Jaspreet Kondal of St. Augustine and Sahana Chokshi of Jacksonville are playing at a high level on the Florida Junior Tour.
Their recent run of solid golf has resulted in both winning on the same day at the FJT Highlands Ridge 54-hole Major at the Avon Park course, with Chokshi winning the girls division in record-setting fashion.
Chokshi, a sophomore at Episcopal, eagled the par-5 18th hole at Highlands Ridge in all three rounds, added another eagle in the second round at No. 7, and broke the FJT 54-hole record in a girls 13-15 tournament at 13-under-par 203, winning by four shots over Iris Lee of Orlando.
Chokshi shot 66 in the second round and closed with a 69 in winning her first FJT event. She’s been trending, with four top-five finishes in five FJT starts this year. She had six top-10s in seven starts last year.
Kondal, a sophomore at Beachside, had to battle uphill for his second FJT title. He struggled with a 77 in the first round and was eight shots behind leader Dylan Mason of Ponte Vedra Beach.
But Kondal improved with a 71 in the second round, then shot 66 in the final round and had a birdie-birdie finish to tie Eddie Gu of Bradenton. Kondal then two-putted the 18th hole for birdie to win. Mason (219) tied for fourth.
Kondal had on top-10 finish in his first 13 FJT starts, dating back to 2021 in the 9-12 division. But he’s got nine top-10s in his last 12 starts and his victory gave him six top-10s in a row, including a second two weeks ago and a tie for eighth in the FSGA Junior Boys.
In the FJT 16-18 Eagle Trace Major, Ethan Tak of St. Augustine tied for second at even-par 144 (the tournament was shortened to 36 holes because of rain), three shots behind winner Arth Singh of Melbourne. Luke Splane of St. Augustine tied for fourth at 1-over 145.
Stella Moritz of Ponte Vedra (149) finished fifth in the girls division, five behind winner Amelia Phung of Boca Raton.
Kaitlyn Schroeder posts top-10 in UNF debut
Kaitlyn Schroeder celebrated her first college tournament wearing the University of North Florida colors by posting her career-best finish in the Boilermaker Classic on Sept. 3 at the Kampen Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ind.
Schroeder, a Jacksonville native who transferred to UNF from Alabama, improved her score in every round and posted a 71 to close a 4-over 220 and a solo seventh. Schroeder made a team-high eight birdies in the tournament, five in the final round and two back-to-back at Nos. 15 and 16.
The Ospreys finished 12th as a team at 61-over. Host Purdue won at 15-over.
Kaitlynn Washburn was the second UNF player, tying for 47th at 17 over. Casilda Allendesalazar (18-over) tied for 53rd.
The UNF men opened their season on Sept. 6 at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate at the Tennessee National Golf Club. Jacksonville University’s men begin their season Sept. 8 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational.
The JU women finished 12th in their first tournament, the Tiger Classic hosted by Clemson. Nicky Lautre (4-over) finished 25th and Casey Powell (5-over) tied for 32nd).
San Jose teaching pro on PGA Cup team
Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth of Fleming Island, who teaches at the San Jose Country club, was named to the five-player U.S. roster for the Women’s PGA Cup, a biennial international competition among teams from the U.S., Australia, Canada, Great Britain/Ireland, South Africa and Sweden.
The tournament will be Sept. 30-Oct. 5 at the Sunriver Resort Meadows Course in Sunriver, Ore.
Also on the team are Sandra Changkija of Daytona Beach, Joanna Coe of Haverford, Md., Ashley Grier of Hagerstown, Md., and Allie Knight of Knoxville, Tenn.
The U.S. Team was determined through a two-year point system, which included the 2023-24 Women’s Stroke Play Championship, the 2023-24 LPGA Professionals Championship and the final money lists of the 2022-23 PGA Tournament Series.
Conelly-Eiswerth led the Women’s PGA Cup points standings. She won the 2024 PGA Women’s Stroke Player Championship in February, became the first woman to win a PGA Tournament Series event in December of 2023, tied for 26th in the 2024 PGA Professional Championship and tied for 34th in the 2023 PGA PC.
She was on the U.S. team that won the 2022 competition over Canada at the Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M.
Mia Zanghetti competing in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Mia Zanghetti of Ponte Vedra Beach, the Times-Union’s girls high school player of the year in 2011, is playing in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at the Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Mass., with stroke-play qualifying beginning on Saturday.
Zanghetti will play her first round beginning at 7:55 a.m. off the first tee, then starts the second round on Sunday at 12:25 p.m. off No. 9. The top 64 players from the field of 132 will advance to match play on Monday.
Zanghetti played at Bolles, and then four years at William & Mary. She now resides in Maryland and last week won the Maryland Women’s Mid-Amateur championship with a 2-under 70 at the Winters Run Golf Club in Bel Air, Md.
Zanghetti earned her spot in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am with a 72 to finish second in a qualifier at the Clustered Spire Golf Club in Frederick, Md.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Sahana Chokshi shatters Florida Junior Tour 54-hole record in Avon Park
