A giant Junior Tour of Northern California broom showed up at the annual San Francisco City Championship. Brian Ma and Sabrina Iqbal, both JTNC members, swept the Men’s and Women’s Championship divisions, respectively, following a long and cold Sunday afternoon at par-72 TPC Harding Park.
The second annual Challenge Cup, featuring some of the best juniors from NorCal taking on some of the best juniors from SoCal, returns to Poppy Hills Jan. 3-4.
Fellow San Jose residents Thomas Hutchison and Sabrina Iqbal earned 2016 Junior Tour of Northern California Player of the Year honors. For Iqbal, it’s her record third straight crown.
Boys’ and Girls’ Player of the Year honors, and perhaps more history, will be among the things decided at next week’s Junior Tour of Northern California Championship at Poppy Hills GC in Pebble Beach.
The 2015 CIF State Girls’ Golf High School Championship will bring some powerhouses to host course Poppy Hills in Pebble Beach. SoCal champ Andrea Lee of Mira Costa is the No.24 ranked amateur in the world.
USC freshman-to-be Justin Suh and Pioneer High of San Jose sophmore Sabrina Iqbal each picked up their second JTNC Player of the Year titles. Suh is the first male to win two POY titles. Iqbal joins Casie Cathrea as females who have won back-to-back titles.
Sabrina Iqbal and Joshua McCarthy won Player of the Year honors for the 2013-2014 Junior Tour of Northern California season. Iqbal is just starting high school this fall.