Methacton senior Kyle Vance ran into a buzz-saw in Joseph
Chun of South Korea, who ended Vance’s run in the U.S. Junior Amateur with a 5
and 4 victory in an opening-round match Wednesday at The Honors Course in
Ooltewah, Tenn.
Chun birdied exactly half of the 14 holes in the match as
Vance, a two-time District One Class AAA champion, fell into an early hole that
he couldn’t dig himself out of.
Chun won the first four holes of the match, taking the first
with a birdie, the second with a birdie, the third with a bogey and the fourth
with a birdie. Vance got on the board by winning the fifth with a pair to cut
his deficit to 3-down.
Chun increased his advantage to 5-up by winning the sixth
with a par and the seventh with a birdie.
But Vance answered by winning the eighth with a birdie and the ninth
with a par to cut Chun’s lead to 3-up at the turn.
But Vance couldn’t cut any further into Chun’s lead. Vance
birdied the 11th and 12th holes, but, in both cases, it
was only good enough for a half. Chun then closed Vance out by winning the 13th
with a birdie, his seventh of the round, and the 14th with a par.
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