Wang & Hall Survive the Marathon at Duran
VIERA, Fla. - Duran Golf Club proved to be a worthy test with its slightly undulating greens, but the real challenge was the weather. After round one was suspended due to scattered thunderstorms, round 1 and round 2 would resume Sunday morning with a plethora of holes to play. In the end it was Junzhe Wang and Hannah Hall who took home the gold.
Boys (16-18)
With on and off rain delays during round one, it was Shaayan Kim and Ryan Nicholson who weathered the storm best, both sitting atop the leaderboard after the delayed round one resumption on Sunday morning, both shooting 68. Kim’s 68 would consist of 4 birdies and no bogeys, while Nicholson’s consisted of seven birdies. Kim and Nicholson clearly taking advantage of what the course had to offer.
As the lengthy day of golf continued it was Junzhe Wang who led the pack by tee time in round two and on the leaderboard. Wang would clear a four shot deficit shooting an impressive 68, birding holes 1,4,6,9, and 15. This would secure his place on the top of the leaderboard as the rest of the field would file in.
Maximus Knight would come in soon after carding a bogey free 68, allowing him to climb eight spots and secure a share of second place alongside, Ryan Nicholson, who fired a second round 73. Shayaan Kim, also carding a second round 73. As well as, Mike Liu, deemed “Mr. Consistency” shooting rounds of 70, 71.
Girls (16-18)
After our delayed round one, it was Charlotte Cantonis who stayed level headed through the delays and suspension. Coming back Sunday morning Cantonis shot a near perfect 69, only bogeying hole 18 to finish up round one. This gave Cantonis a 3 shot lead going into round 2. Hannah Hall also didn’t let the mayhem sway her and finished up her first round at a consistent even par.
Hall followed Cantonis into the second round sitting 3 back. Hall and Cantonis were neck and neck all throughout the day. They both shot a solid 3 under on the front nine. Cantonis was sure to leave Hall an arms distance away throughout the front. At the turn, Hall birdied 10 and 11 while Cantonis bogeyed 13 and 14. Hall and Cantonis were tied at the top of the leaderboard coming into 18, but the sunshine through the clouds was Hannah Hall, claiming her 3rd FJT victory this year.
Grace Xu, also played great with an awesome bounce back off her round one, Xu shot a 67 to tie the low round for the girls, and securing second place in the process. Alexandra Snyder also shot a stellar 69 allowing her to tie for third alongside Cantonis.
