Golf Editor

The second round of the 46th Annual Junior America’s Cup, hosted by the Montana State Golf Association is, in the books with the team from Mexico represented by Mauricio Figueroa, Alejandro Gutierrez, Alejandro Madariaga and Gabriel Ruiz still leading the pack after round two.

Ashley Menne, Toni St John, Madeleine Laux and Kelly Su take on international field.   The 2018 Girls Junior Americas Cup kicks off July 23-27 with team Arizona set to…

Ben and Blake Lorenz, Hayden Sayre and Tony Hendricks take on international field.   The 2018 Junior America’s Cup kicks off July 22-26 with team Arizona set to compete at…

Ashley Menne of Surprise advanced from stroke play at the 70th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course at Pebble Beach by firing 1-under-par 141 (69-72). She won…

Prescott’s Riley Lewis started out hot at ASU Karsten Golf Course with four birdies on the first six holes of the tournament to open up a four-stroke lead after the first round with a 7-under-par 64, the low round of the tournament.

Scottsdale, Arizona’s Preston Summerhays, 15 – fresh from becoming the youngest champion of the Utah State Amateur in tournament history one month ago – fired 65-60 to qualify with ease for the U.S. Amateur to be contested August 13-19 at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California.

Ashley Menne of Surprise, Elizabeth Caldarelli, Kelly Su, and Bailee Tayles, all of Scottsdale, are set to compete in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship this week July 16-21 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California.  

The 2018 IMG Academy Junior World Championship was held July 9-13 in San Diego. Preston Summerhays of Scottsdale posted the best score in the Boy’s 15-18 division among Arizona participants on Torrey Pines South Course with a third-place finish at 2-under-par 286 (74-72-70-70), a mere two strokes off the pace. Ben Lorenz of Peoria ended up five strokes back at 1-over-par 289 to earn a T10 finish.

A big thank you goes out to the crew of Breaking Par for featuring the JGAA during the Arizona State Junior Golf Championship held in mid-June at Talking Rock Golf Club in Prescott.

The Phoenix City Junior Championship teed off July 5-6 at Aguila Golf Course with Kobe Valociek (69-73) of Peoria edging out Ryan Plodkowski (71-71) of San Diego in a playoff for the win in the Boys Championship Division.