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Champions lead throughout to garner wins in AJGA Legendary Headwear San Diego Junior tournament

Lenny Park and Allison Martin claim respective divisions

CHULA VISTA, Calif., Aug. 16, 2001 – Lenny Park of Rowland Heights, Calif., carded a final-round 2-under-par 70 and Allison Martin of Bakersfield, Calif., fired a 3-under-par 69 as the two cruised to convincing victories at the AJGA Legendary Headwear San Diego Junior.

The 54-hole event, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at the par-72 Auld Course, featured 84 juniors, ages 13-18, representing seven states including 68 Californians.

Park, who entered the day with a four-shot lead, came out of the gate quickly with birdies on the first two holes. After knocking in a 20-foot putt for birdie on No. 1, the 18-year-old drained a 15-footer on No. 2 to further his lead.

"It was nice to start off with a pair of birdies," Park said. "I was able to relax a little and play my own game."

After making the turn at 1-under-par 35, Park notched another birdie on the par-4, 353-yard 10th hole before finishing at 1-under-par on the back for an 11-under-par tournament total of 67-68-70--205.

Kyle Gentry of Carmel, Calif., and David Yoon of Irvine, Calif., made it interesting as the two finished with rounds of 68 and 69 respectively to tie for second at 8-under-par 208. Park held only a two-shot lead heading into No. 18, before sealing the victory with his fifth birdie of the day.

"I was a little nervous coming into No. 18," Park said. "I thought I had a bigger lead, but I didn’t let up and still went for it and was able to make birdie."

Rounding out the top five in a three-way tie for fourth were Bryson Young of Reno, Nev., Breene Murphy of Los Alamitos, Calif., and Tyler Ley of Santa Barbara, Calif., at 212.

In the Girls Division, Martin posted rounds of 69-70-69--208 to claim her third AJGA title this year. Martin came into the day with a three shot lead over Walailak Satarak of Paramount, Calif., before birdies on Nos. 2 and 3 extended her lead to five shots.

"I got off to a really good start and that gave me a lot of confidence," Martin said. "It took some of the pressure off and I knew that if I kept playing consistent that I would be all right."

Martin made the turn at 2-under-par 34 before playing the back nine in 1-under-par fashion en route to a final round 3-under-par 69.

"I tried to pretend that it was just another round," said Martin who posted victories at the AJGA Ashworth Junior Classic at Quail Ranch and the AJGA ClubCorp Junior at Mission Hills earlier this summer. "I wanted to come out and at least shoot par and not worry about what my competitors were doing.

"My game is really progressing and I’ve been able to have more consistency," Martin said in reference to her three victories. "The key to winning tournaments is being consistent."

Satarak finished in a tie for second with Jane Park of La Crescenta, Calif., at 218.

For more information on the AJGA Legendary Headwear San Diego Junior, contact the national headquarters at (770) 868-4200 or visit our Web site at www.ajga.org.

AJGA LEGENDARY HEADWEAR SAN DIEGO JUNIOR FINAL RESULTS

Aug. 13-16 at The Auld Course. Par: 36-36--72. Yardage: Boys: 6,715 Girls: 5,889

BOYS DIVISION

Lenny Park , Rowland Heights, Calif.* 67-68-70--205

Kyle Gentry , Carmel, Calif.* 70-70-68--208

David Yoon , Irvine, Calif.* 69-70-69--208

Bryson Young , Reno, Nev.* 72-72-68--212

Breene Murphy, Los Alamitos, Calif.* 70-69-73--212

Tyler Ley , Santa Barbara, Calif.* 69-70-73--212

Anthony Kim , La Quinta, Calif.* 73-69-71--213

Scott MacDonald , Playa Del Rey, Calif.* 69-74-70--213

Daniel Im , La Mirada, Calif.* 71-73-71--215

Cody Upham , Vancouver, Wash.* 75-69-72--216

Zach Mowbray , Mesa, Ariz.* 70-74-72--216

Taylor Wood , Laguna Niguel, Calif.* 68-74-75--217

Brian Edick , Valencia, Calif.* 70-72-75--217

Mathew Schreiber, Laguna Niguel, Calif.* 71-77-70--218

Jong Yoon , San Ramon, Calif.* 75-72-71--218

Erik Olson , Renton, Wash.* 77-72-70--219

Peter Campbell , Encinitas, Calif.* 73-72-74--219

Chris Heintz , Brea, Calif.* 73-72-74--219

Michael Feuerstein , La Jolla, Calif.* 74-74-72--220

Jonathan Lenz , San Antonio, Texas* 73-74-74--221

Pansing Singhaseni , Beverly Hills, Calif.* 72-73-76--221

Ben Marsh , Paradise Valley, Ariz.* 74-70-77--221

Daniel Kreindler , Danville, Calif.* 74-72-76--222

Steve Han , Diamond Bar, Calif.* 77-73-73--223

James Fahselt , San Diego, Calif.* 77-71-75--223

Clay Ogden , West Point, Utah* 71-76-76--223

Daniel Kush , Tustin, Calif.* 74-72-78--224

Matt Toohey, Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas* 81-70-74--225

