2006 Southern California Boys Junior Championship March 26, 2006 Tijeras Creek Golf Club Rancho Santa Margarita, California View Results Nationally Ranked By:   Results submitted to: Golfweek, AJGA and JGS

MOORE POST EVEN PAR TO CAPTURE TITLE AT THE CREEK

Back Row L-R:  Jon-Eric Cook, Michael Drake, Champion Tom Moore, Miles Cole, Kyle Morrison, Stewart Hagestad Front Row L-R: Daniel Inocencio, Norm West

Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., playing the from the tips at the ever challenging Tijeras Creek Golf Club, Tom Moore, junior at Edison High School, Huntington Beach, Calif., finished with even par 72 to capture his first JAGS title by 1 stoke over Michael Drake, senior at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, Riverside in the 2006 Southern California Boys Junior Championship.

Moore's front nine was solid with birdies on holes 1, 4 and the 5^th, a par-three signature hole where he sunk a 35 foot downhill birdie to go 3-under.  He finished his front nine at 2-under 34 after a bogey on the ninth.  Just one shot back, Drake started his day with an eagle on the first hole and pars until hole-7 which has been named the most difficult par-3 hole in Orange County where he scored a bogey to finish with a 1-under 35. 

The back nine proved once again to be a big challenge to all the players, especially those who had never played from the tips before.  Daniel Inocencio, freshman at South Hills High School, West Covina, Calif., carded the lowest score on the back nine with a 1-under 35 to put him in a tie for 5^th at 76.  The one stroke difference on the front nine clinched the victory for Moore as he and Drake both carded 2-over 38 on the back nine to finish 1 and 2 respectively in the tournament.

Third place was a tie between Miles Cole, sophomore at Los Alamitos High School, Los Alamitos, Calif., and Jon-Eric Cook, freshman at Paso Robles High School, Paso Robles, Calif., each scoring 2-over 75 for the tournament.  A four-way tie for fifth at 3-over 76 were Inocencio, Stewart Hagestad, freshman at Sage Hill High School, Newport Coast, Calif., Norm West, senior at Los Alamitos High School, Los Alamitos, Calif., and Kyle Morrison, junior at Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, Calif.

JAGS Junior Tours next tour stop will be at the PGA of Southern California at Oak Valley Golf Club on April 22-23, 2006 on the Champions Course.  This 36-hole nationally ranked tournament is also an AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) Performance Based Entry event with the winners in the girls and boys field each receiving an exemption to play in an open AJGA tournament the season.  JAGS Tournaments are open to boys and girls age 12-18.  Membership is not a requirement to participate.  JAGS 36-hole events are ranked by junior golf scoreboard, a national clearinghouse for junior golfers.

JAGS Junior Tour is a year round junior golf program offering 36-hole, no cut, golf tournaments for juniors 12- 18 years old in Southern California. JAGS Junior Tour is a fully-accredited 501 c 3 non-profit for public benefit organization. Please visit www.jagstour.com or call (714) 952-3316 for entry requirements and questions.