Team Washington Wins Junior America's Cup

The Washington Junior Golf Association’s Team Washington has captured the title at the 44th Junior America’s Cup, held July 24-29 at Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.

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Ryan Maine of Spokane captured the individual title with a 54-hole total of 8-under par. Joining Maine on Team Washington were Sean Kato of Redmond, Carl Underwood of Richland and Ian Siebers of Bellevue.

The team shot a 3-day total of 9-under par giving them a 1-shot victory over San Diego.

The format sees each team take the best three of four scores each day. Rounding out the team, Kato finished in 5th place at 3-under par, Underwood in 19th place at 2-over par and Siebers in 34th place at 5-over par.

This is Washington’s sixth victory in the 44 years and the first since 2007.