Zach Christ , Santa Rosa, Calif.* 76-74-75--225

Sean Packer , Sumner, Wash.* 75-73-77--225

Matt Kern, Castro Valley, Calif.* 73-71-81--225

Tim Cha , Chino Hills, Calif.* 78-73-75--226

Brett Borchers, Pleasanton, Calif.* 72-81-73--226

Jon Friedman, Irvine, Calif.* 73-73-80--226

Daniel Cho , Diamond Bar, Calif.* 74-77-76--227

David Siordia , Santa Barbara, Calif.* 75-77-75--227

Justin Gravatt , Olympia, Wash.* 76-73-78--227

Dillon Lawlor , San Diego, Calif.* 79-75-73--227

Daniel Lee , Huntington Beach, Calif.* 75-76-77--228

Kyle Shelly , San Diego, Calif.* 74-79-75--228

Andrew Price, Mission Viejo, Calif.* 83-73-73--229

Kenny Kim , Cerritos, Calif.* 79-77-75--231

Danny Min , Placentia, Calif.* 74-75-83--232

Kyle Dowden , Somis, Calif.* 81-74-77--232

Matthew Ma , Aiea, Hawaii* 70-84-78--232

Younggi Choi , Lafayette, Calif.* 80-78-77--235

Bobby Pancratz , Chandler, Ariz.* 76-77-83--236

Chris Pederson, Thousand Oaks, Calif.* 81-79-76--236

Darren Blair , Coto De Caza, Calif.* 77-79-82--238

Ryan McCaffrey , Bakersfield, Calif.* 78-83-79--240

Dillon Dougherty, Woodland, Calif.* 81-82-78--241

Cory Segall , La Jolla, Calif.* 83-81-77--241

Benji Rolsky , Scottsdale, Ariz.* 81-82-79--242

Gregory Chu , Chula Vista, Calif.* 83-78-82--243

Nathan Phan , San Diego, Calif.* 84-74-86--244

Justin Ancheta , San Diego, Calif.* 87-80-77--244

Aaron Hendry , San Luis Obispo, Calif.* 89-77-81--247

Ryan Ring , Pleasanton, Calif.* 84-86-88--258

Blake Moore , Monrovia, Calif.* 79-79—WD (Injury)

Jay Choi , Buena Park, Calif.* 78—DQ (Rule 6-3a)

GIRLS DIVISION

Allison Martin , Bakersfield, Calif.* 69-70-69--208

Jane Park , La Crescenta, Calif.* 75-70-73--218

Walailak Satarak, Paramount, Calif.* 69-73-76--218

Irene Cho , La Habra, Calif.* 75-73-72--220

Jennie Lee , Huntington Beach, Calif.* 77-72-72--221

Jane Lee , Torrance, Calif.* 71-75-75--221

Charlotte Mayorkas, Chula Vista, Calif.* 77-71-74--222

Sung Lee , Tacoma, Wash.* 75-75-77--227

Ina Kim, Encino, Calif.* 72-79-76--227

Sara Jones , Valencia, Calif.* 77-75-78--230

Erin Andrews , Las Vegas, Nev.* 77-75-79--231

Hannah Jun , San Diego, Calif.* 76-73-83--232

Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana , Long Beach, Calif.* 77-78-77--232

Sommer Scholl , Riverside, Calif.* 79-75-79--233

Sarah Bassett , Spokane, Wash.* 77-77-80--234

Carling Cho , San Juan Capo, Calif.* 80-73-83--236

Priscilla Park , Santa Ana, Calif.* 80-77-79--236

Emma Stachowicz , Pacific Palisades, Calif.* 80-79-79--238

Minnie Choi , Fountain Valley, Calif.* 78-87-76--241

Tiffany Joh , San Diego, Calif.* 88-78-80--246

Sarah Trenschel , Santa Barbara, Calif.* 86-80-92--258

Holly Lampert , Northridge, Calif.* 94-84-80--258

Deanna Slaman , San Diego, Calif.* 92-81—WD (Illness)

Mika Takayama , Alameda, Calif.* 78—WD (Illness)

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