Brooks Wins the 2019 New England Boys Junior PGA Championship, Shieh Takes Girls Title

HARVARD, MA (June 26, 2019) – Daniel Brooks of Dudley, MA won the 2019 New England Boys Junior PGA Championship on Wednesday, June 26^th at Shaker Hills Country Club in Harvard, MA.

Brooks will have the opportunity to join 144 of the nation’s top male junior golfers in the PGA of America’s premium junior event, the 44^th Boys Junior PGA Championship, hosted at Keney Park Golf Course in Hartford, Connecticut. Keney Park Golf Course is home to the Hartford Women’s Open and was recently restored in 2014. The 44^th Boys Junior PGA Championship will be held from July 30-August 2, 2019.

Brooks, 16, shot a two-day total of 144 (E) for the Championship and edged out Max Hutter, who finished with a two-day total of 147 (+3).

In addition, Gabrielle Shieh of Carlisle, MA won the 2019 New England Girls Junior PGA Championship at Shaker Hills Country Club.

Shieh will have the opportunity to join 144 of the nation’s top female junior golfers in the PGA of America’s premium junior event, the 44^th Girls Junior PGA Championship, hosted at Keney Park Golf Course in Hartford, Connecticut. Keney Park Golf Course is home to the Hartford Women’s Open and was recently restored in 2014. The 44^th Girls Junior PGA Championship will be held from July 9-12, 2019.

Shieh, 17, shot a two-day total of 140 (-4) for the Championship and edged out Anne Walsh, who finished with a two-day total of 145 (+1).

The Junior PGA Championship is where some of the best in the world get their start. Many of today’s PGA Tour and LPGA Tour professionals made their debut at the Championship. Notable past participants Include: Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Stewart Cink, Phil Mickelson, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Cristie Kerr, Grace Park, Michelle Wie, and Dottie Pepper.

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