Sports
Medfield's Neidemire Battles for Golfweek Junior Invitatonal Title at Blue Hills Country Club
The top golfers in the region will be squaring off in the Golfweek New England Junior Invitational title at the Blue Hills Country Club in Canton Monday and Tuesday.
Some of the best junior golfers in Massachusetts will be at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Monday and Tuesday, for Golfweek New England Junior Invitational.
Medfield's Dan Neidemire is in the field for the tournament.
Find out what's happening in Medfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Since 2001, Golfweek Magazine has conducted national junior invitational events which have attracted many of the elite junior players in the country, many who would go on to compete on the PGA and LPGA Tours. The New England Junior Invitational marks the third event in the series, to go along with the East Coast Junior Invitational played annually in Orlando, Fla., and the West Coast Junior Invitational played annually in the Phoenix, Ariz. area. The tournament will start at 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 31, followed by the second round on Tuesday, July 31. There will be two 18-hole rounds on Monday and one 18 Tuesday.
The event will take place over 54 holes with national rankings and AJGA performance stars at stake. Players were invited to the event based on their national rankings or gained special invitations through performance on regional junior tours.
Find out what's happening in Medfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
A field of 102 golfers, consisting of players from seven New England states, Illinois, Michigan, Florida and Ontario, will be on hand to compete for bragging rights in this college-style tournament. The event will take place over 54 holes with national rankings and AJGA performance stars at stake.
The event is open to the public.
Blue Hill Country Club is a member-owned private country club with 27 holes of championship golf. The main course was designed in 1925 by Eugene "Skip" Wogan, one of golf’s premier architects of the Classic Period. In 1961, Mr. Wogan’s son, Phil Wogan, provided the design for the club’s 9-hole Challenger Course.
Also competing in the tournament are:
Acton-Patrick Christmas, Jamie Wang
Arlington-Harry Michael Theodore
Belmont-Andrew Lilley
Brookline-Jack Corcoran
Canton-Sam Riemer
Concord-Drew Bernshoftz
Dover-Chole, Andrew and Nicholas DePetrillo
Glouchester-James Turner
Hingham-Matthew Michaud, Ashley Hopkins, Pat Jenkins
Lexington-Jackson Long
Manchester-Benjamin Bichel
Medfield-Dan Neidemire
Milton-Patrick O'Leary, Regan Simeone, Lucas Hicks, Matthew and Kevin Walsh
Natick-Kevin McInerney
Needham-Jake Shulman
Newton-Alejandro Soto, Vinh-Hop Ngro, Vinh Hoa Ngro, Chad Stumpo, Monica Chow
Reading-Andrew Young
Sharon-Isabel Southard, Angela Zhang
Shrewsbury-Julia Ford, Matthew Iczkowaki, Edward Black,
Walpole-Kevin Walsh
Wellesley-Charlie Hitch
Westboro-Nicholas Ross
Weston-Marwa Kallak, Marshall Clemens, Noah Cate
Westwood-John Lazor, Adam Sawyer,]
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.