Keep an eye on this 17-year-old rising golf star from Newport

Keep an eye on this 17-year-old rising golf star from Newport

Seventeen-year-old SJ Welch came a whisker away from forcing a playoff with Max Woodman at the 11th annual Downeast Metro Amateur Golf Tournament last weekend. Welch’s 12-foot eagle putt on the last hole that would have forced the playoff hit the back of the cup and bounced to the front, and was hanging on the edge. But it wouldn’t drop in. Still, Welch served notice with his second place finish that he is someone to keep an eye on the future. W…