TOURNAMENT RECAPS

Signal Mountain Junior: May Wood of Signal Mountain, Tenn., shot a final-round 72 and won by 16 shots June 21 at Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club. Wood shot 73-70-72 for a 1-under-par 215. J.D. Bass of Fairview, N.C., shot 68-66-72 (206) and won by two over Josh Thackerson of Earl, N.C.

AJGA Ping Myrtle Beach Junior: Brian Duncan of Greenville, S.C., shattered the tournament record shooting 16-under-par 200 June 21 at Myrtlewood Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Duncan, an 18-year-old Clemson University signee, shot 65-66-69 and recorded 19 birdies in the three days. In the girls division, Mickey Cho, an 18-year-old from Wesley Chapel, Fla., made a 40-foot putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Andrea Vander Lende.

Pepsi Little Peoples: Marc Mazza of Elmira, N.Y., won a playoff over Brent Holmes of Glen Carbon, Ill., June 20 to win at Spring Lake Country Club in Quincy, Ill. In the girls division, Courtney Jones of Lake Quivira, Kan., shot 69-67 and won by 11 over Katelyn Crosson of Niceville, Fla.

AJGA Las Vegas FoundersÆ Legacy Junior: Pat Moore of Phoenix beat Ryan Keeney of Redmond, Wash., in a sudden-death playoff to win June 21 at The Legacy Golf Club in Henderson, Nev. Lani Elston of Spokane, Wash., shot a final-round 69 and beat Lisa Ferrero of Lodi, Calif., by two to win the girls division.

PGA Junior Series: Ryoong Lim of Pleasanton, Calif., won by a shot June 20 at Haggin Oaks Golf Club in Sacramento, Calif. Courtney Clark of Monterey, Calif., won the girls division by three over Allyson Harvie of Grass Valley, Calif.

AJGA Henry-Griffitts Bluegrass Junior: Mark Blakefield of Maysville, Ky., set a tournament record 6-under-par 204 to win June 20 at Bellefonte Country Club in Ashland, Ky. Marci Turner of Tompkinsville, Ky., shot 71 in the final round to win by one over Beth Marushak of Northampton, Pa., and Whitney Wade of Glasgow, Ky.

NEWS AND NOTES
ò Jordan PorterÆs first golf experience ended with emergency surgery after a friend accidentally hit him in the head with a golf club. The blow to the head left the 12-year-old from Janesville, Wis., unable to talk for hours June 23. Porter was rushed to Mercy Hospital then was flown to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, where surgeons used 14 titanium screws and a plate to rebuild the right side of his skull. PorterÆs prognosis is good and doctors do not anticipate any long-term effects.

ò In state junior amateur competition: Jean Reynolds won the Georgia Girls Amateur and Taylor Hall won the Georgia Boys Junior; Jeff Spradlin won a playoff to capture the Kansas Junior Amateur; Sean Moore beat Rodney Thomas in 20 holes and Michelle Jarman defeated Jessica Hauser, 5 and 4, to win their respective divisions of the Carolinas Junior Amateur; Alex Brown beat Daryl Chappell, 2 and 1, to win the Virginia Junior Match Play; Jennie Peek won the Colorado Girls Junior Match Play, 3 and 2, over Trisha Quick and Derek OÆNeill won the Colorado Boys Junior.

ò Mason City Newman was stripped of its second-place Class 1A Boys Iowa State High School finish after the team admitted to practicing on the Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny prior to the tournament. The Iowa High School Athletic Association took action after hearing details of the case -- the first time a school has been stripped of honors in that fashion. Keosauqua Van Buren, who originally finished third, waas awarded the second-place trophy. Sumner won the title by a shot.

ò Eleven-year-old Michelle WieÆs run at the U.S. WomenÆs Amateur Public Links ended June 22 in the third round when she lost, 1 up, to Allison Johnson. Wie of Honolulu, became the youngest player to qualify for a U.S. Golf Association womenÆs amateur event when she made the field last year, losing in the first round.

RECRUITING CENTRAL
When high school golfers send letters or resumes to coaches hoping to be invited for a recruiting visit, players and parents need to give serious thought to the level of competition at the school. Juniors frequently see scores from college tournaments and think they can shoot the same or better scores.

Coach John Means of the University of Minnesota shares the following thoughts:

ôEvery player on our traveling squad has a plus-handicap and a stroke average of 74 or better. Beware of comparing your summer scores to those of college players however, since college golf is played in the fall and spring in very unusual weather conditions and high winds. Most golf courses are dry in the summer and wet in the spring which makes them play longer than the 7,000 yards we play at. I have heard many, many times from juniors æI can shoot those scores.Æ Scores do not indicate conditions. DonÆt waste your time sending letters to dozens of colleges. Do your homework first.ö

NUMBER CRUNCHING
Here is a list of last weekÆs winners and their movement in the Golfweek/Titleist Performance Index:

BOYS

Signal Mountain Junior -- J.D. Bass (112th to 96th)

Pepsi Little Peoples -- Marc Mazza (unranked)

AJGA Ping Myrtle Beach Junior -- Brian Duncan (27th to 16th)

AJGA Las Vegas FoundersÆ Legacy Junior -- Pat Moore (127th to 100th)

AJGA Henry-Griffitts Bluegrass Junior -- Mark Blakesfield (unranked)

PGA Junior Series -- Ryoong Lim (unranked)

GIRLS

Signal Mountain Junior -- May Wood (unranked to 7th)

Pepsi Little Peoples -- Courtney Jones (62nd to 51st)

AJGA Ping Myrtle Beach Junior -- Mickey Cho (unranked to 29th)

AJGA Las Vegas FoundersÆ Legacy -- Lani Elston (unranked to 5th)

AJGA Henry-Griffitts Bluegrass Junior -- Marci Turner (unranked to 30th)

PGA Junior Series -- Courtney Clark (38th to 50th)

Golfweek/Titliest Performance Index (as of June 27)

Casey Wittenberg of Memphis, Tenn., moved into the top spot in the Golfweek/Titleist Performance Index. Wittenberg is the third player to be No. 1 during the 2000-01 season. Christo Greyling and Ryan Moore also have held the top spot.

Note: Following this weekÆs events, the minimum number of tournaments required to be ranked will change from three to four.

BOYS 1. Casey Wittenberg 69.69

2. Christo Greyling 69.89

3. Kevin Na 70.00

4. Ryan Moore 70.17

5. Mark Donnell 70.44

6. James Vargas 70.57

7. Colby Beckstrom 70.62

8. Jay Reynolds 70.74

9. Chan Song Wongluekiet 70.74

10. Matthew Rosenfeld 71.09

GIRLS

1. Aree Song Wongluekiet 71.04

2. Kelly Husted 71.98

3. Elizabeth Janangelo 72.51

4. Brittany Lang 72.78

5. Lani Elston 72.93

6. Allison Martin 73.25

7. May Wood 73.41

8. Whitney Welch 73.45

9. Anna Grzebien 73.46

10. Ashley Knoll 73.79