After three sets of tournaments over the course of two weeks, the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships came to a close on Wednesday, and three more Coloradans posted top-10 finishes in their age divisions at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Caroline Jordaan of Lakewood tied for sixth out of 136 players in the girls 15-18 tournament. She carded rounds of 73-80-76-76 for a 17-over-par 305 total. That left her 12 strokes behind champion Jillian Bourdage.
And in the boys 16-18 event, TJ Shehee of Mead and Micah Stangebye of Montrose were among those who tied for eighth place out of 134 golfers.
Shehee went 71-71-75-74 for a 3-over-par 291 total. At that same figure, Stangebye carded scores of 71-73-72-75.
Those two finished 11 strokes behind champion Yuki Moriyama.
In earlier phases of the Optimist International, Nicholas Pevny of Aspen won the boys 12-13 tournament (READ MORE), while Eva Pett of Denver placed sixth in the girls 13-14 division (READ MORE).
Here are the results of the Colorado golfers at the Optimist this week:
Boys 16-18
8. TJ Shehee of Mead 71-71-75-74–291
8. Micah Stangebye of Montrose 71-73-72-75–291
34. Walker Franklin of Broomfield 77-73-76-76–302
Missed 54-Hole Cut
Ryder Heuston of Louisville 73-81-75–229
Bo Wardynski of Parker 77-76-79–232
Blake Schneiter of Grand Junction 80-81-81–242
Tyler Mulligan of Parker 85-82-79–246
Finn Sapp of Avon 81-84-84–249
Girls 15-18
6. Caroline Jordaan of Lakewood 73-80-76-76–305
28. Leigha Devine of Windsor 83-76-77-79–315
46. Jessica Zapf of Windsor 80-78-79-85–322
Missed 54-Hole Cut
Emma Bryant of Aurora 82-81-80–243
Meghan Vogt of Broomfield 83-83-80–246
Morgan Ryan of Centennial 82-83-82–247
Jenna Chun of Englewood 83-83-81–247
Katherine Malcolm of Parker 93-83-89–265
Brooke Kramer of Aurora 93-95-88-276
