Cole will be attending Murray State University in the Fall of 2016.  He will continue his golf career as a Racer!  
  

The Kentucky Junior Masters is an elite, invite only golf tournament displaying the talent of Kentucky’s top 50 junior golfers.  It was held on May 2 and May 3 at Keene Trace Golf Courses.

May 2 – Keene Run – 6990 yards –  Cole had a great day of ball striking, hitting 11 fairways and 15 greens.  He couldn’t get the putts to fall, leaving many of them short, and garnering only two birdies on the day.  He finished day 1 with a score of 75 and in 9th place.

May 3 – Champions Trace – 6982 yards – Cole’s ball striking was not quite as good as day one, hitting only 8 fairways and 10 greens.  The first cut of rough at Champions was more difficult to hit from than Keene.   Cole’s putting was much like the first day with only two birdies and leaving many just on the edge of the hole.  He finished the day with a 78, which proved to be a decent score as compared to the field.  Only 14 of the 50 juniors shot below 80 on the day.

Final – Cole’s two day total of 153 was good enough to tie for 6th with EKU commit, Kyle Jury and HS junior Seth Phulpager.

RESULTS:

1   Cullan Brown      Eddyville, KY      66-79–145 +1

2   Austin Squires    Union, KY          77-71–148 +4

3   Chase Landrum     Glasgow, KY        77-73–150 +6

4   Jacob Cook        Frankfort, KY      75-76–151 +7

5   Erik Edwards      Louisville, KY     78-74–152 +8

T6  Cole Manion       Clarkson, KY       75-78–153 +9 

T6  Seth Phulpagar    Louisville, KY     76-77–153 +9

T6  Kyle Jury         Elizabethtown, KY  80-73–153 +9

T9  Justin Baker      Frankfort, KY      71-83–154 +10

T9  Jake Mattingly    Louisville, KY     72-82–154 +10

T11 Tyler Lippert     Mount Olivet, KY   73-82–155 +11

T11 Paul Huber        Edgewood, KY       76-79–155 +11

T11 Billy Basham      Louisville, KY     77-78–155 +11

T14 Nick Wilkins      Frankfort, KY      76-80–156 +12

T14 Chandler Clark    Maysville, KY      79-77–156 +12

T16 Billy Cason       Owenboro, KY       73-84–157 +13

T16 Ryan Gillum       Grayson, KY        76-81–157 +13

T18 Carter Skipworth  Richmond, KY       74-84–158 +14

T18 Joe Muschong      Lexington, KY      76-82–158 +14

T20 Logan Gamm        Union, KY          77-82–159 +15

T20 Cooper Collins    Lexington, KY      79-80–159 +15

T20 Ben Turner        Lexington, KY      79-80–159 +15

T20 Kellen Wilson     Somerset, KY       80-79–159 +15

T24 Blake Young       Lexington, KY      79-81–160 +16

T24 Cj Jones          Frankfort, KY      79-81–160 +16

T24 Kyle Jeffers      London, KY         80-80–160 +16

T27 Rhett Cardwell    Waverly, KY        76-85–161 +17

T27 James Inman       Lou ky             76-85–161 +17

T27 Cameron Dawson    Hodgenville, KY    77-84–161 +17

T27 Jacob Poore       Union, KY          80-81–161 +17

T27 Ethan Breeden     Cox’s Creek, KY    83-78–161 +17

T27 Zach Mattingly    Louisville, KY     82-79–161 +17

T33 Jack Bergstrom    Lexington, KY      76-86–162 +18

T33 Hayden Zimmerer   Louisville, KY     79-83–162 +18

T33 Hayden Riney      Owensbiro, KY      80-82–162 +18

T36 Drew Burke        Ashland, KY        74-89–163 +19

T36 Spence McKinney   Danville, KY       74-89–163 +19

T36 Dawson McDaniel   Bowling Green, KY  78-85–163 +19

39  Zach Adams        Union, KY          80-84–164 +20

T40 Jackson Berryman  Bowling Green, KY  80-86–166 +22

T40 Ryan Clements     Union, KY          80-86–166 +22

