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Joe Quiroz, Tucson Quiroz, 81, a retired machinist, made two holes in one during a round of one-under-par 71 from the back tees at El Rio Golf Course in Tucson. Quiroz, who regularly shoots his age, used a driver on the 216-yard 8th hole and a nine-iron on the 124-yard 13th hole. The aces were his third and fourth.
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Joe Quiroz, Tucson
Quiroz, 81, a retired machinist, made two holes in one during a round of one-under-par 71 from the back tees at El Rio Golf Course in Tucson. Quiroz, who regularly shoots his age, used a driver on the 216-yard 8th hole and a nine-iron on the 124-yard 13th hole. The aces were his third and fourth.

Molly Cooper, Tumwater, Wash.
Cooper, 21, defeated Leila Chartrand of Victoria, B.C., on the 37th hole to earn the Pacific Northwest Amateur title. Cooper forced sudden death with a 13-foot birdie putt at the 36th and won with a tap-in birdie on the first extra hole. An Arizona State senior, Cooper took the Washington Amateur in June.

John Holmes, Campbellsville, Ky.
Holmes, a senior at Taylor County High, was victorious for a second straight year at the National High School Open, firing an eight-under 208 at Orange County National Golf Center in Winter Garden, Fla. Kentucky's 1998 schoolboy champ, John is the only player to earn All-America honors at the Open the past three years.

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