Three Still Tied at the Top at U.S. Kids Golf World Championship
Boys 8 division up for grabs at Mid Pines Golf Club
PINEHURST, N.C. – Nine more holes of play did nothing to separate the Boys 8 field at the World
Championship, as three players remain tied for the lead at 1-under-par 71. Eric Klutke of Crystal Lake, Ill.,
Xi Pu of Chongqin, China, and Shaheen Momin of Sugar Land, Texas, all share a piece of the lead
heading to Saturday’s final round.
The World Championship is the largest junior golf tournament in the world. The three-day event is held
August 2-4, 2012, in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, N.C. The field is made up of over 1,200 players from
39 countries. The Boys 8 division played the back nine of Mid Pines Golf Club at 2,088 yards.
Klutke bogeyed No. 2 before recording birdies on Nos. 5-7 to post a 2-under-par 34, the round of the day.
Pu also carded an early bogey, this one on No. 1, but finished with two birdies and six pars to post a 1under-par 35. Momin played a mistake-free round of 35 with a birdie on No. 1 and eight pars the rest of
the way.
Jeevan Sihota of Victoria, Canada, is only one stroke behind at even-par 72, while Gavin Aurilia of
Phoenix, Carter Loflin of Duluth, Ga., and Logan Paczewski of Dallas, Pa., share fifth place at 2-over-par
74.
About U.S. Kids Golf
U.S. Kids Golf, LLC is based in Atlanta, Ga., and manufactures equipment and related golf products
made especially for kids. In addition to more than 4,000 golf shops and retail locations in the U.S., the
company’s products also are available in over 75 countries worldwide.
The U.S. Kids Golf Foundation, a Georgia non-profit recognized as a 501(c)(3) charity, was created
in 2001 and provides services that include competition and instruction. The Foundation organizes
more than 500 golf tournaments for kids each year, including Local Tours in more than 40 cities, ten
Qualifiers across the nation, six Regional Championships, a European Championship and the U.S.
Kids Golf World Championship and Teen World Championship, which are held each year in
Pinehurst, N.C.
In partnership with the PGA of America, the Foundation also supports the U.S. Kids Golf Family
Course program, which provides guidelines that help courses make the game easier to learn and
more fun for kids and their families.
###