Boca Raton, FL - Team Abacoa captured both the 17U and 13U titles at the 2026 PGA Jr. League Championship at Osprey Point Golf Course. The championship featured a 9-hole, two-person scramble stroke-play format on Osprey Point’s Falcon Course. Heading into the final pairing of the 17U division, Abacoa and Don Law Golf Academy were tied atop the leaderboard. With the teams tied, the championship was decided using the event’s stroke-play tiebreaker, which compares the aggregate team total using all four pair scores. The Abacoa All Stars, coached by Dave Pesacov, PGA, ultimately secured the 17U title with an overall team score of 3-under-par. Zach Balfour and Logan Branding posted the low round for Abacoa, finishing at 4-under-par.  Joining the 17U team at the Regional Qualifier will be the Abacoa All Stars 13U team, also coached by Pesacov, PGA. Luciano Pueblo and Rocco Kolkowski posted the low round for the 13U team, finishing at 3-under-par and helping Abacoa to an overall team score of 6-under-par. Both Abacoa teams will advance to the PGA Jr. League Regional Qualifier, October 2–4, at Sunkist Country Club in Biloxi, Mississippi, where they will compete for a chance to advance to the PGA Jr. League Championships. Saturday's Section PGA Jr. League Championship was the first of three phases en route to the national PGA Jr. League Championship. The 17u National Championship will be held at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, Oct. 22-25, and the 13u National Championship will be held at PGA Frisco’s Fields Ranch West, Nov. 11-15. Captaining the participating teams were Brittany Ferrante, PGA/LPGA (Tequesta), David Flinn, PGA (BallenIsles), Diego Fernandez (Don Law), David Pesacov, PGA (Abacoa), Zackary Shriver (North Palm CC), Christopher Cupp, PGA (Broward), and Jeff Jones, PGA (Valencia). Thank you to Osprey Point for hosting another incredible Jr. League Section Championship event!

Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Jack Leen of Port Saint Lucie and Olivia Hartman of Palm Beach Gardens captured titles at the 2026 South Florida PGA Junior Cup played July 27-29 at BallenIsles Country Club on the East Course. Boys 13–18 Division After the first round, Henry Leibwein of Fort Myers led the Boys 13–18 Division, firing an impressive 4-under par, sitting one stroke ahead of Patrick Pinkney of Lauderhill, and three in front of Jack Leen of Port Saint Lucie. In round 2, Leen responded with a 4-under performance, surging to the top of the leaderboard among the 26 players who made the cut. Going into round three, Leen was leading by one shot over Leibwein, but a steady 1-over round led to Leen’s first-ever victory on the South Florida PGA Junior Tours. Through this victory, Leen also qualified for the Cameron Young and Justin Thomas South Florida PGA Junior Challenge Cup on December 12-14, 2026. “I’ve been putting myself in good positions all summer,” Leen said. “The first day I’ll shoot a good round, and the second day I’ll blow up, so it’s nice to get the job done.” Reid Korody of Jupiter and Brooks Hansen of Jupiter both finished the championship at 3-under-par. Korody's impressive 3-under performance over his final six holes earned him the tiebreaker for runner-up honors, while Hansen finished in third place. Leibwein claimed fourth at 2-under-par, followed by Matthew Stigliano of Palm Beach Gardens in fifth place at 1-over-par. Girls 13–18 Division In the Girls 13–18 Division, Mia Heuberger of Palm Beach Gardens held the first-round lead at even-par, one stroke ahead of Nicole Wu of Davie. After opening with a 2-over-par round, Rain Jiang of Sarasota surged into the lead with an even-par second round, taking a three-shot advantage into the final day among the nine players who made the cut. Despite Jiang's lead entering the final round, Olivia Hartman of Palm Beach Gardens carded a tournament-low 1-under-par round to rally for the championship, earning her first South Florida PGA Medalist Tour victory since joining the tour in 2024. “This win means a lot, especially knowing that I stuck to my game and all that the practice paid off,” Hartman said about her victory. Finishing the event in second was Rain Jiang of Sarasota at 7-over. Stella Ronja Lind of Doral finished in third position at 8-over, while Nicole Wu of Davie and Petra Compton of Palmetto Bay finished tied for fourth place at 11-over to round out the top five.