Girl’s team from Arizona places third against elite international field in the Girls Junior America’s Cup

Arizona Boys’ team finishes 12th

Girls’ 2016 Junior America’s Cup Team:  Ashley Menne, Kelly Su, Rachel Fujitani & Breyana Matthews.

The girl’s team representing Arizona notched a third-place finish in the 2016 Girls Junior America’s Cup held July 24-28 at Del Rio Club in Modesto, California. It was the best finish for the Arizona girls’ team in 9 years. They shot 223-227-227—677 (29-over par) for the tournament where the best three individual scores of each four-person team represented their team score. Ashley Menne of Surprise led the girls’ team – made up of Kelly Su of Scottsdale, Breyana Matthews of Scottsdale, and Rachel Fujitani of Chandler – with a T5 individual performance (73-78-72—223). The Southern California Girls’ Team placed first with a team score of 659 (11-over par), and Mexico came in second with a team score of 674 (26-over par).

“Congratulation to the girls. They played well under pressure against 17 other very talented teams,” said Scott McNevin, executive director of the Junior Golf Association of Arizona. “And bravo to Ashley for continuing the type of excellent play we’ve witnessed all season in local JGAA events.”

The boys’ team from Arizona – made up of Tucson’s Jonathan Walters, Tony Hendricks of Phoenix, Hayden Sayre of Phoenix and Alejandro de Zavala of Phoenix – placed 12th in the 2016 Junior America’s Cup, held at Guadalajara Country Club, in Guadalajara, Mexico with a team score of 12-over-par 660. Individually, Hendricks led the team by finishing T19 (73-71-74—218).