The Junior World Golf Championships are underway at Torrey Pines in SanDiego. After the first round of play, northern Kentuckian, recent CovCath grad, and UK signee, Alex Volpenhein is your LEADER!!!!! Second place is a tie between a young man from Thailand and a young man from New Zealand. Volp shot a 2 under 70 to lead the way.

 

There are four rounds of play in the tournament.

 

 

Go VOLP!!!!:jump:

Glad to see the back is feeling better. Couldn't happen to a nicer young man -- go get 'em Alex.

Volp shoots 70 for the second round, moves to 4 under par for the tournament. A young man from Austrailia shoots 67 today, to go with his 72 from yesterday and takes over the lead by one.

 

184 golfers are in the field, and after two rounds of play only 6 are under par.

 

Mr. Austrailia -5

Volp -4

 

4 others at -1

 

Go VOLP !!! :jump:

Sorry to report that "the bad and the ugly" were part of yesterday's round.

Alex recorded an 83 for the day, which included 5 doubles. Volp drops into a tie for 19th.

 

Bring it back today, VOLP!!! :jump:

Happens to the best of 'em. Hopefully Alex can go low today and bounce back.

My take, he's playing Torrey Pines in San Diego...Who cares what he shoots?

 

What an experience...

Happens to the best of 'em. Hopefully Alex can go low today and bounce back.

 

 

Your right. I expect AV to be somewhere around par today.

 

We are sending Sean out in the morning to caddy for him in the Jr. Am next week. Sean figures he needs a couple of days to get use to the time change. I'm not sure of that but that his story. First round is Monday.

 

I'm sure Al will bounce back, we are all disappointed that we can't be out there to watch the two of them next week. But I feel good that he will make better showing for himself.

Glad to report, Volp came right back, with a 73 in the fourth and final round.

This earned him a tie for 14th. The young man from Australia was your medalist, the only player under par for the event.

 

Congrats, Alex! on a Top Twenty in a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP !! We're very proud of you.