John DeLuca<\/a> at 5-under. DeLuca will be a junior this fall at Chaminade.<\/p>\nShy shot a 71 in the first round. He was tied with two others after the first 18 holes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made an eagle on the par-5, sixth hole, which kickstarted my round,\u201d Shy said. \u201cDuring that round, I got to 3-under par two times, but didn’t finish well, making some bogeys late to finish that round at 1-under par.\u201d<\/p>\n
He shot a 5-under 67 in the second round to lead by one stroke.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring round 2, I made a bogey on the par 5, 4th hole, and then went on to make six birdies in the final 14 holes,\u201d Shy said.<\/p>\n
That left him one stroke up on DeLuca. He knew what he had to do in order to finish first.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought that during the final round I needed to stick to my process, control the things I can control, and have fun,\u201d Shy said.<\/p>\n
His start was not the best. Shy bogeyed the first hole, but he shook it off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn’t affect me, as I knew there was still a bunch of golf to play,\u201d Shy said.<\/p>\n
DeLuca, of the Country Club of St. Albans, was the runner-up at 5-under in his first 18U division outing in the event. Previously, he won the 15-U division in the Metropolitan Junior Amateur.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nick Vilela, of the Metropolitan eClub, ended his week in third at even par 216. Vilela recently graduated from St. Louis University High. He led the Junior Billikens to a pair of Class 5 state championships and served as the team captain. He will play in college at Butler.<\/p>\n
Recording a fourth-place finish was Kenny Crislip, of Lake Forest Country Club, who finished at 2-over 281. Crislip will be a junior this fall at Timberland.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Holtgrieve was unable to present his trophy to Shy, but he sent his congratulations from afar.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis championship means a lot to me because of who the trophy is named after \u2013 my friend, Mr. Holtgrieve,\u201d Shy said. \u201cMy golf game wouldn’t be where it is without being allowed to spend as much time as I do at an amazing golf course in Bogey Hills Country Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cA big thank you goes out to the membership, Angel Walters Likens, Ryan Roy, Bobby Pavelonis, Chad Fetter and Steve Luebbers, who allow me the time and freedom to work on my game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shy said within the last nine months, he has started working with Zach Conlin at ELV8 Golf in Lake Saint Louis.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has helped me improve and fine-tune areas of my game and my mental approach process,\u201d Shy said.<\/p>\n
Shy competed in the Missouri Junior Amateur for the second time. Last summer, he finished in a tie for 16th place.<\/p>\n
He felt confident heading into the final round of the tournament.<\/p>\n
He wanted to \u201cstick to my process and try to give myself as many looks at birdie as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shy finished with a 71 to come in second.<\/p>\n
\u201cI struggled to convert big birdie putts throughout the round, but made some big par saves that kept me in the mix until the very end,\u201d Shy said. \u201cI was in the mix the entire day and the final group separated from the pack a bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never took the lead, but continued to apply pressure with good play. I had a birdie putt on the final hole that would have forced a playoff and I wasn’t able to convert.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, he was not displeased.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, it was another good week of solid golf,\u201d Shy said.<\/p>\n
He plans to stay busy until school starts.<\/p>\n
Shy will be playing in the America Junior Golf Association\u2019s Bass Pro Shops\/Payne Stewart Junior Championship at Buffalo Ridge Golf Course in Hollister. He\u2019ll then play in the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association\u2019s 36th Amateur Championship at the Country Club of St. Albans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson Shy (right) and John DeLuca (left). (Photo courtesy of Caroline Buchan\/Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association) Photo courtesy of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1443,44,291,293,2846,144,3589,16681,834],"class_list":["post-42080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw-championship","tag-bmw-championship","tag-golf","tag-grass-field-surfaces","tag-men","tag-par-score","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports-competitions","tag-the-amateur-championship","tag-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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