A rough first day couldn’t keep Burnaby’s Leo Harper from making a game of it, as he finished tied for fifth overall at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Prodigy Series at Morgan Creek on the weekend.
In the bantam boys division, Harper started the two-day tourney with a round of 79, registering just one birdie over 18 holes, compared to four bogies and two double-bogies. The second round saw the 13-year-old cut nine strokes off his game, shooting a 2-under par 70 with three birdies and just one bogie. The winner, Ilirian Zalli of Vancouver, posted a two-round total of 139 (69, 70).
In seventh place was Burnaby’s Andy Luo, 13, with a two-day total of 152.
In the peewee boys division, Denby Carswell placed seventh overall after firing a two-day tally of 180 (88, 92).
Burnaby’s Emily Xu finished in a tie for fourth in the under-15 girls division.
Xu and the rest of the pack were chasing Surrey’s Susan Xiao, who blazed a path to top spot with rounds of 66 and 69 on the par-73 course. Xu, 14, fired a 5-over par 78 in the first round, then struggled with an 85 on the final day.
