In the Junior Boys Division, Curran carded a final
round of 5-under-par 67 to move his tournament
total to 2-under-par 142. His final round score
included seven birdies and nine pars. This
was Curran’s first appearance at the PM POY
Championship, but he does hold victories in the
Youth Development Program’s POY.
In second place for the Junior Boys Division, was Jack
Paeglow (2020) of DeKalb, Ill., with a tournament
total of 3-over-par 147. Coming in third place was
Pierce Grieve (2021) of Lake Forest, Ill., with a 36-
hole total of 8-over-par 152. In fourth place was Jake
Wiktor (2021) of River Forest, Ill., with a tournament
total of 12-over-par 156. Rounding out the top five
was Truman Keppy (2020) of Lakemoor, Ill., who
finished the tournament at 13-over-par 157.
In the Senior Girls Division, Jordan carded a 9-over-
par 153 tournament total, carding rounds of 6-over-
par 78 and 3-over-par 75. Jordan came in runner-up
at the 37th Chick Evans Jr Am Championship this
year and her best finish at POY previously was third.
In a tie for second in the Senior Girls Division were
Rosemarie Bundy (2017) of West Chicago, Ill., and
Amanda Lee (2017) of Skokie, Ill., who each carded
a 16-over-par 160 tournament total. Special note in
the Senior Girls Division, Riley Sullivan (2018) of St.
Charles, Ill., carded a hole-in-one on her opening
hole in the first round.
In the Junior Girls Division, Su carded a 15-over-
par 159 tournament total. Her final round included
two birdies and 10 pars. This season, Su took first
place three days in a row, June 6-8, at three different
Playing Member Stroke Play events.
In a tie for second in the Junior Girls Division with a
tournament total of 17-over-par 161 were Emma Lim
(2020) of Naperville, Ill., and Kelly Kavanagh (2020) of
Arlington Heights, Ill.
The overall points champions were: Jake Pluth
(2018) of Shorewood, Ill., for the Senior Boys; in the
Junior Boys Division was John Lishchynsky (2020)
of Crystal Lake, Ill.; Alena Sirichotiratana (2019) of
Morton Grove, Ill., led the points race in the Senior
Girls Division; and in the Junior Girls Division, Maria
Perakis (2021) of Glenview, Ill., took the most points.
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