Links: Round One Results | Round Two Tee Times & Pairings
Day one of the 24th Northern Junior Championship presented by the Golf Performance Academy concluded Tuesday afternoon at Wethersfield Country Club, with warm, sunny conditions greeting the field for the tournament’s first-ever visit to the historic venue.” The 36-hole stroke play championship, being contested August 3-5, features a field of 84 players from nearly 30 states, provinces and countries.
In the Girls Championship, four players are tied for the lead at 1-under-par 70: Adriana Eaton of Greenville, Rhode Island, Maddie Chang of New York City, New York, Sadie Goodman of West Harrison, New York, and Melody Liu of Cupertino, California. Two players sit one back at even-par 71 — Audrey Zhenqi Xiao of Shanghai, China and Yichen Liu of Beijing, China. The low Connecticut player in the Girls Championship is Sadie Lee of Weston, who carded a 75.
In the Boys Championship, Jack Quinn of Litchfield, Maine fired the low round of the tournament, a 4-under-par 67, to grab the outright lead. Four players are tied for second at 3-under 68: Brendan O’Keefe of Palo Alto, California, Matthew Kim of Englewood, New Jersey, Brody DiBeneditto of Watertown, Connecticut, and Will Lord of Suffield, Connecticut. A quartet at 2-under 69 — Daniel He of Irvine, California, Kaichen Xia of Shanghai, China, Austin Perkins of West Hartford, Connecticut, and Tanner LaTorre of Nassau, New York — sit just off the pace.
Round Two of the 2026 Northern Junior Championship begins Wednesday morning at Wethersfield Country Club, with starting times beginning at 7:00 a.m. off the first tee. The leaders for both championships will tee off between 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Live scoring will be available at NorthernJunior.com, with updates on Instagram (@NorthernJunior).
About the Tournament: The Northern Junior Championship is a nationally ranked junior golf tournament that was created in order to provide the highest level of competition for top junior players. The 36-hole stroke play event is being contested for the first time at Wethersfield Country Club in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and is open to amateur boys and girls under the age of 19.
Schedule of Events:
Wednesday, August 5 – Final Round of Stroke Play
7:00 a.m. – Starting Times off #1 Tee (Players paired by score, with leaders going off last; all threesomes)
5:00 p.m. – Awards Ceremony and Trophy Presentation
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