Aug. 2, 2010

Incoming George Mason golfer Wesley Liu won the Bobby Memorial Junior Golf Tournament played July 12-15 at Springfield Golf and Country Club.

The Herndon, native shot a 75 in stroke play on the par 71, 6,249-yard course. The round qualified him for match play as the number 14 seed. Liu won six straight matches, two each day, in match play to take medalist honors in the 16-17 year-old division championship.

The Tournament was created as a memorial and named to honor Springfield Golf and Country Club's first head golf professional, Bobby Bowers. Bobby was well known throughout the Washington DC area for his work with junior golfers until his untimely death due to cancer in 1974. This championship is recognized as a major national event in junior golf competition due to the unique format of both stroke and match play.

Each year 240 junior golfers from all over the United States and occasionally foreign countries begin stroke play qualifying for match play. Qualifying determines the match play participants in a format that mirrors the US Junior Amateur. Many of the contestants have gone on to star in college and professional golf; some are head golf professionals.