Tae Won Ha of Korea and local bet Ayeesha Ong ruled the boys’ and girls’ 15 to 18 age brackets during a mini-tournament in the US College Camp (USCC) recently at Orchard Golf and Country Club.
Ha edged a loaded field of 19 participants as he scored a three-day total of 219, beating Jed Dy (222) and Josh Jorge Boys (226), while Ong dominated her lone opponent, Jona Magcalayo, in the event that was held after the summer camp.
Other winners in the tournament are Dylan Thomas Castillo in boys’ 11-12, Patrick Gene Tambalque in boys’ 9-10, Jody Cassandra Catillo in 11-12 girls, Stevie Umali in girls 9-10, and Nicole Francesca Gan in girls’ 7-8.
US NCAA Division I coaches Richard Church, the golf director for men’s and women’s at the Southern Utah University, and Lisa Strom, the women’s head coach at Texas State University, trained 56 participants in the three-day camp.
The participants also earned ranking points in the World Amateur Golf, Junior Golf Scoreboard and Global Junior Golf lists.
“It was a very successful event that we had. It gave our junior golfers an opportunity to train under college coaches from the US and it was a valuable and memorable experience for the young golfers,” said organizer Bobet Bruce, a former president of the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines.