June 3 – 4, 2023
2023 Major Championship at Weissinger Hills
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Long time HJGT player, Nick Vilela from Washington, MO was the first place finisher for the boys 16-18 division this past weekend. Vilela has been playing with HJGT since 2018 and has over 30 tournaments under his belt. He was able to secure another win this weekend with seven birdies and a total of 144 strokes. Nick’s next event with the HJGT will be later this month as he will participate in the St. Louis Summer Junior Open. Runner up honors went to Christian Clements from Louisville, KY. Clements brought in scores of 70 for round 1 and 75 for round 2, he finished the weekend with a total score of 145. Finishing up top three honors, from Clinton, OH was Zachary Huscusson with a weekend score of 147 strokes.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Nick Vilela
– – Total
No. 2 Rank
Christian Clements
+1 Total
No. 3 Rank
Zachary Huscusson
+3 Total
No. 4 Rank
Andrew Johnson
+5 Total
No. 5 Rank
Ben Gelven
+6 Total
June 3 – 4, 2023
2023 New Jersey Junior Open
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Taking the lead in the boys 16-18 division was Matthew Lu from Basking Ridge, NJ. With four birdies on the weekend, Lu brought in an outstanding scorecard. His scores of 75 for round 1 and 76 for round 2 gave him a total of 151 strokes making him the division champion. He has been playing with HJGT since 2020, participating in over 50 tournaments. With a decorated HJGT record Alex has 25 Top 3 finishes. In a three way tie for runner up honors was James Dunn from Westfield, NJ, Ryder Hodgson from Montclair, NJ and Zachary Rengen from Mechanicsburg, PA. Dunn, with seven birdies on the weekend, brought in scores of 71 and 81 while Hodgson and Rengen had four birdies with scores of 73 and 79. All three players totaled 152 strokes for the weekend.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Matthew Lu
+7 Total
No. 2 Rank
James Dunn
+8 Total
No. 3 Rank
Ryder Hodgson
+8 Total
No. 4 Rank
Zachary Rengen
+8 Total
No. 5 Rank
Malin Adams
+15 Total
June 3 – 4, 2023
Summer College Prep Series at Penn State
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Taking the lead in the boys 16-18 division was Owen Blakely from Wellesley, MA. This was Owen’s fourth tournament of 2023 and his first win. With 10 birdies on the weekend, he scored 70 in round 1 and 72 in round 2. He took the win with 142 strokes. The runner up honors went to Michael Lugiano from Shavertown, PA with a score of 143. Lugiano has played with HJGT since 2019 and has 12 Top 10 finishes. Finishing up top three honors was Thomas Caffarelli from Scottsdale. He brought in scores of 74 and 72 for a total of 146 strokes.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Owen Blakely
-2 Total
No. 2 Rank
Michael Lugiano
-1 Total
No. 3 Rank
Thomas Caffarelli
+2 Total
No. 4 Rank
Ben Trautlein
+3 Total
No. 5 Rank
Austin Malley
+4 Total
May 27 – 29, 2023
54 Hole Celebration Junior Open
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Taking the lead in the boys 16-18 division was Dylan Mason from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Dylan brought in an exceptional scorecard this weekend. With seven birdies on the weekend, he brought in scores of 71 in round 1, 73 in round 2 and 74 in round 3. He finished the weekend in first place with 218 strokes. This was Dylan’s second win in an HJGT tournament. The runner up honors went to Ting-Wei (Tim) Chang from Taichung City, Taiwan. He brought in scores of 66, 83 and 71 totaling 220 strokes. Finishing up top three honors with a combined score of 225 was Rafael Gutierrez from Mexico City, Mexico.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Dylan Mason
+2 Total
No. 2 Rank
Tim Chang
+4 Total
No. 3 Rank
Rafael Gutierrez
+9 Total
No. 4 Rank
William Tang
+10 Total
No. 5 Rank
Thasanunth Khamkhogruad
+12 Total
