The Utah PGA Junior Series season is now in full swing with Glenmoor Golf Club playing host to the first Utah PGA Junior Major of the year, June 8-9th.
Utah PGA Junior Majors serve as the main events of the tournament calendar for boys and girls ages 13-18. In addition to earning exemption spots into the season ending Major Championship at Hobble Creek Golf Course, the Glenmoor Junior Major handed out qualification spots to medalists in both Boys and Girls 15-18 fields for the AJGA Salt Lake Junior at Glenmoor to be held August 1-3, 2023.
The 36-hole Glenmoor Junior Major produced worthy champions for those AJGA spots as Parker Bunn and Natalie McClane earned medalist honors.
McLane, the 2A Girls State champion from Draper APA, finished 5-over par with rounds of 72-77 – 149, a full six shots better than overall runner-up Lily Shin of American Fork High School. Completing the top five were Ellie Jo Olson in third place at (+12) 156 with Sydney Richards and Madalyn Hadley tied for fourth place at (+13). McLane took first place in the Girls 15-16 division.
Parker Bunn, an Oklahoma State Men’s Golf commit playing out of Bonneville High, earned the top spot and the AJGA exemption in the Boys 17-18 division with a (-5) 68-71 – 139 scorecard. Elliot Bond (-4, 140), Lincoln Markham, Bowen Mauss and Jaxon Erickson, all (-2) 142 rounded out the top 5.
Bunn opened the tournament with a 4-under 68 at the South Jordan course while Bond closed with a 5-under 67, the low round of the tournament. Bond won the Boys 15-16 division.
Others earning medalist honors at the Glenmoor Junior Major were Calvin Lillywhite (Boys 13-14), Molli Mulhall (Girls 13-14) and Lily Shin (Girls 17-18).
For complete scores in all age divisions, click here. The top three players in all age divisions earn exemptions to the Junior Major Championship.
Thank you to PGA Professional Darci Olson and her staff at Glenmoor Golf Club for hosting the first Utah PGA Junior Major of the season.