LEE, MOON CAPTURE IIAJC TITLES:

Alina Lee, 14, of Evans, Ga., and Ji Ho Moon, 15, of Ellicott City, Md., took the top spots at the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC), held recently at the Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla. The IIAJC provides young golfers the feel of PGA and LPGA events through a 72-hole, stroke-play event and practice round. More than 7,000 junior golfers competed in 400 local and state qualifiers for one of the 162 coveted spots at the national finals. On the last day of the finals, Lee shot a 5-over-par 76 to finish with a four-day total of 300, four strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Grilli of Lutherville, Md., with 304, and 11 strokes ahead of Ann Laney of Charlotte, N.C., who finished third at 311. Corrine Carr of Pinehurst, N.C., took fourth with 312. In the boys’ division, Moon played consistently, shooting 70-69-71 through the first three rounds. Moon managed to fight off a late surge by Allen Koon of Bamberg, S.C., to take home the championship by five strokes, shooting an even-par 70 and finishing with an even-par 280. Hosted by the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, this year’s tournament witnessed 108 boys and 54 girls compete for the Robert Trent Jones Trophy (boys) and the Mayerstein Trophy (girls). The young golfers also competed in the 19th annual Patrick Cannon Memorial National Long Drive Championship. Weather delays during the third round forced tournament organizers to cancel the event’s finals, so the long drive champions were named based on drives from Sunday’s qualifying during the practice round. Dawn Shockley of Estes Park, Colo., with a drive of 240 yards, was declared girls’ champion, and Jeremy Davis of Fort Smith, Ark., with a drive of 287 yards, was declared boys’ champion. Since 2001, the Tiger Woods Foundation has been the presenting sponsor of the IIAJC. Next year’s Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic will be played at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. For more information about the 2004 event, including complete scores and day-by-day tournament summaries, visit www.iiajc.com.

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