QUINCY LEONARD JR., CAPTURES VICTORY, MAKES HISTORY AT 61ST ANNUAL BUD BURNS DIXIE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

By AAGD 

Quincy Leonard Jr., was victorious at the 61st annual Bud Burns Dixie Junior Championship, September 24-26, in Selma, Alabama. Hosted at the Selma Country Club, 17-year-old Quincy competed in the field with 51 boys, of which only 2 were boys of color. 

As Quincy, a 3.2 GPA student who scored 26 on the ACT test accepted his enormous winner’s trophy, he was also making history as the first Black kid to ever win this tournament. Scoring R1:67, R2:73, 140 strokes, 600 points (-2)