Global Golf Post - July 25, 2011

Zachary Bauchou, of Forest, Va., earned his first AJGA win following a record-setting, eight-hole playoff at the Cleveland HealthCare Foundation Junior. Giovana Maymon, of Huixquilucan, Mexico, finished at 7-under-par 209 to win the girls title at Deer Brook Golf Club in Shelby, N.C.

Chad Cox, of Charlotte, N.C., and Bauchou finished the final round tied at 8 under. Bauchou edged Cox with a tournament-clinching par on the eighth playoff hole, which set an AJGA Boys Division record for longest playoff. The previous record was seven holes in 1999.

After a second-place finish at the Puerto Rico Junior Open in January, Maymon gained the experience she needed to earn her first AJGA victory. Victoria Allred, of Pfafftown, N.C., finished second at 4-under par, while Kailey Walsh, of Boca Raton, Fla., finished third at 3 under.

CELANO, PATRICK HEAT UP IN FLORIDA

Ryan Celano, of Naples, Fla., fired a final-round 69 to finish at 8-under-par 208 and win the Under Armour/Steve Marino Junior All-Star Championship. Katharine Patrick, of West University Place, Tex., finished at 3-under par to win the girls title.

Birdies on two of his last three holes at the Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club in Sarasota, Fla., lifted Celano to a two-shot victory over David Snyder, of McAllen, Tex.

Patrick led wire to wire for her first AJGA victory. Jamie Freedman, of Miami, finished second at even par, while Isabella Skinner, of Cumming, Ga., finished third at 4-over par.

RODRIGUEZ, MARKS ON TARGET

Nick Rodriguez, of Shrewsbury, Mass., won the Deutsche Bank Partners for Charity Junior Shoot Out with a 5-over-par 212, while Samantha Marks, of Maitland, Fla., went wire to wire to take the crown in the girls division at 16-over par.

Rodriguez erased a six-shot deficit by carding a final-round 68 at Plymouth Country Club in Massachusetts, which helped him notch a two-shot victory over Samuel Kim, of Irvine, Calif., and Ben Balter, of Wayland, Mass.

Marks, who has verbally committed to UNC-Chapel Hill, notched her first AJGA victory by edging Alexandra Hershberger ( 20 over), of Basking Ridge, N.J., by four.

The American Junior Golf Association
honors juniors at each event with the
BridGeSTone PoLe PoSi Tion
award, given to first round leaders.
See how they raced to the finish at ajga.org.

AJGA Huntsville Junior: Michael Pisciotta 35-33, Thanya Pattamakijsakul 33-35; Genesis Shootout presented by the Valero Texas open: Sierra Sims 33-35, Marijosse Navarro 34-34; Killington Junior Golf Championship: