Junior Tour – Summer Series V – Poppy Ridge
The final NCGA Junior Tour tournament of the summer was conducted August 24-25 at Poppy Ridge Golf Club. Due to school opening early, the field was very small, but there was some excellent play.
In the Girls Championship Flight, Casie Cathrea won her second consecutive Junior Tour tournament and fifth of the season. She followed up a first round 71 with a wonderful 69 in round two for a nine-shot victory over NCGA Junior Champion Samantha Moyal. Key to her rounds were three eagle threes over the two days. She eagled the 9th hole of the Chardonnay course in the first round and eagled the 8th hole on the Zinfandel course both days including a holed bunker shot in the final round.
Moyal had a battled Cathrea in the first round except for a 7 and a 9 on the two holes Cathrea eagled to shoot 78. In the second round was much more consistent as she shot 71 with three birdies against two bogies. Since winning the NCGA Junior Tour at Metropolitan Golf Links in late July, Moyal has won the NCGA Junior Championship and JGANC’s Fairfield Junior Championhip.
Carly Childs came back from an 80 in the first round with a 70 in round two to finish just one shot behind her high-school teammate Moyal. Childs finished second two weeks ago at the NCGA Junior Tour at Poplar Creek Golf Club.
Childs, Moyal and Cathrea
Girls Championship Flight Results
In the Girls First Flight, Amanjoty Sangha shot back-to-back 77s to win her second straight Junior Tour tournament. Maria Davis who won at Poppy Ridge last month finished three shots back, while Kelsey Kong took third.
Kong, Davis, Sangha
Jaskaran Sihota won his first NCGA Junior Tour tournament with scores of 71-73 for an even par 144. Sihota finished with two birdies to defeat Jason Kuo by three strokes. Kuo came back from an opening 76 with a 71 on day 2, including an eagle on the 507 yard par 5 17th hole. Only a double-bogey on the final hole kept Eliot Busichio from taking second as he finished one shot behind Kuo. His two 74s were good for third place.
Busichio, Kuo, Sihota
The Boys First Flight was won by Matthew Stanners who followed an even-par 72 with an 80 to win by four strokes. Bryce Yoshimoto came back from an 85 with a 71 to take second while Amay Poria finished three behind Yoshimoto for third.
Poria, Yoshimoto, Stanners
The Boys Net was won by Colton King, with Jason Pan finishing second and Jack Atwater third. The Girls Net was won by Brittany O’Bryant, with Taylor Bickell second and Belinda Hu third.
Jason Pan, not pictured, King and Atwater
Brittany O'Bryant, not pictured, Bickell and Hu