Logjam Atop Leaderboard Remains at U.S. Kids Golf World Championship
Three players share lead at Southern Pines Golf Course
PINEHURST, N.C. – With 18 holes remaining, three players hold a share of the Girls 11 lead in the 2012
World Championship. Yujeong Son of Norman, Okla., Monet Chun of Richmond Hill, Canada, and Anina
Ku of Basking Ridge, N.J., are deadlocked at 2-under-par 142.
The U.S. Kids Golf World Championship is the largest junior golf tournament in the world. The three-day
event is held August 2-4, 2012, in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, N.C. The field is made up of over 1,200
players from 39 countries. The Girls 11 division played Southern Pines Golf Course at 5,050 yards.
Son carded the round of the day, a 4-under-par 68 that featured four birdies, an eagle and two bogeys.
Chun carded a steady 1-under-par 71 with two birdies and only one bogey. Ku also posted a 71 with
three birdies and two bogeys.
The trio is being closely pursued by first-round co-leader Isabella Fierro Saul of Mexico. Fierro Saul
recorded an even-par 72 Friday and sits at 1-under-par 143, one stroke behind the co-leaders. Isabella
Holpfer of Vienna, Austria, and Angelique Francis of Murphy, Texas, are tied for fifth place at 1-over-par
145.
About U.S. Kids Golf
U.S. Kids Golf, LLC is based in Atlanta, Ga., and manufactures equipment and related golf products
made especially for kids. In addition to more than 4,000 golf shops and retail locations in the U.S., the
company’s products also are available in over 75 countries worldwide.
The U.S. Kids Golf Foundation, a Georgia non-profit recognized as a 501(c)(3) charity, was created
in 2001 and provides services that include competition and instruction. The Foundation organizes
more than 500 golf tournaments for kids each year, including Local Tours in more than 40 cities, ten
Qualifiers across the nation, six Regional Championships, a European Championship and the U.S.
Kids Golf World Championship and Teen World Championship, which are held each year in
Pinehurst, N.C.
In partnership with the PGA of America, the Foundation also supports the U.S. Kids Golf Family
Course program, which provides guidelines that help courses make the game easier to learn and
more fun for kids and their families.
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