Alejandro Fierro made a birdie on the final hole of the Golfweek International Junior that, as it turns out, he didn’t even need. The player from Merida, Mexico capped off a final-round 70 at the Conservatory Course in Palm Coast, Florida, with a final-hole birdie.
After an opening 66, Fierro ended the week at 8 under. That was two better than Filip Jakubcik and Rodrigo Barahona.
Wind was a factor all weekend at the North Florida course.
“The course was a really difficult and the greens were really tough,” Fierro said after his opening 66. “The hills and the wind also. I think I played pretty good.”
Results: Golfweek International Junior
Fierro has been honing his game at the International Junior Golf Academy in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, but only for the past three months. It’s work that seems to be paying off.
In the girls division, regulation ended with a tie between Anna Maria Jimenez Rios and Toa Yokoyama. Rios, of Mexico City, Mexico, kept the big numbers off her card in the second round. Her bogey at the final hole on Hammock Beach’s Ocean Course dropped her to a 2-under 70 and to 3 over overall.
Toa Yokoyama, of Tokyo, who fired rounds of 73-74 to also finish at 3 over, ended up winning the playoff.
Natasha Kiel of New Hope, Pennsylvania, finished solo third at 4 over while four players were tied for fourth at 6 over.