Brad Dalke sets Record with 62; Yujeong Son atop Girls' Leaderboard at PGA Junior Championship - WTAW

By John Dever

PGA of America

BRYAN, Texas – Brad Dalke of Hobart, Oklahoma seized the Boys’ Division lead with a Championship-record 62, while Yujeong Son of Norman, Oklahoma retained the lead after two rounds of the 40^th Junior PGA Championship presented by Under Armour and Genesis Networks.

Dalke’s hot play was, perhaps, only matched by a heat index at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, Texas that went well beyond triple-digits. But even that’s debatable.

The 17-year-old’s second-round, 9-under 62 not only made up for the two-shot deficit he faced overnight, but it set a Junior PGA Championship single-round record and the established a new course mark for Miramont Country Club.

At 12-under, Dalke leads the Championship by six strokes over Kaiwen Lui of San Diego.

The single-round Championship record (63) that Dalke trumped today was shared by Pat Perez (1993) and Chris Couch (1990). As for the course record, that mark, also a 63, was set during a 2012 U.S. Open Qualifier and was owned by John Peterson. Until today, that is.

Dalke birdied the morning’s first three holes and made the turn at 6-under-par on the day, 8-under for the Championship. Dalke’s outward 29 matched Miramont’s 9-hole record.

After the round, Dalke admitted to allowing the notion of a 59 to seep into his head as he made the turn.

“I was trying to keep 59 out of my mind on the back nine,” said Dalke, who allowed that he “did a pretty good job of just playing one hole at a time” on the back side, during which he carded a bogey-free 33.

Dalke comfort level at Miramont is evident. His experience in this Championship at Miramont in 2014, when he tied for third despite an inability “to break the barrier and shoot a really low number,” helped him secure a spot on the 2014 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team. That low number came today for Dalke, who will join the University of Oklahoma golf team this fall.

With today’s historic effort, Dalke’s 36-hole score of 130 also established a new two-round standard for the Junior PGA Championship. Chris DeForest (2007) and Joe Monte (2005) previously shared that mark at 133.

Dalke’s bogey-free scorecard included nine birdies; six on the front and three more on the back. He parred his final three holes.

Philip Barbaree, the first-round leader, shot and even-par 71 today and his two-day total of 137 leaves him in sole possession of third place. He’s seven shots behind Dalke.

Wilson Furr (Jackson, Mississippi) and Cole Hammer (Houston) are tied for fourth at 4-under-par, 138.

The 72-hole Championship will feature a 54-hole cut to the low 30 boys and 30 girls, including ties.

Son retained her first-round lead, posting a second-round 73 that included three birdies, a trio of bogeys and a double on the par-5 18^th hole (Son’s ninth hole of the afternoon).

The leader by three after and Opening Round 64, Son’s cushion is down to one shot at the Championship’s midway mark.

Even with the lead in hand, Son was not satisfied with her play. “I wasn’t that good,” Son lamented. “But, I stuck in there and made it to the end. I had three 3-putts today, which really busted my round.”

The low rounds of the afternoon in the Girls’ Division came from Elizabeth Wang (San Marino, California) and Mariel Galdiano (Pearl City, Hawaii). Both carded impressive one-under-par 70s despite playing through an unrelenting afternoon heat.

At 4-under-par 138, Wang is in second place, one shot behind Son. Another shot behind Wang is Kaitlyn Papp (Austin, Texas), who posted an even-par 71 today, good for solo third.

Fai Khamborn (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Galdiano are tied for fourth with a two-day total of 140. They are three shots behind. Galdiano is riding a strong wave of momentum after winning the Canadian Women’s Amateur last weekend.

Son’s 64 on Monday matched Virada Nirapathpongporn for the lowest round in the Junior PGA Championship’s 40-year history. Nirapathpongporn posted her 64 during the 1999 edition of the Championship.

