Airline rising junior Hudson Greene is one shot off the lead after the first round of the Louisiana Golf Association Boys’ Junior Amateur Championship.
Greene shot a 6-under par 66 in the first round Wednesday at the Santa Maria Golf Course in Baton Rouge.
Lake Charles’ Kye Hanks, the Division II runner-up at St’ Louis Catholic last spring, leads. Covington’s Ben Hendricks is third at 5 under. Monroe’s Maddox Mowad and Metairie’s Augustin Gross are tied for fourth at 4 under.
Mowad won the Division I championship at Neville last spring, finishing one stroke ahead of Greene.
Greene, who finished in a tie for eighth in the LGA State Amateur last month, parred the first five holes then had back-to-back birdies. He finished the front nine at 2 under.
Greene birdied No. 10. After three straight pars, he birdied the 14th and 15th. He parred the next two holes then finished strong with a birdie on the 18th.
Benton rising senior Grace Goodwin is fourth in the Girls’ Junior Amateur Championship, also being played at Santa Maria.
She shot a 2-over 74 in the first round. Defending champion Maci Williams of Brusly leads at 5 under. Denham Springs’ Evelynn Artieta is second, three strokes back. New Orleans’ Jade Neves, last year’s runner-up, is third at 1 under.
Goodwin’s round included one birdie, three bogeys and 14 pars.
The boys’ and girls’ tournaments are both scheduled for 54 holes.