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Junior Amateur JUNIOR GOLF
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—No.
1ranked Jordan Spieth
was unable to defend his
u.
S.
Junior Amateur title at
egypt Hill Country Club just
outside of Grand Rapids...
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U.
S.
Junior Amateur JUNIOR GOLF
SiGN uP fOR HOme DeLiveRY AT WWW.
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DA, Mich.
—No.
1ranked Jordan Spieth
was unable to defend his
u.
S.
Junior Amateur title at
egypt Hill Country Club just
outside of Grand Rapids last
month, falling to Robby Shelton
of Alabama in the second round
of match play.
Spieth led 2 up through 11
holes before Shelton squared the
match on the 13th hole.
From
there, the match mirrored a roller
coaster.
Spieth, who cruised
through his first-round match and
won against New Hampshire’s
Chelso Barrett 7 and 5, took
another 1-up lead after a birdie
on the 14th hole.
Shelton squared
the match again a hole later, but
Spieth again took control with a
birdie on the par-3 16th.
A Spieth bogey on No.
17
evened things again, and Shelton
birdied the final hole to win, 1 up.
“Honestly, it went by so fast
coming in that I’m almost shocked
that it’s over,” Spieth said.
“It’s
what happens in match play, but
that was a very poor
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