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This story was filed by AJGA media personnel Friday after the final round of the AJGA Junior in Wenatchee:
WENATCHEE, Wash. – It took three holes of a sudden-death playoff to crown a champion in the girls division of the AJGA Junior at Wenatchee Friday.
Erynne Lee of Silverdale, Wash., took home the trophy after defeating Tiffany Lim of San Jose, Calif., on the par-4 No. 12 at Wenatchee Golf & Country Club.
In the boys division, Charlie Hughes of Maple Ridge, B.C., walked into the scoring tent with a tournament total of 6-under-par 210 and walked out with a win in his first AJGA event.
Lee, coming off a semifinal finish at the U.S. Women's Amateur two weeks ago in Eugene, held a two-stroke lead heading into the final hole Friday.
This week: PGA Tour's The Barclays, Thursday through Sunday, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J.
Second-round score: 7-over-par 78.
Position: Moore (154) finished 135th and missed the cut, 22 strokes behind leader Steve Stricker (132).
Recap: Is this the bottom floor for the Puyallup native? For the first time in his career, Moore finished last in a tournament. And the 154 total is his worst as a professional, only eclipsed by the 155 showing as an amateur at the 2002 U.S. Open. Moore didn't have a birdie in his second round (third time this season), and made back-to-back double bogeys on the 12th and 13th holes. Good news – he remains in the FedEx Cup playoffs, but will need the highest finish of his season to advance further.
Next: Deutsche Bank Championship starting Thursday at TPC Boston in North, Mass.
This week: Nationwide Tour's Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.
Second-round score: 1-under-par 69.
Position: Putnam (138) is tied for 37th, six strokes behind co-leaders Greg Chalmers, Brad Fritsch and D.A. Points.
Recap: The Tacoma native hit more fairways Friday (12) than Thursday, but fewer greens (11, as opposed to 15 Thursday) – and came away with the same score, a 69. Putnam snapped his two-tournament skid in missing the cut.
Tee time Saturday: 7:02 a.m. PDT with Tim O'Neal.
For PGA club professionals, next year is now.
That is how Chris Van der Velde approached it this week, capturing the title at the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship at the club he teaches at – Tetherow Golf Club in Bend, Ore.
Van der Velde's winning 215 total blew away the field by four strokes, which included defending champion Brian Thornton, the Sumner resident who instructs at Meridian Valley GC (219) and two-time PGA Championship participant Ryan Benzel, of Mill Creek (223).
The top seven finishers advanced to the national club professional championship next June at Santa Ana Golf Club. Benzel already had an exemption to that tournament based on his tied-for-fourth at this year's event in Georgia.
