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WESTFIELD CENTER, Ohio -- Seventeen-year-old Emma Cabrera-Bello of Maspalomas, Spain, collected her first victory in the United States Saturday in the 2003 Westfield Junior PGA Championship while Phillip Bryan of Mustang, Okla., cruised to a win at Westfield Group Country Club.
Cabrera-Bello finished with a 3-under-par 281 in her wire-to-wire victory. Though her 10-stoke lead going into the final round was diminished to two strokes after turning in a final round score of 5-over-par 76, Cabrera-Bello still claimed victory over Jennie Lee of Huntington Beach, Calif., who shot a final round 5-under-par 66 for a Championship total of 1-under-par 283.
"This is great. I couldn't hit a ball on the golf course, but I mean it is nice. I had a 10-stroke lead to be calm, but it was hard," said Cabrera-Bello, whose best finish in the United States had been a second at The 2002 Doral Junior event in Miami, Fla. "It is a great tournament and the way you are treated here, you won't find anywhere else. I would love to come again next year, but I will be too old. It is a wonderful experience and I will never forget this."
Sukjin Lee Wuesthoff of Toms River, N.J., finished alone in third place at 3-over-par 287.
In the boys' division, Bryan, 17, lost one stroke of his third-round lead to finish with a final round 1-over-par 72 for a Championship total of 5-under-par 279. Bryan gained the lead on the second day and never looked back.
"It (winning) is pretty big. I have never played in anything this big, and I have definitely never won anything this big," said Bryan, who adds this victory to his resume, which this season already includes the 2003 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series event in Houston, Texas. "My game plan was to try to go out and shoot four or five under par. I figured if I did that no one would been able to catch me. I hung on and shot one over par and no one else got hot."
James Sacheck, 17, of Zionsville, Ind., finished in second place with a final round score of 1-under-par 70 for a Championship total of 2-under-par 282. Finishing in third place was first-round leader Webb Simpson, 17, of Raleigh, N.C., who scored a 1-under-par 283 for the Championship.
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Final Scores:
Boys' Division
Par-71, 6,510 yards
Phillip Bryan, Mustang, Okla. 68-67-72-72-279
James Sacheck, Zionsville, Ind. 70-72-70-70-282
Webb Simpson, Raleigh, N.C. 66-73-72-72-283
Adam Porzak, Poway, Calif. 70-70-74-71-285
Marc Gladson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 72-68-75-72-287
Todd Obergoenner, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 74-70-72-72-288
Andy Winings, Franklin, Ind. 74-76-69-70-289
Zen Brown, Arvada, Colo. 74-72-73-70-289
Daniel Woltman, Beaver Dam, Wis. 72-75-71-72-290
Robbie Fillmore, Salt Lake City, Utah 72-75-72-72-291
Chris Killmer, Bellingham, Wash. 75-71-72-73-291
Adam Seitz, Bettendorf, Iowa 72-72-74-73-291
Jonathan Khan, Tucson, Ariz. 74-74-69-74-291
Matt Savage, Louisville, Ky. 77-69-70-75-291
Shaun McConnell, Louisville, Ky. 73-75-73-71-292
Dan Rush, Avon Lake, Ohio 75-70-76-72-293
Ryne Fisher, Clarksville, Tenn. 78-72-71-72-293
John Paek, Lincoln, Neb. 74-75-72-72-293
Conrad Von Borsig, Swarthmore, Pa. 73-72-77-72-294
Ben Fox, Studio City, Calif. 74-72-74-74-294
Zach Fullerton, Albuquerque, N.M. 73-75-72-74-294
Warren Thomas, Columbia, S.C. 78-73-72-72-295
Bobby West, Watertown, S.D. 75-77-71-72-295
Andor Pruitt, Cayce, S.C. 74-71-74-76-295
Patrick Fillian, Shark River Hill, N.J. 73-73-72-77-295
Taylor Hall, Lagrange, Ga. 78-77-72-69-296
Bill Rankin, Traverse City, Mich. 75-74-71-76-296
Chris Caycayon, Lihue, Hawaii 79-76-74-68-297
Addison Awe, Irving, Texas 75-79-72-71-297
Will Griffin, San Antonio, Texas 73-73-79-73-298