BOYS’ DIVISION
Place	Name	Residence	Rnd. 1	Rnd. 2	Total	Overall
1	Brad Dalke	Hobart, Okla.	68	62	130	-12
2	Kaiwen Liu	San Diego, Calif.	69	67	136	-6
3	Philip Barbaree	Shreveport, La.	66	71	137	-5
T4	Wilson Furr	Jackson, Miss.	68	70	138	-4
T4	Cole Hammer	Houston, Texas	70	68	138	-4
6	Will Thomson	Pittsford, N.Y.	69	70	139	-3
T7	Nate Menon	Wyomissing, Pa.	68	72	140	-2
T7	William Holcomb V	Crockett, Texas	72	68	140	-2
T7	Noah Goodwin	Corinth, Texas	71	69	140	-2
T10	William Nottingham	Kingsport, Tenn.	69	72	141	-1
T10	Austin Eckroat	Edmond, Okla.	67	74	141	-1
T10	Frankie Capan	North Oaks, Minn.	72	69	141	-1
T10	William Buhl	Fairhope, Ala.	70	71	141	-1
14	Reese Ramsey	Austin, Texas	70	72	142	E
T15	Davis Shore	Knoxville, Tenn.	68	75	143	+1
T15	Braden Thornberry	Olive Branch, Miss.	72	71	143	+1
T15	Ryan Grider	Lewisville, Texas	71	72	143	+1
T18	Garrett Barber	Stuart, Fla.	73	71	144	+2
T18	Ashwin Arasu	San Diego, Calif.	72	72	144	+2
T20	Will Dickson	Providence, R.I.	73	72	145	+3
T20	Cameron Young	Scarborough, N.Y.	70	75	145	+3
T20	John Pak	Scotch Plains, N.J.	73	72	145	+3
T23	Spencer Tibbits	Vancouver, Wash.	74	72	146	+4
T23	Jack Snyder	Phoenix, Ariz.	67	79	146	+4
T23	Bobby Bai	CHINA	72	74	146	+4
T23	Sean Carlon	Albuquerque, N.M.	74	72	146	+4
T23	Carter Toms	Shreveport, La.	75	71	146	+4
T23	Trey Winstead	Baton Rouge, La.	74	72	146	+4
T29	Cole Krantz	Windsor, Colo.	77	70	147	+5
T29	Tyler Church	Onalaska, Wisc.	72	75	147	+5
T31	Ashkaan Hakim	San Ramon, Calif.	74	74	148	+6
T31	Alec Bard	New Hartford, N.Y.	73	75	148	+6
T33	Troy Taylor II	Westerville, Ohio	72	77	149	+7
T33	Viraj Madappa	INDIA	79	70	149	+7
T33	Mitchell Schow	Ogden, Utah	72	77	149	+7
T33	Kendel Hodges	Temecula, Calif.	71	78	149	+7
T33	Jason Liu	Windsor, Conn.	76	73	149	+7
T38	Kyosuke Hara	Honolulu, Hawaii	74	76	150	+8
T38	Garett Reband	Fort Worth, Texas	75	75	150	+8
T38	Luke Schniederjans	Kennesaw, Ga.	77	73	150	+8
T38	Blake Taylor	Atkinson, N.C.	73	77	150	+8
T38	Walter Egloff	Chevy Chase, Md.	73	77	150	+8
T38	Joshua Gliege	Eagle, Idaho	72	78	150	+8
T38	Nathan Jeansonne	Keithville, La.	75	75	150	+8
T38	Andrew Kozan	Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.	73	77	150	+8
T38	Noel Sims	Phoenix, Ariz.	74	76	150	+8
T38	Zach Crawford	Vandalia, Ohio	75	75	150	+8
T38	Davis Smith	Johns Creek, Ga.	77	73	150	+8
T38	Walker Simas	Charlotte, N.C.	75	75	150	+8
T50	Will Kurtz	Hudson, Ohio	75	76	151	+9
T50	Walker Lee	Houston, Texas	78	73	151	+9
T50	Frankie Thomas	St. Louis, Mo.	77	74	151	+9
T50	Justin Thompson	Dallas, Texas	75	76	151	+9
T50	Ethan Farnam	Crystal Lake, Ill.	77	74	151	+9
T50	Jordan Even	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	75	76	151	+9
T50	Anton Serafini	Lake Mary, Fla.	76	75	151	+9
T57	Jackson Franchville	Coatesville, Ind.	74	78	152	+10
T57	Kyle Hogan	Cypress, Texas	77	75	152	+10
T57	Andrew Walker	Battle Creek, Mich.	73	79	152	+10
T57	Ryan Bender	Overland Park, Kan.	74	78	152	+10
T57	Ryan Davis	Berkeley Heights, N.J.	73	79	152	+10
T62	Michael Biata	Owasso, Okla.	74	79	153	+11
T62	Jackson Howes	McKinney, Texas	71	82	153	+11
T64	Sean Song	Omaha, Neb.	73	81	154	+12
T64	Thomas Johnson	Norman, Okla.	78	76	154	+12
T66	Garrett Martin	San Antonio, Texas	79	76	155	+13
T66	Zack Taylor	Pittsburgh, Pa.	76	79	155	+13
T66	Austin Fox	Delmar, N.Y.	75	80	155	+13
T66	Nathan Han	Somers, N.Y.	78	77	155	+13
T70	Cameron Dawson	Hodgenville, Ky.	76	80	156	+14
T70	Mark Goetz	Irwin, Pa.	79	77	156	+14
72	Alex Schaake	Omaha, Neb.	81	76	157	+15
T73	Carson Barry	Eagle, Idaho	82	76	158	+16
T73	Brandon Berry	Great Falls, Va.	77	81	158	+16
75	Grant Glorioso	Metairie, La.	77	82	159	+17
76	Joshua Madarang	Chester Springs, Pa.	85	78	163	+21
77	Austin van Sytzama	Delano, Minn.	81	83	164	+22
78	Alec Brunelle	Salem, N.H.	93	95	188	46

