News Release
For Immediate Release: August 18, 2003
Following two days of play at the Biddeford-Saco Country Club in Saco, Maine
- a classic, Donald Ross layout with multiple challenges and tricky greens
despite its short length - John Jamgochian of Connecticut was the only player
under par as he led his team to the New England Junior Championship title.
Jamgochian's final round of 71 was the low score of the day and, added to
his first two rounds of 70 and 70, put him at 2-under-par for the tournament.
Finishing in second place was the seven-player team from Massachusetts. Sam Chud continued his solid play by firing a three-round total of 71-75-74--220 to lead Team Massachusetts. Garrett Wentzell was consistent throughout the two-day event as he registered a final score of 74-74-74--222. The team from Connecticut earned 1108 points, while Massachusetts finished at 1124. The team from Connecticut earned 1108 points, while Massachusetts finished at 1124.
In third place, New Hampshire finished ahead of Maine, the defending champions, 1137 to 1143 while Rhode Island and Vermont rounded out the team competition with scores of 1168 and 1172 respectively.
The tournament, which was hosted by BSCC and Maine, is conducted annually as one of three championships of the New England Golf Association. Next year's junior championship will be hosted by New Hampshire at a club still to be confirmed. Please find complete team results to follow.
New England Junior Championship
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Biddeford-Saco Country Club (Saco, ME)
Connecticut 365-371-372-1108
John Jamgochian, 70-70-71--211
Masayuki Kobayashi, 76-73-75--224
KJ Camera, 70-75-80--225
Brent Paladino, 76-77-72--225
Evan Beirne, 73-76-79--228
Scott Cruff, 78-85-75--238
Kyle Morris, 89-82-83--254
Massachusetts 367-380-377-1124
Sam Chud, 71-75-74--220
Garrett Wentzell, 74-74-74--222
George Zolotas, 76-77-74--227
Colby Hart, 74-80-76--230
Mark Purrington, 74-78-79--231
Jeff Wallace, 74-77-82--233
Colin Brennan, 83-77-80--240
New Hampshire 376-376-385-1137
Richard Berberian, 75-74-73--222
Joey St. Laurent, 76-72-75--223
Matthew Giftos, 71-78-83--232
Timothy Strout, 86-75-75--236
Richard Brazeau, 77-77-84--238
Ryan Lynde, 77-78-85--240
Brendan Singleton, 77-85-79--241
Maine 383-382-378-1143
Joe Baker, 77-75-72--224
Will Robinson, 76-76-76--228
Jessie Speirs, 70-80-79--229
Nicholas Boutin, 81-74-76--231
Toby Spector, 79-87-75--241
Bryce Fearon, 83-77-81--241
Victor Linkovich, 83-87-83--253
Rhode Island 381-391-396-1168
Brad Valois, 69-74-78--221
Chris Bushnell, 78-78-74--230
Jonathan Pannone, 78-80-80--238
Billy Forcier, 78-83-82--243
David Sampson, 79-82-82--243
Danny Mollicone, 82-81-82--245
Patrick Wasserman, 78-78-89--245
Vermont 389-388-395-1172
Conner Doherty, 74-71-78--223
James Pettine Jr., 79-81-77--237
Kyle Slattery, 77-76-84--237
Jon Campbell-Copp, 78-84-79--241
Keith Godfrey, 85-83-77--245
Cody Larson, 87-77-85--249
Cory Jozefiak, 81-84-89--254