Nick Bird didn’t think he had much of a chance of to win the Jim Martin Memorial EDGA Junior Stroke Play tournament after shooting a 77 Wednesday at Green Meadows.

But to Bird’s delight the 5-over par score was good enough to give him a one-stroke win over first-round leader Greg Podufal and Garrett Rodgers. “I didn’t think 77 was going to do it today, but it ended up all right,” said Bird, who finished 36 holes with a 2-over 146 total, including a 3-under 69 in the first round.

Podufal, who scorched Green Meadows with a 5-under 67 on Tuesday, was plagued by putting problems in the second round and posted an 80 to finish at 147. Garrett, 15, had a final round 75 to match Podufal at 147. “I just didn’t make any putts,” Podufal, 16, said. A double-bogey 6 on the 18th hole sealed Podufal’s fate.

Bird said he didn’t do anything spectacular in the second round. “I made the putts I needed to and I didn’t make many mistakes,” he said. Zac Bihler, who the EDGA Junior Match Play Championship in June at Elk Valley, carded the best score of the second round with an even-par 72 to complete 36 holes in fourth place at 149.

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