South Salem Teen Morales Ranked No. 1 In Nation By Two Golf Organizations

SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. – South Salem golfer Nicole Morales is the top-ranked junior player in two of the nation’s most prestigious associations.

Tom Renner

01/15/2014 5:00 a.m.

Golf Week and the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) ranked Morales the No. 1 junior player in the country. Morales has committed to play college golf at the University of Alabama.

Last year, Morales won the AJGA’s thunderbird International Junior tournament and finished fourth at the Rolex Tournament of Champions. She was also fourth at the PING Invitational in October. She is scheduled to play this week in the ANNIKA Invitational in Reunion, Fla. The tournament is named after former LPGA star Annika Sorenstam and begins Friday.

Morales began her high school career at John Jay. She now attends Lake Mary Prep in Florida and trains at the Mike Bender Golf Academy. Her longtime instructor at Bender is Cheryl Anderson, a native of Connecticut who taught and played in Westchester County from 1992-2007.

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