Tournament Links: Round One Starting Times
August 15, 2015 – Dover, New Hampshire
Seven of Connecticut’s best junior golfers will represent the state and the CSGA on August 16 and 17 in the New England Junior Invitational. The 54-hole tournament is conducted by the New England Golf Association and is being played at Cochecho Country Club in Dover, New Hampshire.
Along with the New England Amateur and New England Senior Amateur, the Junior Invitational is one of three majors held annually by the New England Golf Association. First played in 1967, the Invitational is primarily a team competition between the six New England States. The team score is the sum of the low five of seven scores in each round. The teams will play 36 holes on Tuesday and 18 on Wednesday to determine the champion. Rhode Island captured the title in 2015. Connecticut has won the Invitational fifteen times, most recently in 2012, and in 1998 when it was last played at Cochecho.
Representing Connecticut and the CSGA:
Finn Boynton, Milford – Won 2016 Connecticut Junior PGA Championship…T-25th CSGA 2016 Russell C. Palmer Cup…won 2015 Borck Memorial Junior…15th in 2015 AJGA Coca Cola Junior at Sugarloaf
Andrew Franz, Ridgefield – Won 2016 Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship…T-17 in FCWT Junior Open at Heron Bay…20th in PGA Junior Series at Penn State University…T-31 2016 US Challenge Cup World Series of Junior Golf.
Ben James, Milford – Won 2016 Spinal Technology Junior Classic…Runner-up in 2016 AJGA Windham Resort Junior…T-4 in 2016 AJGA Junior All-Star at Forsgate…T-4 in 2016 Computer Merchant Cup…T-23 in IMG Junior World…T-68 in 2016 Connecticut Open.
Jason Liu, Windsor – Won 2014 and 2015 Connecticut Junior PGA Championship…currently the highest ranked player in Connecticut by Junior Golf Scoreboard…medalist in 2015 Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship…reached match play in 2014 Connecticut Amateur Championship.
Connor Looney, Ridgefield – Won 2016 Danbury Amateur Championship…3rd in 2016 CSGA Russell C. Palmer Cup…won 2015 AJGA Killington Junior…won 2015 IMG Flanders Valley Championship.
Arthur Ouimet, Bloomfield – Runner-up 2016 Connecticut Junior PGA Championship…T-2 in 2016 Long Island Junior…T-5 2016 Cas Coscina Memorial…ranked #2 in PGA Connecticut Section Junior Golf Association Player of the Year standings.
Tim Rotermund, Madison – T-3 in 2016 Connecticut Junior PGA Championship…T-6 in 2016 Computer Merchant Cup…T-7 in 2016 Liberty National Junior Invitational…runner-up 2015 Connecticut Junior PGA Championship.