back to list ]Johnson holds on, Vongphoumy dominates to win DB Partners for Charity Junior Shoot Out
Posted by Eric Baldwin (07/23/2010 10:24AM )A nine-shot lead for Juliet Vongphoumy just wasn’t enough and instead of giving a few back, the Providence, R.I., native ran away with a 15-shot win in the Girls Division Thursday, finishing the Deutsche Bank Partners for Charity Junior Shoot Out at even-par 216. In the Boys Division, Michael Johnson of Birmingham, Ala., fought through some early struggles to hold on for a two-shot win at 4-over-par 220.
Vongphoumy, No. 45 in the Polo Golf Rankings, got the week going by breaking the women’s competitive scoring record at The Golf Club of Cape Cod with a 3-under-par 69 in the opening round. After a 73 Wednesday and an on-and-off day in Thursday’s final round with one double, five bogeys and five birdies, Vongphoumy still had enough in the tank to go out the way she began with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18.
Much like Vongphoumy, Johnson didn’t quite get off to the start he had imagined, making double on both his first and second holes, but tough start or not, he was determined to hang in there. Johnson shot a final round 79 to hold off Andrew Gai of Westport, Conn by two shots.
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