Newsmakers: August 4, 2008

Newsmakers: August 4, 2008

Professional Roundup

Erik Flores

Former AJGA member Matthew Harmon took home his first Hooters Tour win Sunday at the Texas Honing Open held at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas. The Grand Rapids, Mich., native finished 15-under-par and seven shots ahead of the competition. The Texas Honing Open was Harmon’s second professional event and first win since joining the Hooters Tour earlier this year.

Amateur Roundup

Former AJGA member Danny Lee of New Zealand, had a terrific weekend, telling Golfweek that he had “the biggest win of [his] whole life.” This weekend, the 18-year-old became the first player since Bubba Dickerson in 2001 to win both medal and match play at the Western Amateur Championship at Point O’Woods Golf and Country Club in Benton Harbour, Mich. Lee finished stroke play with a 12-under-par 268 tournament total, defeating fellow alum Erik Flores 4 & 2. Lee’s win moved him to the No. 1 spot in the Golfweek/Scratch Player World Amateur Rankings.

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Preseason Junior at Blue Heron Hills
Boys			Total
	1	Jack Gianniny	149
T	2	Steven Weingroff	150
T	2	Xuzhong Li	150
T	2	Gunnar Doyle	150
T	2	Troy Miller	150
Girls			Total
	1	Julia Ford	153
	2	Daniella Castañeda	157
	3	Ana Paula Ramirez	158
Preseason Junior at Fieldstone
Boys			Total
T	1	Trevor Gold	149
T	1	Kevin Duncan	149
	3	Joseph Trim	150
Girls			Total
	1	Emma Fisher	155
T	2	Elle Nichols	157
T	2	Cordelia Chan	157
AJGA Junior at River Ridge
Boys			Total
	1	*Peter Griffith	143
T	2	Bakari Bolden	143
T	2	David Stitt	143
Girls			Total
	1	Robynn Ree	146
	2	Alana Uriell	147
T	3	Mariel Galdiano	150
T	3	Lydia Choi	150

* Won via sudden-death playoff

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