Tanner Owen Wins 3rd
NC Boys 13 and Under Championship
Asheboro, NC
(7/14/09) —Tanner
Owen of High Point captured the
championship trophy defeating Will
Blalock of Gastonia, 3 & 2 in the
championship match of the NC Junior
Boys’ Championship being hosted by the
Donald Ross designed Asheboro Golf
Club.
Owen jumped
out to an early advantage taking a four
up lead after the first nine holes.
But Blalock battled back winning the
tenth and eleventh holes and reducing Owen’s
lead to just two up going into the
thirteenth hole.
After halving several holes, Owen then won the
match with a par three on the sixth
hole.
Earlier in
the day, Owen defeated birthday boy
Thomas Walsh of High Point 2&1 and
Anthony Kennedy of Winston-Salem 3&2.
Also winning
their flights were Elliott Grayson of
Shelby, Jacob Haithcock of Burlington,
David Kocher of Charlotte and Benji
Schlottman of Advance.
This junior
championship is conducted by the
Carolinas Golf Association, celebrating
their one hundredth year of supporting
amateur golf in the Carolinas.