Grider and Cox Tied for Texas Cup Junior Lead
05 Nov 2016
by Texas Golf Association
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Ryan Grinder
(AJGA Photo)
FORT WORTH, TX (November 5, 2016) -- Ryan Grider
and Kyle Cox are tied atop the leaderboard of the 12th
annual Texas Junior Cup Invitational. Mira Vista Country
Club
is hosting the Texas Cup for the fourth straight year.
Lewisville’s Grider posted a bogey-free round of 4-
under 67 on Saturday, making birdie on back-to-back
holes to start his day. Grider, who started on hole No.
10, made 12 straight pars after his opening birdies
before making another birdie on the 618-yard sixth
hole. A birdie on the ninth hole capped the former Boys
15-18 Player of the Year’s day.
“I’m hitting the ball very well right now,” said
Grider after his opening round. “I’d like to do better on
getting my putts to the hole on Sunday.”
Carrollton’s Cox played in the final group off the No.
10 tee in the first round. Cox made the turn at 3-under
after making birdie on holes 16 and 17. A bogey on the
par-4 fourth hole dropped Cox back to 2-under on the
day, but two birdies in his final four holes got him back
to 4-under overall.
“Everything went well for me today and the birdie
on six was a big momentum booster to finish my
round,” said Cox.
Playing with Grider and Cox in the final round will
be Parker Coody, who entered the Texas Cup as the
leader in the Player of the Year Points List in the Boys
15-18 Division. The Plano native posted a score of 2-
under 69 in the first round, making four birdies and two
bogeys.
Austin’s Michael Anthony Rome was the fourth
player in red figures on Saturday. Rome will play in the
penultimate pairing on Sunday with Dallas’ Turner
Hosch and Austin’s Matthew Denton. Hosch and Denton
each shot even-par in the first round and are tied for
fifth with Fort Worth’s Chris Berzina and San Angelo’s
Jeffrey Maciejewski.
Brandon Massey, Tommy Boone, Scott Roden,
Shuai Ming Wong, Hanseung Chang, Nate Plaster,
Pierceson Coody, Dawson Ovard, Landon Ernst and Reid
Davenport are all tied for ninth at 1-over 72.
Mira Vista Country Club has hosted this event the
past four years. The course opened in 1987 and was
designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish. It has
hosted the 1994 Texas Amateur and the 2000 Texas
Mid-Am along with the 2012 Byron Nelson Junior
Championship.