2022 LPGA Junior Open
From May 21-22, 2022, the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour held the LPGA Junior Open. The tournament was made up of five divisions that included the Boys 16-18 Division, Boys 14-15 Division, Boys Under 10 Division, Girls 14-18 Division, and Girls Under 13 Division.
boys 16-18
Sean Majewski from Longwood, Florida was the first-place finisher this weekend. Majewski brought in scores of 73 and 74 for a combined total of 147 for the weekend. Ryan Nicholson from Ponte Vedra, Florida was the runner up for this weekend with scores of 76 and 73 for a combined total of 149. Matthew French finished the top three honors with scores of 78 and 74 for a weekend total of 152.
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Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Sean Majewski
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No. 2 Rank
Ryan Nicholson
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No. 3 Rank
Matthew French
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boys 14-15
Zusheng Wu from Lake Mary, FL was the first place finisher in the boys 14-15 division this past weekend. With four birdies on the weekend, he put up scores of 75 for round 1 and 77 for round 2. Wu was able to finish the weekend with 152 strokes. Runner up honors went to Nicholas Lehto from Lake Nona, FL. His score for the weekend was 160 strokes, one of his best in an HJGT tournament. Peter Sirianni from Winter Park, FL took home top three honors with a score of 172 strokes.
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Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Zusheng Wu
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No. 2 Rank
Nicholas Lehto
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No. 3 Rank
Peter Sirianni
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boys 11-13
First place in the boys 11-13 division went to Yanze Ouyang from Lake Mary, FL. This was Ouyang’s first tournament with HJGT and he did an outstanding job on the course. With 11 birdies, he brought in scores of 66 and 70 he finished off the weekend with 136 strokes. With a score of 150 strokes, Xuanheng Zhang from Lake Mary, FL took home runner up honors. Finishing up top three honors, also in his first HJGT tournament was Hu Zhecheng from Tianjin, China. Zhecheng brought in a round 1 score of 89 and round 2 score of 92 for a total of 181 strokes.
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Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Yanze Ouyang
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No. 2 Rank
Xuanheng Zhang
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No. 3 Rank
Hu Zhecheng
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girls 14-18
Amelia Cobb from Ormond Beach, FL has been playing with HJGT since 2018, this past weekend she was the first place finisher for the girls 14-18 division making it her 5th first place win. With five birdies on the weekend, she put up scores of 71 and 74. Cobb was able to secure her win in just 145 strokes. Runzhi Pang from Lake Mary, FL, Sabrina Smith from Orlando, FL and Ava Zhang from Lake Mary, FL finished off the weekend in a three way tie for runner up honors. Pang, with nine birdies put up scores of 76 and 73. Smith, with five birdies put up scores of 78 and 71 and Zhang, with four birdies put up scores of 76 and 73. All girls ended the weekend with 149 strokes.
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Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Amelia Cobb
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No. 2 Rank
Runzhi Pang
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No. 3 Rank
Sabrina Smith
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No. 4 Rank
Ava Zhang
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girls 13 & under
To finish off a great weekend, Lily Chiang from Jacksonville, FL took home the champion title in the girls U13 division. With a round 1 score of 70 and round 2 score of 78, she secured her win with 148 strokes. This was Chiang’s first HJGT tournament and she is now ranked in the top 30 of the HJGT point rankings. Runner up honors went to Mary Jane Skelin from Orlando, FL. Also playing in her first HJGT tournament, Skelin did a fantastic job this weekend and put up scores of 87 and 81 for a total of 168 strokes.
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Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Lily Chiang
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No. 2 Rank
Mary Jane Skelin
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