Breitenstine repeats and Alexandra Swayne goes wire-to-wire at Forest Hills Country Club

     Watching the final round among the leaders showed that pressure was a factor among the boys and girls but in the end, players with experience winning these top amateur tournaments repelled all comers. 

Boys and Girls winners with Buzz Holzer 

Cade Breitenstien (Kent State commit) knows what it takes to win at Forest Lake as defending champion and he said that during his first round 65 that he and Maxwell Moldovan fed off each others low scores and each golfer tried to top the other in round one. Moldovan's 9-under 62 is the Forest Lake course record but one thing was different in this final day. Moldovan is a class of 2020 player and is not committed to anyone at press time. 

     The final day saw Moldovan's lead slip from two at the beginning of the round to a change of the leaderboard down the stretch as the birdies plentiful the first two days disappeared and Breitenstien carded a final round of 70 to Moldovan's 73 to take home medalist honors.

Plenty of impressive golf was played by the boys. Noah Gillard (Illinois commit) carded a six-under total of 207 for fourth place. Kelvin Lim of Lake Mary Florida put together a final round of 72 to go with his 69-65 for a seven-under score. Patrick Kelly (Notre Dame commit) had the low boys round of 66 on day three and finished six-under. In all, 17 boys finished at par or better. Cade Breitenstien talks about his win <<<video

Schulz- Payne and Dy are on the podium

     For the girls, Alexandra Payne (Clemson commit) who showed nerves of steel down the stretch and outlasted Mikaela Schulz (Michigan commit) of Bloomfield Hills trading clutch shots and draining putts with the pressure on the line. Payne entered the day with rounds of 70-72 and nearly coughed up her three shot lead but on 17, after driving it into a hill about 30 feet below the green, she chipped twice up the steep hill and left herself with 20 feet to salvage a bogey and most certainly giving her a five. Schulz stared the putt down and drained it. Schulz made a six-foot par and it and the 18th is a long hole with an uphill green and a sloping green.  Schulz birdie attempt was about 20 feet down the hill and she hit the jar solidly as a miss and the putt would have certainly rolled down the fierce slope. Payne left herself with about a 15' putt and she ended the drama with a par and a well-deserved fist pump and the win. 
Payne talks about her clutch putting and Clemson University  << Video

Schulz played extremely well down the stretch and she will enter the AJGA Randy Wise tournament in Linden in two weeks. Her future UM teammate Anika Dy finished third  overtaking (73-74-74) Taylor Kehoe of Strathroy, Ontario who faded to a final day 78 but her first two rounds of 70-74 were good enough to be in the final pairing. 


AJGA Trophy Presentation at Forest Lake CC   <<< Video

The 54-hole stroke play event will feature 10 AJGA champions and one Rolex Junior All-American These results are partial and were taken from the AJGA website  AJGA Official Website <<<<< Video Pos. Player Total To Par Gross R1 R2 R3 Total Gross 1 Cade Breitenstine Akron, Ohio (2019) -12 65 66 70 201 2 Maxwell Moldovan Uniontown, Ohio (2020) -11 62 67 73 202 3 Kelvin Lim (Canada) Lake Mary, Fla. (2020) -7 69 65 72 206 T4 Noah Gillard Greenwood, Ind. (2018) -6 70 69 68 207 T4 Patrick Kelly Erie, Pa. (2019) -6 73 68 66 207 6 Jansen Preston Lexington, Ky. (2020) -3 70 67 73 210 T7 Frankie Harris Boca Raton, Fla. (2021) -2 71 70 70 211 T7 Jackson Chandler Dublin, Ohio (2019) -2 69 66 76 211 T9 Grant Engle Springfield, Ohio (2018) -1 71 73 68 212 T9 Troy Taylor II Westerville, Ohio (2018) -1 70 69 73 212 T11 Coalter Smith Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (2019) +1 71 73 70 214 T11 Drew Wrightson Zionsville, Ind. (2021) +1 68 76 70 214 T11 Griffin Hare Tipton, Ind. (2020) +1 76 67 71 214 T11 Kevin Healy Rockford, Mich. (2019) +1 69 70 75 214 T11 Patrick Sullivan Grosse Pointe, Mich. (2018) +1 67 73 74 214 T16 Shawn Sehra (Canada) Windsor, Ontario (2020) +2 73 71 71 215 T16 Tyler Eedy West Branch, Mich. (2020) +2 71 69 75 215 1 Alexandra Swayne Maineville, Ohio (2018) +4 70 72 75 217 2 Mikaela Schulz West Bloomfield, Mich. (2019) +5 73 69 76 218 3 Anika Dy Traverse City, Mich. (2019) +8 73 74 74 221 4 Taylor Kehoe (Canada) Strathroy, Ontario (2022) +9 70 74 78 222 T5 Caroline Smith Inverness, Ill. (2020) +14 77 73 77 227 T5 Celine Niu Newport Beach, Calif. (2019) +14 76 73 78 227 T5 Jasmine Ly (Canada) Windsor, Ontario (2019) +14 82 74 71 227 8 Sophia Trombetta Independence, Ohio (2018) +16 74 77 78 229 9 Ariel Chang Macomb Twp, Mich. (2021) +17 77 77 76 230 10 Wen Qi Zhu Shanghai, China (2019) +19 75 80 77 232 11 Penelope Tir Winnetka, Ill. (2019) +20 81 74 78 233 T12 Lydia Swan North East, Pa. (2022) +21 76 80 78 234 T12 Roshannah Gaur (Canada) Hinsdale, Ill. (2018) +21 75 81 78 234 14 Nicole Ciskowski Barrington, Ill. (2019) +22 80 77 78 235 15 Shannon Kennedy Beverly Hills, Mich. (2021) +23 79 82 75 236 16 Stephanie Su South Barrington, Ill. (2021) +25 79 82 77 238 17 Danielle Staskowski Clarkston, Mich. (2019) +30 78 79 86 243 18 Savannah Haque Rochester Hills, Mich. (2020) +42 83 86 86 255 19 Maggie Knight Grand Blanc, Mich. (2020) +43 83 86 87 256 20 Ally Ringler Ada, Mich. (2020) +58 87 89 95 271 T21 Esha Varchasvi West Bloomfield, Mich. (2022) +64 95 90 92 277 T21 Marlo Hudson Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (2020) +64 93 91 93 277