Matthew Marigliano of Palm Beach Gardens and Esha Nagalla of Pinecrest were crowned champions at the Srixon South Florida PGA Junior Medalist Tour event
Lake Worth, FL – Matthew Marigliano of Palm Beach Gardens and Esha Nagalla of Pinecrest were crowned champions at the Srixon South Florida PGA Junior Medalist Tour event, held May 2–3, 2026, at Park Ridge Golf Course.
Boys 13–18 Division
After the first round, Marigliano and Jack Smith of Miami Springs led the Boys 13–18 Division with scores of 4-under par. Round two brought significant movement on the leaderboard, resulting in a three-way tie at 5-under par between Kenny Klein of Palm Beach Gardens, Reed Weekley of Davie, and Marigliano.
Marigliano secured the championship after one playoff hole with a birdie on the par-5 10th hole.
Klein finished as runner-up, winning a scorecard playoff by two strokes.
Girls 13–18 Division
Esha Nagalla of Pinecrest played two consistent rounds, posting scores of 2-under par in round one and 3-under par in round two. Nirvika Koduru of Boca Raton fired the tournament-low round of 5-under par to force a sudden-death playoff following round two.
After three playoff holes, Nagalla secured the championship with a par.
This marks Nagalla’s first victory on the Srixon Medalist Tour since joining in 2025.
The Srixon South Florida PGA Medalist Tour welcomed 57 boys and 28 girls across two divisions. The Medalist Tour, the premier membership-based junior golf program of the South Florida PGA Foundation, continues its season June 5–6, 2026, at PGA National Resort on the Fazio Course.

South Florida Junior PGA Championship Qualifying
Round 1 of this event served as qualifying for the South Florida PGA Junior PGA Championship, one of eight South Florida PGA Junior Major Championships. The following players earned a spot in the field for the tournament set to be held this June at Stonebridge Country Club in Boca Raton.
Boys 13-18
Matthew Marigliano
Grady Albertson
Kenny Klein
Brandon Rinker
Xeve Perez
Jordan Reyes
Nathan Crawford
Cooper Foegen
Girls 13-18
Nirvika Koduru
Angela Nip
Mia Heuberger
Madison Hyndman
Leilani Kellerman
The top two players in each division of the South Florida PGA Junior PGA Championship will receive an invitation to play in the National Junior PGA Championship held at Fields Ranch East & West Courses in Frisco, Texas, on July 28-31, 2026.
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