KLEIN, LEE WIN MIZUNO AURORA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Aurora, Co. – The Colorado PGA Junior Golf (COPGAJR) held its first Major event of the summer Tuesday through Thursday at Murphy Creek Golf Course in Aurora, Colorado. Both boys and girls competed these three days to battle it out for first place. Tuesday provided beautiful blue skies and great course conditions for the juniors Day two weather was certainly a concern, as the forecast suggested storms rolling in, but thankfully the storms held off and the juniors were able to finish their rounds with no weather delays! Unfortunately, those storms did end up providing a substantial amount of rain for the Aurora area overnight, and the final day of the tournament had to be cut down to an 8 hole event for our players Unfortunately, fairways, bunkers and even bridges in between holes were completely flooded, which led to the decision of only playing eight on the final day The course staff did an amazing job at keeping the course in the best condition it could possibly be, thanks to the hard work of golf course superintendent Eric

Strasheim,

The field started with 82 juniors in total, with 63 boys and 19 girls teeing it up on Tuesday After play on day two, a cut was made that advanced 31 boys and ten girls to the final round. Our boys' champion for our first major was Sawyer Klein shooting 70-72-33 totaling 175 for the three days. Murphy Creek is a tough golf course if you do not keep it in the fairways," stated the champion, and luckily he did just exactly that Going into the third day, every player had the expectation of playing 18 holes, but finding out right before the round that it was now going to be shortened to an 8-hole tournament can really change your game plan for the day "My goal was to make as many pars as possible whether it is an 8-hole tournament or 18," Sawyer commented He proceeded to discuss how the first round was very "scorable," but the next two days were "a bit tougher with the wind and course conditions."