103rd Met Junior Set for Match Play
DENVILLE, N.J. (July 13, 2020) -- The 103rd Met Junior Championship Sponsored by MetLife began Monday at Rockaway River Country Club, with a field of 75 players competing for 16 match play positions for the remainder of the championship, with James Allen posting the low round of 4-under 68.
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Allen, a Scarsdale, N.Y., native and Penn State-commit, made the turn at even par then tallied four birdies on the inward nine to take the top spot.
Luke Sample shot 3-under 69, finishing solo second on the day. Sample, who was runner-up in last year’s Met Junior, picked up an eagle on No. 15 and a birdie on No. 18 to secure the second spot. It was the end of a 36-hole day for Sample, who qualified for the 118th Met Amateur Championship and 65th Ike MGA Stroke Play Championship in the morning with a 1-over 73 at New Jersey National Golf Club in nearby Basking Ridge, N.J.
Dean Greyersman of Short Hills, N.J., finished third at 2-under 70, and will be joined in the match play field by his brother, Reed, who was one of seven competitors to finish the round at even par. Reed won the MGA/MetLife Boys Championship last year.
Mark Vitels of Garden City, N.Y., Shane Quinn of Morristown, N.J., and Will Lodge of Darien, Conn., all finished 1-over 73 to secure their spots for Tuesday.
The battle for the 16th seed in match play extended to a playoff hole, with Travis Dix of Howell, N.J., Liam Pasternak of Morristown, N.J., and Matt Simon of New York, N.Y., competing for the final spot. Dix birdied the par-five 18th to lock in his matchup with top-seeded Allen.
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In the 8-9 matchup, Alexander Gu of Darien, Conn., will take on Liam White of Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J. Both players shot even rounds on Monday.
Fourth-seeded Jackson Gaynor of Mamaroneck, N.Y. will face off against the 13th-seeded Vitels. Gaynor fired a 1-under 71 in the qualifying round.
Tyler Lee of Franklin Lakes, N.J., the fifth seed, will battle Reed Greyserman. Lee was 1-under 71 on Monday.
Sample takes on Lodge in the 2-15 matchup, while Jason Lee and Colin Summers battle in a matchup of Westfield, N.J., natives in the 7 vs. 10.
The final two matches of the day will be Dean Greyserman against Quinn, while Cole Ekert of Chatham, N.J., takes on Derek Weaver of Hackettstown, N.J.