Jarred Jeter Goes Low to Lead After Round One of the Joyce Crane | Veritex Bank Section Championship

Steven Clements • September 11, 2023

ODESSA, TX –  Jarred Jeter, PGA assistant professional at Midland Country Club leads the Joyce Crane | Veritex Bank Section Championship. Jeter fired his lowest round of the season, 32-33–65, 7-under-par and holds a one stroke lead at Odessa Country Club’s Links Course.


Jeter has finished inside the top 15 in the previous three individual section major championships this season. He finished 6th, T2 and T11. He will be chased by a crowded leaderboard of professionals in tomorrow’s final round. 21 professionals are within six strokes of the lead, including JJ Killeen, PGA director of golf at Red Feather Golf and Social Club, who has won this championship the previous two years.


The championship also features a Senior Division made up of 27 professionals ages 50 and over, playing for a separate title and purse. Rick Woodson, PGA instructor at Sherrill Park Golf Course leads the division by three strokes after an opening round, 33-33–66, 6-under-par.. Woodson carded six birdies and 12 pars today. He will look to notch his second individual major championship win of the year tomorrow. 


For the third straight year the 85 Northern Texas PGA Members in the field are competing for an overall purse of $100,000. The Open Division champion will be awarded $9,000 and an exemption into THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson. 


The final round will begin at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow with tee times off of the #1 tee. The Senior Division will go off first, followed by the Open Division.


The Joyce Crane | Veritex Community Bank Section Championship is presented by THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, BlueGolf, Ewing Automotive Group, GT Golf Supplies, LIV-PUR, the PGA TOUR, the Oestmann Family Foundation, StrackaLine, Strike Visuals and TankLogix.


Odessa Country Club - Links Course

Par: 36-36–72 

Open Division Yardage: 7,129 yards

Senior Division Yardage: 6,665 yards



View the currents results HERE

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