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title: Max on Fire
description: Max Herendeen of Bellevue won the 2022 Junior PGA Championship, held last week at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Palos Park, Ill.
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# [Max on Fire](https://wagolf.org/news/max-on-fire)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | Aug 11, 2022 7:00:00 AM

Max Herendeen of Bellevue won the [2022 Junior PGA Championship](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/8238913720005179759), held last week at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Palos Park, Ill.

 Max Herendeen

This caps off an already great year for Max. Here are a few of his other highlights:

- Won the 2022 WIAA 3A Boys’ State Championship
- Qualified for Final Qualifying for the 2022 U.S. Open
- Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur
- Finished second in 2022 Washington Men’s Amateur, one shot back of Jace Minni
- Selected to the WA Golf Morse Cup Team, in the 2022 Pacific Coast Amateur Championship
- Made it to quarterfinals of the 2021 PNGA Junior Boys’ Amateur
- Qualified for 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.
- Rising senior at Seattle’s Blanchet High School

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