Davis Bryant of Aurora vaulted up the scoreboard in the final two rounds of the national Boys Junior PGA Championship and finished 14th on Thursday at the Country Club of St. Albans near St. Louis.
Bryant, winner of the first two majors of the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado season, followed up rounds of 73-74 the first two days with scores of 69-67 on Wednesday and Thursday. That gave the 17-year-old a 5-under-par 283 total. The Eaglecrest High School senior (pictured) — and future Colorado State University golfer — finished 17 strokes behind champion Akshay Bhatia of Wake Forest, N.C.
Bryant went bogey-free in the final two rounds, making eight birdies over those 36 holes. He played his last eight holes in 4 under par on Thursday.
Bryant has been on a roll in out-of-state events in recent weeks. He went to the round of 64 of match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur, finished ninth individually in the Junior America’s Cup, then placed 14th in the national Boys Junior PGA Championship.
Bryant’s younger sister, Emma, won the girls title in the Colorado Junior Match Play — the third JGAC major — on Wednesday.
Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins, runner-up to Bryant in the Colorado Junior PGA, also made the cut in the national tournament, finishing 35th. He ended up at even-par 288.
The third Colorado who competed at St. Albans, Cal McCoy of Highlands Ranch, missed the 36-hole cut to the low 70 players and ties after rounds of 77-76.
Bryant, Stewart and McCoy — along with Jackson Solem of Longmont — formed the Colorado team that finished fourth last week at the Junior America’s Cup.
Here are the round-by-round scores for the Coloradans at St. Albans:
14. Davis Bryant of Aurora 73-74-69-67–283
35. Dillon Stewart of Fort Collins 74-69-72-73–288
Missed 36-Hole Cut
Cal McCoy of Highlands Ranch 77-76–153
