What Happened
The leaderboard is tight after the first round of the 69th Boys’ Junior championship. Colton Swartz finished as the leader for the Boys (16-18) Division and he played at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club. Swartz fired a five under par, 66 to hold the lead by one stroke over the field. Swartz posted four birdies to shoot a front nine score of 32. He then continued on to post two more birdies on the back nine to finish with a 66. Darren Zhou holds the lead of the (13-15) Division posting a four under par, 67.
Zhou carded seven birdies over 18 holes including four consecutive birdies on the back nine. Zhou is one of the youngest players in the field and plans on keeping his same game plan and will focus on hitting fairways and greens.
What’s Next
The second round of the Boys’ Junior will take place on Friday, July 7. The field will play both Mayacoo Lakes Country Club and PGA National one time before the cut is made after the second round. The final round will be played at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club.
Notable
Jack Quinn of the (16-18) Division holds a solo second place posting a four under par, 68 at PGA National. Quinn posted the low round of the day at PGA National and sits only one shot off of the lead. Quinn posted four birdies and no bogeys.
Giuseppe Puebla holds a solo second place after the first round carding a three under par and only one shot off the lead. Mayacoo Lakes Country Club is Puebla’s home course and he carded five birdies with only two bogeys.
Quotable
“The key on this course is to keep it in play off the tee with the tight fairways and I did that well today. I also made in some putts, which helped and I am hoping I can continue that the next two days.” – Colton Swartz (16-18) Division Leader
“Feels good to have one of the low rounds on my home course. It is definitely an advantage to play out here all the time because it is a tough course, and hopefully I can keep it going.” – Giuseppe Puebla
“Even though I am one of the younger boys here, I have been able to get my distance up so I am using the same clubs as the other boys, so it feels like an even match now.” – Darren Zhou (13-15) Division Leader