T42 Mason Lenhart     Prospect, KY       84-83–167 +23

T42 Zach Wheeler      Lexington, KY      85-82–167 +23

44  Cody Kellam       Crittenden, KY     87-81–168 +24

45  Chase Thornhill   Lexington, KY      81-88–169 +25

T46 Nick Washle       Louisville         84-87–171 +27

T46 Jaaron Hignite    Annville, KY       89-82–171 +27

48  Tim Alexander     Walton, KY         86-89–175 +31

49  Harrison Lane     Lexington, KY      88-92–180 +36

50  Kendall Nelson    Nicholasville, KY  95-91–186 +42

Cole Manion and his playing partner, Michael Reed, finished alone in 6th place after shooting rounds of 72-74  at the 36 hole MDGT Four Ball Championship, Boys 15-18 yr. old division, held at Audubon Country Club in Louisville this weekend.

Cullan Brown & Jay Kirchdorfer were BOYS 15-18 CHAMPIONS  after winning in a playoff with Basham/Wathen.  Brown/Kirchdorfer fired rounds of 71-71 while the Basham/Wathen team shot 69-73.  Finishing three shots back in third place were the teams of Grant Hummel/James Inman (71-74), Quinn Eaton/Garrett Howell (73-72) and Jacob Parker/Matt Liston  (71-74).  

Results for contest Boys 15-18

1   Brown/Kirchdorfer 71-71–142   -2

2   Basham/Wathen     69-73–142  -2

3 Hummel/Inman       71-74–145 +1

4   Eaton/Howell       73-72–145 +1

5   Parker/Liston     71-74–145 +1

6   Manion/Reed       72-74–146 +2

7   Thornhill/Lee     76-71–147 +3

8   Breeden/French     74-74–148 +4

10 Klondike/Olsen     77-74–151 +7

11 Steier/Hinkebein   73-81–154 +10

12 Showalter/Wheeler 79-76–155 +11

13 Oakley/Lin         77-78–155 +11

14 Norris/Blount     76-79–155 +11

15 Childress/DeWeese 75-80–155 +11

16 Zoeller/Allen     74-82–156 +12

17 Amlung/Brown, JR. 74-84–158 +14

18 Perrone/George     80-81–161 +17

19 Hill/Brown         78-86–164 +20

20 Morgan/Oyler       77-89–166 +22

21 Blake/Tingle       83-86–169 +25

22 Hurst/Gilliland   83-88–171 +27

Cole played his first stroke play tournament of the year at Cherry Blossom GC, Georgetown, KY in a Golfweek Junior Tour event.  He shot a 75 on Saturday.  He was even par going into the tough finishing holes of 16(bogey), 17(double) and 18(par).  He shot a one over par 73 on Sunday finishing much stronger in those closing holes(bogey, birdie, par).  His two day total of 148 garnered him a 6th place finish.  His chipping and putting was somewhat rusty coming out of the winter but hitting 70% of the greens allowed him time to regain his touch.

For full field results click on link below:

https://golfweekjr.tourgolfscores.com/gscode/public/leaderboards/player/index.cfm?tournament_id=786

6/7/14 – Cole made the best of a tough day by utilizing his scrambling skills at

Bowling Green CC to secure the last qualifying spot for the 2014 Ky State Amateur.

  He hit 9 of 14 fairways but his iron play was lacking, only hitting 5 greens.  While

not his best performance, it was good enough to qualify him for this year’s state

tournament to be held at Cherry Blossom CC in Georgetown, KY on June 17-19.

03/16/14 – The weather on Sunday, the second day of the MDGT match play, was not as favourable as Saturday.   The 32 remaining players started play in 35 degree temps and 15 MPH winds.  They finished with sleet and freezing rain along with the wind and cold temps. 

Cole played the number one seeded Brendon Doyle, a St X senior.   It was a difficult day for both players but the match was determined on the green.   Cole wasn’t as sharp with the putter as he was the previous day.   Doyle won the match 5 and 3.