Leader Staff
Braden Mueller shot a 164 Tuesday and Wednesday at the Wisconsin PGA Junior Championship at Brown Deer Park and Dretzka Park golf courses near Milwaukee.
Mueller, a junior on the Shawano Community High School golf team who made a trip to state earlier this month, finished tied for 93rd of the 269 boys that competed in the two-day event. He was tied for 71st among the 16- to 18-year- olds.
Mueller shot an 81 on Tuesday at Dretzka Park. At Brown Deer for day two, Mueller came in at 83.
Thomas Longbella, of Chippewa Falls, had the best score of the event at 142. He shot 70 the first day and 72 on the second day.
Longbella, along with Eau Claire’s Gabby Curtis, who won the girls event, qualified for the national PGA Junior Championship from July 29-Aug. 1 at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, Texas.