{"id":3000,"date":"2026-09-03T12:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:26:12","slug":"hollis-eckols-owen-murphy-and-ben-mac-podium-at-the-hilton-head-junior-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/hollis-eckols-owen-murphy-and-ben-mac-podium-at-the-hilton-head-junior-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: Hollis Eckols, Owen Murphy, and Ben Mac Podium at the Hilton Head Junior Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3000\" class=\"elementor elementor-3000\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e1e8c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b5e1e8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6373507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6373507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spotlight: Hollis Eckols, Owen Murphy, and Ben\nMac Podium at the Hilton Head Junior Open\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3440166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3440166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>by <span style=\"color: #c4112f;\">Keith Bach<\/span> \u00b7\u00a0PGA Member, President and Director of Instruction <span style=\"color: #c4112f;\">JPGA (Also called JRPGA)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18df4cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18df4cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2998\" alt=\"Hollis Eckols, Owen Murphy, and Ben Mac Podium at the Hilton Head Junior Open\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-414x276.webp 414w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-470x313.webp 470w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-640x426.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-130x86.webp 130w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-187x124.webp 187w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight-990x660.webp 990w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/champions-spotlight.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d225d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c4d225d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179d926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"179d926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/\"><strong>JPGA<\/strong><\/a> had two golfers finish inside the top three of the Boys 16-18 division at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour&#8217;s Hilton Head Junior Open, with <strong>Hollis Eckols<\/strong> taking runner-up and <strong>Owen Murphy<\/strong> finishing third in a field of eighteen at Golden Bear Golf Club. It&#8217;s the kind of one-two finish from the same program that doesn&#8217;t happen by accident.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7897a95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7897a95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c92b20 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c92b20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8070c1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8070c1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #c4112f;\"><span style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #C4112F;\">Our Locations<\/span><\/span><\/h3><p><strong>Hilton Head Island, SC<\/strong><br \/>2 Finch Street<br \/>Hilton Head Island, SC 29926<\/p><p><strong>Orlando, FL<\/strong><br \/>16301 Phil Ritson Way<br \/>Winter Garden, FL 34787<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #c4112f;\">\u260e <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/+18436863355\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">843-686-3355<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baa3ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tahefobu_icon_button_widget\" data-id=\"baa3ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tahefobu_icon_button_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tahefobu-custom-button-container\">\r\n            <a class=\"tahefobu-custom-button from-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/pricing.php\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;\">\r\n\r\n                \r\n                <span class=\"text-wrapper\">Register Now!<\/span>\r\n\r\n                \r\n            <\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ee8d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61ee8d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09996ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09996ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-825x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3010\" alt=\"Hollis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-825x1024.webp 825w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-242x300.webp 242w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-768x953.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-990x1229.webp 990w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hollis Eckols in action<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0539932 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0539932\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d2496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0d2496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Runner-Up Finish for Eckols<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a2927 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"76a2927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d230f76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d230f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eckols opened with a <strong>79<\/strong> in round one, then turned in a much sharper <strong>74<\/strong> in round two to finish at <strong>153, or +9<\/strong> for the tournament, good for second place. The five-stroke improvement from day one to day two was built around the back nine, where round two produced ten pars and only zero doubles, compared to three doubles in round one. It wasn&#8217;t enough to catch the winner, Tomas Giordani of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who opened with a three-under 69 and held on with a +4 final round to win at +1, but an <strong>eight-stroke runner-up finish<\/strong> in an eighteen-man field is a strong result on its own, and it made Eckols the top American finisher in the division.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3866702 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3866702\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c954f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63c954f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-eckols-stats.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3002\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-eckols-stats.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-eckols-stats-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-eckols-stats-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-eckols-stats-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hollis-eckols-stats-990x594.png 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee97d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ee97d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba9ce2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba9ce2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Murphy Rounds Out the Podium in Third<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff001a3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ff001a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49630e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49630e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6290fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6290fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Owen Murphy<\/strong> backed up Eckols with a <strong>third-place finish at +13<\/strong>, carding rounds of <strong>78 and 79<\/strong> to finish four strokes back of his teammate. Murphy&#8217;s opening round included a run of ten pars mixed around two doubles, and he kept pace in round two despite a tougher start, a sign of a golfer grinding out a full 36 holes rather than folding after one bad stretch. Between Eckols and Murphy, <strong>JPGA held down two of the division&#8217;s top three spots<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13034c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13034c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93194c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93194c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jrpga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/runner-up-and-third-on-the-podium.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3003\" alt=\"JPGA - Runner up and Third on the Podium\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12269b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12269b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c103e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8c103e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hollis and Owen Share A Few Words About the Game<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1829c5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f1829c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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