Suffield Golfer Claims CT Junior PGA Championship

NEW HAVEN, CT — There were two entirely different scenarios that emerged from the boys and girls divisions during the second day of the Connecticut Junior PGA Championship Wednesday at The Course at Yale.

Austin Rupp of Suffield and Jonathan Elkins of South Deerfield, Mass. tied for the 36-hole lead at 2-over par 142, forcing a playoff which Rupp captured to win the championship. Jason Liu of Windsor shot a 68 Wednesday to finish alone in third place at 3-over 143.

On the girls' side, Angela Garvin of Feeding Hills, Mass. began the second round two strokes behind Pacharada Treekul of New Britain, but scorched the course with a 4-under par 66 to finish at 1-under 139, nine strokes in front of Treekul.

Ten boys residing in Hartford County finished in the top 25, while a pair of girls from the county placed in the top 10. Here are results for those players:

Boys

• 142 (+2) - Austin Rupp, Suffield (72-70), 1st
• 143 (+3) - Jason Liu, Windsor (75-68), 3rd
• 145 (+5) - Mac Mahoney, West Hartford (72-73), 7th
• 146 (+6) - Justin Mathew, Rocky Hill (73-73); Brendan Fagan, Unionville (70-76), T-8th
• 149 (+9) - James Bosworth, Simsbury (75-74); Thomas Durkin, Suffield (72-77), T-14th
• 150 (+10) - Kevin Lynch, Glastonbury (76-74), T-19
• 151 (+11) - Tyler Hahn, Avon (68-83); Luke Carroll, West Hartford (72-79), T-23

Girls

• 148 (+8) - Pacharada Treekul, New Britain (71-77), 2nd
• 155 (+15) - Maisie Filler, Bloomfield (75-80), 4th
• 160 (+20) - Mia Grzywinski, Farmington (79-81), 5th

For complete results, click here.

Photo credit: The Course at Yale