{"id":12844,"date":"2016-04-13T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glenelggolf.com\/cms\/?p=12844"},"modified":"2023-06-20T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T06:14:06","slug":"record-glenelg-contingent-at-aus-junior-amateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glenelggolf.com\/cms\/2016\/04\/record-glenelg-contingent-at-aus-junior-amateur\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Glenelg contingent at Aus Junior Amateur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Glenelg's<\/a><\/p>\n

Glenelg Golf Club will have it’s largest contingent ever representing the Club in the 2016 Australian Junior Amateur Championships being played in Tasmania this week.<\/p>\n

Ten of our junior boys and two of our junior girls will compete in the 72-hole events being played at Ulverstone Golf Club (Boys’ Amateur) and Devonport Golf Club (Girls’ Amateur) from Wednesday to Friday, thanks in part to the generous support of the [intlink id=”2063″ type=”page”]Glenelg Golf Club Foundation[\/intlink].<\/p>\n

2015 SA Amateur Champion, Lachlan Barker, headlines the Glenelg contingent in the Boys’ Amateur, alongside fellow state team representatives Ben Layton and Jackson Kalz, with Emma Sutton and Charley Jacobs competing in the Girls’ championship.\u00a0 Other Glenelg representatives include brothers Aaron and Jack Buchanan, Jake Rillotta, Brodie Whitbread, Frank Vucic, Liam Kennewell and 2015 Club Champion, Jack Tanner.<\/p>\n

The boys\u2019 competition promises to be fiercely contested with Queenslander Charlie Pillon the top-ranked contender.\u00a0 Pillon, 17, was the medallist at the Australian Amateur Championship in January and packs a game that\u2019s being steadily honed by the QAS and at his Hills International School base.\u00a0 But he will face a battle royale to live up to the billing with a strong West Australian attack sure to come from Freddy Lee and Ben Ferguson, second and fourth in the rankings, respectively.<\/p>\n

Another West Australian Min Woo Lee (7) and his GA national squadmate, Victorian Cameron John (3) are also primed for the event, while Sydney\u2019s Jason Hong (5), Melbourne\u2019s Matias Sanchez (6) and exciting Canberra prospect Joshua Armstrong (10) each have designs on following Ryan\u00a0 Ruffels\u2019 footsteps.<\/p>\n

The reigning girls\u2019 champion is back and Celina Yuan will start among the favourites to become just the third player since 1990 to defend her crown.<\/p>\n

Victorian Mi Sun Cho achieved the feat in 2004 and 2005, following New South Wales star Gloria Park, who won three consecutive titles from 1996-98.<\/p>\n

Sydneysider Yuan, 17, who represents The Australian Golf Club, was a semi-finalist in the Australian Amateur Championship at Metropolitan in January and has continued to churn out good results since.\u00a0 But on the well-kept surrounds of the Devonport Golf Club this week, she will likely renew a rivalry that reached its zenith at this time last year when she beat Queenslander Karis Davidson on the third hole of a playoff at Tea Tree Gully in South Australia.<\/p>\n

Davidson, 17, who represents Sanctuary Cove Golf Club, has taken her game to a new level recently and currently tops the Australian junior girls\u2019 rankings after beating Australian No.1 Hannah Green in the West Australian Amateur title last month.<\/p>\n

The power-packed New South Wales contingent features four players in the top 20 of the national rankings, including Doey Choi (12) and the emerging Hannah Park (14).<\/p>\n

Other top contenders for the girls\u2019 title include Queensland\u2019s Becky Kay (13), a member of the Golf Australia national squad, West Australian Kathryn Norris (9) and Victorian duo Alizza Hetherington (11) and Gabriela Ruffels (28), who is eager to continue her rapid improvement.<\/p>\n

Both events are played over 72 holes \u2013 18 on Wednesday and Thursday before a cut to the top 60 and ties, then 36 holes to determine the champion on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Interstate Championships are then played separately for three days from Sunday, with Victoria defending both titles.<\/p>\n

Content courtesy of Golf Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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