Chamberlain’s Dakota Munger Wins SDGA Junior Tour Stage in Pierre – Mitchell Republic

PIERRE — Chamberlain’s Dakota Munger led the way Monday in the South Dakota Golf Association Junior Tour stop at Hillsview Golf Course.

Munger, who will play golf at Dakota Wesleyan University starting in the fall, was tied for first in the boys 16-18 age group, shooting a 3-over-par round of 75, finishing in a tie with Owen Jorgenson of Brandon. Also in the division, Winner’s Karson Keizer finished fourth with a score of 80, while Mitchell’s Marshall Widstrom was fifth (81).

Ava Craven of Winner was second in girls 16-18, shooting 103. Hadley Hart of Pierre won the division with a score of 80.

In boys ages 14-15, Chase McQuirk of Oacoma finished first with a score of 79, winning by four shots over Tate Stoeser of Fort Pierre.

The winner of the 14-15 year old girls group was Trey Speer of Chamberlain, who shot 84 and won her division by 18 strokes. Raina Haiar of Burke took third place in the 12-13 year-old girls with a round of 116.

In a nine-hole contest, winner’s Trigg Haiar and Miller’s Kash Pugh tied for second place with a round of 48, two shots behind winner Lowen Kulesa of Pierre.

VERMILLION, SD — The SDGA Sanford Golf Series kicked off Monday and Tuesday in the southeastern part of the state, with two rounds split between Dakota Dunes Country Club and The Bluffs Golf Course in Vermillion.

Tea’s Derek Anderson won the boys division title with a 1-over-par 145, shooting 73 at Dakota Dunes and 72 at The Bluffs. Mac Drake of Sioux Falls (second), Taten Mauney of Hartford (third) and Eli Amena of Harrisburg (fourth) finished with identical raw scores of 3-over-par 147, with their places decided by a playoff. Sawyer Sonnenschein of Fort Pierre shot the lowest round of the day Tuesday, a score of 2-under 70, and finished alone in fifth place with a score of 148.

Mitchell’s Everett Morrison was the top Mitchell-area boys finisher, shooting 81-75 for a two-day score of 156, finishing tied for 16th place.

In the girls division, Olivia Braun of Aberdeen won the event, shooting 2-over par over two days with rounds of 76 and 71. She won by 16 strokes over Erin Hurd of Sioux Falls (163) , while Tori Peterson of Flandreau (165), Ellia Homstad of Yankton (166), Cecelia VanDenTop of Canton (172) and Brynn Roehrich of Watertown (172) also made the top five.

The series resumes with a two-day event June 16-17, split between Elmwood Golf Course and Willow Run Golf Course in Sioux Falls. The six-event regular series will run through mid-July before the series championship on July 22 at Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls.

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