Alex Snickenberger, Wellesley, Mass. 75-72-77-74-298
Seung-Su Han, Chino Hills, Calif. 77-71-73-77-298
Nicholas Park, Ithaca, N.Y. 77-74-73-75-299
Kyle Sanders, Lee's Summit, Mo. 75-74-73-77-299
Mark Washburn, Reston, Va. 82-67-73-77-299
James Fahselt, San Diego, Calif. 80-74-73-73-300
Tyler Labrum, Roosevelt, Utah 81-76-69-74-300
Christopher Deforest, Cottekill, N.Y. 73-76-77-77-303
Chip Knuckey, Springfield, Ohio 75-77-80-72-304
B.C. Thibeaux III, Lafayette, La. 79-75-76-74-304
Peter Malnati, Dandridge, Tenn. 78-73-77-76-304
Matt Felser, Buffalo, N.Y. 78-79-70-77-304
Lion Kim, Lake Mary, Fla. 71-77-76-80-304
Jon Sauer, St. Cloud, Minn. 81-75-76-73-305
Colby Ricks, Blanchard, Okla. 79-75-72-79-305
Andrew Nottenkamper, Delray Beach, Fla. 72-76-77-80-305
Matty Foster, Lynn, Mass. 78-78-77-73-306
Robert Rohanna, Waynesburg, Pa. 80-81-72-73-306
R.J. Zielinski, Tolland, Conn. 81-77-73-77-308
John Bradford, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 77-78-80-75-310
Ryland Rumph, Macon, Ga. 80-80-75-77-312
Wyatt Worthington II, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 76-83-75-82-316
Blake Carley, Boise, Idaho 87-84-74-75-320
Mark Burnett, Wellington, Ala. 89-73-76-86-324
Greg Roderique, Aurora, Ill. 84-79-94-81-338
Collin Fling, Littleriver, Calif. 78-WD
Christopher Barach, Niskayuna, N.Y. 85-DQ
Girls' Division
Par-71, 5,572 yards
Emma Cabrera-Bello, Spain 69-70-66-76-281
Jennie Lee, Huntington Beach, Calif. 76-69-72-66-283
Sukjin Lee Wuesthoff, Toms River, N.J. 76-67-72-72-287
Jordyn Wells, Bethel Park, Pa. 79-69-71-71-290
Rebecca Kuhn, Miami, Fla. 74-71-77-69-291
Lucy Nunn, Lawton, Okla. 77-74-72-69-292
Hana Young, Wesley Chapel, Fla. 76-74-69-74-293
Jenny Suh, Fairfax, Va. 80-70-77-68-295
Andrea Ratigan, Tucson, Ariz. 73-73-75-77-298
Ashley Freeman, Belleville, Ill. 77-76-76-70-299
Leisl Hasbrouck, Kingwood, Texas 79-73-72-76-300
Marlowe Boukis, Lutherville, Md. 79-75-78-69-301
Whitney Simons, Aiken, S.C. 75-74-80-72-301
Nannette Hill, Pelham Manor, N.Y. 75-75-77-75-302
Lauren Mielbrecht, Gulf Stream, Fla. 70-78-72-82-302
Lindsay Hong, Honolulu, Hawaii 78-74-74-77-303
Emily Powers, Quincy, Ill. 77-75-72-79-303
Sara Brown, Tucson, Ariz. 74-78-79-73-304
Candace Schepperle, Hoover, Ala. 79-74-73-78-304
Sydnee Michaels, Temecula, Calif. 76-73-76-79-304
Sarah Donald, Athens, Ga. 81-76-78-70-305
Carly Truitt, Marysville, Ohio 79-77-75-75-306
Katherine Jones, Jackson, Miss. 84-72-76-75-307
Elli Brown, Meridian, Idaho 79-77-77-75-308
Katie Elliott, Madison, Wis. 80-72-82-75-309
Katie Kempter, Albuquerque, N.M. 73-80-80-76-309
Carly Hunt, Easton, Pa. 76-71-87-76-310
Renee Skidmore, Everett, Wash. 80-80-75-76-311
Lorie Warren, Hendersonville, Tenn. 78-82-75-76-311
Tessa Teachman, Webster, N.Y. 79-80-75-77-311
Katie Detlefsen, Eagan, Minn. 82-74-78-77-311
Rachel Larson, Longmont, Colo. 82-81-78-74-315
Maddi Swaney, Marietta, Ohio 81-77-77-80-315
Juli Wightman, Chicopee, Mass. 85-72-79-80-316
Michele Ann Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif. 84-78-79-77-318
Tonya L. Choate, Mt. Vernon, Mo. 94-74-71-79-318
Shasta Averyhardt, Flint, Mich. 83-79-80-78-320
Christy Yun, University Place, Wash. 83-77-79-81-320
Mercede Lupinacci, Sandy, Utah 83-85-76-77-321
Hillery Wilson, Hudson, Ohio 79-83-83-78-323
Alexandra Caffrey, Rumford, R.I. 85-81-86-72-324
Amber Joy Davis, East Point, Ga. 84-77-87-76-324
Lauren Showers, Kokomo, Ind. 82-85-78-80-325
Bridget Erwin, Syracuse, N.Y. 77-79-85-84-325
Leigh Sutton, Lincoln, Neb. 78-83-85-80-326
Whitney Osborne, Amarillo, Texas 88-81-80-82-331
Melissa Fahey, League City, Texas 91-78-81-82-332
Lauren A. Davis, Oviedo, Fla. 85-79-88-80-332
Katie Napleton, Hinsdale, Ill. 85-91-81-82-339
Annemarie Kissane, Albany, N.Y. 85-83-87-86-341
Dacia Dyer, Corcoran, Calif. 89-93-85-79-346
Whitney Manion, Glasgow, Ky. 90-85-86-90-351
Jennie Arseneault, Grinnell, Iowa 78-77-WD
