2012 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships Recap: Asians win most individual categories

Here are the winners of the 2012 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships.  Many Asians won the different age groups. Two Filipinos bagged titles while a Fil-American won the oldest age group for boys. Jed Dy and Francesca Olivares-Ilas joined the illustrious list of Filipinos who won the Junior Gold World Championships. It was also a testament of the great form of the two Filipino champions at they also won in the prestigious 5th Annual San Diego Junior Masters. Fil-Am Rico Hoey playing out of Rancho Cucamonga, CA rallied to win the boy’s 15-17 crown beating last year’s winner Beau Hossler by a stroke.  It was a great result for Filipino jungolfers after getting shut out last year. The last Filipino to win was in 2010 when Ruperto Zagarosa annexed the boys 11-12 crown.

Girls 6 – Under

1. Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang, Thailand +19
2. Narumi Ishikawa, Japan +20

Boys 6 – Under

1. Ryusei Sawada, Japan +1
2. Jay Leng Jr., Sta. Fe, California +8

Jose Javier Lazatin of the Philippines placed 27th

Girl’s 7-8

1. Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan +6
2. Yuzuki Okubo, Japan +20

Best Filipino finisher: Annyk Chanel Pineda-Cayabyab at 18th +38

Boy’s 7-8

1. Jed Llamado Dy, Philippines -2
2. Wit Pitipat, Thailand -1

Girl’s 9-10

1. Francesca Bernice Olivares-Ilas, Philippines -1
2. Yukino Yoshihara, Irvine, California +1

Boy’s 9-10

1. Karl Vilips, Australia -4
2. Jackson Rivera, Los Alamitos, CA -1

Best Filipino Finisher in the category: Josh Jorger  and Weiyu Gao at 16th +8

Girl’s 11-12

1. Sifan He, China / Sara Ota, Japan / Paphangkorn Tavatanakit, Thailand -2

Best Filipino Finisher in the category: Harmie Nicole Constantino at 9th +7

Boy’s 11-12

1. Parathakorn Surasri, Thailand -5
2. Frankie Capan, St. Paul,MN / Taiga Sugihara, Japan -4

Best Filipino Finisher in the category: Aidric Jose Chan at 7th +1

Girl’s 13-14

1. Lilia Kha-Tu Vu, Fountain Valley, CA -11
2. Rose Huang, Honolulu, HI / Muni He, Canada -6

Best Filipino Finishers in the category: Clare Amelia Legaspi, Samantha Andrea Martirez at 9th -1

Boy’s 13-14

1. Rhett Rassmussen, Draper, UT -9
2. Cheng Jin, China -8

Best Filipino Finisher in the category: Raymart Tolentino at 21st +2

Girl’s 15-17

1. Benyapa Niphatsophon, Thailand -8
2. Su-Hyun Oh, Australia -1

Best Filipino Finisher in the category: Andrea Unson at 30th +12

Boy’s 15-17

1. Fil-Am Rico Hoey, Rancho Cucamonga, CA -2
2. Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, CA -1

Best Filipino Finisher in the category: Angelo Jose Gandionco at 39th +17

Girl’s 15-17 Team: USA  (Philippines placed 7th)

Boy’s 15-17 Team: USA (Philipines placed 3rd)

 

 

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