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Sister Act




The Williams sisters may be the greatest sister act in sports these days, but it's a crown Venus and Serena won't hold forever. In fact, they're already receiving some competition, albeit from the amateur ranks.

While the Williams sisters have taken the women's tennis tour by storm, Aree and Naree Wongluekiet are doing the exact same think on the junior girls' golf circuit.

On Saturday, Aree, the No. 1-ranked junior girls' player in the nation, came from two strokes back to defeat none other than her twin sister, Naree, to win her second straight PGA Junior Championship. Aree shot a 66 to edge Naree by one stroke at the PGA National Golf Club's Champion Course in Florida.

The 14-year-old, who lives in Tampa, Fla., and attends Bradenton Academy, finished with a three-day total of 275, 13-under par. Naree, who was the leader through two and a half rounds, finished Saturday with a 69, while third place went to Tampa's Whitney Code, who penciled in a 75 to finish the tourney at 285.

"I knew I had to go quite low on the back nine because my sister wasn't going to give anything away," said Aree after her win. "I played better the past two days. To win back-to-back means a lot, considering The PGA of America running this event and the history."

The Wongluekiet family wasn't done.

Chan Wongluekiet, the twins' older brother, took home second-place honors ? which he shared with James Vargas of Miami, Fla. ? with a three-day total of 286. However, the big winner of the day on the boys' side was Ty Tryon, who led the Junior PGA Championship from start to finish en route to a 12-under-par 276.

Tryon, a 16-year-old sophomore-to-be at Lake Highlands Prep in Orlando, Fla., tied the event record for the largest margin of victory. Chris Couch won the Junior PGA Championship by 10 strokes in 1990, beating out a second-place finisher named Tiger Woods.

"Last night, with a nine-stroke lead, I slept like a baby," said Tryon after accepting his trophy. "I feel great. Winning here definitely helps me in preparing for the rest of my career.?

Other Golf News

Hunter Mahan's magic ride came to end at the U.S. Amateur golf championship Friday, when the 18-year-old lost in his quarterfinal match.

Mahan, who graduated from McKinney High in Texas in the spring and will start classes at USC this week, fell to Jeff Quinney in 36-hole match play, 2 and 1. Mahan shot a 144.

Quinney, a native of Oregon who will be a senior at Arizona State this fall, advanced through the semifinals and faced James Driscoll, a 1996 graduate of Brookline High (Mass.), in the finals on Sunday.

Mahan, the 1999 U.S. Junior champion, had a great run at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. He defeated Jedd McLuen of Colbert, Ga., in the third round, 3 and 2, with a score of 144. One day earlier, in the second round, he did the same exact thing to Ricky Barnes of Stockton, Calif., winning by a 3 and 2 margin.

In the first round of match play, Mahan beat Aaron Pellegrom of Maplewood, Minn., 2-up. The teen qualified for match play after shooting a two-round stroke-play total of 144 (72, 72) to finish 3-over par and in 27th place.



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