June 3 – 4, 2023
2023 New Jersey Junior Open
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In his first HJGT tournament, Jiayi Liu from Windsor, CT won first place in the boys 14-15 division. He brought in scores of 81 and 80 along with six birdies on the weekend giving him a total of 166 strokes. After his first win, Liu is in the Top 100 of the HJGT point rankings. With 166 strokes and five birdies, Kevin Ostrander from Point Pleasant, NJ places as our runner up honors. This was Ostrander’s second HJGT tournament, he will participate in the Northeast Regional Invitational in September. Henry White from Montville, NJ places in the top three honors with a total score of 175 strokes.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Jiayi Liu
+17 Total
No. 2 Rank
Kevin Ostrander
+22 Total
No. 3 Rank
Henry White
+31 Total
No. 4 Rank
Peter Merk
+43 Total
No. 5 Rank
Matthew Tondini
+44 Total
June 3 – 4, 2023
Summer College Prep Series at Penn State
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In the boys 14-15 division, Carson Kittsley from Pittsburg, PA finished in first place. This was Kittsley’s second HJGT tournament of the year, last month he placed first at the Pittsburg Junior Open. This past weekend he brought in scores of 73 for round 1 and 74 for round 2 along with eight birdies totaling 147 strokes. Currently he is within the Top 50 of HJGT point rankings. Tied for the runner up honors was Colby Komancheck from Royersford, PA and Max Mottura from Vandergrfit, PA. Komancheck put up scores of 72 and 76 while Mottura scored a 78 and 70, they both finished the weekend with an impressive score of 148.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Carson Kittsley
+3 Total
No. 2 Rank
Colby Komancheck
+4 Total
No. 3 Rank
Max Mottura
+4 Total
No. 4 Rank
Will Johnson
+6 Total
No. 5 Rank
Joshua Lee
+10 Total
May 27 – 29, 2023
54 Hole Celebration Junior Open
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In the boys 14-15 division, Ryo Murata from Nagano, Japan was our first place winner in his first HJGT tournament of 2023. He had a round 1 score of 75, an even score of 72 in round 2 and a score of 77 for round 3. Murata finished the weekend with a combined total of 224 strokes. Jake Mason from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL placed as runner up honors. With four birdies on the weekend, his scores of 76, 78 and 74 gave him a combined total of 228 strokes. Matias Calderon from Guatemala City, Guatemala and Tantikorn Klinpeng from Rayong, Thailand tied for top three honors with scores of 231. Both players did a great job this weekend.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Ryo Murata
+8 Total
No. 2 Rank
Jake Mason
+12 Total
No. 3 Rank
Matias Calderon
+15 Total
No. 4 Rank
Tantikorn Klinpeng
+15 Total
No. 5 Rank
Wyatt Bliss
+23 Total
May 27 – 29, 2023
54 Hole Connecticut Junior Open
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First place in the boys 14-15 division went to Will Spencer from Fairfield, CT. This was Spencer’s fourth HJGT tournament of the year and his first win. His scores of 72, 73 and 74 were arguably his best so far this year. Spencer finished the weekend with a total of 219 strokes. The runner up honors went to Kyle Beaudry from Madison, CT. Beaudry put up scores of 83, 72 and 84 totaling 239 strokes. He is currently in the top 50 for HJGT point rankings. With 241 strokes and four birdies on the weekend, Griffin Lawlor from Norwalk, CT finishes as our top three honors.
Rank
Player
Total
No. 1 Rank
Will Spencer
+3 Total
No. 2 Rank
Kyle Beaudry
+23 Total
No. 3 Rank
Griffin Lawlor
+25 Total
No. 4 Rank
Brain Li
+28 Total
No. 5 Rank
George Targowski
+52 Total
