The Metropolitan
May - June 2020
Kikuchi, Muth prevail at Junior Amateur
What could possibly top winning a Metropolitan Junior Amateur Championship? Winning two in a row, of course. After three separate rain delays stretched a two-day event into three days and a July 1 conclusion, Momo Kikuchi did just that, carding a 36-hole total of 152 at Westborough Country Club, securing the Barbara A. Berkmeyer 2020 MAGA Junior Amateur Resuts Trophy in the Girls 16-18 age catWestborough Country Club, par-68 egory for the second consecutive year. Reese Reinhardt couldn’t keep Barbara A. Berkmeyer Championship 1 Momo Kikuchi (The Quary) 73 79 152 pace, but played well in challenging 2 Reese Reinhardt (Tapawing0) 91 86 177 conditions to finish runner-up. James M. Holtgrieve Championship 1 Andrew Muth (Tapawingo) 70 T2 Drew Barclay (WingHaven) 71 T2 Ryan Walsh (Forest Hills) 69 T2 Jack Wooldridge (Forest Hills) 69 T5 Blake Skornia (Algonquin) 72 T5 Sam Fix (Westborough) 72 Boys Age 12-13 Division 1 Wynston Weiler (Norwood Hills) 71 2 Owen Walther (Youth On Course) 79 3 Shota Tiger Kikuchi (The Quarry) 88 4 John DeLuca (Forest Hills) 84 Boys Age 14-15 Division 1 Aidan O’Keefe (Youth On Course) 75 2 Colby Sauer (Meadowbrook) 71 3 Max Sigman (WingHaven) 76 4 Tim Powers (Glen Echo) 77 5 John Chapman (Greenbriar Hills) 76 Girls’ Age 12-13 Division 1 London Fitzgerald (The Quarry) 86 2 Addy Surber (Forest Hills) 83 3 Avery McLaughlin (Bellerive) 84 4 Reese Robson (Westborough) 92
67 71 73 73 73 73
137 142 142 142 145 145
74 89 84 90
145 168 172 174
73 77 74 74 81
148 148 150 151 157
79 82 86 89
165 165 170 181
In the first round, returning champ on Braden Hoisington left his mark with a hole in one at the par 3 No 4 But it wasn’t enough to stop Andrew Muth, who fired a 1-under 67 in the final round to finish 1-over 137 and win the James M. Holtgrieve Troph in the Boys’ 16-18 category.
Drew Barclay, Ryan Walsh, and Jack Wooldridge finished in a three-way tie for second, five strokes off Muth’ lead. Meanwhile, Aiden O’Keefe cap tured the Boys 14-15 Division, whil Wynston Weiler won the Boys 12-1 slot and London Fitzgerald won in the Girls 12-13 bracket.
The Junior Amateur winners pictured includ (back
round), Andrew Muth (upper left), Wynston W London Fitzgerald (lower left) and Aidan O’ left). Braden Hoisington (lower right), scored No. 4 during the first round of the champio ough Country Club.
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