Chapman and Reinhardt Lead the 24th Metropolitan Junior Amateur
Sunset Hills, MO - The first round of the 24th Metropolitan Junior Amateur at Sunset Country Club is in the books. With the first group teeing off at 7:30am, all players were able to make their way around the course by 4:15pm. There were four divisions totalling 66 players : Boys 13 and under, Boys 15 and under, Overall Boys, and Overall Girls. It was a warm sunny day in the area with a few clouds later in the afternoon.
In the Overall Boys division, players fought hard, but only two came in at even par or better. Bubba Chapman of Bellerive Country Club made four consecutive birdies on the back nine - five total birdies on the round - to post a score of two-under (-2) par for the day. This placed Chapman at the top of the leaderboard in solo first place. Coming in just below Chapman on the leaderboard was William Bomkamp of Forest Hills Country Club at even (E) par. With three birdies and three bogeys, the card balanced itself out for Bomkamp, leaving him in position to compete for champion in round 2. Augie Johnson of Whitmoor Country Club, Dominic Mazzola of Forest Hills Country Clu b , and Clayton Becher of Persimmon Woods Golf Club all sit tied for third at four-over (+4) par.
In the Overall Girls’ division, Reese Reinhardt of Fox Run Golf Club sits seven strokes above the competition at four-over (+4) par. After a rough start to her round, Reinhardt was able to fight back mid-round to earn three birdies that would keep her score lower than her competitors. Avery McLaughlin of Bellerive Country Club sits in solo second at eleven-over (+11) par. In her first year in the overall Girls’ Division, the 2022 Girls’ 13 and under winner Morgan Nute of the Metropolitan eClub put together a round that would place her in solo third at fourteen-over (+14) par.
The Boys’ age divisions were the last to take the course in Round 1. John Deluca from Forest Hills Country Club finds himself with a strong lead over his competition in the Boys’ 13 and Under Division after putting together a round of six-over (+6) par. This puts him nineteen strokes ahead of second place, which is held by Subaru Kikuchi of The Quarry at Crystal Springs at twenty-five-over (+25) par. In the Boys’ 15 and Under Division, Hudson Shy of Bogey Hills Country Club sits in solo first after Round 1 at five-over (+5) par. Three strokes back, sits Caden Fehr of the Country Club of St. Albans with a score of eight-over (+8) par. Shivom Korgaonkar of the USGA/MetAmateur Golf Club is in third at ten-over (+10) par.
Tee Times for Round 2 have been released. The Boys’ 13 and Under Division will go off first, followed by the Boys’ 15 and Under Division, Girls’ Division, and then the Boys’ Division. For Round 2 Tee Times, Click Here.