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Winston Wang Wins Sonoran Amateur At The Club At Starr Pass

TUCSON, Arizona – Winston Wang (Coto de Caza, CA) parred the first playoff hole (hole 18) to win the Sonoran Amateur at The Club at Starr Pass on Saturday. Wang shot a final-round two-under par 70 to finish at -9 in a playoff with Canada’s Maxim Mckenzie. Both players birdied their final holes (also the 18th) to move the final total to -9. Mckenzie hit his approach to a tap-in and Wang had to convert a 7-foot birdie to force the playoff. Both players were just past the green in the playoff. Wang had a tap-in par but Mckenzie missed a short putt that would have forced a second hole. Wang and Mckenzie ended up being four shots clear of Ajay Morris (Avondale, AZ) who shot a final round 70 to finish at -5. Second round leader Adam Miller (Phoenix) shot a final round 76 to finish in a five-way tie for 4th.

GOLF COURSE: The Club at Starr Pass, the long-time home of the Tucson Open, most famous as the site for Phil Mickelson’s first PGA Tour victory in 1991 when he was a junior at Arizona State. The golf course is well on its way to restoring its former luster as a top tournament site in the US Southwest.

WEATHER: Cool desert mornings quickly released into warm and perfect days at Starr Pass, located in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. Temperatures were warm for the season with high temperatures in the upper 70s.

FULL RESULTS: Attached and available at www.2025SonoranAmateur.GolfGenius.com.

TROON SAGUARO AMATEUR SERIES: The Troon Saguaro Amateur Series, founded in 2017, is a world-ranked amateur tournament series that is hosting 10 tournaments in the 2024-25 season. This is the 4th year of the Sonoran Amateur, the first of which has been held at Starr Pass Golf Club in Tucson. The Sonoran Amateur is the penultimate event in the 2024-25 Series year. The 2023-24 Player of the Year was Costas Panay and our current player of the year list can be found at www.25TSAS.golfgenius.com with Ethan Korock in the lead for the Player of the Year. The championship event begins with the practice round tomorrow as we move to Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale for the Saguaro Amateur. Full series information can be found at www.SaguaroAmateur.com with tournament registration at www.TSASMember.GolfGenius.com.