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U.S. Junior Amateur7HoleParspiethbarrettHoleParspiethbarrettThe Final: Spieth vs. Barrett1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 184 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 45 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 34 4 5 6 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 6 319 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 364 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 44 3 4 4 2 5 4 2 5 3 5 3 43 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 4– Won hole2011 Championship NotesLeadersRound 1 – Beau Hossler and William Starke, at 4-under 68,by one stroke over Taylor Moore and Chelso Barrett. Round2 – Hossler was medalist at 9-under 135, by four strokes overStarke.CutAt 8-over-par 152, with a 12-for-10 playoff that lasted twoholes to determine the final match-play spots.WeatherChan, Grayson Murray, Cody Proveaux, Austin Smothermanand William Zalatoris … Beau Hossler, who earned strokeplaymedalist honors, was the only player in the field whohas competed in a U.S. Open. Hossler qualified for the 2011U.S. Open at Congressional C.C., where he missed the cut… A few weeks after winning the Junior Amateur, Spieth wasnamed to the USA Walker Cup Team … The players’ dinnerwas held on the USS John C. Stennis, an active aircraft carrierthat left the port in Bremerton shortly after the conclusion ofthe championship … Barrett assured himself of a position in the2012 Junior Amateur, which will be played in his home state ofNew Hampshire … Seattle native Bill Tindall, the 1960 JuniorAmateur champion, served as the honorary chairman for thechampionship.Moderate, pleasant temperatures throughout the week, withplenty of sunshine.NotesThere were 128 players in the field who were competing intheir first U.S. Junior Amateur, and 124 who were playing intheir first USGA championship … There were players from 43states (all but Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana,New Mexico and Rhode Island) and five foreign countries(Australia, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and Korea) represented… In addition, Carlos Briones, of San Lorenzo, Calif., isfrom the Philippines and Juan Yumar, who lives in Miami, Fla.,is a citizen of Venezuela who has played on the Venezuelannational junior team … At age 13, Eric Bae, of Korea, was theyoungest player in the field … Jordan Spieth and Brett Wilsonboth turned 18 on July 27, four days after the championshipconcluded, and were the oldest players in the field … Spiethwas one of two past Junior Amateur winners in the field, alongwith defending champion Jim Liu … Liu was ousted in thesecond round by eventual runner-up Chelso Barrett … Spiethwas the only player in the field competing in his fourth JuniorAmateur … Liu was one of nine competitors playing in his third,along with Adam Ball, Andrew Bieber, Brian Bullington, LorensJuniorAmateur