Philip Barbaree fights back to win U.S. Junior Amateur crown

Philip Barbaree holds the trophy after defeating Andrew Orischak in 37 holes during the finals at the 68th U. S. Junior Amateur Championship. ( Tracy Wilcox ) Philip Barbaree holds the trophy after defeating Andrew Orischak in 37 holes during the finals at the 68th U. S. Junior Amateur Championship. ( Tracy Wilcox )BLUFFTON, S.C. –– Before he took the podium to accept the U.S. Junior Amateur trophy, Philip Barbaree took out his phone and glanced at his text messages.

He had 122 of them. By the time he sat down for interviews some 30 minutes later, that number had grown to 155.

Among the messages was one from Barbaree’s swing coach, Cameron McCormick, who had just watched his third pupil win…