MANCHESTER — After three days and 72 holes of competitive play, Burlington’s Michael Walsh emerged as the winner of the Vermont Amateur Championship golf tournament on July 10 at the Manchester Country Club.

Defending champ Lucas Politano of Brandon was fourth overall and winner of the junior division.

Walsh, a member of the Lafayette College men’s golf team, took the lead during the final 36-hole day, carding rounds of 67 and 72 to finish 8-under par with a final score of 280. It marks Walsh’s first Vermont Amateur title and a comeback from last year’s four-way playoff, where he was edged out by Politano, a 2025 Otter Valley Union High School graduate and representative of Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre club.

This year, Walsh began the final day in a three-way tie for second but separated himself with consistent play, ultimately finishing five strokes ahead of the field.

Cody Semmelrock of Williston Golf Club claimed second place with back-to-back scores of 69 and 68 to close the tournament at 3-under. Barton Golf Club’s Jackson King took third with a steady performance across all four rounds, finishing 2-under.

Defending champion Politano made a strong push in Round 3 with a 68. But a closing 78 dropped the future Rutgers University player into a tie for fourth, finishing with a total score of 287, or 1 under par.

Other local finishers included Ralph Myhre’s Brady Fallon, who tied for 23rd overall and placed fourth in the junior division at 13-over. Neshobe’s Walker Allen, another returning playoff contender from 2024, posted a 302 to tie for 27th.

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Elsewhere, Ralph Myhre club members also fared well. At the VSWGA State Day event at Cedar Knoll on July 8, Tekla Fine-Lease finished second in the first flight, and Nicole Laberge took fifth in a net tie.

In the VSWGA 2025 Senior Championship at Champlain Country Club, Ralph Myhre’s Susan Rand placed 44th gross (186) and tied for 68th net. Other local scores:

• Eva Mastalos: 47th gross (187), tied 1st net (135).
• Jean Goodwin: 82nd gross (204), tied 34th net (148).
• Giselle Lafleche: 91st gross (215), tied 74th net (157).

In Thursday Men’s Golf at Ralph Myhre on July 10, the team of Dan Small, Tom Lachenman, Robert Kirkpatrick and George Ramsayer took first place. Small also earned low net honors with a score of 70.

Second place went to Mike Adams, Bill Brown and Uwe Luksch, while Robert Cameron, Tom Maxwell, Stan Pratt and David Zarowin came in third.

In the Vermont Junior Tour event at Quechee Lakeland on July 11, Ronan Duffy placed 28th in the Boys 15–18 Division with a score of 88.

In Friday’s Mixer, the team of Dale White, Jill White, Garvi Jesso-White and Wilder Perera won with a score of 31. Bryon Emilo, Julia Emilo, Brian Dodds and Cindy Dodds took second, and Craig Miner, Susan Miner, Fred Lichtenfels and Sheri Lichtenfels placed third.