Round 3 Recap

Catlin fights back ~ fires a 69 to win

On Saturday, John Catlin of Carmichael, CA (2009) carded an opening round of even par that included 4 birdies. Catlin, who finished 2nd at La Costa two weeks ago, started Round Two with a one stroke advantage over Justin Estrada of Yuba City, CA (2009) and a 3 stroke advantage over Cory McElyea of Santa Cruz, CA (2010), Fredrik Palmer of Modesto, CA (2009), Alexander Gutesha of Greenwood Village, CA (2009), and Grant Rappleye of Elk City, CA (2008), who won the Sun Devil Classic in November.

On Sunday, the leaderboard changed considerably. Mark Wyllie of San Jose, CA (2010) fired a 2 under par 70 to move into a tie for the lead and McElyea's 73 also put him tied for the lead at 148. So Monday's final round, began with a 3-way tie for the lead between McElyea, Wyllie and first round leader Catlin. The leaders had a 2 shot advantage over Palmer and Justin Edwards of Westlake Village, CA (2009) who were at 150.

On Monday, Catlin, a 2nd year FCWT player, arrived ready to play. Last season in this event, Catlin started with a round of 80 that put the win just out of contention despite a second round 69. This time around he was where he wanted to be - in the driver's seat. He saved the best for last and fired a bogey-free 3 under par 69 on Monday to earn his first FCWT win of the season and improve over his last season's finish at this event (T3).

Finishing in 2nd place and firing the Low Round of 68 was Scott Patterson of Thousand Oaks, CA (2008). Patterson carded 5 birdies on Monday and moved from tied for 9th to 2nd place, his best FCWT finish. Also carding a sub-par final round was

Cameron Rappleye of Elk City, CA (2008) who began the day tied for 6th, carded a 1 under par to finish in 3rd place. Cameron led this division in pars for the weekend with 38. Cory McElyea of Santa Cruz, CA (2010), who tied Catlin for the most birdies for the event with 10 apiece, finished in 4th place, one stroke ahead of Fredrik Palmer of Modesto, CA (2009) who finished in 5th place at 225.

Ahern holds the lead, finishes strong

In the Boys 13-15 division, fourteen year old Travis Rowney of Pleasanton, CA (2012), a first year FCWT player, carded 10 pars and took the first round lead. He began Round Two with a 2 stroke advantage over John Ahern of Morrison, CO (2011). On Sunday, Ahern and Lawrence Fu of Piedmont, CA (2012) both carded rounds of 83 which gave Ahern the lead by 3 strokes and moved Fu into a tie for 2nd with overnight leader Rowney. The three were paired together for Monday's final round.

On Monday, Ahern finished strong with his best round of the event - a 78 - which gave him a 5 stroke win in his first season on the FCWT.

Lawrence Fu carded his best round as well - an 80 - which gave him 2nd place. Fu led this division in pars with 28.

Hunter Rappleye of Elk Grove, CA (2013), who catapulted up the leaderboard during round two, fired the Low Round of the day on Sunday to finish in 3rd place in his first FCWT event. Rappleye matched Forrest Iverson of Eureka, CA (2011) for the most birdies in this division with 5. Iverson finished 7th at 262. Rowney, the first round leader, finished in 4th place at 252.

Salazar holds on to win by one

At the end of Round One of the Turkey Creek Open, Paige Lee of Folsom, CA (2013), Joi Pentin of Pleasanton, CA (2009), and Lauren Salazar of Santa Clara, CA (2012) were tied for the lead at 79.

Ariana Patterson of Carmel, CA (2009) was one stroke back at 80. Miss Salazar, who led this division in birdies with 3 on Saturday, carded an 80 on Sunday to take sole possession of the lead. Miss Patterson matched her 80 and began the final round just one stroke back of Salazar and tied for 2nd with

Kortnie Maxoutopoulis of Pleasanton, CA (2011) and Jordan Ontiveros of Alamo, CA (2009), who each carded a 2nd round of 76 (the Low score of the day in this division) to move up the leaderboard.

On Monday, Miss Salazar and Miss Patterson both ended the day with an 80 which allowed Miss Salazar to maintain her one stroke advantage and win the event. Kortnie Maxoutopoulis finished in 3rd place at 241. Three players finished tied for 4th at 242: Paige Lee of Folsom, CA (2013), Simone Strauss of Rancho Mirage, CA (2009), who led this division in birdies with 7, and Jordan Ontiveros of Alamo, CA (2009). Miss Strauss and Miss Lee tied Kelsey Conway of Ventura, CA (2008) for the Low Round Honors. Each young lady posted a final round of 77.