230
Jeff Wattles, Tequesta, Fla. 79-79-72—230
Ian Facey, Miami, Fla. 81-75-75—231
Andrew Mitchell, Benton, Ill. 78-77-76—231
Mitchell Thomas, Farragut, Tenn. 81-76-75—232
Connor Lynch, Bradenton, Fla. 76-79-77—232
Hayden Jones, Orlando, Fla. 81-80-73—234
Peter Sterner, Sarasota, Fla. 80-73-81—234
Wade Chen, Orlando, Fla. 75-81-80—236
Winburne Hughes, Memphis, Tenn. 83-77-77—237
Phillip Rosengarden, Irving, Texas 81-75-81—237
Joey deStefano, Sarasota, Fla. 81-81-75—237
Luke Edelman, Mahwah, N.J. 79-80-81—240
Hayden Burnett, Odessa, Texas 81-77-83—24
Will Laverack, New Canaan, Conn. 84-78-80—242
Jae Sung Hur, Bluffton, S.C. 86-89-80—255
Wes Strang, Bethesda, Md. JWD
Perry Johnson, Lake Forest, Ill. 84-80 QWD
Nicholas Maruri, Mexico City, Mexico 75-73 QWD
Zach Botts, Jonesborough, Tenn. 71-71 QWD

GIRLS DIVISION
* Linda Luo, Lakewood Ranch, Fla. 68-74-76—218
Tezira Abe, Angleton, Texas 71-77-70—218
Clara Teixeira, Rio De Janiero, --, Brazil 70-74-74—218
Hally Leadbetter, Bradenton, Fla. 72-74-73—219
Kristine Odaiyar, Ocala, Fla. 75-70-74—219
Kristin Swindell, Bradenton, Fla. 75-74-72—221
Ashlan Ramsey, Bradenton, Fla. 69-73-79—221
Gemma Dryburgh, Bradenton, Fla. 75-74-74—223
Irina Paulin Gabasa, Cebu, Philippines 78-72-74—224
Chelsea Pezzola, Bradenton, Fla. 77-76-72—225
Pei-Chun Chen, Bradenton, Fla. 79-76-71—226
Natalia Forero, Cali, Colombia 76-75-75—226
Madison Opfer, Plant City, Fla. 73-81-74—228
Vivian Hsuan Chen, Bradenton, Fla. 76-75-78—229
Ailin Li, Windermere, Fla. 78-81-72—231
Taylor Ramsey, Bradenton, Fla. 77-78-76—231
Audrey Monssoh, Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. 79-77-75—231
Yingzhou Yun, Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. 80-79-74—233
Sarah Brown, Severna Park, Md. 80-76-78—234
Olivia Lynch, Naples, Fla. 81-80-83—244
Maggie Chio, Bradenton, Fla. 80-87-81—248

* Won Sudden-Death Playoff
** JWD=Justified WD
** QWD=Questionable WD