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May 28-29: Omni Tucson National
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This Optimist Tournament at Omni Tucson National is the Arizona qualifier for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships at PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
According to the Arizona Optimist guidelines, qualified winners of the Boys 16-18 and Girls 15-18 division will get expenses paid into the Optimist International at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida provided they are Arizona residents. Winners from other age brackets will get a $500 stipend, provided the winners are from Arizona.
Tyler Blohm (Catalina Foothills) won the Boys 16-18 Division by two strokes over Jack Snyder (Desert Vista) 143 to 145. Blohm and Snyder both shot even par on Sunday with a round of 70 on the Sonoran Course. Blohm finished with an ever-par 73 on the Catalina Course on Saturday.
Mikayla Fitzpatrick (Xavier) and Rachel Fujitani (Hamilton) both finished with an even 143 to win the Girls 15-18 Division while Alexandra Quihuis (Salpointe) finished one stroke back to take third place. Quihuis held a one-stroke lead after the first day.
Cole Harris (Salpointe) ran away with the Boys 14-15 Division in his last tournament in Arizona before returning to Indiana to finish high school.
Optimist International Junior Golf Championships
July 20-25, 2016
Boys 10-11, 12-13 and Girls 10-12
July 25-30, 2016
Boys 14-15 and Girls 13-14
July 30-August 4, 2016
Boys 16-18 and Girls 15-18
BOYS 16-18
1 Tyler Blohm 2016, Tucson, AZ
E 73 70 143
2 Jack Snyder 2016, Phoenix, AZ
+2 75 70 145
3 Connor Brown 2016, Chandler, AZ
+5 76 72 148
4 Justin Terry 2018, Scottsdale, AZ
+7 78 72 150
5 Jonathan Walters 2018, Tucson, AZ
+8 75 76 151
6 Nick Hedman 2018, Chandler, AZ
+10 74 79 153
T7 Eric Duarte 2017, Tucson, AZ
+11 82 72 154
T7 Jack Call 2018, Tucson, AZ
+11 74 80 154
9 Logan Carter 2017, Montclair, NJ
+13 75 81 156
T10 Forrest Green 2017, Tucson, AZ
+14 79 78 157
T10 Justin Fischer 2017, Rio Rico, AZ
+14 79 78 157
T12 Zane Smith 2016, Chandler, AZ
+17 81 79 160
T12 Derek Lozier 2016, Green Valley, AZ
+17 81 79 160
T14 Brian Luc 2017, Chandler, AZ
+19 82 80 162
T14 Isaac Yelder 2017, Goodyear, AZ
+19 79 83 162
16 Sean Poling 2017, Phoenix, AZ
+23 81 85 166
17 Chaisen Alloway 2018, Tucson, AZ
+27 89 81 170
18 Dylan Mattson 2018, Tucson, AZ
+29 86 86 172
19 Cooper Bradford 2016, Tucson
+32 90 85 175
20 Zach Bitcon 2018, Scottsdale, AZ
+46 96 93 189
21 Hunter DeGrave 2018, Tucson, AZ
+69 101 111 212
GIRLS 15-18
T1 Mikayla Fitzpatrick 2016, Phoenix, AZ
E 72 71 143
T1 Rachel Fujitani 2017, Chandler, AZ
E 72 71 143
3 Alexandra Quihuis 2019, Tucson, AZ
+1 71 73 144
4 Alisa Snyder 2016, Phoenix, AZ
+2 72 73 145
5 Ana Abitia 2018, Tucson, AZ
+7 76 74 150
6 Toni Stjohn 2020, Gilbert, AZ
+9 80 72 152
7 Alyza Flores 2019, Sahuarita, AZ
+17 79 81 160
8 Annabelle Huether 2018, Tucson, AZ
+20 84 79 163
9 Belle Balkan 2019, Mesa, AZ
+21 82 82 164
10 Dana Nussberger 2016, Tucson, AZ
+24 86 81 167
11 Alyzzah Vakasiuola 2020, San Tan Valley, AZ
+25 83 85 168
12 Naomi Ramirez-Aizawa 2018, El Paso, TX
+26 82 87 169
13 Allison Acosta 2019, Oro Valley, AZ
+27 85 85 170
14 Maya Benita 2020, Tucson, AZ
+31 87 87 174
15 Kassy Tejeda 2017, Tucson, AZ
+33 92 84 176
16 Aspen Thies 2018, Oro Valley, AZ
+47 94 96 190
BOYS 14-15
1 Cole Harris 2019, Tucson, AZ
+6 74 75 149
2 Joseph Kennedy 2019, Tucson, AZ
+15 78 80 158
3 Mason Quagliata 2019, Scottsdale, AZ
+20 79 84 163
4 Connor Wierman 2019, Oro Valley, AZ
+23 83 83 166
5 Matthew Fimbres 2018, Vail, AZ
+26 81 88 169
6 Koshi Obukuro 2019, Vail, AZ
+36 90 89 179
7 Jackson Huether 2020, Tucson, AZ
+42 95 90 185
8 Dominic Maddalozzo 2021, Tucson, AZ
+66 101 108 209
GIRLS 13-14
1 Bailee Tayles 2021, Scottsdale, AZ
+10 80 73 153
2 Darlene Maitem 2021, Anthem, AZ
+21 79 85 164
3 Alexandra Manalang 2020, Peoria, AZ
+32 90 85 175
BOYS 12-13
1 Norberto Barraza Rivera 2019, Mexico +14 75 82 157
2 Max Krueger 2021, Galway, Ireland, AZ
+17 78 82 160
3 Diego Guerrero 2021, Tucson, AZ
+18 77 84 161
4 Ray J Ramirez 2021, Tucson, AZ
+24 82 85 167
5 Devin Ackermann 2021, Tucson AZ
+32 83 92 175
6 Daniel Henely 2020, Tucson, AZ
+34 90 87 177
7 Luis Lopez 2021, Sahuarita, AZ
+47 94 96 190
8 Ben Hogan 2021, Tucson, AZ
+65 102 106 208
GIRLS 10-12
1 Mackenzie McRee 2022, Tucson, AZ
+21 84 80 164
T2 Raina Ports 2022, Oro Valley, AZ
+31 91 83 174
T2 Hannah Ports 2022, Oro Valley, AZ
+31 88 86 174
4 Zoe Newell 2023, Oro Valley, AZ
+38 93 88 181
5 Marley Moncada 2022, Tucson, AZ
+47 97 93 190
BOYS 10-11
1 Anawin Pikulthong 2023, Gilbert, AZ
+2 72 73 145
2 Charlie Palmer 2023, Paradise Valley, AZ
+3 78 68 146
3 Oliver Corwon 2024, Sahuarita, AZ
+50 102 91 193
DIVISION V BASEBALL ALL-STARS
DIVISION V SOFTBALL ALL-STARS
BOYS TENNIS ALL-STARS
GIRLS TENNIS ALL-STARS
SAND VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS
D-III GOLF ALL-STARS
TRACK & FIELD ALL-STARS
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