NOTEBOOK: SCHWARTZ, KANDA JOIN TOP JUNIORS IN ATLANTA.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Darren Schwartz of Westlake High and Brett Kanda of Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge are the latest area entries in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, which has included six area qualifiers since 1999. The week-long competition, which opened Tuesday with the first of two rounds of stroke play, is at Atlanta Athletic Club The Atlanta Athletic Club, (AAC), founded in 1898, is a world-renowned private athletic club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb 23 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia. The original home of the club was a 10-story building located on Carnegie Way, and in 1904 a golf course was built on in Georgia. Anthony Kim Anthony Kim (born June 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer. Kim was born in Los Angeles. He was part of the winning USA team in the 2005 Walker Cup. Professional career of Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
Schwartz, one of the top scorers for Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. champion and CIF/SCGA (Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, ) finalist Westlake as a junior last season, earned his berth in this week's national final for boys age 18 and under by sharing medalist honors in a sectional final at Woodland Hills Country Club. Kanda, the No. 1 player for Prep League champion Flintridge Prep as a freshman, also shared medalist honors in his qualifier at Belmont Country Club in Fresno. ``I was surprised hearing he made it, but after it settled in, it made sense,'' said Bob Loughrie, Kanda's coach at Flintridge Prep, who believes Kanda compares favorably at a similar stage to previous Rebels standouts Russell Surber and Osborn, both now playing NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college golf. ``It's impossible to say one is better,'' Loughrie said of the three, all members of Oakmont Country Club Oakmont Country Club is a prestigious "top five" country club and the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the U.S.".[1] It is located in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA. in Glendale. ``Surber told me Brett is much further ahead in development than he was at that age. ``I just know Brett works hard at his game, has excellent organizational skills, and his sense of priorities is very good. He's going to be the kind of kid that will get more kids into golf, and some of them are going to want to go to Flintridge Prep.'' Kanda entered the Junior Amateur on a hot streak. He averaged 71.5 strokes in his past five tournaments, placing among the top five scorers in four of them. --Celebration in Valencia: Friends and neighbors of Valencia resident and PGA Tour professional Duffy Waldorf are offering congratulations this week to the former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX star, who is coming off his best performance in the British Open. Waldorf shared the lead after each of the first two rounds at Muirfield Golf Course in Gullane, Scotland, and finished 67-69-77-69-283 to tie for 18th place, thanks as much to terrific perseverance in a third-round storm as to his hot start. The former Taft High of Woodland Hills standout, named 1985 College Player of Year while at UCLA, struggled with the rest of the field in wind-chill temperatures that dipped into the 30s on Saturday, when winds gusting to 25 mph had rain blowing sideways. He endured four bogeys and two double bogeys on the front nine that day but regrouped with five back-nine birdies to climb back into contention in conditions eventual winner Ernie Els called the toughest he had faced in a tournament. --Public Links: Charlie Smith of Valencia advanced to the first round of match play at the 77th U.S. Amateur Public Links The U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, is a men's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the United States Golf Association. Championship last week at The Orchard Golf Course in Washington, Mich. The former Hart High of Newhall and College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. standout went 74-72 in medal play, then survived a 14-man playoff for the final four berths for match play before losing to eventual runner-up Lee Williamson of Crawfordsville, Ind., 4 and 3. Williamson lost to Ryan Moore of Puyallup, Wash., 10 and 9 in the 36-hole final. Jerry Chang of Westlake shot 76-76 in medal play. --SCGA Mid-Amateur: Eugene Medlock of Westlake is the latest area qualifier for the Aug. 26-27 Southern California Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship at Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach. Medlock shot 72 Monday at SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Members Club to join previous area Mid-Am qualifiers Wayne Merich (Moorpark), Mark Nickeas (Westlake), Bill Brooks (Simi Valley), Michael Turner (Van Nuys), Robert Darwin (Thousand Oaks) and Jeff Johnston (Calabasas). Two-time titlist ti·tlist n. The holder of a competitive title; a champion: a chess titlist. titlist a champion or one who holds a title. See also: Athletics Craig Steinberg of Oak Park is defending champion. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Westlake High's Darren Schwartz shared medalist honors at a sectional final for this week's U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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