This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Barron, Tardy win Junior Club Championships

Brett Barron and Bailey Tardy have won the Junior Club Championships at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek.

Barron won the boys championship for the second straight year in a sudden-death playoff over Steffen Smith. Barron had rounds of 71-73 to tie Smith at even-par 144. Barron won the playoff on the second extra hole with a birdie at the par-3 11th hole. Barron is a sophomore at Rivers Academy in Alpharetta and Smith is a sophomore at Greater Atlanta Christian.

Tardy won the girls championship for the third straight year. She opened the tournament with three straight birdies and finished with rounds of 70 and 69 to finish at 3-under 139.

Find out what's happening in Johns Creekwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Tardy is a junior at Norcross High school. She won the Georgia State Golf Association’s Junior Girls Championship and was medalist at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Other division winners at the Junior Club Championship were: Kenneth Cox (boys 8 and under), Bruce Murphy (boys 9-10), Mark Brown (boys 11-12), Jackson Simpson (boys 13-14), Ava Merrill (girls 9-10) and Mimi Taylor (girls 13-14).

Find out what's happening in Johns Creekwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

The Atlanta Athletic Club’s junior program is headed by PGA professional Matt Scheck. More than 250 boys and girls participate in the program.

The Atlanta Athletic Club will host the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?

More from Johns Creek