Luke Wilson, a rising senior at Cullman High, poses with his medal for winning Wednesday’s Dixie Section PGA Junior tourney.

HUNTSVILLE — Luke Wilson did not get off to the best start at Wednesday’s Dixie Section Junior PGA tournament at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The rising Cullman senior lost his ball off the opening tee, settled for a double bogey and dropped to 3-over by the very next hole.

Pretty good time to panic, eh?

Not for Wilson, who instead coolly kicked his game into gear from near, far and everywhere in between, reeling off six birdies the rest of the round to win the 16- to 18-year-old title with a 1-under 71. He was the only golfer, regardless of age division, to escape the Highlands Course in the red.

The next-closest contender was five shots back.

Fairview’s James Arnold (86) and Hayden Maples (89) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Arnold is fifth in the tour’s point standings with three tournaments under his belt. Wilson is close behind in a tie for sixth after two events.

The win was Wilson’s ninth on the circuit dating back to when he was 14. He claimed three crowns that year, another trio the next, two last summer and the one Wednesday.

It’s been a successful couple of months for the Wilson brothers. Luke’s older sibling, Blaise, a Cullman High, Wallace State and UNA product, won his first professional tournament in Mississippi on the Emerald Coast Golf Tour in early May.