4^th Annual FCG Las Vegas Championship

Primm Valley Golf Club (Lakes/Desert)

Nipton, CA

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With a record field size of 256 participants in 2013, the 4^th Annual FCG Las Vegas Championship had a lot of exciting buzz surrounding it. FCG had announced Oakley as an official hat sponsor, PlayKleen as the official towel sponsor and the Long Drivers of America were hosting a Long Drive Challenge after play of the first round.

Conditions were perfect, although a little bit warm, over the two days and there were some very impressive scores shot in all divisions. Multiple players shot in the 60’s both days and the winner of the Boys 15-18 division finished at 8-under par! FCG looks forward to growing this event even larger next year and adding more events for both parents and players to enjoy.

Boys 15-18 Division:

The Boys 15-18 division lit up the Desert Course at Primm Valley Golf Club. The top five finishers, on average, made 5 birdies in each of their rounds, with the low score being an astounding 5-under par, 67. Andrew Rudy, who shot a 5-under par, 67 on Saturday had a one shot lead over Jack Ireland going into Sunday. Greg Gildea was not far behind after a first day 69. Gildea and Rudy ended up flip flopping scores on Sunday, which landed them both in a playoff for the 1^st place position. Ireland who shot an impressive, 2-under par 70 on Sunday missed out on the playoff by 2 strokes. Rudy was able to win the playoff and take the division title and the exemption into The Callaway Junior World Championship

Top 5 finishers: 

Andrew Rudy (San Diego, CA): 67-69—136*

            Greg Gildeav (Lakewood, WA): 69-67—136

            Benjamin Tolsma (Apple Valley, CA): 71-67—138

Jack Ireland (Mission Viejo, CA): 68-70—138

            Van Thomas (Las Vegas, NV): 70-70—140

*Denotes winning the playoff

Girls 15-18 Division:

Coming off her win at the FCG Pacific Northwest Championship, Gigi Stoll continued her impressive year in junior golf. Starting off very strong Stoll and Mangrobang were tied for the lead after they both shot a 2-under par 69 on the Lakes Course of Primm Valley Golf Club. On Sunday, Stoll struggled a bit, shooting a 75. Luckily for Stoll, Mangrobang also struggled and finished Sunday with a 77 and allowed Stoll to take first place. Sneaking in for a second place finish was Alexandra Cooper after staying pretty consistent over the two days, shooting 74-72. Since Gigi Stoll was already exempt into the Callaway Junior World Championship, Cooper and Mangrobang had to have a playoff to determine who would receive the exemption. In the end,  Mangrobang was able to win the playoff and get the spot in Junior World.

Top 5 finishers:   

Gigi Stoll (Beaverton, OR): 69-76—145

            Alexandra Cooper (San Clemente, CA): 74-72—146

            Jessica Mangrobang (Chula Vista, CA): 69-77—146

            Patricia Wong (Walnut, CA): 74-74—148

            Bittany Farrell (Dove Canyon, CA): 75-75—150

Girls 13-14 Division:

Another division that needed a playoff to determine the winner was the Girls 13-14 division. Kimberlee Tottori and Ashley Mayhall both finished the tournament at 4-over par and needed two playoff holes to determine a winner. Both players were able to make par on the first playoff hole (#1 Lakes Course) however, Tottori was able to stick it close on Hole #2 and convert the birdie putt to close out the playoff. The tie for third place was broken by Alli Kim’s 1-over par second round versus Veronica Joels’ 76 on Sunday.

Top 5 finishers:

            Kimberlee Tottori (Las Vegas, NV): 70-75—145*

            Ashley Mayhall (Valenica, CA): 74-71—145

            Alli Kim (Murrieta, CA): 75-72—147

            Veronica Joels (Las Vegas, NV): 71-76—147

            Simar Singh (Los Altos, CA): 78-71—149

*Denotes winning the playoff

Boys 13-14 Division:

Another tightly contested division was the Boys 13-14 division. The winner of the division Kengo Aoshima, finished the tournament at 3-under par and there were ties for both 2^nd and 4^th place. Jack Trent, all the way from Australia was able to best Cullen Plousha by shooting a second round 71 compared to Plousha’s 72. The tie for fourth place was broken by Cadwallader’s 3-under par 69 on Sunday, while Calvin-Smith finished the tournament with a 73.

Top 5 finishers:   

Kengo Aoshima (Honolulu, HI): 72-69—141

            Jack Trent (Australia): 72-71—143

            Cullen Plousha (Carlsbad, CA): 71-72—143

            Chase Cadwallader (Rancho Mirage, CA): 76-69—145

            Owen Calvin-Smith (South Pasadena, CA): 72-73—145

Boys 11-12 Division:

Some crazy good scores were shot in the Boys 11-12 Division. All top five finishers were under par for the tournament. The winner of the division, Ricky Castillo, ended the tournament at 7-under par and the fifth place finisher, Yuki Moriyama also finished the tournament under par, with a final score of 1-under. Both Castillo and Dylan Fritz had already received exemptions into Junior World, so there was a playoff between Alrik Pan and Hazen Newman to see who would receive the exemption from this tournament. In the end Pan would win the playoff and receive the exemption into Junior World.

