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Article: Speirs' GBO plans victim of schedule Dates coincide with U.S. Junior Amateur
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 3, 2003
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Jesse Speirs of Bangor has qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur
Golf Championship, but that means his next attempt at becoming the
youngest winner of the Greater Bangor Open Golf Tournament will be
delayed.
The two tournaments run almost simultaneously later this month.
The U.S. Junior Amateur runs July 21-26 at Columbia Country Club in
Chevy Chase, Md., while the GBO at Bangor Municipal Golf Course
starts with a pro-am July 23 and continues through to its usual
Saturday finish, also on July 26.
"I only have this year and next year to play" in the Junior
Amateur, said the 16-year-old Speirs. "I figured if I could qualify
for it, I would play in it."
Speirs led for two days of last year's ...