Quarterfinals Set at the Met Junior Championship
CHATHAM, N.J. (July 13, 2011) – Round three of the 94th Met Junior Championship sponsored by MetLife took place Wednesday morning at Fairmount Country Club in Chatham, N.J., and continued to highlight the impressive junior talent coming out of the metropolitan area.
Matthew Lowe's dominating win over Stephen Pastore of Greenwich, Conn (7 & 6) set the tone for another exciting day. The reigning MGA/MetLife Boys champion, Lowe has played extremely well in 2011 and is one of the front runners to advance through this afternoon's quarterfinal matches. After losing the first two holes, Pastore hit a beautiful approach shot within 6 feet of the cup and sunk the birdie. Lowe promptly responded in what he called "the true momentum gain that carried me through the rest of the round" by holing out from the bunker to halve the hole. He went on to win 7 of the next 9 holes to end the match well before the other competitors.
Another great match this morning between Anthony Alex of Wayne, N.J. and Louis Bodine, Flemington, N.J. had the two players battling back and forth seemingly every hole. Alex built some momentum and put together a string of wins on holes 6 through 9 that were instrumental in his eventual 4 & 3 victory.
Peter Kim of Metuchen, N.J. is proving to be a very capable competitor. The-16-year-old, who won the MGA/MetLife Boys Championship in 2008, started turning heads yesterday, when he beat 14-year-old talent and reigning WGA Amateur champion Cameron Young. He picked up where he left off today with another impressive victory against 2011 LIGA Amateur runner-up Clancy Waugh of Manhasset, N.Y.
Also advancing to this afternoon's quarterfinals are 2010 Met Junior semifinalist Sean Kelly of Staten Island, N.Y., Charles Edler of Fair Haven, N.J., Jeremy Wall of Brielle, N.J., Dylan Crowley, Glen Cove, N.Y., and Theodore Humphrey of Greenwich, Conn.
Visit www.mgagolf.org for live scoring for all remaining matches.
