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That’s a Wrap! Junior Tour Season Comes to an End By Katie Ann Robinson
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he 2015 Colorado PGA Junior Tour season saw countless outstanding performances from our junior golfers across the state. With 10 events on the Champions and Challenge Tour spanning from early June to early August, the junior tour averaged 46 players in six different age divisions.
Katie Ann Robinson Junior Golf Director Colorado PGA krobinson@pgahq.com P | (303) 996-1591
While each event hosted a diverse group of juniors each week, some kids were familiar faces to the top of the leaderboard throughout the season. Pine native Dakota Dolph dominated the Boys 12 & Under Challenge Tour events, ending the season with four wins and one 2nd and 3rd place finish each. Brooke Hudson from Parker was the standout in the Girls 12 & Under division, earning two runner-up finishes and one win at the season-ending event at West Woods Golf Course.
June 3, 2015 | Kings Deer Golf Course Champions Tour Girls 12 & Under 1st Katelyn Lehigh – Loveland, CO Girls 13-15 1st – Lauren Lehigh – Loveland, CO 2nd – Elizabeth Pendleton – Colorado Springs, CO Girls 16-18 1st – Kelsey McKenna – Colorado Springs, CO 2nd – Jessica Ainsworth – Colorado Springs, CO Boys 12 & Under 1st – Dakota Dolph – Pine, CO Boys 13-15 1st - Jacob Shelton – Golden, CO 2nd – Elijah Harp – Monument, CO 3rd – Tanner Murphy – Castle Pines, CO Boys 16-18 1st – Ryan Way – Littleton, CO 2nd – Jake Garrett – Denver, CO 3rd – Trey Severin – Aurora, CO
Challenge Tour Boys 12 & Under 1st – Christopher Smith – Monument, CO 2nd – Andrew Gleason – Castle Rock, CO 3rd – Gareth Weckwerth – Commerce City, CO
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In the Boys 13-15 division, Sam Blackwood from Littleton took the Champions Tour by storm, ending the season with three runner-ups and a win at Raccoon Creek Golf Course. Katlyn (12 & Under) and Lauren (13-15) Lehigh, sisters from Loveland, each made a name for themselves on the Colorado PGA Junior Tour when won their respective age divisions at the seasonopening event at Kings Deer Golf Course. Katelyn went on to notch two third place finishes while Lauren won again at Wellshire Golf Course and took third at the Colorado PGA Junior Championship. Zach Gomez, a Westminster native, won his first event of the season at Thorncreek Golf Course and went on to earn three additional top-3 finishes including two wins. Ryan Way from Littleton and Tyler Severin from Aurora also ended the season with two first-place finishes each. We are proud of all our junior golfers this season and look forward to an even better season in 2016. Check out the full list of our top three finishers in each age group, gender and tour from our tournaments this summer!
Boys 13-15 1st – Caden Ley – Aurora, CO 2nd – Ben Kusnetsky – Arvada, CO 3rd – Sha Jefferson – Aurora CO
June 8, 2015 | Vail Golf Club Champions Tour Boys 12 & Under 1st – Dakota Dolph – Pine, CO 2nd – Seth Jaehn – Greeley, CO Boys 13-15 1st – Nick Mattern – Evergreen, CO 2nd – Tanner Murphy – Castle Pines, CO 3rd – Jack Stevens – Auburn, AL
Challenge Tour Boys 12 & Under 1st – Jonathon Boyer – Eagle, CO 2nd – Enzo Knapp – Colorado Springs, CO 3rd – Nicholas Buchenau – Denver, CO
June 18, 2015 | Wellshire Golf Course Champions Tour Girls 12 & Under 1st – Merielle Gojo – Cherry Hills Village, CO