Junior Tour
Chasing the Record Books A
busy spring and June filled with fantastic play caused
some new indentations in the JTNC record books. At the annual Alameda
Commuters Championship, Peter Kuest became the youngest champion in the event’s 89-year history. Kuest flirted with the championship 72-hole record (18-under) before coming in at 15-under 269. On the JTNC Tour, San Jose
resident Thomas Hutchison’s win at the Spring Series VI Champion- ship was his third of the 2015- 2016 season, tying him with two other players for most wins in a season. Hutchison’s final round 64 was also the third lowest score
in JTNC history. Also tying the mark for three wins in a season was Alamo’s Ryan Grauman fol- lowing a victory at the Summer Series I Championship. Going low too was San
Ramon’s Yoonhee Kim, who fired a 7-under 65 at the Summer Series III Championship at Coyote Creek. The 65 was the second lowest girls’ score in JTNC history. On her way to winning the
Spring Series VII Championship, Ty Akabane of Danville fired a 5-under 66, the third lowest total in JTNC Girls’ history. Casie Cathrea holds the record, having posted a 9-under 63 in 2012. Kim’s win at the Summer Se-
ries III Championship at Coyote Creek GC was her 9th career title JTNC title, while Concord resident Yealimi Noh notched her 9th title at the Summer Series II Championship at Poppy Ridge. Both Kim and Noh are tied for third on the all-time Girls’ win list. For Kim, the victory was
also her fifth of the 2015-2016 season, putting her at the No.2 spot for most victories in a season. Noh’s win was her third of the season, tying her with Cathrea for third for most wins in a season (three). San Jose’s Sabrina Iqbal leads in that category, with eight victories in 2013-2014. In the “it’s just a matter
of time” department, as of July 5 Iqbal remained tied with Cathrea for most career wins (18).
Ty Akabane 62 /
NCGA.ORG / SUMMER 2016 –J.S. Peter Kuest
JTNC Alumni Watch
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Justin Suh
ustin Suh, the only player to win two JTNC Boys’ Player of the
Year titles (2013, 2015), finished as the third lowest amateur at the U.S. Open at Oakmont after placing sec- ond in a Sectional qualifier at Lake Merced GC and The Olympic Club (Ocean Course). Earlier, Suh held the outright lead during the second round of this year’s NCAA Cham- pionship before finishing T-10… As of June, 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and Olympic Club member Hannah O’Sullivan, who won the 2010 NCGA Girls’ Junior Championship, continued to hold the No.1 spot in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings. Word has it that O’Sullivan will turn profes- sional later this year, forgoing a scholarship to USC.
–J.S.
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