Thursday, June 15, 2023

Evans, Georgia- While there wasn’t much suspense for the girl’s title at the Vaughn Taylor Championship presented by James Hardie, there was plenty of it on the boy’s side of the things.

For the boys, Mateo Desmond of Pompano, Fl. fired the round of the day as he posted a -5 (66) to rally to capture the title. Desmond started the day four shots behind the leader, but his clean scorecard featured five birdies to vault him to the victory. Sahish Reddy started the final round with the lead, but his cold putter let him down as he finished in a three-way tie for second at -4. Will Gordon and Cooper Smith joined Reddy at that number for the runner-up spot.

Yuan, from San Diego, California, she dominated the field all week in leading wire-to-wire to claim her first ever AJGA title. This came after a couple of runner-up finishes in recent weeks. A 67 today was also the low round of the day for the girls and was good enough for an eight-shot victory.

Julia Herzberg and Arenui Faana finished second and third respectively, as they too took home a trophy.