All Winners Come From Behind To Win At Fox Run

Eureka, Mo., - The final round of the 2010 PGA Junior Series event at Fox Run Golf Club in Eureka, Mo., provided plenty of drama.  In the Boys’ 16-18 Division, 54-holes were not enough to decide a winner.

Steven Ihm of Peosta, Iowa and Kyle Weldon of Des Peres, Mo., both shot a 1-under-par 71 for a two day total of 222 to force a hole-by-hole playoff.  They both pared the first playoff hole and Weldon won with a bogey on the second playoff hole.

Both players could not find the fairway on the second playoff hole but Weldon was able to capitalize when Ihm had to take a drop from the lateral water hazard.  

With his victory here at Fox Run, Weldon earned an exemption into the 35^th Junior PGA Championship held Aug. 2-5 at Sycamore Hills Country Club in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Brandon Liu of Fernandina Beach, Fla., shot a solid 2-over-par 74 to come in third place with a three day total of 225. 

Cassie Rushing of Marion, Ill., came from behind to win the Girls’ 16-18 Division by one stroke.  She shot a 2-over-par 74 for a three day total of 234.  She surpassed Lauren English by one stroke to win. 

English shot a 77 for a three day total of 235 to take home second place and Shelby Phillips of Gilbert, Ariz., shot an 83 for a three day total of 238 to take third place.

Rushing earned herself an exemption into the 35^th Junior PGA Championship.    

In the Boys’ 13-15 Division, Danny Summers of Mission Hills, Kan., did it again.  For the second time this summer on the PGA Junior Series he came from behind in the final day to win. 

He shot a 7-over-par 79 to come from six strokes down to take home the title.  His three day total was 239.  Alec Palen of Rogersville, Mo., and Michael Sharp of Kendallville, Ind., both tied for second place with a three day total of 240. 

“My game plan was to make a lot of pars for the day and I knew going in that the golf course was going to be the winner,” said Summers speaking about how difficult the golf course played. 

“Since I won earlier this year, I think it helped take some of the pressure off and allow me to play well.”

Jordan Chael of Overland Park, Kan., came from behind to win the Girls’ 13-15 Division.  After being down seven strokes after day one, she played two solid rounds to overtake Cassie Wang of Lenexa, Kan. 

Chael shot an 81 in round three for a three day total of 254.  She won by two strokes over Wang who shot an 85 on day three for a three day total of 256.

The PGA Junior Series heads west to Colorado Springs, Colo., to the Air Force Academy for the three day tournament starting Tues. June 29^th, 2010.  That will be the fifth stop of nine stops for the 2010 PGA Junior Series summer.