On July 11, 2021, the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour held the Mohegan Sun Junior Open. The tournament was made up of a 18-hole format with a field of six divisions that included the Boys 16-18 Division, Boys 14-15 Division, Boys 11-13 Division, Boys Under 10 Division, Girls 14-18 Division, and Girls Under 13 Division.
Boys 16-18
Tyler Vitolo from Newtown, CT was the first-place finisher this weekend. Vitolo brought in a score of 73 (+1) for the tournament. Thomas O’Connell from Wellesley, MA and Dylan Reissman from Woodcliff Lake, NJ tied for second place. Both players had a score of 76 (+4).
Boys 14-15
Jonathan Oakes from Dobbs Ferry, NY was the first-place finisher this weekend. Oakes brought in a score of 76 (+4) to put him at the top of the leaderboard. Andrew Dunn from Middletown, CT and Brandon Frye from Bristol, CT tied for second place with a score of 80 (+8).
Boys 11-13
Asher Katz from Ridgefield, CT was the first-place finisher this weekend. Katz brought in a score of 74 (+2). Spencer Cohen from Roslyn Heights, NY was the runner up for the weekend with a score of 79 (+7). Joey Iaciofano from Lincoln, RI finished the top three honors with a score of 81 (+9).
Girls 14-18
There was a three way tie in regulation play for the Girls 14-18 division. Lucy McCabe from Marlborough, MA secured first place by playoff, with Clara Chae from Natick, MA taking second place, and Sarah DeSanto from West Hartford, CT finishing third. All three had a score of 80 (+8).
Girls U13
Kylie Heffernan from Lancaster, MA was the first-place finisher this weekend. Heffernan brought in a winning score of 81 (+9). Eve Krinsky from Pound Ridge, NY was the runner up for the weekend with a score of 96 (+24).
Boys 10 Under
Aleksander Mack from Stamford, CT was the first-place finisher this weekend. Mack brought in a winning score of 86 (+14). Thomas Sullivan from Watertown, CT was the runner up for the weekend with a score of 88 (+16).
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About Hurricane Junior Golf Tour
In 2017, The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour announced a partnership with Nexus, an international hospitality and entertainment company backed by financier Joe Lewis and Tavistock Group, golfing great Tiger Woods and musician and entertainer Justin Timberlake, which will further our collective goal of growing the game of golf, broadening the Tour’s reach across the U.S. and around the world.
The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) was founded in 2007 with the intent of providing junior golfers between the ages of 11-18, and now 10 and under, an opportunity to play exceptional courses in a competitive environment. Golfers who participate on the tour will compete in one of six age divisions: Boys 16-18, Boys 14-15, Boys 11-13, Boys U10, Girls 14-18, and Girls U13. Based out of Jacksonville, FL, the HJGT administers events all across the nation, with stops in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. In 2016, we have now expanded to the west coast and cover California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, and Oregon.
For more information regarding the 2017 HJGT Tour, please visit our website at www.hjgt.org, call the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour headquarters at (407) 614-2962, or email info@hjgt.org.
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