PIKESVILLE, Md., (July 23,
2011) – Maryland
team members delivered three rounds of 73 or
better at to own an 18-stroke lead entering
Sunday’s final day of the 3rd Mid-
Atlantic Junior Invitational at the demanding
Woodholme Country Club (6,923 yards, par 35-
36—71).
In the two-day stroke play event, eight-
player junior teams representing Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia compete in team
competition, with the best six scores counted
toward each team’s aggregate to
determine the event’s champion.
Maryland finished the first day with a 442
(16 over par) aggregate; Virginia is in second
place (460, +34) and West Virginia is third
(464, +38).
For event host Maryland, two-
time reigning Maryland Golf Association Junior
Amateur champion and 2010 U.S. Junior
Amateur semifinals Denny
McCarthy of Burtonsville, Md.,
(pictured left) led the way, firing
3-under 68. Even par through 10 holes,
McCarthy, bound for the University of Virginia
on a golf scholarship in the fall, played a five
hole stretch from Nos. 11-15 in three under
par, starting the scoring surge at the par-5
11th, before adding consecutive birdies at Nos.
14 and 15. McCarthy posted an 11th place
finish in the Northeast Amateur in early July,
an amateur event that draws a highly-
competitive national field
Also for Maryland, U.S. Junior Amateur
competitor Jordan
Sweet (Bowie, Md.), the 2010
Middle Atlantic Golf Association Junior Amateur
champion, added 1-over 72, while reigning
Bobby Gorin event winner Bart
George (Arnold, Md.) added 2-
over 73. Alex
Church (Timonium, Md.)
and Ryan Cole
(Linganore, Md.) each had 76, while
Brian McCormick
(Kensington, Md.) contributed
Maryland’s other score of 77. Both
Church and Boone competed in this
week’s U.S. Junior Amateur
Championship, conducted at Gold Mountain
Golf Club’s Olympic Course in Bremerton,
Wash.
Leesburg’s Brantley
Kushner, 18, paced Virginia, firing 2-
over 73, while the Blacksburg brother-brother
combination of 17-year-old
Ryan Mondy (4-over
75) and 18-year-old Jake
Mondy (5-over 76), the 2010
VSGA Junior Stroke Play champion, helped to
supply scores for Virginia. Contributing
Virginia’s three other scores were a trio
of 17-year-olds: central Virginian
Christopher Kapsak of
Richmond (77); Bassett’s
Blake Carter (79)
and Conner
Hayden of Chilhowie (80);
Suffolk’s John David Sanderson, 18, also
had 80.
For West Virginia, Evan
Smith (Bluefield, W.Va.)
and Chris
Williams (Charleston, W.Va.)
each carded team-best scores of 1-over 72.
Also for West Virginia, Mark
Pinti of Bridgeport, W.Va., (78)
and Jess
Ferrell of Fairmont, W.Va., (79)
were the team’s next two low
scorers. Davey Jude
(Kermit, W.Va.) had 81, while
Grant Humphrey
(Poca, W.Va.) shot 82.
ABOUT THE Mid-Atlantic Junior
Eight-player junior teams representing
Virginia,
West Virginia and Maryland compete in
interstate
team competition, with the best six scores
counted toward each team’s aggregate to
determine the event’s champion.
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