Tyler McDaniel held first place in the Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star for most of the three-day tournament.
But he spent a two-hour weather delay Thursday inside the WindStone Golf Club restaurant knowing that he trailed Zach Healy.
“I had a pretty neutral feeling about it all because I was playing pretty good but I couldn’t get anything going,” said McDaniel, who lives in Manchester, Ky. “I knew Zach was playing well.”
But McDaniel played better after the delay and won his first AJGA tournament in his first attempt on the junior tour.
McDaniel shot a 1-under-par 69 for a three-round total of 6-under 210 to beat the Norcross, Ga., golfer by two strokes. Janet Mao of Johns Creek, Ga., won the girls’ division at 6-over 216.