News Release

For Immediate Release: July 5, 2005

Headline: Three Advance to U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Following Qualifying

Bellingham, MA – More than 70 players competed in a 36-hole qualifier at Country Club of New England today in hopes of advancing to the 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, which will be held on July 18-23 at Longmeadow Country Club.

Following the qualifier, a total of three players advanced to the championship. Daniel Mollicone (East Greenwich, RI) and Mathieu Rivard (Granby, QC) led the way with medalist scores of 2-over par 144. One shot back to capture the third and final qualifying spot was Richard Berberian, Jr. (Derry, NH) with a score of 3-over par 145.

This year marks the return of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship to Massachusetts. This prestigious tournament was last held in the Bay State in 1992 when a young Tiger Woods captured the title at Wollaston Golf Club in Milton, MA.

About the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship:
The U.S. Junior Amateur was first played in 1948. The first Junior Amateur was played at the University of Michigan Golf Course and drew 495 entries. The starting field of 128 players was determined by sectional qualifying rounds at 41 sites. Dean Lind of Rockford, Ill., was the first champion. Lind defeated Ken Venturi of San Francisco, a future U.S. Open champion, in the final.

The Junior Amateur is among the most difficult of all USGA championships to win, because of the age limit and the number of fine young players who enter each year. Only one player, Tiger Woods, has won the Junior Amateur more than once, winning in 1991, 1992, and 1993. In fact, only five players have reached the finals more than once. Woods, who was 15 years, six months, and 28 days old when he won in 1991, remains the youngest champion.

U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Country Club of New England (Bellingham, MA)
Par 71-71--142

Qualifiers
T1 Daniel Mollicone (East Greenwich , RI) 70-74--144
T1 Mathieu Rivard (Granby, QC) 74-70--144
3 Richard Berberian, Jr (Derry, NH) 74-71--145

Alternates
1 Seth Girouard (Keene, NH) 73-73--146
2 Eric Lajeunesse (Barre, VT) 71-75--146

For more info rmation about the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, please visit the Championship’s official web site at www.usjunioram.org.