Twenty-six junior golfers in seven gender/age divisions, including 25 Coloradans, qualified in the Centennial State over the last week for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships.
The international tournaments will be held in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., July 20-25 (boys 10-11 and 12-13 and girls 10-12), July 25-30 (boys 14-15 and girls 13-14) and July 30-Aug. 4 (boys 16-18 and girls 15-18).
Here’s the rundown of who qualified Thursday at Flatirons Golf Course in Boulder and last Saturday at Fitzsimons Golf Course in Aurora.
JUNE 16 AT FLATIRONS GC
Boys 16-18
Marcus Tait of Littleton 70
Timothy Amundson of Littleton 70
Coby Welch of Highlands Ranch 70
Daniel Pearson of Longmont 70
Cameron Nagel of Fort Collins 72 (won playoff)
Girls 15-18
Julia Baroth of Denver 72
Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch 72
Erin Sargent of Longmont 75
Jaclyn Murray of Grand Junction 76
Alexis Chan of Highlands Ranch 77
Boys 14-15
Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins 70
Cade Kilkenny of Centennial 72
Connor Jones of Westminster 72
Liam O’Halloran of Colorado Springs 72
Michael Perea of Arvada 72
JUNE 11 AT FITZSIMONS GC
Girls 13-14
Amisha Singh of Greenwood Village 74
Brittlynn Jade O’Dell of Grand Junction 75
Charlotte Hillary of Englewood 77
Boys 12-13
Jordan Jennings of Montrose 72
Jeffrey Zhou of Greenwood Village 76
Thomas Hicks of Greenwood Village 77
Girls 10-12
Katelyn Lehigh of Loveland 84
Sofia Choi of Littleton 88
Boys 10-11
Parker Paxton of Riverton, Wyo. 77
Gage Messingham of Arvada 84
Traejan Andrews of Windsor 84
