Team Europe rallied from a four-point deficit to defeat Team U.S. 15-13 on Sunday in the Junior Ryder Cup Matches for some of the state’s top 13-and-under players.
Europe had trailed after losing both the nine-hole foursomes and four-ball matches by 4.5-2.5 margins Saturday at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora. But the Euros went undefeated in the first nine singles matches on Sunday (7-0-2) to change the momentum. Overall, Team Europe (pictured) outscored the U.S. 10-4 in the singles matches.
Three players went undefeated through the three sessions with Anju Ogi of the U.S. going 3-0, and teammate Eva Pett and Europe’s Caitlyn Chin finishing with 2-0-1 marks.
Junior Ryder Cup Matches
OVERALL SCORE: EUROPE 15, U.S. 13
9-hole Foursomes: U.S. 4.5, Europe 2.5
Landon Houska-Tyler Long (E) def. Frank Lockwood-Jake Dost, 2 and 1
Ashleigh Wilson-Caitlyn Chin (E) def. Hilary Nelson-Hadley Ashton, 3 and 2
Jeffrey Zhou-Will Rinehart (U.S.) def. Traejan Andrews-TJ Hicks, 1 up
James Clark-Tyler Tyson (U.S.) def. Luke Wright-Mario Dino, 1 up
Maxwell Lange-Zachary Tyson (U.S.) def. Zaden Gomez-Yusuke Ogi, 1 up
Katelyn Lehigh-Anju Ogi (U.S.) def. Sofia Choi-Merielle Gojo, 2 and 1
Alyssa Chin-Abigail Aeschleman (Europe) halved with Eva Pett-Gisella Lagrimas
9-Hole Four-Ball: U.S. 4.5, Europe 2.5
Lockwood-Dost (U.S.) def. Houska-Long, 2 and 1
Aston-Nelson (U.S.) halved with Wilson-Caitlyn Chin
Zhou-Rinehart (U.S.) def. Andrews-Hicks, 3 and 2
Wright-Dino (E) def. Clark-Tyler Tyson, 1 up
Gomez-Yusuke Ogi (E) def. Lange-Zachary Tyson, 2 and 1
Lehigh-Anju Ogi (U.S.) def. Choi-Gojo, 1 up
Pett-Lagrimas (U.S.) def. Alyssa Chin-Aeschleman, 2 up
18-Hole Singles: Europe 10, U.S. 4
Hicks (E) def. Rinehart, 2 and 1
Aeschleman (E) def. Lagrimas, 4 and 3
Andrews (E) def. Zhou 2 and 1
Yusuke Ogi (E) halved with Zachary Tyson
Dino (E) def. Tyler Tyson, 3 and 2
Choi (E) def. Lehigh, 5 and 4
Caitlyn Chin (E) def. Nelson, 7 and 5
Long (E) def. Dost, 3 and 2
Gomez (E) halved with Lange
Pett (U.S.) def. Alyssa Chin, 3 and 2
Houska (E) def. Lockwood, 2 and 1
Ashton (U.S.) def. Wilson, 5 and 4
Wright (E) def. Clark, 2 up
Anju Ogi (U.S.) def. Marielle Gojo, 2 and 1
