John Catlin of Carmichael, CA (2009) carded an opening round of even par by carding 4 birdies on Saturday. Catlin, who finished 2nd at La Costa two weeks ago, has a one stroke advantage over Justin Estrada of Yuba City, CA (2009). Estrada has two Top 10s already this season. Two strokes back of Estrada is a foursome at 75: Cory McElyea of Santa Cruz, CA (2010), who tied Catlin for most birdies in this division on Saturday with 4, Fredrik Palmer of Modesto, CA (2009), Alexander Gutesha of Greenwood Village, CA (2009), who tied Sean Etow of Aptos, CA (2008) for the most pars in this division on Saturday - each had 13, and Grant Rappleye of Elk City, CA (2008), who won the Sun Devil Classic in November. Joe Rosenthal of Malibu, CA (2009) will start Round Two in 7th place at 76. Paul McNamara III of Palos Verdes Estates, CA (2009) is currently tied for 8th with Etow. Seven players are tied for 10th after 18 holes of play. Jake Johnson of Cameron Park, CA (2008), Pace Johnson of Fresno, CA (2009), Buddy Senatore of Fresno, CA (2009), Scott Patterson of Thousand Oaks, CA (2008), Kevin Rei of Sonora, CA (2008), Mark Wyllie of San Jose, CA (2010) and Cameron Rappleye of Elk City, CA (2008) all opened with rounds of 78 to put them 6 shots back of our leader with 36 holes left to play.
In the Boys 13-15 division, fourteen year old Travis Rowney of Pleasanton, CA (2012) is out to the first round lead. Rowney, a first year FCWT player, carded 10 pars on the day which was only matched by Lawrence Fu of Piedmont, CA (2012). Rowney will enter Round Two with a 2 stroke advantage over John Ahern of Morrison, CO (2011). Ahern's two birdies tied him with Forrest Iverson of Eureka, CA (2011) for the most in this division. Taylor Lowe of Davis, CA (2010) is tied with Fu for third place heading into Sunday's round. Cameron Skreden of Sacramento, CA (2010) will start in 5th place for Round Two.
There is a threeway tie for the lead in the Girls division at the Turkey Creek Open. Paige Lee of Folsom, CA (2013), Joi Pentin of Pleasanton, CA (2009), and Lauren Salazar of Santa Clara, CA (2012) all opened with rounds of 79 to lead by one over Ariana Patterson of Carmel, CA (2009). Miss Salazar led this division in birdies with 3 on Saturday while Ariana and Joi shared the honors for the most pars with 11 apiece. Four young ladies will start Round Two tied for 5th place at 84, 5 strokes back of our leaders: Kortnie Maxoutopoulis of Pleasanton, CA (2011), Jordan Ontiveros of Alamo, CA (2009), Simone Strauss of Rancho Mirage, CA (2009) and Jacqueline Williams of Fair Oaks, CA (2009). |
