Mahoney Golf Course Hosts Day 1 of the Capital City Championship

Lincoln, NE – Mahoney Golf Course played host to the first round of the two-day Capital City Championship, presented by Five Points Bank. The Capital City Championship is a regular stop on the Nebraska Junior Golf Tour, it is also an official Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranked Tournament nationally. All two-day events (18-Hole) on the Nebraska Junior Golf Tour are nationally ranked. Along with the Capital City Championship, the Nebraska Junior Golf Tour also offers the two-day events in the Kearney Junior Classic and the Central Nebraska Junior Amateur.

After day 1, in the boys 12-13 division, Elkhorn’s Trevor Gutschewski leads after shooting a 75 (+5). In the girls 14-15 division, Omaha’s Ashley Tackett leads the age group after finishing at 88 (+16). In the boys 14-15 division, Elkhorn’s Andrew Whittaker sits in first place after shooting a solid 73 (+3). Then, in the girls 16+ division, Papillion’s Sydney Taake leads after shooting an impressive 79 (+7). Lastly, in the boys 16+ division, Elkhorn’s Kaleb Fullerton finished with a score of 73 (+3) to lead going into the final day. Seven other players in the Boys 16+ division are within four or less strokes of the leader.

We would like to thank Five Points Bank for sponsoring today’s first round of the Capital City Championship as well as Head Professional Jonathan Benson, PGA and the rest of the staff at Mahoney Golf Course for hosting such an awesome event.

We will host day two of the Capital City Championship tomorrow at Highlands Golf Course with tee times beginning at 7:30am.

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