FOURTEEN PLAYERS QUALIFY FOR NEXT WEEK'S PRESTIGIOUS EVENT
Lue paces Girls Division; Hestley leads the Boys

KATY, Texas - Fourteen players earned spots in next weekend's AJGA TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Whispering Pines Sunday via two qualifiers held Sunday. Stephanie Lue of Houston earned medalist honors in the Girls Division with a 1-under 71 in the morning and Palmer Hestley of Kingwood, Texas, fired the low round of the day in the Boys Division with a 2-under 70 in the afternoon.

The qualifiers, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at the par-72 Willow Fork Country Club, featured a total of 173 boys and girls from eight states.

Lue, a 17-year-old competing in her first national event, was pleased with her 71, her best competitive round to date.

"I played about as well as I could today," said Lue, a high school junior. "I'm looking forward to seeing how I stack up against the great field next weekend."

Also earning a spot in next week's tournament was Alice Kim of Los Angeles, who carded a 3-over 75 then earned her spot in the tournament with a par on the first playoff hole.

Hestley qualified for the AJGA's annual Easter Weekend event for the second straight year by playing a round that included an impressive six birdies.

"I began the day really well and finished with three birdies on the final six holes," Hestley said. "It's easy to make bogies out here so I knew I had to make a lot of birdies to go low."

Also capturing spots from the afternoon qualifier with 1-under 71s were Kevin Newman of League City, Texas; James Minahan of Spring, Texas; and Matt Boyd of Sugar Land, Texas. The final two spots up for grabs in the afternoon qualifier went to Martin Ureta of Tampa, Fla., and Jeff Cairns of Austin, Texas, who both posted even-par 72s.

An additional six boys qualified in the morning round. Four players carded even-par 72s, including Bryan Boyd of Austin, Texas; Gatlyn McDonald of New Braunfels, Texas; Brock McDowell of League City, Texas; and Derek Rogers of Houston. Qualifying with 73s were two other Texans, Scooter Jefferson of Montgomery and Creighton Honeck of Austin.

Next weekend's tournament, which will be held at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas, will feature 156 players from over 15 states. Players slated to compete include reigning Polo Golf Boys Junior Player of the Year Matthew Rosenfeld of Plano, Texas, and Girls Division defending champion Mallory Code of Tampa, Fla. Code, who lives with Cystic Fibrosis, was recently awarded the Michael Brennan Courage Award by the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

For more information on the AJGA TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Whispering Pines, contact Mark Stevens with the AJGA toll-free at (877) 373-2542.

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KATY, Texas -- Qualifier results from the TAYLORMADE - ADIDAS GOLF JUNIOR AT WHISPERING PINES MORNING QUALIFIER conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Willow Fork Country Club. Par: 36-36--72. Yardage: Boys: 6,565 Girls: 5,702.

BOYS DIVISION

QUALIFIED
Bryan Boyd (2003) Austin, Texas* 37-35--72
Gatlyn McDonald (2002) New Braunfels, Texas* 38-34--72
Brock McDowell (2002) League City, Texas* 37-35--72
Derek Rogers (2002) Houston, Texas* 37-35--72
Scooter Jefferson (2003) Montgomery, Texas* 39-34--73
Creighton Honeck (2003) Austin, Texas* 38-35-73

