Tournament Roundups
VSGA
Summer Rewind
A look back at the VSGA ’ s summer championships
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 30th VSGA Junior Match Play Championship Winner : David Stanford ( def . Cullen Campbell , 2 and 1 ) The story : Winchester Country Club has been very good to Stanford . Two years after winning the VSGA Junior Stroke Play title at the northern Virginia club , Stanford won four matches in two days to earn his first Junior Match Play title . Stanford , who is from Vienna and is a member at Army Navy Country Club , turned the final match against Campbell in his favor at the end of the front nine , bombing home a birdie putt from off the green on 8 before sticking his approach on 9 close for another birdie and a 3-up lead at the turn .
As for Winchester , Stanford said : “ I ’ m just so confident out here . I think there are a lot of holes where playing aggressive benefits you a lot . Personally , I play better when I play aggressive .”
CHRIS LANG ( STANFORD ); SARA BUECHLER ( DOROH )
52nd VSGA Junior Girls ’ Championship Winner : Addie Doroh ( 74-71 — 145 ) The story : Doroh became the first 14-year-old since Victoria Tip-Aucha in 2016 to win the Junior Girls ’ title , and she did so by knocking off another youngster — 13-year-old Kanchana Duangsam — with a birdie on the first playoff hole at Fauquier Springs Country Club . Doroh was playing in her third VSGA Junior Girls ’ Championship , and she made a massive leap from her showing a year ago at Old Trail Golf Club . Her two-day 145 was 15 strokes better than what she shot in 2020 .
“ Going into the playoff , I was nervous , but I have been in a few playoffs before and you just have to do your best and play well ,” said Doroh , who lives in Charlottesville and is a member at Boar ’ s Head Golf at Birdwood Resort .
69th VSGA Junior Stroke Play Championship Winner : David Stanford ( 66-71-70 — 207 ) The story : Stanford , who began his college career at Virginia Tech in August , ended his junior career with a bang , making a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole at Roanoke Country Club to become just the fifth player to win both the VSGA Junior Match Play and Stroke Play titles in the same year . Stanford made bogey on the previous hole and went to the final hole tied for the lead with Charlottesville ’ s Preston Burton , who made a 15-foot birdie putt on 17 to put pressure on Stanford . After Burton ’ s 20-foot birdie putt on 18 dove to the right at the last moment , Stanford drained his putt , pumped his fist and celebrated the victory .
ABOVE : David Stanford BELOW : Addie Doroh
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