Pettersen Wins Girls Classic 7/23/12

Rockford, Illinois-18 year old Cynthia Bounleutay was going for her fifth straight Girls Golf Classic Championship Monday at Ingersoll.  But standing in her way was a younger lady who might one day surpass Bounleutay's streak.

12 year old Madasyn Pettersen edged Bounleutay by one stroke.  Pettersen shot a 73. Bounleutay shot a 74.

"It's the most amazing thing in the whole world," said Pettersen to WTVO following her victory.  "You know this has been my goal for a long time.  Cynthia is such a solid player.  She's so hard to beat, and just this year things went my way. The past few years haven't, and this year I just woke up and decided to play well, so it was a really fund day."

Following are the other top overall scores and age group winners:

17-18 year old:
80-Abbey Sullivan
80 Maggie Kaiser
82 Alison Gorman
88 Grace Heim
88 Haley Varble

15-16: 100 Kelsey Page and Evelyn Behling
13-14: 89 Jessica Slattery
13-14 (9 hole)-60 Carson Racich
11-12 (9 hole)-53 Kristen Sayyalinh
8-10: (9 hole)-52 Katelyn Sayyalinh
11 & up (4 hole)-22 Caitlin Waddell
8-10 (4 hole)-17 Brighton Young
5-7: (4 hole)-17 Emma Raimer