SDGA Junior Championship Has Braun Leader After Day One

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SDGA Junior Championship @ The Bluffs GC (Vermillion, SD) [Day 1 of 3]

Vermillion, SD (HubCityRadio.com) – After the first day of the three day tournament of the SDGA Junior Championship @ The Bluffs Golf Course in Vermillion, Aberdeen’s Olivia Braun is the leader in the clubhouse in the girls 16-18 age bracket.

Braun was flawless on the front nine, netting a birdie on the par five second hole, a birdie on the par three fifth & a birdie on the par five sixth hole. Even with a pair of bogeys on the back nine, she picked up seven par’s and finished the day one under and a 71 for the day. Lauren Knapp from Rapid City shot an even par 72, good for second place. Miller’s Jayce Pugh is two strokes off the lead, carding a one over 73 and in third place; while Mitchell’s Allison Meyerink shot two over and a 74 for the afternoon and within striking distance of Braun for the next two days.

For the rest of the results for boys & girls 12-13’s & boys and girls 14-15’s, check out the scoreboard below.

 

GIRLS 12-13

1st) Kenzley Heath (Sisseton, SD) [+10, 82]

2nd) Ari Jacobs (Hartford, SD) [+12, 84]

T2nd) Kaitlin Strain (Rapid City, SD) [+12, 84]

4th) Tafney Lunn (Brookings, SD) [+17, F/9]

5th) Faith Roehrich (Watertown, SD) [+21, 93]

 

BOYS 12-13

1st) Sawyer Thompson (Sioux Falls, SD) [+3, 75]

2nd) Sawyer Hage (Harrisburg, SD) [+9 81]

3rd) Beckham McPeck (Agar, SD) [+11, 83]

4th) Gavin Schlekeway (Sioux Falls, SD) [+12, 84]

T4th) Liam Heiberger (Brookings, SD) [+12, 84]

6th) Rigley Kulesa (Pierre, SD) [+14, 86]

T6th) Greyson Zebroski (Watertown, SD) [+14, 86]

T11th) Kooper Wookey (Clark, SD) [+20, 92]

 

GIRLS 14-15

1st) Ronnie Wilharm (Vermillion, SD) [+8, 80]

2nd) Liliana Van der Wyst (Rapid City, SD) [+9, 81]

3rd) Ellia Homstad (Yankton, SD) [+11, 83]

4th) Katie Betsworth (Dakota Dunes, SD) [+13, 85]

5th) Brynn Roehrich (Watertown, SD) [+14, 86]

 

BOYS 14-15

1st) Braxton Hollan (Sioux Falls, SD) [+2, 74]

T1st) Jalen Dwire (Sioux Falls, SD) [+2, 74]

3rd) Colton Clark (Sioux Falls, SD) [+4, 76]

T3rd) Rylan Moran (Vermillion, SD) [+4, 76]

5th) Jack Johnson (Vermillion, SD) [+5, 77]

T8th) Seth Hettick (Roscoe, SD) [+7, 79]

13th) Finn Anderson (Aberdeen, SD) [+9, 81]

 

GIRLS 16-18

1st) Olivia Braun (Aberdeen, SD) [-1, 71]

2nd) Lauren Knapp (Rapid City, SD) [E, 72]

3rd) Jayce Pugh (Miller, SD) [+1, 73]

4th) Allison Meyerink (Mitchell, SD) [+2, 74]

5th) Tori Peterson (Flandreau, SD) [+6, 78]

 

BOYS 16-18

1st) Taten Mauney (Hartford, SD) [-2, 70]

2nd) Nick Bothun (Pierre, SD) [-1, 71]

T2nd) Carson Steffensen (Canton, SD) [-1, 71]

4th) Riley Christensen (Sioux Falls, SD) [E, 72]

T4th) Ty Lenards (Watertown, SD) [E, 72]

T4th) Derek Anderson (Tea, SD) [E, 72]

53rd) Kalen Larson (Aberdeen, SD) [+16, 88]

58th) Carter Blanchard (Aberdeen, SD) [+19, 91]