I had been meaning to check the American Junior Golf
Association website and see if any of our junior golfers were able to escape
another awful winter around these parts and play some golf somewhere warm and I
finally got around to it.
Radnor junior Brynn Walker, the reigning PIAA Class AAA
champion, teed it up in The ANNIKA Invitational last month at the Reunion
Resort in Reunion, Fla. and fired rounds of 75, 76 and 81 to finish tied for 47th
at 231.
The event was hosted by the great Annika Sorenstam, who
presented the winner’s trophy to Angel Yin, a 16-year old from Arcadia, Calif.
who did a pretty imitation of Annika with rounds of 70, 68 and 66 for a
12-under 204 total that gave her an eight-shot margin of victory.
Walker, committed to North Carolina when she’s finished at
Radnor in the spring of 2016, was not the low District One finisher in the
event, however, as her old Mount St. Joseph rival, Isabella DiLisio, the 2013
PIAA Class AAA champion, had rounds of 77, 74 and 76 for a 227 total that was
four shots better than Walker and left her in a tie for 34th.
DiLisio is a senior and is headed for Notre Dame next fall.
A third District One standout, Pennsbury senior Jackie
Rogowicz, a two-time district champion, also teed it up in Sorenstam’s event
and posted three straight 78s for a 234 total that left her in a tie for 56th.
Rogowicz is headed for Penn St. next fall.
That same weekend, Walker’s Radnor teammate, sophomore Gabby
Kim, was on the west coast of Florida in the Junior All-Star at Inninsbrook
event. Kim had rounds of 79, 86 and 81 and finished in a tie for 21st.
Valeria Sofia Pacheco of Hallandale Beach, Fla. won the
girls division at Innisbrook with rounds of 78, 70 and 72 for a 220 total, one
shot clear of Annie Kim, a South Korean who is calling Winter Garden, Fla. home
these days. Kim struggled to an opening-round 80 before bouncing back with
rounds of 71 and 70 for a 221 total.
By the way, the PGA Tour will be in Innisbrook this week for
the Valspar Championship.
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