COBB >> Matt Wotherspoon of Kelseyville High School made it five titles in a row as he shot a 4-over-par 72 on Tuesday morning to win the 24th annual Lake County Junior Golf Championship at Adams Springs Golf Course on Cobb Mountain.
Wotherspoon finished five strokes ahead of Derek Coulter of Middletown High School to complete his final junior tournament in Lake County on a high note.
Wotherspoon started slowly, making bogeys on his first four holes. He then birdied the par-5 fifth hole, bogeyed the seventh hole and birdied the eighth hole to make the turn in 3-over-par 37. The back nine was an entirely different story as Wotherspoon ran off eight pars to go with a three-putt bogey on the par-4 15th hole to shoot a 1-over-par 35.
Next up for Wotherspoon is the 57th annual California State Junior Amateur Championship, which will be contested next Monday and Tuesday at the Bear Creek Golf Club in Murietta.
Coulter carded a front-nine 42 and then caught fire on the back nine. He made birdies on the 14th and 17th holes to shoot a back-nine 35 for an aggregate score of 77. Coulter was the age group champ for golfers ages 16-17. Michael Beverlin of Kelseyville High School came in third overall and second in his flight with a score of 97. Clear Lake High School’s Brenden Allen shot 105 while Jon Vanderwall of Kelseyville High School had 110.
Girls division
Maddie Witt of Clear Lake Riviera won the girls division of the Lake County Junior for the third year in a row after shooting an 18-hole score of 112.
14-15 flight
Andrew Martz of Middletown High School won the boys 14-15 year division with a score of 101. Austin Pritchard, who is an incoming freshman at Middletown, finished second with 112.
10-11 flight
In the 10-11 boys division, Charles Johnson of Kelseyville won his flight for the third consecutive year by shooting a nine-hole score of 54. Landon Johnson of Kelseyville came in second after shooting 63.
8-9 flight
Billy Witt of Clear Lake Riviera won the 8-9 boys division with a nine-hole score of 65.
Overview
Twelve junior golfers between the ages of 8-17 years competed in this year’s Lake County Junior, which is sponsored by the Callayomi Masonic Lodge of Clearlake, Jack and Sharon Lucich, Eddie and Linda Mullins, the Buckingham Tournament Players Club, the Hoberg Family, and John and Julie Berry.
