Dates set for 2009 FW Boys and Girls City Junior Championships

The dates for the Fort Worth Junior Golf Association's Fort Worth Boys and Girls City Junior Championships have been scheduled for July. The girls tournament will be July 6-7-8 and the boys will be July 13-14-15-16. More information about courses and registration will be announced in early 2009.

Presley wins FW Boys City Junior title

Final Results, Slideshow of award winners

Wednesday's Scores and Thursday's Pairings for Diamond Oaks; Tuesday's Scores and Wednesday's Pairings for all courses; Monday's scores and Tuesday's pairings for all courses

Andrew Presley, 16, of Fort Worth carded his worst round of the Fort Worth Boys City Junior Golf Championship at Diamond Oaks Country Club when he finished with a 5-over-par 75. But with an eight-shot cushion going into the round, he was never in danger of loosening his hold on the title.

Presley, who finished second in 2007 by a shot, led the tournament wire-to-wire after an opening 3-under 67 at Rockwood Golf Course. He followed that with rounds of 74 at Shady Oaks Country Club and 69 at his home course Mira Vista Country Club. His final 75 gave him a 210 total, eight shots in front of Nathan Anderson, 17, of Burleson and Kolton Crawford, 16, of Mansfield. Anderson shot a 72 and Crawford a 73. Brax McCarthy, 16, of Fort Worth finished alone in fourth at 294 after slipping to a 76.

Presley was presented his championship trophy by Doug Higgins Jr., who won the junior title in 1942 and who was a longtime head professional at Diamond Oaks. Also in attendance was Marty Leonard, whose father Marvin Leonard started the tournament in 1936. The permanent Marvin Leonard trophy will be on display at the Leonard Museum and will have Presley's name added to the list of winners that includes several former PGA tournament members.

Raleigh Hughes won the First Flight after firing an even-par 70 for a 304 total. He won by six shots over Robert Perry and Dylan McClure. Trevor Corbet won the Second Flight with a 75-306, and Jon-Logan Davis won the Third Flight after a 76-334. The other 18-hole flights played stroke play after each flight was pared to four players following single-elimination match play. The 9-hole flight ended with match play between the final two players in each flight.

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Nunez wins FWJGA city girls championship

Paloma Nunez, 17, was 2 under par through nine holes in the final round of the FWJGA Girls City Junior Golf Championship on Wednesday (July 9) and cruising to the title until hitting a few bumps, including a quadruple bogey on the 17th hole, before claiming the trophy.

Despite playing the last five holes at Diamond Oaks Country Club in 8 over par, the Granbury senior-to-be shot an 8-over 78 to win the championship by nine shots over Julia Daneshfar and Katy Ward with a 54-hole 225 total. She led the tournament from start to finish after opening with a 2-over 74 at Rockwood Golf Course. She padded her lead to six shots after a 1-over 73 at Glen Garden Golf & Country Club. Katy Ward, 18, was in second both days, and tied for second with Julia Daneshfar after scoring an 81 at Diamond Oaks. Daneshfar, who shot 79, won the second place trophy via a scorecard playoff.

This was Ward's final year to play in the championship as the 18-year-old from Aledo will be attending Tarleton State this year. Daneshfar, 17, of Trophy Club said she played OK, but ``my putting helped me out. But that's what it comes down to.''

Nunez, the NTPGA's Metro Chapter Player of the Year in the 15-18 division and who entered the tournament with a reworked, shortened swing, said she was playing ``very good'' on the front and carded birdies on Nos. 2, 6 and 11. She also birdied No. 11, but it didn't take long before she began having a few troubles as her tee shots began straying on the tree-lined course. Then came No. 17 when she hooked her tee shot in the water hazard, chipped up short of the hazard after dropping and then knocked her next shot into the hazard. When the damage was done, she had an 8 on the par-4 hole. Fortunately, she had built up a big enough lead to survive the quadruple.

Other winners in the 18-hole division included: First Flight, Stephanie Moorberg, who shot a 73 from the red tees (5,013 yards) (the championship flight played the white tees of about 5,920 yards); Second Flight, Meredith Cook; Third Flight, Whitney Uselton; Fourth Flight, Mattie Perryman; and Fifth Flight, CeCelia Del Bosque. Winners in the 9-hole division included: First Flight, Alexandra Batista; Second Flight, Quinn Barber; and Third Flight, Kaylee Finch.

At the awards ceremonies, former girls tournament director Benita Christensen presented the championship trophy to Nunez. She was the tournament's first director and stayed on for 20 years. Also in attendance was Marty Leonard, the daughter of the late businessman Marvin Leonard, who started the boys tournament in 1936. He also had Shady Oaks C.C. and Colonial C.C. built. On Tuesday, the 1950's boys champion Dr. Don Matheson donated 50 dozen new golf balls to the girls. Each girl received a dozen.

Final Round Scores, Slideshow at awards ceremony

First Round Scores 18-hole, 9-hole

.Second Round Scores

Sponsors this year include Leonard Golf Links, the Star-Telegram and Coca-Cola.

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The Pecan Valley Junior Championship is scheduled July 28-29 for boys and girls, ages 8-17, from Tarrant County. Details and entry form.

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Two 16-year-olds win boys and girls titles
in 2007 FWJGA City Junior Championships

Jordan Hoffman struggled on the fast Shady Oaks Country Club greens. He also had to do without his insulin pump, which popped off, for much of the round. Then Hoffman had to hold off the challenge of Andrew Presley to finally secure the Fort Worth Boys City Junior Golf Championship by one shot after a final-round 79 for a 72-hole 291 total. The 16-year-old Northwest High junior had started the day with a five-shot lead over Austin Struble. However, it was Presley, seven shots behind starting the day, who almost delivered an upset with his closing 73. See the Final Round report. See boys slideshows: Gallery 1, Gallery 2. The free Adobe Flash Player is needed to view the slideshows. Get it here.

(Girls scores)

Kelsey Kirkpatrick of Golden, Tx., wasn't too pleased with the way she played the final round, and had to wrestle with negative thoughts after a triple-bogey. Nevertheless, Kirkpatrick, 16, managed to regroup and close with a 78 to win the Fort Worth Girls City Junior Golf Championship by five shots over Chelsea Mocio, 15, who had narrowed the lead before ``giving away too many shots.'' Kirkpatrick finished with a 221 54-hole total. See the Final Round report. See girls slideshows: Gallery 1, Gallery 2. The free Adobe Flash Player is needed to view the slideshows. Get it here.

Slideshow of the 2006 tournament.

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