The 2015 Alaska Junior Golf Championships opened two days of competition at the Birch Ridge Golf Course on Monday. The championships are being held on the Kenai Peninsula for the first time with Birch Ridge hosting over 35 junior division golfers competing in age -group divisions, both girls and boys.
Local golfers performed well in the first round on Monday leading in five divisions.
Shane Sundberg posted an 85 to lead the boys 10-12 division; Max Dye shot 80 for a first round lead in the boys 16-18 division; Anika Richards posted a nine-hole 50 in the 11-13 division; Danica Schmidt shot 50 in the nine-hole girls 16-18 division and Katelin Richards posted a first-day 78 in the girls 16-18 division.
Tuesday’s second round begins with 8:30 a.m. tee times.
1st Round Results: Alaska Junior State Championship at Birch Ridge Golf Course
Girls 16-18, 18-hole division
Katelin Richards 78
Cianna Jorgenson 105
Carter Nelson 114
Girls 16-18, 9-hole division
Danica Schmidt 50
Aliann Schmidt 56
Caitlin Gohr 56
Emma Broyles 64
Girls 11-13 (9 holes)
Anika Richards 50
Gabi Gohr 59
Grace Gohr 61
Jolie Widaman 76
JulieAnn Nye 81
Girls 10 and under (9 holes)
Karly Ellis 68
Keely Sundberg 74
Boys 16-18 (18 holes)
Max Dye 80
Tyler Young 87
Dustin Day 96
Dylan Campbell 122
Boys 13-15 (18 holes)
Sullivan Menard 79
Max Escobedo 83
Jack Newell 85
Brock Kant 90
Grant Epple 93
Hudson Jackson 94
Zach Day 109
Brandon Groesbeck 113
Cody Nye 113
Boys 10-12, (18 holes)
Shane Sundberg 85
Ben Broyles 87
Wyatt Ellis 89
Aden Sadler 92
Caleb Tachick (9 holes) 61
Hudson Mobley (9 holes) 72
Boys 9 and under, (9 holes)
Sebastian Maglaqui 60
Sam Klein 61