Grand
Blanc- Ryan Jahn of Jupiter, Florida is a Floridian in name only. You see, Jahn
grew up in Grand Blanc and moved to the Sunshine State when he was ten. He
still visits the area and Warwick Hills is a home away from home. After
shooting an opening round 73 he followed it up with an even par 72 to hold a
one shot lead going into the final round of the Randy Wise Open. Jahn started
off steady with pars on seven of his first nine holes but a double bogey on
number four gave him a wakeup call. Jahn birdied four of the next seven holes
before a detour on 18 where he had to chip up the ninth fairway and then back
to 18 gave him a final round of 72. "I'm in the hunt and am glad to play
with Sam Weatherhead,' said Jahn. |
| Ryan Jahn Leads after Day 2 |
Interviews with Hryeniwich, Kollin, Weatherhead and
Jahn online at the link above. The rest of the interviews will
be posted soon.
The Sam
he is referring to is 2012 Mr. Golf Sam Weatherhead (Grand Rapids). He entered
day "two of the AJGA at Warwick Hills, knowing by experience that day two
of the event is moving day. So what did he do, he moved from a 75 to a 71 and
trails Jahn by one with 18 holes to play.
Weatherhead
has had an outstanding 2012 winning medalist honors in Division Three at MSU in
June and just last week, was nominated and received a distinguished Faces in
the Crowd mention in Sports Illustrated. Add qualifying as medalist for the
USGA Junior Amateur shooting a 73-66 earlier this summer and you have an idea
that Sam has game. His plan of attack for day three is simple. "Here at Warwick, keeping the ball in
play between the trees," said Weatherhead. "Every single hole is
lined with majestic oak trees and if you can keep it (the ball) between that,
you can go pretty low."
One player that moved backwards was
Patrick Luther of Novi. He played a steady round until coming apart on the last
three holes shooting four over par. Saying that, he is only three back as he is
tied with Alex Dombrowski of Gaylord (73-75-148) and Reed Hrynewich of
Muskegon. For Reed Hrynewich, he knows all about going low at Warwick Hills. He
put together a final round of 69 last year but believes he better go
low."For me, I'm going to need something in the 60's," said Hrynewich
He was joined by Alex
Kleckner of Commerce Township opened with a 75 but an 84 put the brakes on his
title hopes. His round was summed up by nearly acing the 192 par-three 17th,
but his ball rolled off the green on the backside and a perfectly struck chip
missed the hole by an inch and trickled 15 feet past the hole. He bogeyed.
"I just played bogey golf today, said Kleckner who is playing in his first
AJGA event. The strong field saw 49 out of 72 golfers shoot 79 or better.
Jillian Hollis Leads the Girls
For the
girls, it was also moving day on day 2 and the results gave the tournament a
new leader. Jillian Hollis (Ohio) overtook Jessica Porvasnik (Ohio) after
shooting (74-73) to give her a lead of one over three golfers who are only a
shot back. Emily Mills (New Jersey), and
Ayaka Suzuki (Florida) Michigan girls who are in contention include Hannah
Lewis Plainwell (81-73) Jacqueline Setas of East Lansing (81-73) and Julia
Montgomery of Shelby Township (76-79) who are still in the hunt going into the
final day.
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