Round 2 Recap

Fourteen year old Paige Spiranac of Monument, CO (2011) held off seventeen year old Jordan Ontiveros of Alamo, CA (2009) on Sunday to earn her third win of the season at the Wigwam Open. Paige becomes only the second young lady to earn three wins this season; she joins Victoria Kiser of Orlando, FL (2010), in that category. On Saturday, Paige led the Girls 13-18 division by carding a round of 75 (+3). Paige tied Shelby Martinek for the most pars on Saturday with 11 and finished atop that statistical category for the event with 22.

Miss Ontiveros, who began the day in 4th place, gave it a good shot on Sunday. She carded the Low Round of this division with a 72 (+2) and came within one stroke of forcing a playoff when she birdied the final hole (# 9) and Paige made bogey. It was Jordan's third Top 5 finish of the season. Jordan also led this division in birdies with 7 for the event.

Shelby Martinek of Tempe, AZ (2011) finished in 3rd place, her first top 3 of the season. Shelby Phillips of Gilbert, AZ (2011) , who finished T4 in the Sun Devil Classic in November, finished 4th on Sunday at 156, 5 strokes back of the winner. Ashley McKenney of Scottsdale, AZ (2008), who carded the second best round of the day (76), finished in 5th place giving her two wins, a 2nd, a 3rd and a 5th for the season.

Fourteen year old Trace Libby of Glendale, AZ (2011), a 2006-07 FCWT All-American, began the final round of the Wigwam Open tied for 3rd place, then carded a final round of 72 (even par) to finish in 1st. Libby made par or better on 88.9 % of the 36 holes of tournament play. He demonstrated great fortitude when he came back from a 7 on the par 5, 14th hole, playing his final four holes, 2 under par. His final score of 144 was just one stroke better than three players who tied for 2nd. One of the players who tied for 2nd was

Chun Ji Kim of Chandler, AZ (2010). Kim began the final round tied for 10th, but fired the Low Round on Sunday, a 69, to finish tied for 2nd. For the second time in less than a month,

senior Charlie Marusiak of Phoenix, AZ, who finished T3 at La Cantera, also finished tied for 2nd.

Fifteen year old Sam Saunders of Albuquerque, another 2006-07 FCWT All-American, began the final round in 6th place at 73, then carded a final round of even par to finish tied for 2nd, matching his finish at Bear Creek West earlier this season. Brennan Dolan of Boulder, CO (2009), who like Kim began the day tied for 10th, carded the second best round on Sunday, a 2 under par 70 that allowed him to finish tied for 5th with overnight leader senior Tyler Wooldridge of Carefree, AZ. Wooldridge carded a near perfect round on Saturday for the first 18 holes of the Wigwam Open as he had only one bogey when he signed his scorecard and finished at 2 under par 70. Matthew Miller of Pleasanton, CA (2008) and 16 year old William Skinner of Boulder, CO (2009), who tied for with Kim for the most birdies (9 apiece), finished tied for 7th at 148. Jordan Rodgers of Salt Lake City, UT (2008) and Michael Jaeger of Snohomish, WA (2009) finished tied for 10th.

In the Boys 13-15 division, Evan Markley of Scottsdale, AZ (2011) fired a bogey-free round of 4 under par 68 on Saturday to lead all scores. On Sunday, Evan, 14, posted a final round of 75 to finish at 143 and win his second event of the season. Previously Markley won the Grayhawk event in December and fired a 67 at the Tahquitz event where he finished 2nd. Three players finished tied for 2nd at 148: David Lowe of Paradise Valley, AZ (2011), who began the final round 3 strokes back of Markley;

15 year old Sean Jones of Charlotte, NC (2010), who began the day in 3rd place, 4 strokes back; and

Nick Russell of Vancouver, BC (2011) who started 5 shots back at +1, in 4th place.

by 3 strokes. Lowe, who won the ASU Open, carded the only other sub-par round in this division with a one under par 71. Markley will have his work cut out for him on Sunday as he seeks his 2nd win of the season. The third member of the final pairing in this division will be 15 year old Sean Jones of Charlotte, NC (2010), playing in his first FCWT event. Jones will start the final round in 3rd place, just 4 strokes back. Nick Russell of Vancouver, BC (2011) will start 5 shots back at +1, in 4th place. Lowe led this division in birdies with 8 for the weekend. Jones carded one of only 2 eagles in this division, the other was by Zachary Wright of Phoenix, AZ (2010). Markley was matched by Jack Watson of Lincolnshire, IL (2010) in the pars category; each had 24 pars. Watson finished in 5th place.

In the Boys 11-12 division, Christopher Petefish of Danville, CA (2014) fired a final round of 2 under par 70 to finish ahead of

Randy Ross of Phoenix, AZ (2014) in their head-to-head competition.