KREPS FIRES 1-UNDER-PAR TO TAKE MEDALIST HONORS
Ormson wins by five-strokes at Srixon Qualifier

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. — Justin Kreps of Pittsburgh, Pa., fired a 1-under-par 71 to take medalist honors in the Srixon Qualifier for the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands. In the Girls Division, Anne Ormson of Granger, Ind., carded a 2-over-par 74 to finish five strokes ahead of the field.

The Srixion Qualifier Series for the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands was an 18-hole shotgun qualifier presented by the American Junior Golf Association at Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs, Mich. The 99-qualifier field boasted 83 boys and 16 girls from 14 states and two countries.

Kreps strung together three consecutive birdies on the back nine en route to besting the field by two strokes taking medalist honors. The win was his first in a Srixon Qualifier event. He will turn his attention to the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands which he will play in this week.

“I felt really good today and things really began to click,” Kreps said. “I had some good up and downs that really helped me out there.”

Also qualifying in the Boys Division were Nicholas Carbary of Kalamazoo, Mich., Cabe Prieskorn of Texarkana, Texas, Alexander Lyall of Novi, Mich., Robert Blaker of New Castle, Ontario, Andrew Mackessy of Dublin, Ohio, Peter Jensen of Okemos, Mich., Benjamin Yacko of Toledo, Ohio, Nicholas Marshall of Grand Ledge, Mich., and Mark Reinhold and Rob Stewart both of Cincinnati.

In the Girls Division, Ormson was able to take advantage of good breaks to earn her first Srixon Qualifier medal. She will now play in the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands, as she is in search of her first AJGA tournament win.

“I putted very well today and got a lot of shots up and down,” Ormson said. “It really felt like a practice round and hopefully it will help in the tournament.”

Alex Brown of Potomac, Md., and Colleen Lienesch of Centerville, Ohio, qualified for the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands.

The American Junior Golf Association is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The largest association of its kind, the AJGA has a junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.

Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.

AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Davis Love III, Mike Weir, Charles Howell III, Jim Furyk, Grace Park, Cristie Kerr, Candie Kung and Paula Creamer.

First round action will begin Tuesday, July 4 with an 8:30 a.m. start off Nos. 1 and 10 tees. For more information about the Coca-Cola Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands please call tournament headquarters at (231) 526-3102.