GIRLS’ DIVISION
Place	Name	Residence	Rnd. 1	Rnd. 2	Total	Overall
1	Yujeong Son	Norman, Okla.	64	73	137	-5
2	Elizabeth Wang	San Marino, Calif.	68	70	138	-4
3	Kaitlyn Papp	Austin, Texas	68	71	139	-3
T4	Fai Khamborn	Cincinnati, Ohio	67	73	140	-2
T4	Mariel Galdiano	Pearl City, Hawaii	70	70	140	-2
T6	Amber Wang	Sugar Land, Texas	71	72	143	+1
T6	Lauren Hartlage	Elizabethtown, Ky.	69	74	143	+1
T8	Jennifer Chang	Cary, N.C.	71	74	145	+3
T8	Karah Sanford	Escondido, Calif.	73	72	145	+3
T10	Madison Kerley	Scottsdale, Ariz.	75	71	146	+4
T10	Kelly Whaley	Farmington, Conn.	73	73	146	+4
T12	Brynn Walker	St. Davids, Pa.	71	76	147	+5
T12	Julia Johnson	St. Gabriel, La.	72	75	147	+5
T12	Youngin Chun	Austin, Texas	74	73	147	+5
T15	Morgan Goldstein	Las Vegas, Nev.	69	79	148	+6
T15	Hanna Alberto	Kingwood, Texas	74	74	148	+6
T15	Lucy Li	Redwood Shores, Calif.	73	75	148	+6
T15	Binny Lee	Frisco, Texas	72	76	148	+6
T19	Alisa Snyder	Phoenix, Ariz.	72	77	149	+7
T19	Ariana Saenz	Porter, Texas	78	71	149	+7
T19	Malia Stovall	Winchester, Tenn.	74	75	149	+7
T19	Malia Nam	Kailua, Hawaii	74	75	149	+7
T23	Alyaa Abdulghany	Newport Beach, Calif.	73	77	150	+8
T23	Lauren Waller	Canonsburg, Pa.	71	79	150	+8
T23	Maya Walton	Austin, Texas	75	75	150	+8
T26	Hailey Jones	Dallas, Texas	72	79	151	+9
T26	Jillian Bourdage	Tamarac, Fla.	77	74	151	+9
T26	Maddie Luitwieler	Katy, Texas	75	76	151	+9
T29	Julia Ford	Shrewsbury, Mass.	75	77	152	+10
T29	Ellie Slama	South Salem, Ore.	78	74	152	+10
T29	Grace Do	Coppell, Texas	77	75	152	+10
T29	Hailee Cooper	Montgomery, Texas	77	75	152	+10
T29	Ellie Szeryk	Allen, Texas	76	76	152	+10
T34	Kendall Griffin	Sebring, Fla.	77	76	153	+11
T34	Sadie Englemann	Austin, Texas	74	79	153	+11
T34	Kory Nielsen	Kent, Ohio	76	77	153	+11
T34	Katharine Patrick	W. University Place, Texas	73	80	153	+11
T38	Madasyn Pettersen	Rockford, Ill.	73	81	154	+12
T38	Sabrina Iqbal	San Jose, Calif.	75	79	154	+12
T38	Kennedy Swann	Austin, Texas	73	81	154	+12
T38	Darian Zachek	Deming, N.M.	74	80	154	+12
