PIKESVILLE, Md., July 24,
2011 – Stoked
by Denny McCarthy’s
(Burtonsville, Md.) final day competitive course
record of 5-under-par 66, Maryland posted a
wire-to-wire victory as 3rd Mid-Atlantic Junior
Invitational concluded on Sunday at
Woodholme Country Club (6,923 yards, par 35-
36—71).
Maryland team members accounted for
three scores of 75 or better on the final day
and finished with an 892 (+40) aggregate.
Virginia finished 13 strokes back (53-over 905),
while West Virginia was third at 934. 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.
The 18-year-old McCarthy led all
competitors in the event, closing play with an
8-under 134 (68-66) total. McCarthy, a
semifinalist at the 2010 U.S. Junior Amateur
and an 11th place finisher in the Northeast
Amateur in early July 2011, is bound for the
University of Virginia in the fall on a golf
scholarship.
Virginia fired a team-best aggregate of
19-over 445 on the last day, with three
competitors carding scores of 73 or better.
Blacksburg’s Jake Mondy
(pictured right), 18, the
2010 VSGA Junior Stroke Play champion, paced
Virginia, closing with 1-under 70 and compiled
a team-best 4-over 146 (76-70) total over the
two days. Suffolk’s John David
Sanderson, 18, had 1-over 72 on Sunday,
while Ryan Mondy, 17, of Blacksburg
shot 2-over 73 and was the second low scorer
among Virginia team members (6-over 148).
Virginia finished second in the event for a third
consecutive year.
Maryland registered the low total of the
event on the first day of 16-over 442, and
owned an 18-stroke lead entering
Sunday’s final day, recording a closing
score of 450 (+24). McCarthy was seven under
par through 14 holes on Sunday en route to
ultimately delivering the best 36-hole
aggregate by any competitor in the three-year
history of the event; his 66 is also a single-day
record in the invitational. Also for
Maryland, Ryan Cole (Linganore,
Md.) closed with even-par 71,
while Keegan Boone (Bethesda,
Md.), fresh from his return from the U.S. Junior
Amateur, had 75 on Sunday. Cole placed
second among the Maryland contingent with a
two-day 5-over 147
aggregate. &
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For West Virginia, Jess Ferrell
(Fairmont, W.Va.) turned in a final day team-
best score of 2-over 73 and led the way for
the squad, compiling a two-day total of 10-
over 152 (79-73).
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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