Ambrose Kinnare of St. Augustine, Cameron Reed of Ponte Vedra tie for seventh in Florida Junior
He then birdied his second hole.
However, the rising Tocoi Creek High junior didn't have enough in the tank to chase down winner Mingbo Jiang of Orlando on a low-scoring closing day.
Jiang, who opened the tournament on July 1 with a 63 at the Black Course, birdied four of his first six holes in the final round and went on to post a 65 and win the 16-18 division by two shots at 18-under-par 198.
Cameron Baez of Davenport (64), Shawn Coultoff of Winter Garden (67) and William Lisle of Bradenton (69) tied for second at 16-under, and Lisle won the boys 13-15 division by four shots over Kinnare, who had a 70 (12-under 204) that included two eagles, three birdies and five bogeys.
Kinnare and Cameron Reed of Ponte Vedra Beach tied for seventh in the 16-18 division. Brady Dougan of Jacksonville (71—214) was solo sixth and Maxwell Morgan of Jacksonville Beach (73—217) tied for ninth in the 13-15 division.
The low First Coast players in the girls 16-18 division were U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball teammates Sahana Chokshi of Jacksonville (72) and Sofia Rivera of St. Augustine (73). They tied for 13th at 2-over 218, nine shots behind winner Ana Boone of ChampionsGate (69—207).
Lily Chiang of Jacksonville (73—225) tied for 13th in the 13-15 division.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Ambrose Kinnare, Cameron Reed lead First Coast players in Florida Junior
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