Several junior players from Colorado who have made headlines recently will be part of the field as the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado holds its third major of the year, the Colorado Junior Match Play.
The championship will run Monday through Wednesday at Plum Creek Golf & Country Club in Castle Rock.
Among those scheduled to compete on the boys side are Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins, who just won the individual title at the boys Junior America’s Cup, and Jake Welch of Highlands Ranch, who won a JGAC major earlier this month, the boys division of the Colorado Junior Amateur.
As for the girls, in the field are two members of last week’s Colorado team at the Girls Junior Americas Cup (Hailey Schalk of Erie and Lauren Lehigh of Loveland); Charlotte Hillary of Cherry Hills Village, who made the match play round of 32 at the California Women’s Amateur Championship; Katie Berrian of Castle Rock, girls winner of the recent Colorado Junior Am; and Eva Pett of Denver, who just finished sixth in the girls 13-14 division of the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships. Schalk won the Colorado Junior Match Play in 2016.
Emma Bryant of Aurora, the 2017 girls Junior Match Play champion, won’t defend her title as she’s competing in the Optimist International in Florida this week.
Round-of-32 matches for both boys and girls at Plum Creek will be contested on Monday, with the round of 16 and the quarterfinals on Tuesday, and the semifinals and finals on Wednesday.
For Monday’s pairings, CLICK HERE.
