Round 1 Recap

Fifteen year old Suzie Lee of Long Island, NY (2010) carded 3 birdies, the most in this division, on her way to a round of even par to lead all scores in the Girls 13-18 division. She will have a 3-stroke advantage over

Heather Arison of Copley, OH (2008) as she heads into Sunday's final round. Miss Lee will be looking for her first win and her fourth Top 5 finish of the season. Miss Arison, who led this division in pars with 14, will be looking to improve upon her best finish of the year so far which is T4. She will start Sunday's round two strokes ahead of Amy Meier of Rochester Hills, MI (2009). Miss Meier will start 2 strokes ahead of Shamira Marshall of Macedonia, OH (2008), who is playing in her first FCWT event. Karen Chung of Livingston, NJ (2013) will start in 5th place at 80.

Seventeen year old Rob McLay of Burlington, ON, CANADA (2009) carded an even par 72 on Saturday to take the first round lead at the Nittany Lion Open. McLay, along with 3 other players, carded 4 birdies for the opening round. He has a two-shot advantage over four players, who are currently tied for 2nd: Todd Berglund of Pittsburgh, PA (2010),

Steve Bednar of Monroe Falls, OH (2008),

Kyle Johnson of Endicott, NY (2009), who carded one of 3 eagles on the par 5 18th hole on Saturday, and

Zach Elkins of Dublin, OH (2011). Elkins is currently the leader of the boys 13-15 players. Four players are tied for 6th at 75, just 3 strokes back:

William Wiseman of Salisbury, MD (2009),

Matthew Burkhart of Lancaster, PA (2009), who tied McLay for the most birdies in Round One with 4,

Jonathan Halpern of Pittsburgh, PA (2010), who carded an eagle on the par 5 18th hole, and David Olejnik of Burlington, ON, CANADA (2009). Four players are tied for 10th at 76, just 4 strokes back: Brian Hollins of Rockville, MD (2009), Brian Churchill-Smith of Oakville, ON, CANADA (2009),

Andrew Lane of Rockport, NY (2010), the third player to card an eagle on the 18th hole, and

Michael Birmingham of Ashburn, VA (2009). In a tie for 17th and just 5 strokes back are: Phil Rothermel of Lyons, PA (2009), Luke Hare of Shelburne, ON, CANADA (2009), Will Morris of Columbus, OH (2009), one of four plaeyrs to lead the division with 4 birdies, and Brandon Hartranft of Lancaster, PA (2011). Also tied for 17th overall and tied for 2nd among the Boys 13-15 are:

Alexander Andrews of Kirtland, OH (2011),

Matt Fry of Bel Air, MD (2010), and

Jack Shoreman of Orangeville, ON, CANADA (2010), who also tied McKay for the most birdies on Saturday with 4.

In the Boys 11-12 division, Bennett Wisner, Jr. of Hampstead, MD (2014) leads Matthew Moore of Pittsburgh, PA (2014) by one stroke.