September 2015 Official Publication.pdf

On a breezy, sunny day in West St. Paul, the Minnesota Section PGA Junior Golf Association hosted its'
annual Valspar Junior Tour "Warrior" Cup tournament at Hillcrest Golf & Country Club. This was a one
day, 18 Hole event featuring the 13-15 age division for both boys and girls. This year's tournament
included one previous winner in Bobby Park of Lake Elmo, MN but missing another in Anni Heck of
Eagan, MN.
The Girls' division featured a new winner this year without the chance for a repeat due to the absence of
Heck. That champion would be Camille Kuznik of Orono, MN who shot a 2-over (74) to win by a
commanding four strokes over runner-up Aayushi Sarkar of Woodbury, MN. Third place went to Sophia
Yeomans of Red Wing, MN who finished at 10-over (82), falling eight strokes behind the winner Kuznik.
Bobby Park would fall short in the Boys' division as he hoped to repeat like few have before. Park
finished runner-up with a solid score of 2-under (70) but it was not enough to match Matthew Garside of
Vadnais Heights, MN who posted a 4-under (68) and the low round of the day. Park was coming off a
Players' Tour Tournament of Champions victory at Cragun’s Dutch Legacy but could not do enough to up
end Garside's great round. Rounding out the medalists for the boys' division in third was Jack Evans of
East Gull Lake, MN scoring a very respectable 1-over (73).
Alexa Filipiak of Elk River, MN and Anson Kuznik of Orono, MN are your 2015 Warrior Cup Champions in
the older 16-18 Age Division. The pair defeated some of the elite golfers in the state in a stroke play
event at Chaska Town Course to wrap up the Junior Tour season. It was a hot, muggy day on the course
with some showers in the early morning but there was no delay.
In the Girls' division, Filipiak defeated Jordan Wurm of Buffalo, MN and Abigail Brinkman of Jackson, MN
by one stroke scoring an 84. Wurm and Brinkman had a scorecard playoff to settle the second and third
place spots and on the sixth handicap hole, Wurm birdied while Brinkman had a bogey solidifying Wurm
as the runner-up. As far as the Boys' division, Kuznik shot a very good score of even par 72 beating Joey
Park of Lake Elmo, MN by one stroke. There was another playoff on the Boys' side between Stefan
Nelson of Eden Prairie, MN and Matthew Gregg of Bemidji, MN to determine the final medalist. The
playoff was on Hole 18 and Nelson prevailed over Gregg to claim the third place trophy.