FAILED TO QUALIFY
David Fiegelman (2002) Plano, Texas* 36-38--74
Brian Rode (2003) Katy, Texas* 38-36--74
Terrell Gallman (2003) Austin, Texas* 37-37--74
Josh White (2002) Houston, Texas* 38-36--74
Monty Williams (2003) Lleburne, Texas* 38-37--75
Lance Vasquez (2002) Fort Worth, Texas* 37-38--75
Ryan Brady (2003) Georgetown, Texas* 38-37--75
Oscar Pate (2003) Corpus Christi, Texas* 37-39--76
Shane Bacon (2002) Marshall, Texas* 39-37--76
Matt Page (2002) The Woodlands, Texas* 41-35--76
Brian Ricketts (2003) Highland Village, Texas* 37-39--76
Dustin Byrd (2001) Fort Worth, Texas* 37-39--76
Brian Rickard (2002) Humble, Texas* 37-39--76
Loren Longenecker (2003) Dallas, Texas* 36-40--76
Jeff Kiecke (2002) Austin, Texas* 40-36--76
Drew Zadow (2004) Plano, Texas* 42-35--77
Marshall Bettoney (2002) Bryant, Ark.* 39-38--77
Arthur Beecherl (2002) Dallas, Texas* 43-34--77
Mike Goldwater (2002) Austin, Texas* 36-41--77
Marshall Meyer (2004) Dallas, Texas* 38-39--77
Brian Tetreault (2003) The Woodlands, Texas* 39-38--77
Jeff Vance (2002) Garland, Texas* 38-39--77
Matt Harkey (2003) Bryan, Texas* 39-38--77
K.C. Lim (2002) San Antonio, Texas* 38-39--77
Ryan Jamison (2001) Rowlett, Texas* 39-39--78
Marc Campbell (2003) Southlake, Texas* 38-40--78
Pete Pennington (2002) Granbury, Texas* 39-39--78
Joshua Pinkerton (2002) San Antonio, Texas* 36-42--78
Ford Halbardier (2002) Spring, Texas* 40-38--78
Ryan Riess (2002) The Woodlands, Texas* 39-40--79
Ben Jackman (2003) College Station, Texas* 39-40--79
Clay Hodge (2004) Tyler, Texas* 40-39--79
Matt Riley (2002) Lumberton, Texas* 40-40--80
Zack Damon (2002) Kingwood, Texas* 38-42--80
Austin Bowen (2004) Hattiesburg, Miss.* 39-41--80
Travis Sansom (2002) Austin, Texas* 39-41--80
Mark Reese (2003) Richmond, Texas* 38-42--80
Casey Friday (2002) Pasadena, Texas* 42-38--80
Aaron Ungvarsky (2002) Wilmington, Mass.* 41-39--80
J.T. Hoffman (2004) Edmond, Okla.* 41-39--80
Jeremy Newton (2002) League City, Texas* 42-39--81
Eric Williamson (2003) Austin, Texas* 43-38--81
Caleb Etheredge (2002) Victoria, Texas* 43-38--81
Adam Fulton (2003) Kingwood, Texas* 40-41--81
Regan Johnson (2002) Sarasota, Fla.* 42-39--81
James Blair (2002) Madisonville, Texas* 42-40--82
Chance McElhaney (2002) Plano, Texas* 40-42--82
Hunter Mayes (2005) The Woodlands, Texas* 41-41--82
Praneeth Perera (2004) Lewisville, Texas* 38-44--82
Ryan McAlister (2002) Rowlett, Texas* 44-39--83
Trent Peddy (2002) Sour Lake, Texas* 40-43--83
Austin Hill (2003) Dallas, Texas* 42-41--83
Steve Mayo (2003) Austin, Texas* 40-44--84
Ben Campbell (2005) Flint, Texas* 43-41--84
Byron Basker (2002) Houston, Texas* 43-41--84
Kellen Mackey (2004) Garland, Texas* 45-39--84
Matt Wheat (2002) Rowlett, Texas* 43-42--85
Ryan Byk (2005) Houston, Texas* 41-44--85
Garrett Stephens (2002) Sugar Land, Texas* 42-44--86
Craig Johnson (2002) Greenville, Texas* 43-43--86
Justin Engel (2004) Sugar Land, Texas* 48-39--87
Stephen Christoffersen (2003) Broken Arrow, Okla.* 43-44--87
Joey Miller (2004) Conroe, Texas* 42-45--87
Ben Barr (2005) Hot Springs, Ark.* 46-42--88
Broun Stacy (2002) Houston, Texas* 46-46--92

GIRLS DIVISION

QUALIFIED
Stephanie Lue (2002) Houston, Texas* 35-36--71
Alice Kim (2003) Los Angeles, Calif.* 37-38--75

FAILED TO QUALIFY
Jenna Wessels (2005) Columbus, Texas* 36-39--75
Heather Wright (2004) Houston, Texas* 39-37--76
Haley Brown (2004) Austin, Texas* 38-38--76
Michelle Deiasi (2002) San Antonio, Texas* 37-39--76
Kelley Louth (2004) Victoria, Texas* 38-38--76
Daphne Vines (2006) Austin, Texas* 39-41--80
Cathryn Uselton (2002) Weatherford, Texas* 42-38--80
Jennifer Rogers (2001) Corpus Christi, Texas* 43-38--81
Christa Gunn (2002) Killeen, Texas* 42-40--82
Caney Hines (2005) San Antonio, Texas* 43-39--82
Amy Behrman (2001) Houston, Texas* 42-41--83
Stephanie Page (2005) The Woodlands, Texas* 38-45--83
Stephanie Godare (2002) Houston, Texas* 40-43--83
Julia Best (2003) Bulverde, Texas* 42-42--84
Stephanie Schaeffer (2002) New Braunfels, Texas* 42-42--84
Ashley Frey (2002) Katy, Texas* 41-45--86
Tara Lambright (2004) Palestine, Texas* 43-43--86
Elisa Gomez (2004) Carrollton, Texas* 40-46--86
Jacquelyn Nemcik (2003) College Station, Texas* 43-43--86
Christine Kovalcik (2003) New Braunfels, Texas* 46-41--87
Stacy Lewis (2003) The Woodlands, Texas* 41-47--88
Jackie McLean (2002) Bellaire, Texas* 45-45--90
Shawna McIntyre (2002) Houston, Texas* 46-44--90
Meredith McMahan (2005) San Antonio, Texas* 45-48--93

KATY, Texas -- Qualifier results from the TAYLORMADE - ADIDAS GOLF JUNIOR AT WHISPERING PINES AFTERNOON QUALIFIER conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Willow Fork Country Club. Par: 36-36--72. Yardage: Boys: 6,565

BOYS DIVISION

QUALIFIED
Palmer Hestley (2002) Kingwood, Texas* 35-35--70
Kevin Newman (2002) League City, Texas* 36-35--71
James Minahan (2004) Spring, Texas* 36-35--71
Matt Boyd (2005) Sugar Land, Texas* 35-36--71
Martin Ureta (2003) Tampa, Fla.* 36-36--72
Jeff Cairns (2001) Austin, Texas* 39-33-72

