Junior Players Championship
{{Short description|Amateur golf tournament in the United States}}
{{use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Junior Players Championship
| image =
| caption =
| establishment = 2007
| org = American Junior Golf Association (AJGA)
| location = Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida, U.S.
| course = TPC Sawgrass
| month_played = September
| par = 72
| yardage =
| format = Stroke play
| current_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Hamilton Coleman
}}
{{Location map
|USA Florida
|relief = 1
|label = TPC Sawgrass
|lat = 30.198
|long = -81.394
|caption = Location in Florida
|marksize = 5
|float =
|background=
|width = 230
}}
The Junior Players Championship is a leading annual junior golf tournament in the United States for male amateur golfers under the age of 19.{{cite web |title=Tournament History |url=https://www.ajga.org/tournaments/the-junior-players-presented-by-rolex/tournament-history |publisher=AJGA |access-date=22 January 2024}}
The tournament has been played since 2007 and is organized by the American Junior Golf Association. It is held at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Floria, home of The Players Championship on the PGA Tour. The field is made up of the top 58 boys on the AJGA Rankings, plus international invitees.
In 2023, Miles Russell, at 14 years old, became the youngest champion in the event's history.{{cite web |title=Miles Russell becomes youngest champion in Junior Players history |url=https://www.ajga.org/tournaments/2023/the-junior-players-championship-presented-by-rolex/miles-russell-becomes-youngest-champion-in-junior-players-history |publisher=AJGA |first=Hailey |last=Hernandez |date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=January 22, 2024}}
Winners
class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Winner !! Country/State !! Score !! To par !! Note | |||||
2024 | Hamilton Coleman | {{flagicon|USA}} Georgia | 72-68-70=210 | align=center| −6
| | |
2023 | Miles Russell | {{flagicon|USA}} Florida | 70-66-71=207 | align=center| −9 | |
2022 | Jeffrey Guan | {{flag|Australia}} | 67-69-64=200 | align=center| −16 | |
2021 | Benjamin James | {{flagicon|USA}} Connecticut | 69-71-68=208 | align=center| −8 | |
2020 | David Ford | {{flagicon|USA}} