Braylon Royal carded one of the best rounds in the history of the Savannah Junior City Amateur with a 4-under 67 on August 26 at Bacon Park Golf Course, and he hung on to win the Boys Open division for the second straight year.
PHOTO (l-r): Braylon Royal & O.C. Welch
Royal, a senior at Calvary Day School, carded a second-round score of 6-over 77 to finish the tournament 2-over par and 11 shots clear of Benedictine sophomore Graham Schubert, who finished runner up after scores of 80-75. In third place, Benedictine sophomore Heath Kulp posted scores of 79-79.
Boys Open Leaderboard:
Braylon Royal - 67-77 144; Graham Schubert - 80-75 155; Heath Kulp - 79-79 158; Kohki Maeda - 76-83 159; Jac Cetti - 80-83 163; Talyn Childress - 83-81 164; Clayton Ruchalski - 88-77 165.
PHOTO (l-r): Braylon Royal, Graham Schuber,Heath Kulp, O.C. Welch
Savannah's Maya Vazquez was the only player entred in the Girls Open division, and she played like a champion. She carded scores of 83-80 while Statesboro's Madison Woodrum finished with rounds of 76-82 to win the Girls 10-14 division and Ainsley Sheffield won the Girls 15-18 division with scores of 95-82.
PHOTO (l-r): Maya Vazquez & O.C. Welch
Girls Open/Girls 10-14/ Girls 15-18 Leaderboard
Girls Open: Maya Vazquez - 83-80 163
Girls 10-14: Madison Woodrum 76-82 Girls 15-18: Ainsely Sheffield 95-82 177; Joceyln Lenix 88-89 177 (Sheffield won in scorecard playoff)
PHOTO (l-r): Ainsely Sheffield; Joceyln Lenix, Madison Woodrum, O.C. Welch
In Boys 15-18, Lou Lively from Collins, Ga., finished with rounds of 85-84 to claim the victory. In Boys 13-14, Richmond Hill's Kyle Price turned in a strong performance with rounds of 83-79 for a convincing victory, and in Boys 10-12, Bluffton's Henry Anderson won by three strokes over Richmond Hill's Sahaj Patel following rounds of 78-70 for a 6-over par total.
Boys 15-18 Leaderboard
Lou Lively 85-84 169; Peyton Diekemper 85-88 173; Daniel Dillon 94-84 178.
PHOTO (l-r): Daniel Dillon, Peyton Diekemper, Lou Lively, O.C. Welch
Boys 13-14 Leaderboard
Kyle Price 83-79 162; Larner Jackson 93-98 191; Wigger Cole 94-102 196; Jack Doyle 97-101 198; Robert Howard 99-105 204.
PHOTO (l-r): Wigger Cole, Larner Jackson, Pro Gordan Gnnan, Kyle Price
Boys 10-12 Leaderboard
Henry Anderson 78-70 148; Sahaj Patel 75-76 151; Carson Hayes 77-74 151; Adler Saxton 75-77 152; Bryson Lott 80-74 154; Zach Dao 85-73 158; Rivers Hood 79-80 159; Alex Dao 80-79 159.
PHOTO (l-r): Carson Hayes, Sahaj Patel, Henry Anderson, Pro Gordan Gnnan
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