Terlesky, 11, keeps gathering golfing gold

Staff report

BOARDMAN

Junior golfer Brian Terlesky has enjoyed a busy and successful summer at a number of prestigious tournaments around the country.

Most recently, Brian, 11, a sixth-grader at Glenwood Middle School, played in the 74th annual Phillip A. Rogers Good Park Junior tournament in Akron, the oldest junior tournament in the United States. Playing in the 12-year-old division, Brian finished first in a field of 24 players with a 36-hole score of 138 (6 under par), winning by two shots. He shot rounds of 71 and 67.

In April, Brian won the Junior Masters tournament in Atlanta, Ga., at The Frog Golf Club, and in early June he placed first with a two-round total of 146 at the Future Tour Championship event at Greenville (Miss.) Country Club.

Brian also won three U.S. Kids Junior tournaments. At The Sanctuary Golf Club in Canton, he shot 2-under-par 70, then he won with a 76 at The Zoar Village Golf Club in Dover, and scored a victory with a 2-under-par 70 at Seven Hills Country Club in Hartville, both in May.

Other victories included two Spitale Junior tournaments. The first, at Tannenhauf Country Club in Alliance, he shot 76, and at the Spitale Creek Golf Course in Hartville, he shot 40, both in the 13-14 age group. Also he won the Mill Creek Park tournament (12-year-old age group) with a 67-72—139 (3 under par),

Brian also finished second in the U.S. Kids Junior at Tam O’Shanter Golf Course in Canton with a 76.

The Terlesky family is appreciative of the support of sponsors Chuck Whitman of Kennsington Golf Club (Brian’s home course), his PGA professional Paul Otto, Ed Muransky of The Lake Club, and his PGA professional Mike Ferranti, and Doug Sweeney of Sweeney Chevrolet.