72nd Junior Amateur Championship
O ’ Brien Captures 72nd Junior Amateur
Connor O ’ Brien , 15 , of Oak Hills Golf Club took a 3-up lead after 3-holes in the final match of the 72nd Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship and held on to win 1-up over 15-year-old Evan Grenus of TPC River Highlands at the 72nd Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship .
O ’ Brien wasted no time at the start of the 18-hole championship final . He made birdies on two of his first three holes to take a 3-up lead over Grenus . The players traded birdies on the front nine and after eight holes , O ’ Brien ’ s lead had dwindled to 1-up . Another birdie by Grenus on Hole # 12 , followed by a 3-putt bogey on # 13 by O ’ Brien , and the match was all square with six holes to play .
Holes # 15-17 produced spectacular golf from the pair . After Grenus narrowly missed a 20 footer for birdie at the par 3 15th , O ’ Brien buried a fifteen foot birdie to reclaim the lead . After O ’ Brien two-putted for birdie on the par-5 16th , Grenus stroked his eagle putt into the cup and the match was all square once again .
Unfazed , O ’ Brien then birdied the 17th hole to take a 1-up heading to the final hole . When his par putt struck the center of the cup on the 18th , O ’ Brien raised his hands triumphantly as the 72nd Junior Amateur Champion .
The win is O ’ Brien ’ s second major victory in three weeks . Earlier this summer , he captured the AJGA Killington Junior Championship in Killington , Vermont , which is regarded as one of the top national junior tournaments in New England .
72nd Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship Presented by Cobra Puma Golf July 8th - 11th - Watertown Golf Club , Watertown , Connecticut Par 71 ( 36-35 ) -- 6,423 yards
Champion- Connor O ’ Brien ( Oak Hills GC ) Medalist- Evan Grenus ( TPC River Highlands ) Finalist- Evan Grenus ( TPC River Highlands ) Semi-Finalists- Nathaniel Dong ( Tallwood CC ) and John VanDerLaan ( Heritage Village CC ) Quarter-Finalists- Jason Hogan ( Watertown GC ), Thomas Gosart ( Tashua Knolls GC ), Patrick Hallisey ( TPC River Highlands ) and Chandler Morris ( CC of Waterbury )
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