Top Point Earners for Summer of 2009

August 26, 2009

The 2009 local summer junior golf season has come to an end and I have compiled a list of the top point winners for the six major junior tournaments held in the Washington, DC area. These are the Frank Emmet Schoolboy (June 22-24), the Mid Atlantic Junior (June 25-26), the Maryland State Junior (June 29-30), the Bobby Gorin (July 20-22), the Bob Riley Junior Open (August 3-4), and the Dewey Ricketts (August 10-12).

Top 25
1) Matt Brown (90) ( a 2nd, 3rd,4T, 6T and 13th)
2) Denny McCarthy (84.5) ( two wins - Schoolboy & Mid Atlantic)
3) Robert Zehnder (69.5) ( 1st-Ricketts & 3rd at Mid Atlantic)
4) Brian McCormick (61.5)
5) Sean Bososh (60) (second twice)
6) Alex Church (57.5) (2nd in MD State)
7) Colin St. Maxens (54.5) (Bobby Gorin winner)
8) Brennan Wallman (42.5)
9) Bart George (41.5)
10) Josh Eure (40) (first at MD State)
10) Garrett Fitzgerald (40) (first at Bob Riley)
12) Jason Clatworthy (39)
13) Nate Cohan (36.5)
14) Ryan Cole (35.5)
15) Sam Spikell (32.5)
16) Marc Youngentob (32.5)
17) Richie Steinwand (31)(runner-up at Gorin)
18) Robert Lobban (30.5)
19) Tim Gregg (30)(2nd at Riley)
20) Garrett Harding (29.5)
21) Danny Wayson (29)
21) Greg Bourdon (29)
23) Keegan Boone (28.5) (played mostly in the younger age bracket)
24) Casey Taylor (28)
25) Alex Hoffman (27.5)

The points are awarded on the following basis:
1) = 40
2) = 30
3) = 20
4) = 18
5) = 17
6) = 16
7) = 15
8) = 14
9) = 13
10)= 12
11)= 11
and so on to 21+) = 1

The Schoolboy is a three-day event as is the Dewey Ricketts, with cuts each day. The Mid Atlantic, the Maryland State, and the Bob Riley are all two-day affairs with one cut, and the Bobby Gorin is the only match play event. If a player was cut after the second day, he was awarded points based on the remaining number of players in the field regardless of his position.
I have limited the selection to just the older age group in some of the tournaments for calculation purposes.
I recognize that these points are chosen arbitrarily and subject to some argument. They are NOT used to determine the WMGA Junior Player of the Year. I feel certain that performance in other tournaments such as USGA qualifiers, the Williamson Cup and the Mid Atlantic Team Invitational will probably be taken into consideration as well as these six when the Committee meets to select the POY.
Having said that, I do believe that Matt Brown has had an extraordinary Summer season AND he played in all six tournaments. Not all players can lay claim to that.
But given his performance on the National Stage both at the USGA JR and the USGA AM as well as the Big "I" Insurance Classic, Denny McCarthy will probably be selected.
Of interest to me are the names of certain players who are no where to be found in the Top 25. Ben Warnquist has disappeared from the local events. Tyler Wingo isn't at any of these six nor were Joe Buttgereit and Jay Dove.