2014 Junior Championship

 

 

GSGA Player of the Year standings

 

Huntzinger Wins Georgia Junior Championship

 

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Charles Huntzinger of Duluth fired a 7-under-par 65 in the final round to win the Georgia Junior Championship with a total score of 10-under-par 206 (69-72-65). Tye Waller of Griffin earned runner-up honors at 9-under-par 207 (72-69-66), one stroke back. The 49th annual competition took place at Brunswick Country Club, June 16-18.

 

Huntzinger, who will be a senior at Peachtree Ridge High School next fall, played in the second-to-last group in Wednesday's final round. Over his bogey-free round, Huntzinger posted birdies on three, four, six and eight, making the turn at 4-under on the day. He then added birdies on 10, 12 and 16. Waller, who will begin his collegiate playing career at Georgia Tech, had a bogey-free final round of his own. His front nine included five-straight birdies on three, four, five, six and seven, giving him a 31 through nine. The back nine included a lone birdie on 12, with pars the rest of the way.

 

The 2013 Georgia Junior champion, Marcus Byrd of Dunwoody, tied for 17th at 1-over-par 217 (75-69-73).

 

Spencer Ralston of Gainesville finished third at 6-under-par 210 (69-70-71). The fourth-place spot went to Jake Fendt of Suwanee at 5-under-par 211 (70-68-73). Mark David Johnson, Jr., of St. Simons Island came in fifth at 4-under-par 212 (68-71-73), and Jonathan Keppler of Marietta came in sixth at 3-under-par 213 (69-67-77). Two players tied for seventh at 2-under-par 214, including Hunter Dunagan of Martinez (70-75-69) and Connor Coffee of Peachtree City (70-70-74). To round out the top 10, four players tied for ninth at 1-under-par 215: Tyler Barker of Evans (75-72-68), Will Chandler of Atlanta (75-70-70), Brennan Bogdanovich of Suwanee (72-71-72) and Jake Milanowski of Peachtree City (72-71-72).

 

The top-8 finishers of the Georgia Junior Championship automatically qualify for the Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match later this summer. Huntzinger, Waller, Ralston, Fendt, Johnson, Keppler, Dunagan and Coffee made the Georgia team and will represent their state at Ansley Golf Club-Settindown Creek in Roswell, Ga., July 25-26.

 

With the win, Huntzinger also receives an exemption into the Georgia Amateur Championship, which is set for Idle Hour Club in Macon, July 10-13.

 

The field was cut to the low 70 and ties for Wednesday's final round, with the cutline falling at 13-over-par 157 and 70 players advanced. Entries were open to male amateur golfers between the ages of 14 and 17. A competitor must be at least 14 years old on or before June 16 and must not have turned 18 before June 18.

 

Brunswick Country Club played to 6,802 yards and a par 72 for the Georgia Junior Championship.