While the older junior players were putting the finishing touches on their 2017 season on Sunday at the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado Tour Championship at Cherry Hills, those age 6-13 concluded a team event, the Junior Ryder Cup, at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora.
After three sessions of matches, the designated Team Europe (pictured) defeated Team USA 16-12 on Sunday.
USA won Saturday’s nine-hole four-ball competition 4-3, but Europe handily captured Saturday’s nine-hole foursomes, 5.5-1.5, and also won Sunday’s 18-hole singles 7.5-6.5.
Out of the 28 juniors who competed in the Junior Ryder Cup, just two won all three of their matches — Europe’s Kaylee Chen and Abigail Aeschleman, both of Highlands Ranch. Chen and Aeschleman teamed up in both four-ball and foursomes.
Junior Ryder Cup Results
At CommonGround GC in Aurora
OVERALL SCORE: TEAM EUROPE 16, TEAM USA 12
Saturday’s 9-Hole Four-Ball (USA 4, Europe 3)
Kaden Devenport/Landon Houska (USA) halved with Andre Dumonteil/Frank Lockwood
Ashleigh Wilson/Taylor Wilson (USA) def. Caitlyn Chen/Maddie Makins, 2 up
Kaylee Chen/Abigail Aeschleman (Europe) def. Hadley Ashton/Timbre Shehee, 2 and 1
Bead Boonta/Brooke Hudson (USA) def. Gisella Lagrimas/Amira Badruddin, 3 and 2
Traejan Andrews/Maxwell Lange (USA) halved with Blake Sullivan/Jake Chesler
Yusuke Ogi/Hunter Swanson (USA) halved with Christopher Gunlikson/Luke Cushman
Charlie Flaxbeard/Liam Wood (USA) halved with Ryan Falender/Benjamin Chin
Saturday’s 9-Hole Foursomes (Europe 5.5, USA 1.5)
Dumonteil/Lockwood (Europe) def. Devenport/Houska, 2 and 1
Chin/Makino (Europe) def. A. Wilson/T. Wilson, 1 up
Chen/Aeschleman (Europe) def. Ashton/Shehee, 2 and 1
Boonta/Hudson (USA) halved with Lagrimas/Badruddin
Andrews/Lange (USA) def. Sullivan/Chesler, 1 up
Gunlikson/Cushman (Europe) def. Ogi/Swanson, 1 up
Falender/Chin (Europe) def. Flaxbeard/Wood, 1 up
Saturday’s 18-Hole Singles (Europe 7.5, USA 6.5)
Chen (Europe) def. Ashton, 4 and 3
Andrews (USA) def. Sullivan, 4 and 3
Aeschleman (Europe) def. Shehee, 7 and 6
Lange (USA) def. Chesler, 5 and 4
Lagrimas (Europe) def. Boonta, 1 up
Ogi (USA) def. Gunlikson, 1 up
Badruddin (Europe) def. Hudson, 3 and 1
Falender (Europe) def. Flaxbeard, 2 up
Swanson (USA) def. Cushman, 3 and 2
Wood (USA) def. B. Chin, 3 and 1
Devenport (USA) halved with Dumonteil
C. Chin (Europe) def. A. Wilson, 5 and 4
Lockwood (Europe) def. Houska, 6 and 4
T. Wilson (USA) def. Makino, 8 and 7
