Winners from the 2017 Mission Hills Junior Series Grand Final.
Dongguan, China: Chinese Taipei’s
Chou Po-yueh stormed to a six-shot victory in the Mission Hills Junior Series Grand Final.
The 17-year-old fired a three-round total of 223 on the demanding Norman Course to win the season-ending World Amateur Golf Ranking event.
Playing in the Grand Final by virtue of a top-three finish in the 2017 Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship in Hainan, Chou led wire-to-wire following an opening 73.
In the overall standings, he finished six strokes ahead of China’s
Fan Jicheng, winner of the Boys’ 10-12 division.
In the Girls’ section, Hong Kong’s
Zhang Yun-xuan, aged 12, impressed with a one-shot win over
Luo Yunyi of China.
There was also celebration for another Hong Kong girl,
Sophie Han, who had the first hole-in-one of her life on the 93-yard fourth hole in her opening round.
The eighth Grand Final featured leading players from a total of 10 Mission Hills Junior Series tournaments played over the past 12 months, plus winners from some of the other junior ‘Majors’ to be hosted by Mission Hills in 2017, including the Annika Invitational, the Faldo Series and the Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship.
