Headline: Rain Is No Match For Day 4 of MGA Junior Amateur Qualifying Held at the Country Club of Billerica

For Immediate Release: July 5, 2016

CC of Billerica hosted an MGA Junior Amateur qualifier on July 5.

Billerica, MA — With the field for the 2016 MGA Junior Amateur Championship continuing to take shape, eyes were turned to the Country Club of Billerica on Tuesday where the next round of 31 golfers competed for one of the 19 qualifying spots for the Championship Proper, scheduled for August 1-3 at Kernwood Country Club.

Despite a light rain that lasted for the first half of the morning, Thomas Graham (Sassamon Trace GC)notched two birdies and an eagle on three of the first four holes while making par on an additional 13 holes en route to his field leading 2-under par 67 mark. Graham shot a 1-under par 4 on the 485-yard opening hole and followed up with an even par on the 172-yard second hole. He then recorded back-to-back three spots on the par 4 384-yard third holes and the 480-yard fourth hole to go to 4-under through four.

He carried that score to the turn where he made par on all but two holes to finish at 2-under par 67. His score is the best mark among all competitors through the first five MGA Junior Amateur qualifying events to date.

Behind Graham on the leaderboard were Alec Brunelle (Bradford CC) and Samuel Caron (Ferncroft CC), who finished second and third. Brunelle shot one stroke over par, a 1-over 70, after recording four birdies through the round of 18, while Caron balanced four bogies with two birdies and 12 pars to finished third.

Other scores who made the cut from Billerica on Tuesday ranged from 4-over par 73 to 10-over par 79 for the 19 total players who qualified.

In additional two players were named alternates and will be placed on a priority list per the Alternate Policy that can be found on the MGA Policies & Procedures page.

The final MGA Junior Amateur Qualifier will be held July 7 at Sassamon Trace GC.

Entries are open to amateur golfers from an MGA Member Club or full-time Massachusetts residents who have reached their 14th birthday and will not reach their 18th birthday by midnight August 3, 2016.