U.S. Junior Championships
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- July
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Mahopac’s Marisa Kamelgarn made it through stroke-play at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at the Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford, Conn., before falling to Victoria Tanco of Argentina 3 and 2 in the first round of match-play.
Kamelgarn fired rounds of 77 and 72 to finish in a tie for 39th through the first two rounds and be one of the 64 players that reached the match-play portion.
On the boys side at Shoal Creek Golf Club in Birmingham, Ala., two local boys, Brewster’s Mike Miller and Bronxville’s John Torell, didn’t fare as well, as neither made the cut to match-play. Still, just being in the prestigious field of 156 in the country and beyond (the medalist, Jorge Fernandez Valdes is from Argentina) is quite an accomplishment.
And both will have more chances since they will only be entering their junior years this fall…
Currently, reigning New York State high school champion Dominic Bozzelli of Pittsford, N.Y., is in the semifinals. So, there’s definitely a little state pride for junior golf, which not surprisingly, is usually dominated by other, warmer areas of the country.
