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THUNDERBIRD INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR
Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz. • May 28 - 31
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Final results from the Thunderbird International Junior conducted by the
American Junior Golf Association at Grayhawk Golf Club.
Boys Par: 36-36--72. Yardage: 7112. Rating: 74.4. Slope: 143
Girls Par: 36-36--72. Yardage: 6275. Rating: 76.7. Slope: 138
Boys Division
Name Grad Hometown Score
1 Anthony Paolucci 2011 Del Mar, Calif. 66-69-69--204
2 Denny McCarthy 2011 Burtonsville, Md. 71-69-67--207
T3 Gavin Hall 2013 Pittsford, N.Y. 73-67-68--208
3 Patrick Cantlay 2010 Los Alamitos, Calif. 70-68-70--208
T5 Justin Thomas 2011 Goshen, Ky. 70-67-72--209
5 Franco Castro 2010 Alpharetta, Ga. 72-69-68--209
7 Grayson Murray 2012 Raleigh, N.C. 75-72-64--211
T8 AJ McInerney 2012 Henderson, Nev. 70-73-70--213
8 Jordan Spieth 2011 Dallas, Texas 69-71-73--213
8 Cheng-Tsung Pan 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 76-69-68--213
T11 Motin Yeung 2012 Orlando, Fla. 72-72-70--214
11 Jay Hwang 2011 San Diego, Calif. 70-73-71--214
11 Oliver Schniederjans 2011 Powder Springs, Ga. 69-74-71--214
T14 Shun Yat Hak 2012 Lake Mary, Fla. 73-66-76--215
14 Jeffrey Kang 2010 Fullerton, Calif. 74-69-72--215
14 Wyndham Clark 2012 Greenwood Village, Colo. 73-71-71--215
14 Jim Liu 2013 Smithtown, N.Y. 71-72-72--215
14 Nicholas Reach 2011 Moscow, Pa. 74-69-72--215
14 Emiliano Grillo 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 75-70-70--215
20 Mathias Schjoelberg 2011 Oslo, Norway 70-73-73--216
T21 Matias Dominguez 2010 Santiago, Chile 72-72-73--217
21 Tom Lovelady 2011 Birmingham, Ala. 73-72-72--217
T23 Billy Kennerly 2011 Alpharetta, Ga. 75-74-69--218
23 Cameron Smith 2010 Brisbane, Australia 70-72-76--218
T25 Tanner Kesterson 2011 Plano, Texas 71-71-77--219
25 Andrew Levitt 2012 Ladera Ranch, Calif. 73-71-75--219
25 David Lee 2012 Houston, Texas 77-68-74--219
28 Shugo Imahira 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 77-69-74--220
T29 Drew Czuchry 2010 Auburn, Ga. 77-73-71--221
29 Andrew Knox 2010 Cary, N.C. 77-72-72--221
T31 Matthew Ceravolo 2011 Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 72-76-74--222
31 Marcel Puyat 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 75-74-73--222
T33 Cameron Wilson 2010 Rowayton, Conn. 69-77-77--223
33 Payne Denman 2010 Riverwatch, Tenn. 78-73-72--223
33 Oliver Carr 2011 Oxton, United Kingdom 76-71-76--223
36 Seb Crookall-Nixon 2012 Cockermouth, United Kingdom 78-73-73--224
37 Adam Strom 2013 Goteborg, Sweden 81-69-75--225
38 Zachary Herr 2013 New Hope, Pa. 75-77-74--226
39 Daniel Lee 2011 Valencia, Calif. 76-80-71--227
40 Preston Valder 2011 Yorba Linda, Calif. 74-77-77--228
Cindy Feng Prevails in Playoff for Second Straight V
Thunderbird International Junior
Paolucci completes wire-to-wire victory for first AJGA
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Yueer Cindy Feng of Orlando, Fla
the first player to successfully defend her title at the Thunde
International Junior by defeating Laetitia Beck of
a four-hole sudden-death playoff Monday afternoon. Anthon
of Del Mar, Calif., posted a 12-under-par total and
shot victory for his first AJGA title.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the 11
Thunderbird International Junior was a 54-hole stroke play
played at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course. The 78
featured 48 boys and 30 girls, ages 12-18, from 18 states a
countries. The Boys Division played the par-72
while the Girls Division played at 6,275 yards.
For Feng, her third Invitational victory was anything but eas
in the group ahead of Beck, Feng was 6-under
built a two-shot cushion with one hole to play. An errant tee
No. 18 forced her to take an unplayable lie, and after taking
her third shot found another bush in the desert.
Feng took a second unplayable lie, and when she found the
with her sixth shot, she had to make a six-foot putt for doub
and to force Beck to make birdie to win.
“I just got the news that I was up two, so I thought
Feng said. “I was just trying my best to play for bogey or pa
the first drop I went into another unplayable lie, so I was jus
for double-bogey really,” Feng said.
Fifteen minutes after Feng posted her 3-undernarrowly
missed a birdie putt that would have secured the v
her final AJGA event. Her ensuing par sent the Girls
playoff for the second straight year.
