Olsen and
Thornberry Qualify
for USGA US
Amateur
out runner-up Edward Wall, of
Brandon, who shot 140 (-4). Rodney
Boswell, of Lyon, came in third
with a 143 (-1) and Joel Myrick of
Hattiesburg shot an even 144 for
the weekend.
Sixty-five
amateur
golfers
gathered at Tupelo Country
Club to try to qualify for the
prestigious USGA U.S. Amateur
Championship. Zachary Olsen
and Braden Thornberry will
advance to the 2016 U.S. Amateur
Championship at Oakland Hills
Country Club in Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan Aug. 15-21.
Golfers had to play 36 holes and
the top two scores would advance
to Oakland Hills. After the first 18
holes, Cameron Clarke (Pittsboro,
Mississippi), Braden Thornberry
(Olive
Branch,
Mississippi),
and Zachary Olsen (Cordova,
Tennessee) were all tied after
shooting a -4 (68).
After 36 holes, Olsen and
Thornberry were atop the
leaderboard with an impressive -10
(134).
Jackson
Dick
(Starkville,Mississippi)
finished
in 3rd at -5 (139) and was the
first alternate. Cameron Clarke
(Pittsboro, Mississippi) and T.J.
Morgan (Calhoun City, Mississippi)
had to go to a playoff to decide the
second alternate position after both
finishing at (-4) 140. Morgan won
the playoff over Clarke and earned
the second alternate position. For
complete results, click here.
Three Mississippi
Juniors Qualify for
USGA Jr. Amateurs
Lampley crowned
2016 Greenwood
Invitational Champion
Greenwood,
Mississippi
–
Josh Lampley of Gulfport is the
69th Greenwood Invitational
Champion. Lampley shot a two
round total of 139 (-5) to edge
Three Mississippi juniors have
qualified for their respective USGA
Junior Amateur Championships.
Conner Beth Ball came out
victorious after a three hole playoff
and will represent Mississippi
at the 2016 U.S. Girls Junior
Championship on July 18-23
at Ridgewood Country Club in
Parumus, New Jersey.
After two rounds, Brice Wilkinson
of Madison posted a 140 (-4) and
secured himself a spot in the U.S.
Junior Amateur Championship for
winning the qualifier.
The USGA Girls Jr. Amateur
was held at Deerfield Golf Club in
Canton and included players from
around the U.S.
There were two spots up for
grabs into the USGA Girls Junior
Championship. After play had
ended, there was a tie for second
place between Conner Beth Ball,
of Madison, and Brooke Tyree, of
Louisiana. Ball and Tyree headed
to the 10th tee to begin a playoff to
see who would get the last spot into
the Girls Junior Championship.
The USGA Boys Jr. Amateur
Qualifier was held on the coast at
Grand Bear. Also a competitive
field, there were players from all
around the U.S. competing for just
two spots into the 2016 U.S. Junior
Amateur Championship.
Coming in second place and
earning the final spot in the U.S.
Boys Junior Amateur was Cecil
Wegener, of Ridgeland. Cecil shot
a two round score of 141 (-3) to earn
his spot in the Boys Junior Amateur.
Brice and Cecil will represent
Mississippi in the 2016 US Junior
Amateur Championship on July
18-23 at The Honors Course in
Ooltewah, Tennessee. Greenville,
Hood and Graeber
take the titles at the
Greenville Invitational
Leaders from the first round
continued to play well through
the final round of the Greenville
Invitational.
Alan
Ellis
of
Greenwood began the Invitational
as the only past champion in the
field, and he soon proved that he
could win it a fourth time. A 68 and
69 in the final round kept Ellis at
the top of the leaderboard to win
the Invitational by seven strokes
over runner-up Duke Simmons
who finished at even par for the
tournament.
In the Super Senior division,
Ken Graeber held onto his strong
lead to also finish seven strokes
in the lead. Mike Brown was the
runner-up finishing four over par.
The MGA also congratulated
Senior Division champion Bill
Hood and thanked Greenville Golf
and Country Club for hosting the
event.
For complete results, visit http://
missgolf.org/node/2103
Ellis
Graeber
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