Lee and Oh win MasterCard Junior Masters
BY iseekgolf.com | Junior Golf Tour | 2006 MasterCard Junior Masters | Wrap | 19 May 2006
Queensland’s Kevin Lee has birdied the last hole to finish the 72 hole MasterCard Junior Masters on six under par, one stroke clear of Korea’s Danny An and fellow Queenslander Daniel Nisbet.
In the girls section, Sarah Oh from New South Wales fired a two under par 70 in today’s final round to finish five strokes clear of the field on eight under par from Stephanie Na (South Australia) and Ashleigh Simon (South Africa).
The winning male player from the MasterCard Junior Masters receives an exemption from MasterCard to play in the MasterCard Masters and the winning female player receives an exemption to play in the ANZ Ladies Masters.
“MasterCard has a proud history of supporting golf both in Australia and internationally, through our corporate sponsorship of the MasterCard Masters, PGA Tour of Australasia and golfers Adam Scott, Brett Rumford and Gareth Paddison”.
“Nurturing young golfers is essential to ensure the future success of the game and we are proud that the MasterCard Junior Masters is able to give these talented players an opportunity to play against and be inspired by today’s golfing professionals,” said Natalie Lockwood, Vice President, Marketing, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA), MasterCard International
The competing golfers were chosen by their state golf associations, state junior foundations and women’s golf associations, assuring the tournament had the highest ranked junior players from each state.
