Ames fires closing 68 to win JAGA Senior Amateur
Richard Ames
won the 1985 Gate Invitational with one of the three rounds at the Deerwood Country Club.
Nearly 40 years later, he won another title at Deerwood, with a stunning finalround rally.
Ames shot 68 on April 9 to win the 67th Jacksonville Area Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship by two shots over and four over and
Ames, who plays out of Eagle Landing, stood at 7-over through 36 holes and trailed Vallencourt (a Timuquana member), who was 1-under. Ames began his final round with four birdies among his first six holes, then played the final 12 holes at even par to earn the Frank Rogers Trophy.
Anthony (70), a two-time JAGA Senior champion and Moody (71) both shot under-par rounds to get inside the top five.
Mike Vallencourt
David Anthony Ken Moody.
Mark Spencer,
also a past JAGA Senior champion (77) and
(78) tied for fifth at 8-over.
“I just told myself to put my head down and see what happens,” Ames told jaxareagolf.org of his comeback.
Ames, who won the Gate as an amateur and professional, regained his amateur status in the early 2000s and is an operations manager for Bank of America.
Rob Schiller
of Pablo Creek won the Super Senior division (age 60-69) by five shots over of NAS Jacksonville at even-par 144.
of Newnan, Ga., won the Grand Senior division (70 and over) by three shots over at 7-over 151.
Perry
Bruce Moskovciak
Samuel Ha captures FJT title
Samuel Ha
Steve Carter
Doug Conkey
Frank
of St. Augustine shot 68 in the second round and won the Florida
Junior Tour 13-15 tournament at the Jacksonville Beach Golf Club by one shot at 3-under-par 139.
Ha held off a charge by of St. Johns with a bogey-free second round, including eight pars in a row to close out. Hipp had the tournament’s low round with a 65, making birdie on five of his first 11 holes, then added an eagle at No. 13.
Maxwell Morgan
of Ponte Vedra Beach finished fourth at 5-over 147, of St. Augustine and of Ponte Vedra Beach tied for sixth at 7-over and of Ponte Vedra tied for eighth at 9-over.
of Jacksonville finished fourth at 3-over 145 in the girls division,
Kinnare Cooper Franklin
Sahana Chokshi
Charlie Hipp
Ambrose
Jake Mason
two shots out of a playoff won by Emma McKoan of Naples over of Orlando and Grace Carter of Jupiter.
In an FJT 16-18 tournament at the Highlands Ridge Golf Club North Course in Avon Park, of Ponte Vedra (148) tied for seventh, seven shots beyond winner of Palm Beach Gardens.
Sean Gzrbin
Andrew Tsar
Iris Lee
Palencia team finishes second
The Palencia Club team almost took advantage of a home-county advantage and finished second in the Florida State Golf Association Womens Interclub Championship at the Slammer & Squire.
Deidre Wray, Trish Lucianao, Lisa Proctor, Maria Nilsson French
and scored 192 points under a 36hole Stableford format. Lake Jovita won with 200 points.
Wray scored 67 points, Lucianao 63 and Proctor 62 to lead Palencia.
First ace, at 7 years old
Cathy
It’s never too early to get your first hole-in-one.
In the case of of Jacksonville, it’s 7 years old. He aced the 16th hole of the Sea Island Resort Retreat Course, using a 6-iron from 102 yards.