Kelly Campbell, local golfers find success on the greens during summer

Kelly Campbell, local golfers find success on the greens during summer

It has been a whirlwind of a summer for Auburn golfer Kelly Campbell.

In just the past few weeks the Auburn Mountainview senior has notched wins at the Auburn Golf Course Club Championship and the Western Washington Chapter of the Professional Golfers Association’s (WWC PGA) Pro-Member series at Suncadia in Cle Elum. Campbell, 17, also notched a second-place finish with his father, pro Doug Campbell, at the 2011 WWC PGA Pro-Junior Best Ball tournament at the Riverbend Golf Course and finished tied for fifth at the Washington Junior Golf Association Boys 16-17 Championships at the Walla Walla Country Club.

It all started for Campbell, July 27-29 in Walla Walla where Campbell shot a three-round total of 216 in the WJGA championship to finish at even-par and tying with University Place’s James Feutz.

Campbell had individual round totals of 73, 72 and 71 on the par 72 course.

The boys 16-17 tourney was won by Enumclaw’s Tyler Salsbury, who shot a six-under-par 210, with rounds of 69, 69 and 72.

On Aug. 6 and 7 Campbell continued his torrid streak with a convincing nine-stroke, home-course win at the Auburn Golf Course Men’s Club Championship. Campbell posted a six-under-par 136. Campbell shot a first- round 66 and a second- round 70 on the par-71 course.

On Aug. 9, it was off to Suncadia’s Prospector golf course in Cle Elum for the 2011 WWC PGA Pro-Member series, where Campbell finished first in the amateur competition, with a one-under-par 71.

Campbell’s streak continued the following day, Aug. 10, where Campbell and his father, Jade Green Golf Course pro Doug Campbell, finished second in the 2011 Wilson Staff – WWC PGA Pro-Junior Best Ball tournament at Riverbend Golf Course in Kent. The father-son duo notched a 62, just a stroke behind winners Dusty Brett and Sevryn Modahl, who shot 61.

This week Campbell finds himself battling for the Pacific Northwest Golf Association’s Junior Boys’ Amateur Championships at Sunriver Resort Meadows Golf Course in Sunriver, Ore., with results unavailable at press time.

ALSO: Other Auburn golfers competing in the Washington Junior Golf Association championships in Walla Walla were Alexus Song, 16, who finished first in the girls 16-17 tourney with an overall 226, with rounds of 80, 73 and 73… Vincent Vu, 13, was third in the boys 12-13 competition with a 225, with rounds of 76, 77 and 74… Nolan Cull, 14, of Lake Tapps finished tied for third in the boys 14-15 tourney with a 218 with rounds of 73, 73 and 72… Auburn’s Griffin Lamb, 16, shot rounds of 79 and 89 in the boys 16-17 competition… Curtis Koltermann, 13, of Lake Tapps shot rounds of 84 and 85 in the 12-13 boys competition… Serena Lee, 12, had rounds of 95 and 92 strokes in the girls 12-13 competition.