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Fairchild claims 1st at TGA tournament

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WCHS golfer Austin Fairchild picked up his second victory of the summer on the Tennessee Golf Association’s junior tour last week, and will enter the Tournament of Champions as the fifth-ranked player in the boys’ 14- to 15-year-old Masters division.

Fairchild took home first place in a two-day event at Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain, firing a two-day total of 145, including his first under-par round in TGA competition.

After turning a round of 74, two strokes over par, on the first day of the tourney, Fairchild found himself tied for the lead with Kingston’s Sam Shrock. But while Shrock and the rest of the field faltered on Day 2, with Shrock’s 81 the second-lowest score of the day, Fairchild shined, scoring four birdies and three bogeys on his way to a 71 and a 10-stroke tournament win.

The TGA’s Tournament of Champions is scheduled for July 31-Aug. 1 at Dickson’s Greystone Golf Club, and features the top 21 golfers in the 14-15 Masters division. After his win at Crossville, Fairchild moved up to fifth in the rankings.

Immediately following that tournament, Fairchild will begin representing the Pioneers on the links, as their season is set to begin the first week of August. Fairchild will be a sophomore when the new school year begins.

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