The final, and one of the most prestigious, events on the AJGA calendar took place last week and three local juniors competed down in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. This invitational, which, in the past, has been won by the likes of Tiger Woods and Hunter Mahan, took place at the Palm Beach Gardens Resort and Spa (Champion & Fazio Courses). Talamore CC’s Scott Jaster, Yardley CC’s Kyle Sterbinsky and Merion GC’s Michael Davis were in the elite field of 156 juniors. The format for the event is 36 holes of stroke play followed by match play (the low 32 boys and 32 girls make it to match play). Both Davis and Sterbinsky narrowly missed qualifying for match play. Merion’s Davis fired rounds of 74 and 79 to miss advancing by 2 strokes. After shooting rounds of 73 and 78, Yardley’s fell in a 7 player for 1 spot playoff to determine the 32nd seed in match play.
Talamore’s Jaster easily advanced to match play after rounds of 75 and 72 and earned the 14th seed for match play. In his Round of 32 match, Jaster defeated Christopher Petefish, Scottsdale, AZ on the first extra hole. His Round of 16 match would pit him against the #1 ranked player in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings, Robby Shelton, IV of Wilmer, AL. Although he lost two of the first four holes of the match, Jaster was able to claw his way back and win the match 2 up. Jaster’s run to the championship came to end in the quarterfinals, where he lost a hard-fought match to the eventual champion, Adam Wood, Zionsville, IN.
Congratulations to Scott, Kyle and Michael on their performances last week!
For a full recap of the event please click on this link: http://www.ajga.org/MicroSite/index.asp?TN=2012094#
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