Bigby and Barbaree Claim Arrowhead
Junior Masters Titles in Boys Divisions
Kippers and Hodge Claim Girls Titles

Hayden Bigby of Bossier City, Louisiana and Allison Kippers of Zachary, Louisiana captured the senior division titles of the Arrowhead Junior Masters this past weekend at Santa Maria Golf Club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Phillip Barbarre, Jr. of Shreveport, Louisiana and Lana Hodge of Monroe, Louisiana won the junior titles. The players were greeted with good weather on Saturday and a course that was dry and in good shape and finally got some roll out off the tees. A front moved through Saturday night and although we avoided the rain, players had to contend with brisk winds on Sunday to increase their challenge. The folks at Santa Maria did an outstanding job of helping us put on a first class event.

Hayden Bigby Claims Senior Title

Hayden Bigby of Bossier City, Louisiana shot a two day total three over par 147 (72-75) to claim Arrowhead Junior Masters Senior Boys crown at Santa Maria Golf Course in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bigby began the day with a one shot lead over Adam Galliano, 159 (73-86) tied for fifth, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and had two birdies on the front nine in windy conditions to open up his lead. Drew Kirby, 156 (76-80), of Baton Rouge Louisiana finished second and Ryan Desormeaux, 157, (76-81), of Broussard, Louisiana finished third.

Garrett Barnes, 158 (74-84) of Biloxi, Mississippi used a strong opening round to finish in fourth place. Dillon Dunbar, 159 (78-81) of Marksville, Louisiana continued his consistent play to tie for fifth. Anthony Lacombe, 160 (76-84), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lewis Peters, 161 (80-81), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon Pierce, 161 (83-78), of Covington, Louisiana and Ted Lieux, 162 (81-81) of Baton Rouge, Louisiana rounded out the top ten finishers. Hunter Hale, 165 (88-77), of Franklinton, Louisiana had an eleven stroke improvement on Sunday in tough conditions to tie for the second best Sunday score.

Kippers Claims Overall Girls Championship,
Hodge Claims Junior Girls Title

Allison Kippers of Zachary, Louisiana shot 160, (77-83) to claim the Overall Girls Championship at the Arrowhead Junior Masters. Lana Hodge of Monroe, Louisiana, finished tied for second in the Overall girls group while claiming the Junior Girls title with a two day total of 164 (79-85). April Anderson, 164 (83-81), of Lake Charles, Louisiana was tied for second behind Kippers. Kippers began the day with a two stroke lead over Hodge after a strong opening round 77. Kippers birdied her first hole of the tournament on Saturday and never looked back. On Sunday, she managed to avoid any big numbers in very windy conditions to hold on for the victory.

Lauren Durbin, 169 (83-86), of Biloxi, Mississippi, Jara Templett, 169 (83-86), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Emily Ross, 171 (83-88) of Diamondhead, Mississippi and Emily Blount, 190 (92-98), of Denham springs, Louisiana rounded out the Senior Girls field. Angelica Harris, 187 (91-96), competed in the Junior Girls division.

Barbaree Wins Junior Masters Crown in Play off

Phillip Barbaree, Jr, 149 (72-77), of Shreveport, Louisiana used a par on the par four number 10 at Santa Maria to win the Arrowhead Junior Masters title in a one hole playoff over Sam Burns, 149 (71-78), of Shreveport, Louisiana. Barbaree had four birdies on Saturday and posted an opening round 72 but found himself one stroke behind Burns after Saturday’s competition. Burns on Saturday had three birdies and two bogeys on his way to an opening round 71. Burns continued his strong play shooting an even par 36 on the front nine on Sunday and held a 5 stroke lead over Barbaree. Barbaree used two birdies on the final nine to force a tie and the playoff. Both of these golfers have a tremendous future in front of them. Noah Fuselier, 159 (77-82), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Connor Wilson, 162 (82-80), of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana, Brennan Leblanc, 165 (79-86), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Matthew Jakuback, 165 (85-80), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Peter Mata, 166 (82-84), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana rounded out the top seven finishers.