Zachary May goes back to back
Zachary May is proving he is an emerging talent to keep your eye on as he’s won his second age group championship in as many months at the North Island Age Group Championships.
May has taken out the North Island u19 Championship to go along with his New Zealand u19 Championship he won in December last year.
He started the day three shots back of Harry Ward after rounds of 74 and 73 to be three-over for the tournament. May showed his pedigree in the final round carding a three-under 69 to get to even-par and win by two over Stephen Liu.
May teed off his third and final round in solid fashion opening with three straight pars before taking advantage of the par five 4th with a birdie. He added another at the eighth to make the turn in two-under par.
The Cantabrian added three more at the 10th, 15th, and 17th holes with bogeys at the 14th and 18th holes to secure the victory and cap off another special age group performance.
Overnight leader Harry Ward rounded out the podium in third place.
Meanwhile Vivian Lu has taken out the North Island Girls u19 Championship by a single stroke over her Auckland teammate Carmen Lim.
The Auckland number one carded rounds of 73, 68, and 74 to finish at one-under for the event to kick off her 2021 season in style.
After a lackluster start where she opened with two bogeys, Lu rallied with three birdies with another bogey at the fifth to make the turn at even-par. However, her second nine got off to a similar start as he first as she made another bogey at the 10th. She made that back with a birdie at the 13th but finished with two bogeys to win the u19 title.
Fiona Xu finished in third place at three-over par.
In the u16 boy’s division Joshua Bai continues to impress winning by eight shots to add his second age group title in as many months like May.
Bai shot rounds of 68, 72, and 69 to finish at nine-under for the tournament to finish well clear of Daniel Freeman at one-under, and Nathan Clark at four-over.
Yeonsoo Son took out the girls u16 with rounds of 68. 73, and 74 to finish at one-under to finish two clear of Amy Im and four clear of Mimi Guo.