Top 5 finishers:   

Ricky Castillo  (Yorba Linda, CA): 68-67—135

            Dylan Fritz (Las Vegas, NV): 68-69—137

            Alrik Pan (West Covina, CA): 71-69—140

            Hazen Newman (Las Vegas, NV): 70-70—140

            Yuki Moriyama (San Diego, CA): 70-71—141

Girls 11-12 Division:

The locals had a strong showing in the Girls 11-12 division, 3 out of the top 5 finishers were from the Las Vegas area. Victoria Estrada was able to win the division by 6 strokes after shooting 1-over on the first day, followed up by 1-under on the second day, finishing the tournament at even-par. Another Las Vegas local, Annick Haczkiewicz took second place, finishing the tournament at 6-over par. There was a tie for third place between Briana Chacon and Morgan Goldstein. Chacon was able to win the cardoff after shooting a lower final round of 74.

Top 5 finishers:

            Victoria Estrada  (Las Vegas, NV): 72-70—142

            Annick Haczkiewicz (Las Vegas, NV): 75-73—148

            Briana Chacon (Whittier, CA): 75-74—149

            Morgan Goldstein (Las Vegas, NV): 73-76—149

            Milburn Ho (Honolulu, HI): 75-75—150

Boys 9-10 Division:

After many of the divisions finished with ties at the top, the Boys 9-10 division had the largest margin of victory.  Ryan Smith was able to win the division by a grand total of 10 strokes. He was able to do this thanks to his, 3-under par, first round and even-par, second round. Second place was awarded to Torin Dezzani, who also received the Callaway Junior World Exemption. Darien Zhao and Aidan Goldstein needed a card off to determine the third place finisher, since both players finished the tournament at 9-over par. Zhao was able to claim third place thanks to a second round 75.

Top 5 finishers:

            Ryan Smith  (Carlsbad, CA): 68-71—139

            Torin Dezzani (Honolulu, HI): 74-75—149

            Darien Zhao (San Diego, CA): 76-75—151

            Aidan Goldstein (Las Vegas, NV): 74-77—151

            Kevin Jiang (San Diego, CA): 76-78—154

18-Hole Tournament: The Girls 9-10, Boys 8 & Under and the Girls 8 & Under played 9-holes (Back 9) on the Lakes Course each day, for two days.

Girls 9-10 Division:

The top 4 finishers of the Girls 9-10 division were all tied for second place after the first day of competition with a 5 over par 40 as their score. Kayla Sam, who eventually finished 5^th had the lead after her 4-over par 39 on Saturday. Michelle Chang was able to pull away from the pack and take first place after shooting an even-par 35 on Sunday. Hailey Stevenson and Sky Sudberry needed a hole by hole card off to determine the winner of second and third place. Both players tied on holes 18 and 17 but Stevenson was able to win on hole 16 with a par compared to Sudberry’s bogey. Fourth place went to Tiana Teatai Ariki who shot a 2-over 37 on Sunday.

Top 5 finishers:

Michelle Chang  (Diamond Bar, CA): 40-35—75

            Hailey Stevenson (Las Vegas, NV): 40-36—76

            Sky Sudberry (Spring, TX): 40-36—76

            Tiana Teatai Ariki (San Marcos, CA): 40-37—77

            Kayla Sam (Anaheim Hills, CA): 39-39—78

Boys 8 & Under Division:

The Boys 8 & Under also needed a playoff to determine a winner. The playoff was between Jay Leng Jr. and Ryan Hansen. Leng Jr., who shot a very impressive 1-under par, 34 on Saturday and followed it up with a 40 on Sunday to finish at 4-over par for the tournament. Hansen kept his rounds very consistent, shooting a 2-over, 37 on both days of the tournament to also finish at 4-over par. Leng Jr. was able to win the playoff on the first hole and take first place in the Boys 8 & under division. Rounding out the top three finishers was Colton Cherry who after shooting 40 on Saturday shot an amazing even par round on Sunday.

Top 5 finishers:

Jay Leng Jr. (Rancho Santa Fe, CA): 34-40—74*

            Ryan Hansen (Seal Beach, CA): 37-37—74

            Colton Cherry (Las Vegas, NV): 40-35—75

            Sam Ng (Arcadia, CA): 40-36—76

            Bryant Hernandez (Downey, CA): 37-40—77

*Denotes winning the playoff

Girls 8 & Under Division: 

After being in third place after Saturday, Nalani Sam came roaring back on Sunday and shot an even par 35 on the back nine of the Lakes Course at Primm Valley Golf Club, to take first place in the division.  Ashley Yum who was in second place after Saturday was able to shoot a 40 on Sunday and claim second place in the division. Third place in the division went to Ali Mulhall, who is from Wyoming. She was 8-over after the first day but was able to shave off 4 strokes on Sunday and shot a 4-over par 39.

Top 5 finishers:

Nalani Sam (Anaheim Hills, CA): 42-35—77

            Ashley Yun (La Crescenta, CA): 41-40—81

            Ali Mulhall (Green River, WY): 43-39—82

            Brooke Sodetz (Henderson, NV): 39-43—82

            Jeanne Bravo-Padillo (Glendale, CA): 47-40—87