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IMG Leadbetter Golfer, Shugo Imahira of Japan fired an opening round 5-under par 67 to take the first day lead in the Boys 16-18 division at the Naples Beach Challenge.
Shugo, who finished 4th at the Tampa Bay event in September, began the final round with a 3 shot advantage over past IMG golfer Guang Dian “Eddie” Huang and a 4 shot advantage over fellow Leadbetter golfers Gary Dunne of Ireland and Mark Sanchez of Canada.
The next day, Gary made a great run at the title by firing a 3-under par 69 that was matched only by Nicholas Maruri of Mexico City, Mexico as the two tied for Low Round honors.
For Gary, despite leading the division in birdies with 11 for the event, it was not enough to maintain the lead over Shugo. Gary caught Shugo on the back 9 on Sunday, but bogies for Gary on the back- to-back par 5’s (14 & 15) put him a 2 shots behind Shugo with 3 holes to play. Gary birdied the 16th, to move back to 1 shot back and that’s how the event ended. But Gary’s stellar Sunday play did earn him sole possession of 2nd place.
Alex Osborne had rounds of 75 and 74 for a total of 5-over par 149 to finish T10th out of a field of 43 in the 16-18 age division, while Ryan Benevides finished T28th after shooting 80 & 78.
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