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INTERNATIONAL NEWS LI, MOLDOVAN EMERGE VICTORIOUS AT POLO GOLF JUNIOR CLASSIC AT LIBERTY NATIONAL The Championship match of the 42nd annual Polo Golf Junior Classic fi nished at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Maxwell Moldovan of Uniontown, Ohio, and Lucy Li of Redwood Shores, California, crowned as the champions. The fi eld, which includes 32 boys and 32 girls, was comprised of 47 AJGA Champions and 38 Rolex AJGA All- Americans. Even more, 50 players had committed to play college golf. The Polo Golf Junior Classic also featured the top- ranked boy Michael Thorbjornsen of Wellesley, Massachusetts, and four of the top-10 ranked girls in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. Liberty National Golf Club hosted the AJGA for the fi rst time in 2019. Designed by Tom Kite and Bob Cupp and opened on July 4, 2006, the 18-hole course East with a 4 & 3 victory over Alexander Yang of Carlsbad, California. The East and West each scored 10 points on the day with East and West winning eight matches apiece and the teams halving four matches. (Pic 2) SUDJIANTO CAPTURES TWIN STATES GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP Alexis Sudjianto of Charlotte, N.C. captured her second CGA championship title at the 53rd Twin States Junior Girls’ Championship with a 4-over-par, 148 total. The Carnegie Mellon rising freshman tied Peyton Gillespie of Greenville, S.C. for the low round of the day with 1-under-par, 71 in the fi nal round. Sudjianto climbed her way to the top of the leaderboard after a 5-over-par, 77 in the fi rst round. She started the fi nal round in a three-way tie for sixth. is located on the Upper Bay overlooking the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline beyond. It has played host to multiple PGA TOUR events including the 2009, 2013 The Barclays, the 2017 Presidents Cup and THE NORTHERN TRUST in August 2019. (Pic 1) “I didn’t have a ton of expectations based on how I played the fi rst day,” said Sudjianto. “My drives set me up well. I was very confi dent off the tee and that just helped me with better angles into the greens. On top of that, I was able to sink some putts that I wasn’t able to yesterday.” EAST WINS 2019 WYNDHAM CUP Sudjianto has had an exciting month. She Entering the fi nal day of competition, the East led the West by fi ve points. By the end of the day, East would hoist the Wyndham Cup as champions, defeating the West by a score of 27.5 to 22.5. The fi rst match of the day was also the fi rst match to fi nish as Canon Claycomb of Bowling Green, Kentucky, defeated Stephen Campbell Jr. of Richmond, Texas, 3 & 2. With fi ve matches remaining on the course, Jackson Van Paris of Pinehurst, North Carolina, clinched the cup for the 8 GolfPlus Junior July-August 2019 was a quarterfi nalist at the North Carolina Junior Girls’ Championship, fi nished in the top 10 at the Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship, and qualifi ed for the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship after taking medalist honors at her qualifi er. Now she can add a hard-fought victory at the 53rd Twin States Junior Girls’ Championship to this month’s accolades. (Pic 3) U.S. GIRLS’ JUNIOR QUALIFYING RESULTS - MT. VINTAGE GC IN NORTH AUGUSTA, SC Alexis Sudjianto of Charlotte, N.C. was one of two players in red numbers at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Qualifi er at Mt. Vintage Golf Club. Her two-under-par 70 earned her medalist honors and a trip to Stevens Point, Wis. for the U.S. Girls’ Championship in her fi nal summer as a junior player. Sudjianto stayed steady all day, carding two bogeys and four birdies to fi nish at two-under-par. Three other players qualifi ed for the championship, including Jensen Castle of West Columbia, S.C. (71), Mallory Fobes of East Bend, N.C. (73) and Emma Schimpf of Daniel Island, S.C. (74). Alexia Siehl of Fort Mill, S.C. is the fi rst alternate. Mary Kathryn Talledo of Spartanburg, S.C. is the second alternate. Four qualifying spots and two alternate positions were available at this qualifying site. PATRICK REED AJGA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP NAMED RECIPIENT OF TWO TOURNAMENT AWARDS The Insperity Invitational / Patrick Reed AJGA Junior Championship has been named the recipient of the 2018 Charitable Giving Award and the Junior-