In the playoff, each player had makeable birdie putts that w
ended the match on Nos. 11 or 12, but pars sent the duel to
13th hole. Feng hit her tee shot to 10 feet, and after Beck fa

41 M.J. Maguire 2011 St.Petersburg, Fla. 76-76-77--229
42 Zachary Olsen 2013 Cordova, Tenn. 75-76-79--230
43 Riku Saito 2011 Tokyo, Japan 78-79-75--232
44 Luis Ballesca 2012 Mexico City, Mexico 81-74-79--234
45 Kyle Lewis 2010 Shawnee, Okla. 81-79-76--236
46 Oscar Lengdén 2011 Rydebäck, Sweden 77-83-82--242
47 Ben Itterman 2010 Carlsbad, Calif. 86-84-80--250
- Jianfeng Ye 2010 ShenZhen, China 77-76-JWD
Girls Division
Name Grad Hometown Score
1 Yueer Cindy Feng 2014 Orlando, Fla. 72-73-68--213
2 Laetitia Beck 2010 Caesarea, Israel 73-69-71--213
3 Rachel Morris 2010 Carlsbad, Calif. 71-71-72--214
4 Stephanie Meadow 2010 Jordanstown, Northern Ireland 72-73-70--215
5 Victoria Tanco 2012 Bradenton, Fla. 73-70-73--216
6 Alison Lee 2013 Valencia, Calif. 77-69-71--217
T7 Ani Gulugian 2010 Irvine, Calif. 75-71-72--218
7 Erynne Lee 2011 Silverdale, Wash. 74-72-72--218
T9 Jessica Korda 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 75-72-72--219
9 Kristen Park 2011 Buena Park, Calif. 72-74-73--219
11 Madelene Sagström 2011 Enköping, Sweden 76-74-70--220
12 Luz
Alejandra Cangrejo
2010 Bogota, Colombia 74-72-75--221
13 Kelly Shon 2010 Port Washington, N.Y. 75-75-72--222
14 Karen Chung 2013 Livingston, N.J. 75-73-76--224
T15 Ashlan Ramsey 2013 Bradenton, Fla. 72-75-78--225
15 Emma Talley 2012 Princeton, Ky. 79-73-73--225
17 Kyung Kim 2012 Chandler, Ariz. 74-76-76--226
18 Gabriela Lopez 2012 Heroes de Padierna, Mexico 77-71-80--228
T19 Marijosse Navarro 2014 San Antonio, Texas 77-75-77--229
19 Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 81-73-75--229
19 Johanna Tillstrom 2011 Täby, Sweden 75-79-75--229
19 Casey Grice 2010 College Station, Texas 78-77-74--229
23 Doris Chen 2011 Bradenton, Fla. 80-76-74--230
T24 Tiffany Lim 2011 San Jose, Calif. 79-76-76--231
24 Banchalee Theinthong 2010 Bangkok, Thailand 79-72-80--231
T26 Lindsey Weaver 2012 Scottsdale, Ariz. 78-78-78--234
26 Megumi Takahashi 2015 Nagano, Japan 81-74-79--234
26 Christina Mew 2010 Brisbane, Australia 77-73-84--234
29 Simin Feng 2013 Orlando, Fla. 86-85-103--274
- Alex Stewart 2010 Peoria, Ariz. 73-75-WJ
save par from the greenside bunker, Feng twoninth
AJGA title.
“It was my first Invitational win last year and it's definitely an
be able to win it again this year,” said Feng, who is ranked
the Polo Golf Rankings.
Rachel Morris of Carlsbad, Calif., finished third at 2
she missed an eight-foot birdie putt on the final hole
put her in the playoff. Stephanie Meadow of Jordanstown, N
Ireland, finished fourth at 1-under-par, while two
Player of the Year Victoria Tanco of Buenos Aires,
fifth at even-par.
In the Boys Division, Paolucci's wire-to-wire victory
bit of trepidation. When Paolucci made bogeys on Nos. 4 a
Denny McCarthy of Burtonsville, Md., took a brief one
When he responded with an eagle on No. 7 and a
Paolucci regained his edge and never looked back.
“I've been in a similar position before going into the last rou
won a couple and lost a couple, and I hadn't won an
before, so I wanted to get that monkey off my back,
who notched three birdies and an eagle in his final
wanted to win one before I got too old and I'm glad it happe
today.”
Paolucci's 12-under-par total was the third-lowest winning
tournament history, and he was the only player in 2010 to r
three rounds in the 60s.
“I played last year and the scores were really low, so I knew
be done,” Paolucci said. “I just wanted to give myself a cha
today — that was my main goal.”
McCarthy finished three shots back at 9-under-
Cantlay of Los Alamitos, Calif., and Gavin Hall of Pittsford,
for third at 8-under-par. Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., and
Castro of Alpharetta, Ga., finished fifth at 7-under
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to the overall growth and developme
young men and women who aspire to earn college golf sch
through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides
for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior mem
(boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior
49 states and 30 countries. To ensure scholarship opportun
junior golfers who have the skill, the AJGA created the Ach
Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program to
assistance to young players in need.
As in the past, Callaway Golf lends its support to the event.
major sponsors are the Thunderbirds, the Phil and Amy Mic
Charitable Fund, Grayhawk Golf Club and the Waste
Phoenix Open.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalys
driving force behind the Association's success
Watch USA, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, b
inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12
support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's
Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate an
professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more
victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni includ
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Woods, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Cristie Kerr, Paula
and Morgan Pressel.
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