T42	Chandler Rosholt	Cedar Park, Texas	74	81	155	+13
T42	Rachel Silverman	Belle Isle, Fla.	78	77	155	+13
T42	Kaho Monica Matsubara	San Diego, Calif.	76	79	155	+13
T45	Virginia Green	Point Clear, Ala.	74	82	156	+14
T45	Victoria Huskey	Greenville, S.C.	75	81	156	+14
T45	Kailie Vongsaga	Walnut, Calif.	78	78	156	+14
T45	Jessica Sloot	Fruit Heights, Utah	75	81	156	+14
T45	Ellen Secor	Portland, Ore.	78	78	156	+14
T45	Rina Jung	Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.	78	78	156	+14
T51	Kristin Dahee Chung	Buena Park, Calif.	78	79	157	+15
T51	Kelly Sim	Edgewater, N.J.	78	79	157	+15
T51	Madison Braman	Loudonville, N.Y.	78	79	157	+15
T54	Loren Skibba	Verona, Wisc.	78	80	158	+16
T54	Anni Heck	Eagan, Minn.	77	81	158	+16
T54	Gina Kim	Chapel Hill, N.C.	82	76	158	+16
T57	Delaney Shah	North Potomac, Md.	80	79	159	+17
T57	Morgan Baxendale	Windermere, Fla.	82	77	159	+17
T59	Natalie Mullins	Eagle, Idaho	79	82	161	+19
T59	Chaithra Katamneni	Coppell, Texas	80	81	161	+19
T61	Caroline Jordaan	Cherry Hills Village, Colo.	82	80	162	+20
T61	Rachele Miller	Bettendorf, Iowa	84	78	162	+20
T63	Katherine Smith	Detroit Lakes, Minn.	78	85	163	+21
T63	Sarah Shipley	Hastings, Mich.	78	85	163	+21
T63	Mia Kness	Venetia, Pa.	83	80	163	+21
T63	Lindsay May	Auburn, N.Y.	81	82	163	+21
T63	Victoria Parker	Lewiston, N.Y.	86	77	163	+21
68	Jean Tyrrell	Leawood, Kan.	78	86	164	+22
T69	Evelyn Arguelles	MEXICO	80	85	165	+23
T69	Kasey Nielsen	Kent, Ohio	81	84	165	+23
T69	Angela Garvin	Feeding Hills, Mass.	79	86	165	+23
72	Hannah Thiele	Wahoo, Neb.	82	85	167	+25
73	Lauren Tibbets	Converse, Ind.	86	82	168	+26
T74	Sarah Harrison	Martinez, Ga.	80	89	169	+27
T74	Kasey Torres	Los Angeles, Calif.	83	86	169	+27
76	Erica Shepherd	Greenwood, Ind.	86	84	170	+28
77	Shannon Gould	O’Fallon, Mo.	88	83	171	+29
78	Rachael Stewart	Franklin, Ky.	87	88	175	+33

Brad Dalke sets Record with 62; Yujeong Son atop Girls’ Leaderboard at PGA Junior Championship

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