Kelly Salamy wins girls 12-13 division at 8th annual VSGA Youth Championships

RICHMOND – Williamsburg’s Kelly Salamy shot a 3-under-par 63 on We

dnesday to win the age 12-13 division during the final round of the Virginia State Golf Association Youth Championships held at The First Tee of Chesterfield in Richmond.

                                               

The 12-year-old native from greater Williamsburg entered the final round tied for first place along with Herndon’s Danielle Suh. Salamy (140) carded a 63 on Wednesday to win the division by seven strokes over Suh (147). Salamy finished the tournament at 8-over-par.

“I made a lot of long putts for par,” Salamy said. “I just felt a whole lot better today, than I did yesterday.”

NORTH CHESTERFIELD –– Results following the final round of the 8th VSGA Youth Championship (boys and girls ages 13 and under) at The First Tee of Chesterfield on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

           

BOYS AGES 12-13 (4,608 yards)
Ben Carroll (Blacksburg), 64-66—130

Drew Brockwell (Chesterfield), 69-63—132

Christopher Zhang (Blacksburg), 68-66—134

Nikita Gubenko (Great Falls), 68-67—135

Gary Bullard (Chantilly), 67-69—136

Aaron Liu (Vienna), 72-68—140

Ross Funderburke (Roanoke), 76-69—145

Zachary Valdes (Chesterfield), 76-71—147

Carter Keller (Lynchburg), 73-75—148

Ezra Park (Martinsville), 72-77—149

Reed Thorne (Warsaw), 73-76—149

Hunter Anderson (Sumerduck), 76-74—150

Taylor Hubbard (Aylett), 77-73—150

Luke McNabb (Ashburn), 77-75—152

Robert Wood (Richmond), 79-73—152

Casey Cho (Haymarket), 73-80—153

Odin Anderson (Midlothian), 80-80—160

Colin Bischoff (Midlothian), 84-77—161

Cullen Campbell (Virginia Beach), 92-78—170

Will Hanson (Richmond), 94-97—191

Samuel Felty (North Chesterfield), 103-102—205

GIRLS AGES 12-13 (4,206 yards)
Kelly Salamy (Williamsburg), 77-63—140

Danielle Suh (Herndon), 77-70—147

Alisa Caraballo (Troutville), 78-74—152

Kendall Turner (Chesapeake), 79-73—152

Kelly Klimek (Round Hill), 83-70—153

Rory Weinfurther (Midlothian), 80-76—156

Jayde Dudley (Roanoke), 84-75—159

Phoenix Smith (Chesapeake), 81-83—164

Julia Han (Petersburg), 89-88—177

Sarah Kim (Chesapeake), 90-93—183

BOYS AGES 10-11 (4,206 yards)
David Luo (Centreville), 64-64—128

Justin LaRue (Chesterfield), 67-67—134

Matthew McEwen (Portsmouth), 68-70—138

Garrett Kuhla (Richmond), 76-69—145

Quint Dingledine (Richmond), 74-71—145

Griffin Winn (Chesterfield), 76-80—156

Luke Sheakley (Bristow), 77-80—157

Garnet Manley III (Lynchburg), 82-76—158

Cameron Cho (Haymarket), 81-78—159

Harrison Coble (Richmond), 84-75—159

Justin Green (Chesapeake), 82-83—165

Kaushal Kambham (Centreville), 85-83—168

GIRLS AGES 10-11 (4,206 yards)
Yedam Lee (Virginia Beach), 68-71—139
Lauren Clark (Chesterfield), 74-76—150

Katherine Schuster (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.), 86-81—167

Rebecca Hutchings (Suffolk), 108-107—215

BOYS AGES 9 AND UNDER (3,382 yards)
Jonathan McEwen (Portsmouth), 65-72—137

Owen Bright (Roanoke), 67-72—139

Chase Nevins (Great Falls), 79-73—152

Benjamin Kablach (Virginia Beach), 75-79—154

Ryan Macklin (Richmond), 74-81—155

Talon Dingledine (Richmond), 83-83—166

Tate Williams (Ashburn), 81-86—167

Will Johnson (Blackstone), 85-82—167

Elijah Felty (North Chesterfield), 85-90—175

Benjamin Hite (Kenbridge), 105-111—216

GIRLS AGES 9 AND UNDER (nine holes each day) (1,699 yards)
Chelsea Kim (Chesapeake), 47-50—97

Mary Hite (Kenbridge), 72-78—150