Lessing’s AJGA Championship
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The American Junior Golf Association was in the area this past week for the Lessing’s Championship at Island Hills Golf Club on Long Island. Not surprisingly, many of the top local junior golfers were in the field for these all-important events when it comes to trying to impress college coaches.
One player who wasn’t trying to impress any coaches was Marisa Kamelgarn. The senior-to-be at Mahopac has already verbally comitted to Morehead State in Kentucky. In this event, she led after both the first and second rounds before finishing second place with a 1-under, three-round total of 212.
On the boy’s side, Brewster’s Mike Miller, Mahopac’s Luke Feehan and Bronxville’s John Torell all finished in a 7th-place tie with even-par totals of 213. Torell finished in spectacular fashion with a closing round of 4-under 67, that included a 5-under 31 on the front nine!
Cortlandt Manor’s Jonathan Renza was right behind with a 215 total, good for a 13th-place tie. Rye’s John Davies overcame a tough second round to bounce back with a 2-under 69 in the third round to finish tied for 22nd.
The AJGA will be back in the area next week as well with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Championship at Richter Park in Danbury. I’ll be there for Friday’s final round and the field should once again be loaded with these players as well as some others.
