Laurel Hill Golf Club Hosting 11th Annual MAPGA Junior Spring Fling Championship

More than 100 of the mid-Atlantic region's top golfers will meet Thursday and Friday at Lorton's Laurel Hill Golf Club for the 11th Annual MAPGA Spring Fling. 

Tee times begin at 8 a.m., and spectators are welcome. The tournament is 36 holes of stroke play for players between 12-18 years old.  

Returning champs Rachel Lee of Woodstock, Md. and Ryan Douglass of Leesburg will defend their titles in the tournament. 

Douglass won the event by two strokes last year in very cold and windy conditions. The boys’ field is very deep this year. A number of players like Erik Dulik (Great Falls) and Wonsuk Rhee (Vienna) had successful 2012 seasons and are looking to start their 2013 season off with a victory. Other local notables in the field include Brandon Duda (Lorton), Adam Szwed (Woodbridge), as well as Tyler Spears, Demitri Keopradit, Andrew Johnson, and Benjamin Lowry, all of Springfield. 

The Girls division has a record 30 girls and is very strong as well. Lee was a top contender in all of her events in 2012 and earned a spot to play in both the Junior PGA Championship and the MAPGA Capital Cup for Team Maryland.  Competing for Lee’s title will be junior stand-outs Lila Taylor (McLean), Alexa Calomiris (Washington D.C.), and Kathleen Hanley (Kensington, Md.) 

The course at Laurel Hill is considered one of the top in the nation, and will also host the United States Golf Association's 2013 United States Amateur Public Links Championship in July. 

Are you a golf fan? The Fairfax County Park Authority is looking for volunteers for the July 15-20 event. Read more about that here. 

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