Round 2 Recap

Castelo finishes the season strong at Feather Sound - earns first win

Lee Castelo of Orlando, FL (2009) put together his best two FCWT rounds of the season and took home the title of the FCWT Feather Sound Open. On Saturday Castelo fired an opening round of 2 under par, making 4 birdies on his way around the golf course. He began Sunday's final round with a one shot lead over

Stanislav Matus of CZECH REPUBLIC (2008). Matus had a one stroke advantage over Tanapol Vattanapisit of THAILAND (2011), who won last weekend's IMG Championship, and

Yi Ming Zhang of CHINA (2009).

On Sunday, Zhang joined Matus in a tie for 2nd place with a final round of 73, and his best finish of the FCWT season. Fatehbir Dhaliwal of Chandigarh, INDIA (2008) carded a final round of 1 under par to finish tied for 4th with Ross Frankenberg of Barrington, IL (2009). Ahmed Musharrekh of UAE fired the Low Round of 3 under par 69 to move into a tie for 6th with David Ostrowski of Burlington, NC (2008), Benjamin Murray of Toronto, ON, CANADA (2009), and Tanapol Vattanapisit.

Pablo Serna of COLOMBIA (2009) and Florian Tomko of Lontzen, BELGIUM (2009) finished tied for 10th.

In the Boys 13-15 division, 25 year old Brandon Baerwaldt of Bradenton, FL (2010) carded a one under par 71, despite a 7 on the par 4 7th hole on Saturday, and took the first round lead. Brandon, one of the most consistent players on the FCWT, entered this event with 3 Top Threes and 5 Top Fives this season. On Sunday he added a win to that resume! Brandon carded a final round of 74 (the Low Round in this division) which gave him a 3 stroke win over 15 year old

Scott Smyers of Lakeland, FL (2010), who won the Candler Hills Open in March. Prem (Ben) Samritpricha of Bangkok, THAILAND (2012), who joined them in the final pairing on Sunday, finished in 3rd place at 154.

The Boys 11-12 division began the final round with co-leaders.

Rigel Fernandes of Dubai, UAE (2013) and Osama Khan of Barbados (2012) were tied at 78 for the lead. Both carded 3 birdies on Saturday to lead this division.

On Sunday, Fernandes posted the Low Round of 79 and earned his 4th win of the season. Timmy Hanzelko of Longwood, FL (2014) finished in 3rd place at 164.

Lendl leaves "shadows" - makes her own mark

Fourteen year old Daniela "Crash" Lendl of Bradenton, FL (2011) is coming out of the shadows of older siblings Marika and Isabelle. The two elder Lendl girls first appeared on the FCWT just down the road from the Feather Sound Country Club in March 2004. Marika,then 14 like Daniela is now, shot 75-77 and finished T3. Isabelle, only 12 at the time, finished in 7th place with rounds of 79-76. The staff immediately recognized the up and coming talent and have had the privilege to watch it ever since. In March of 2005, a then 11 year old Daniela played her first FCWT event and held her own finishing in the middle of the pack of girls in the 13-18 division. Now as a 14 year old Daniela has won twice this season at the 13-18 division, once on each coast (La Costa and now here at Feather Sound).

Michele Nash of Indianapolis, IN (2008) almost kept Daniela from her 2nd win of the season, but came up 2 strokes short. On Sunday, Michele fired the Low Round of even par and moved from tied for 4th and 6 strokes back to 2nd place, just 2 shots back.

Victoria Kiser of Orlando, FL (2010) finished tied for third with

Susana Benavides of Cochabamba, BOLIVIA (2009) who began the day tied with Michele Nash.

Wagner gets win # 4

In the Girls 14 and under division, Regan Simeone of Milton, MA (2011) began the final round with a 3 stroke lead over

nine year old Nelly Korda of Bradenton, FL (2016). Samantha Wagner of Easton, PA (2015) began the final round in 3rd place, just one stroke back of Miss Korda and 4 shots out of the lead. But on Sunday, Miss Wagner earned her 4th win in a row with a final round of 82 that also was the Low Round in this division. Miss Korda finished in 2nd place and

Stephanie Liu of St. Albans, MO (2015) finished in 3rd place.