Elisa Aoki of JAPAN (2009) led the Girls division of the PGA National Open after round one, but that wasn't enough for her. On Sunday she fired a round of 5 under par 67 to seal her first victory of the season. On Saturday, Miss Aoki took the first round lead with a two over par. Last month at World Woods Elisa carded a final round of 69 to finish T3. This weekend, she was able to hold off Jennifer Gartin of Port St. Lucie, FL (2008). Miss Gartin, a 2nd year player, was playing in her first event of the season. She led this division in birdies with 9. Her final round of 72 was the second best round in the division and allowed her to finish 4 shots ahead of 3rd place. Laetitia Beck of Caesarea, ISRAEL (2010), who has already won this season at the PGA Golf Club Open, and 13 year old Ginger Howard of Bradenton, FL (2012) tied for 3rd place at 151. Alexandria Buelow of Palm City, FL (2009) led this division in pars with 25 and finished 6th, right behind 17 year old Joana de Sa Pereira of Cannes, FRANCE. Samantha Marks, 13, of Maitland, FL (2012), finished in 7th place overall, the highest of the girls who also play the 11-14 division.
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Senior Micah Jacobsen wins the PGA National Open
Second year FCWT player Micah Jacobsen of Fernandina Beach, FL, carded a final round of 1 under par 71 which coupled with his opening round of even par allowed him to finish one under for the event and 1 stroke ahead of second place. Jacobsen, who carded the only eagle on Saturday when he made a 3 on the par 5 18th hole, began the day in a four-way tie for 2nd place. While some others struggled, he made 4 birdies and sealed his first win of the season and his exemption to the National Championship. Finishing in 2nd place was Zhong Yang Fu of Beijing, CHINA (2010) who began the round at 73 and then carded a one under par on Sunday. John Varol of Weddington, NC (2010) took home 3rd place with rounds of 72-74-146. The Low Round on Sunday went to Eduardo Chavez of Hillsborough, CA (2009) for his 2 under par 70. Chavez tied Jacobsen and Varol for the most birdies on the weekend - each player had 7. Ryan Black of Port St. Lucie, FL (2008) led in pars for the weekend with 30 and finished T6 overall.
The FCWT returns to this location in May 2008 for the 2007-08 National Championship. All winners of FCWT events are automatically exempt and all members may apply.
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In the Boys 13-15 division, 13 year old Shun Yat Hak of Lake Mary, FL (2012) led wire-to-wire despite a Sunday charge by Tanapol Vattanapisit of Rayong, THAILAND (2011), who began the day 5 strokes back of Hak, but fired a final round of 69 to come within 1 shot of forcing a playoff. Tanapol's round of 69 had 4 birdies and only 1 bogey to earn him 2nd place in his first FCWT event. FCWT newcomer Trey Valentine of Melbourne, FL (2011). Valentine.jpg) began the final round in 2nd place and carded a final round of 75 to finish 3 strokes ahead of 4th place. Robbie Denove of Pittsburgh, PA (2010), earned his second top 5 of the season, tying for 4th with Joshua Lee of Orange Park, FL (2013), the 2006-07 Player of Promise from the Boys 11-12 division.
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In the Boys 11-12 division, Rigel Fernandes of Dubai, UAE (2013) held on to win after Kristian Perry of Boca Raton, FL (2015) forced a playoff on Sunday when he fired a final round of 86 (the Low for that division).
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