PARK, JACOT TAKE 1ST ROUND AMATEUR GOLF LEAD

By Matthew Lorenzo
The first round of the 2024 Guam Amateur Golf Championship was met with sunny skies all morning long at Finest Gold Resort in Yigo Sunday.

This tournament boasts some of Guam’s best young (and not so young) talent, and this year the GNGF added a men’s senior division. Energies were high as shots sliced through the air, cheers from contestants and the sound of drives being hit could be heard all morning. After tallying up scores the victor of round one is Eugene Park and defending women’s champion Tyanna Jacot.

Crowded Leaderboard

As expected, the young guns are on top of the men’s leaderboard with Eugene Park the top man after a one-over 73, 35 on the back 9. Right behind are defending champ Ivan Sablan and Redge Camacho, carding 74’s. Stussy Shiroma shot an impressive 76 to be right there with the big boys.

Two-Lady Race

Also as expected, defending champ Tyanna Jacot and fellow high schooler Mina Manibusan are going at it with Jacot holding a one-stroke lead.

The big difference is Jacot’s birdies opening up both nines.

Round 2 takes place at Onward Talofofo Golf course next week Saturday with the third and final round at CCP on Sunday.

These are the standings as of round 1

Men’s Open
Eugene Park 73
Redge Camacho 74
Ivan Sablan 74
Stussy Shiroma 76
Marcus Nanpei 78
Timothy Hubert 78
John Muna 78
Nalapon Vongjalorn 78
Santino Yanza 79
Robert Cing 80
Derrick Santos 82
Zeb Howser 82
Ray Ray Blas 83
Aki Matsuno 84
Sam Teker 85
Ryan Crisostomo 88
Isaac Wessling 88
Russell Maratita 89
Sammy Teker 96
Jonathan Diaz 100

Men’s Seniors
Mike Castro 77
Claro Pineda 79
Alex Baik 80
David Blas 80
Daryl Poe 82
Ray Quintanilla 87

Women’s Open
Tyanna Jacot 76
Mina Manibusan 77
Rose Tarpley 81
Hiromi Takasu 81
Tessie Blair 82
Hyrane McAuslen 82
Emiri Sunga 83
Deniece Hoya 86
Tai Maulupe 87
Eva Cabrera 98
Elsa Paulino 99
Lisa Babin 104
Demi Shimizu 109

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