Vicky Hurst Captures Second Junior Girls' Championship

Vicky Hurst, of Melbourne, shot a 7-under par 137 to win the 48th Florida Women's State Golf Association Junior Girls' Championship at Orange County National in Winter Garden.

Hurst captured the prestigious Championship by shooting a 2-under par round of 70 in the final round to win the title by one shot. Hurst captured her second overall championship (16-18 division) at the age of 17. Evan Jensen from Belleair finished second with a 36 hole total of 70-68-138.

In the 13-15 division, Briana Carlson, of Inverness carded a 74-73-147 to win the title in a sudden death play off over Lauren Himebaugh of Palm City. Alessandra Kutz, of Sanford captured the 10-12 division after shooting a 32-34-66 to win by two shot. The 6-9 division was won by Athena Yang of Eagle Lake.  Athena shot a 39-38-77 to win the division. 

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Founded in 1927, the Florida Women’s State Golf Association was created to carry out the mission of “developing, promoting, maintaining, and protecting the game of golf among Florida’s women amateur golfers.”  The FWSGA conducts 8 state championships and 8 district tournaments for women amateur golfers in the state.  They also perform course ratings throughout Florida, raise funds to support the FWSGA Junior Scholarship fund, work in conjunction with the USGA to conduct seminars on the Rules of Golf, Handicapping, and Course Rating, and provide a communication network for women golfers within the state.  For more information please contact the office at 813-864-2130 or www.fwsga.org.