Junior PGA Championship 36-Hole Recap-
Bethesda, Maryland – The Iowa PGA had four junior golfers that competed in the Junior PGA Championship hosted by Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland on July 30 – August 2, 2024. Mehar Julka of Hiawatha, Iowa, Isaac Rumler of Moline, Illinois, Jack Rogers of Iowa City, Iowa and Sasha Challagolla of Bettendorf, Iowa all competed in the 48th Iowa Boys and Girls Junior PGA Championship.
Girls Junior PGA Championship
Julka’s first round she carded bogeys on holes 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 including double bogeys on holes 1, 2, 12 and 18. Julka’s second round she carded bogeys on holes 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 15 and 17 including double bogeys on holes 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 14. Julka’s 36-hole rounds were 88-97=185, 42-over-par.
Challagolla’s first round she carded bogeys on holes 8, 10, 11, 13 and 18 including a double bogey on hole 7. Challagolla’s second round she carded bogeys on holes 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 18. Challagolla’s 36-hole rounds were 80-79=159, 16-over-par.
Julka and Challagolla missed the projected cut of 8-over-par.
Boys Junior PGA Championship
Rumler’s first round he carded a birdie on hole 6; bogeys on holes 4, 11, 14, 15 and 16 including a double bogey on hole 5. Rumler’s second round he carded birdies on holes 6, 14 and 16 including bogeys on holes 8, 10 and 12. Rumler’s 36-hole rounds were 79-71=150, 7-over-par.
Rogers’s first round he carded a birdie on hole 14; bogeys on holes 1, 2, 8, 11, 13 and 15 including a double bogey on hole 4. Rogers’s second round he carded bogeys on holes 2, 3, 4, 6, 12 and 16 including a double bogey on hole 10. Rogers’s 36-hole rounds were 79-79=158, 15-over-par.
Rumler and Rogers missed the projected cut of 4-over-par.
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