Noah Goodwin, Matthew Wolff reach U.S. Junior Amateur finalFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcomment7:30 PM ETAssociated Press FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentANDOVER, Kan. — Noah Goodwin advanced to the U.S. Junior Amateur championship match for the second straight year Friday, setting up a title showdown with Matthew Wolff at Flint Hills National.
The 17-year-old Goodwin, from Corinth, Texas, beat Davis Shore of Knoxville, Tennessee, 2 up in the quarterfinals, and topped India's Rayhan Thomas 5 and 4 in the semifinals.
Goodwin fell 2 and 1 to Australia's Min Woo Lee last year in the 36-hole final at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee.
“I played great golf in the final last year,” Goodwin said. “I just have to keep playing my own game and just stick to my game plan and just grind.”
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Rose Zhang, 14, wins Girls Junior PGA with record-tying totalFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcomment8:09 PM ETAssociated Press FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentST. ALBANS, Mo. — Rose Zhang won the Girls Junior PGA Championship by six strokes Friday with a record-tying 72-hole total of 268.
The 14-year-old Zhang, from Irvine, California, shot a 4-under 68 to match Kristen Gillman's 2014 tournament mark. Zhang opened with rounds of 69, 65 and 66 and finished at 20 under on the Country Club of St. Albans' Lewis and Clark Course.
“When I first came, I didn't have any expectations,” Zhang said. “I was just trying to play my own game and complete the four-day tournament. I think I played well under pressure and allowed myself to be in this position. … Overall, I'm just extremely humbled and blessed to be here.”
Yealimi Noh, of Concord, California, was second after a 70.

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Gerina Piller stays in front at Marathon ClassicFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailcomment7:59 PM ETAssociated Press FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintcommentSYLVANIA, Ohio — Gerina Piller followed her opening 8-under 63 with a 68 on Friday to maintain a one-stroke lead in the Marathon Classic.
Piller had four birdies and a bogey at Highland Meadows in the second round to reach 11-under 131.
“Very satisfied,” Piller said. “I feel like I was pretty steady. I kind of had a par streak going there. But I gave myself chances for birdie, and at that point, you've just got to be patient, and there's some birdie holes out there. I stayed patient, not one on my front nine, and then reeled off three in a row on the back. It is difficult, but if you can just kind of plug along and hit fairways and greens and keep it simple.”
She's winless on the LPGA Tour.
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