COLUMBUS- Kristi Cardwell, Kokomo
and Corey Ziedonis, Indianapolis
were victorious at the inaugural Hoosier Junior Championship at Otter Creek GC.
Both players shot the low round of the tournament each day in their respective
divisions to finish with comfortable margins.
Cardwell, a 2009 University
of Iowa commit, won the Girls’
Division by nine shots firing a two day total of 155 on the par 72 layout. Cardwell
held a sizeable four-shot lead heading into the second day and then increased
the lead to 7 shots after just three holes on Sunday. Cardwell was able to
cruise in on her final 9 holes to win by eleven ahead of runner-up Paige
Crafton, Indianapolis.
The win was Cardwell’s second major of the 2009 Indiana Junior Golf Program
season, also winning the Girls’ State Junior Championship in June.
In the Boys’ Division, Ziedonis scored a five stroke victory
over a strong field with a two day total at even par 144. In difficult
conditions on day one, Indiana University Head Coach Mike Mayer watched is most
recent commit, fire two-over 74 to lead Tyler Merkel, Evansville
and Adam Schenk, Vincennes
by a single shot. Playing in the final group on Sunday, Ziedonis, the 2008 StateHigh
School champion, carded the only under par round
of the tournament, a two-under 70 for the final margin of victory. Finishing in
a tie for second were David Mills, Evansville
and Ryan McLeland, Sellersburg. McLeland had the second low round of the day at
72 and Mills finished with a strong three-under 33 on the final nine holes to
shoot 73.
