Butler goes for three-peat at Junior Chippeways

Zach Butler of Lexington will be shooting for a three-peat in the 41st Junior Chippeways Golf Tournament at the Maysville Country Club. The medal-play tournament begins Friday. Butler won the 2007 tournament by five shots and the 2008 tourney by eight shots. Butler, who will join the Eastern Kentucky University golf team as a freshman this fall, qualified for the National Junior PGA Championship by winning the Kentucky PGA Junior Qualifier last month. The Junior Chippeways field will be divided into flights after Friday's first round. The championship flight will play 54 holes on Saturday. The rest of the field will play 18 holes on Saturday. The first round tee times are posted on the Junior Chippeways website.