Woods, Booth Are Eliminated in First Round of Junior Golf
Maury Beasley of Dublin, Ga., beat Tiger Woods of Cypress, 1-up, in the first round of match play at the American Junior Golf Assn. Rolex Junior tournament Saturday.
Beasley, 18, who will attend Georgia next fall, overcame a sluggish start at the La Paloma Country Club to defeat Woods, the defending champion and 1992 medalist.
Tied heading into the final hole, Beasley’s drive landed in the fairway and Woods pulled his to the left. Faced with a difficult lie, Woods was unable to reach the green in regulation and finished with a double bogey. He conceded Beasley’s five-foot putt for par to end the match.
In the girls’ division, Skyli Yamada of Sandy, Utah, defeated medalist Kellee Booth of Coto de Caza, 2 and 1, in the first round.
Eunice Choi of Dove Canyon won her first-round match with Lisa Penske of Bethlehem, Pa., 4 and 2, but lost to Fumi Koizumi of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, in the quarterfinals, 4 and 2.
In boys’ 15-16, Ben Garner of Lake Forest advanced to the semifinals, winning his quarterfinal match with Matt Lewis of Dubuque, Iowa, on the 20th hole.
Nick Malinowski of Dallas eliminated Chris Berry of Yorba Linda in 19 holes in the first round of the boys’ 17-18 division.
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