FAILED TO QUALIFY
Kyle Christman (2002) Katy, Texas* 35-38--73
Pete Krupp (2003) Southlake, Texas* 37-36--73
Scot Schroeder (2003) Pflugerville, Texas* 34-40--74
Jace Moore (2004) Southlake, Texas* 37-37--74
Landon Lee (2002) Montgomery, Texas* 39-36--75
Danyeil Walters (2001) Grand Prairie, Texas* 35-40--75
Benjamin Nichols (2001) Hewitt, Texas* 39-37--76
Evertte Nini (2002) Sour Lake, Texas* 37-39--76
Trevor Plote (2004) Plano, Texas* 38-38--76
Michael Randle (2004) Austin, Texas* 37-39--76
Brandon Destefano (2003) Bryan, Texas* 39-37--76
Eunho Shin (2005) McKinney, Texas* 40-36--76
Anthony Broussard (2004) Beaumont, Texas* 39-37--76
Michael Gammon (2004) Garland, Texas* 41-35--76
Jordan Brown (2002) Houston, Texas* 38-38--76
Jared Mayfield (2004) Shreveport, La.* 38-38--76
Raymond Cox (2003) San Antonio, Texas* 40-37--77
Travis Braden (2002) Magnolia, Texas* 39-38--77
Landon Ewing (2003) Montgomery, Texas* 38-39--77
Jeff Kovalcik (2002) New Braunfels, Texas* 40-37--77
Jarrod Brock (2003) Plano, Texas* 39-39--78
Nicholas Cristea (2003) Cypress, Texas* 38-40--78
Stephen Meyer (2003) The Woodlands, Texas* 41-37--78
James Shapard (2002) Lufkin, Texas* 43-35--78
Bill McCrary (2003) Houston, Texas* 41-37--78
Ricky Cantu (2003) Houston, Texas* 39-39--78
Chad Roberts (2004) Friendswood, Texas* 38-40--78
Rick Szirbik (2002) Kingwood, Texas* 38-40--78
Cody Chance (2002) Lumberton, Texas* 38-40--78
Brett Scarber (2003) Center, Texas* 41-38--79
Scott Jannarone (2003) Colleyville, Texas* 36-43--79
Chip Brooks (2004) The Woodlands, Texas* 41-38--79
Eric Anderson (2003) Plano, Texas* 41-38--79
Dustin Skinner (2003) Sulphur, La.* 40-39--79
Graham Hoy (2003) Conroe, Texas* 40-39--79
Robert Landers (2001) The Woodlands, Texas* 40-40--80
Daniel McGurk (2003) The Woodlands, Texas* 37-43--80
Rob Krupp (2006) Southlake, Texas* 39-41--80
Ben Boone (2003) Garland, Texas* 41-39--80
David Ey (2004) Round Rock, Texas* 42-38--80
Robert Washington (2002) Grapevine, Texas* 38-42--80
Kyle Allaire (2003) The Woodlands, Texas* 41-40--81
Eric Pedersen (2003) Katy, Texas* 40-41--81
Jared Vela (2002) Pasadena, Texas* 41-40--81
Ryan Atkinson (2002) Seguin, Texas* 38-43--81
Patrick Rodysill (2002) The Woodlands, Texas* 39-42--81
Chris Cannon (2002) San Antonio, Texas* 40-41--81
Chevy Ryans (2002) Lawton, Okla.* 40-41--81
Dan Bintliff (2003) Fort Worth, Texas* 41-41--82
Kyle Edwards (2001) Buda, Texas* 39-43--82
Peter Mosleh (2003) Carrollton, Texas* 43-40--83
Ryan Taggart (2002) Frisco, Texas* 40-44--84
Austin Welch (2004) The Woodlands, Texas* 42-42--84
Joseph Zamorano (2003) Dallas, Texas* 47-38--85
Brian Hernandes (2003) Houston, Texas* 44-41--85
William Kim (2002) Del Rio, Texas* 42-44--86
Chris Haddad (2004) McKinney, Texas* 44-42--86
Dustin Thompson (2006) Granbury, Texas* 45-41--86
Chase Botkin (2002) Yukon, Okla.* 43-43--86
Kevin Dufour (2004) Austin, Texas* 40-46--86
Justin Fisher (2003) Katy, Texas* 41-46--87
Matt Long (2002) Alvin, Texas* 41-46--87
Jeff Howard (2004) Plano, Texas* 45-42--87
Jonathan Knowles (2003) Plano, Texas* 44-43--87
Kyle Allen (2001) Timpson, Texas* 40-48--88
Jeff Caton (2002) Frisco, Texas* 41-51--92
Joseph Kelley (2004) Houston, Texas* 46-48--94
Devin Guilliams (2003) Plano, Texas* 45-50--95
Jeff Bliss (2003) Katy, Texas* 49-48--97
Nick Barnes (2003) Austin, Texas*DQ (Rule 6-8)