Miles Russell of Jax Beach, Jackson Byrd of St. Simons complete big week at Junior Ryder Cup
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach and Jackson Byrd of St. Simons Island, Ga., got caught up in the European rout of the U.S. in the Junior Ryder Cup.
But they each had at least one moment where they scored at least a half-point for their team and they had the experience of representing their country.
Europe swamped the U.S. 20.5-9.5 to cut the overall margin to 7-4-1 in favor of the U.S. at the Marco Simone Golf Club, the same venue where the Ryder Cup began on Friday.
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Russell went 1-3 with a victory in foursomes with Yana Wilson, 2 and 1 over Nora Sundberg and Sean Keeling. Byrd was 0-3-1, halving a foursomes match with Will Hartman against Lev Grinnberg and Kris Kim.
Russell and Byrd both qualified for the U.S. team through their finish in the Junior PGA in August. Russell won that tournament in Hot Springs, Ark., while Byrd tied for second.
Quinn, Caldabaugh in U.S. Senior Am
Therese Quinn of Jacksonville and Tama Caldabaugh of Ponte Vedra Beach will play in the U.S. Women's Senior Amateur at the Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., beginning on Saturday with 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying, followed by match play.
Quinn tees off at 11:35 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday at the 10th hole, and Caldabaugh starts at 4:30 p.m. at No. 10.
In the second round, Caldabaugh will start at No. 1 at 11:55 a.m. and Quinn at No. 10 at 4:10 p.m.
Beachside sweeps at Deerwood
The Beachside High boys and girls golf teams won the Creekside/Deerwood FCA tournament last week, with the boys tying Episcopal for first at 4-over 292 and the girls shooting even-par 288 to beat Ponte Vedra by 23 shots.
Ponte Vedra's boys finish just one shot back at 5-over. The Sharks' Cameron Reed was the boys' medalist with a 67 and Beachside's Sofia Rivera was the girls' medalist with a 70.
FSGA results
Elizabeth Breza of St. Augustine had rounds of 70-74--144 to finish tied for second in the middle flight of the Florida State Golf Association Women's Net Championship at the Lakewood National Eagle and Heron courses in Lakewood Ranch. Breza finished one shot behind flight winner Heidi Phillips of Bradenton. ... Sofia Rivera of St. Augustine (158) finished third in the girls 13-15 division of the Florida Junior Tour Okeeheelee Open, four shots behind winner Claire Liu of Jensen Beach. ... Keelan Jackson of Jacksonville led three area players among the top 10 in the boys 11-12 division of the FJT Dubsdread Open in Orlando. Jackson (147) was fifth, Benny Ossi (149) of Ponte Vedra Beach was sixth and Jay Huntley (150) of Jacksonville Beach was eighth.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Miles Russell, Jackson Byrd compete for U.S. in Junior Ryder Cup
