Round 2 Recap

Thirteen year old Ginger Howard of Bradenton, FL (2012) came from 3 strokes back at the Sawgrass event to win the Girls 13-18 division, her first FCWT victory.  On Saturday,  

Catherine O'Donnell, a hometown favorite, took the first round lead in the Girls 13-18 division played on the Valley Course at Sawgrass.  Miss O'Donnell, a 3rd year player, was looking for her first FCWT win on Sunday when she headed to the golf course.  But it was not to be this time.  Instead the future UNC-CH Tarheel took home 2nd place, wedged between Miss Howard and Low Round recipient, Michelle Lee of Mississauga, ON, CANADA (2010), who finished in 3rd place.

 For Ginger Howard of Bradenton, FL (2012), who has been establishing herself well in the older division, the win is added to the two top 3 finishes she already earned this season.   Her 5 birdies and 23 pars on the weekend demonstrated the strength and balance of her game at such a young age, which is why she is already ranked #102 in the country in the Golfweek/Titleist girls rankings.

For the 15 year old Miss Lee, it was her second top 3 in as many weeks.  Her time in the winner's circle is likely to come soon.

Lauren Cate of St. Augustine, FL (2008), who began the day in 3rd place and Brighid Hourihan of Ponte Vedra, who won last week at the Amelia Island Open, finished tied for 4th.

Congratulations to ten year old Stephanie Liu of St. Albans, MO (2015) on her play at the younger division.  Miss Liu improved her second round score by 9 strokes.

Leaderboard Shuffle puts YOON on top

Fourteen year old James Yoon of Asuncion, PARAGUAY (2012) began the final round of the Sawgrass event in 4th place in the Boys 13-15 division after opening with a round of 74.  But as noted at the end of round one, Yoon had already won once this season at Naples, so he couldn't be counted out.  Well, he proved that on Sunday when he fired a final round of even par 72 to finish just one stroke ahead of first round leader

fourteen year old A.J. Crouch of Jacksonville, FL (2012).

 On Saturday, Crouch carded 3 birdies, led this division in pars with 13 and finished at 1 under par to lead all scores in this division.  A.J. previously finished 5th at the World Golf event.  He struggled a bit on Sunday, but two top 5 finishes this season make him a known contender.  While Yoon led this division in birdies with 8 for the event, Crouch led in pars with 26.

 Kevin Giulini of Frankfurt, GERMANY (2011), who finished 2nd at the Amelia Island event last weekend, finished in 3rd place with rounds of 73-76.

Chad Merzbacher of Dublin, OH (2012) and

 Tyler Williams of Hilton Head, SC (2012) both carded final rounds of 73 to finish tied for 4th in this field of 39.

A.J. Cadamagnini of Athens, OH (2009) finished in 6th place after starting the day tied for 7th followed by Jonathan Gerrard of Highland Park, IL (2012), who moved into the top 10 with a final round of 75.  Walter Kerr of Ponte Vedra, FL (2011) finished in 8th place at 154, while Joshua Lee of Orange Park, FL (2013) and

14 year old Alexi Piacente of Montreal, QC (2011) finished tied for 9th.

Snyder takes home 2nd title of the season

In the Boys 11-12 division, 11 players teed off for round one and three of them began the final round tied for the lead.  Timmy Hanzelko of Longwood, FL (2014), David Snyder of Austin, TX (2016), and

Donald Stimble of Shell Knob, MO (2014).  Twelve year old Hanzelko was playing in his first FCWT event.  Ten year old Snyder, a first year player, had already won once this season, and had two 4th place finishes. Twelve year old Stimble was also playing in his first FCWT event.  When all was said and done, Snyder added another win to his resume by putting together the two most consistent rounds of 79-80 to finish 5 strokes ahead of this field.  This young man can play!

  Two-time winner, Daniel Jaramillo of Colombia (2014) moved up from tied for 4th place to tied for 2nd place with Donald Stimble of Shell Knob, MO (2014).  Timmy Hanzelko of Longwood, FL (2014) finished in 4th place followed by Kristian Perry of Boca Raton, FL (2015), who co-led in number of birdies with 3, and  Charles Padial of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (2014).