Rising Auburn freshman Jake Albert cruises to Eastern Amateur golf title

Rising Auburn freshman Jake Albert cruises to Eastern Amateur golf title

From the start, the 68th Eastern Amateur belonged to Jake Albert. After recently leading Blacksburg High to a national title to supplement the VHSL championship it won in the fall of 2024, the incoming Auburn freshman led from virtually start to finish at Elizabeth Manor Golf & Country Club in Portsmouth and won one of the amateur circuit’s more prestigious championships. Albert set the tone Wednesday with a course-record 10-under-par 60 and fol…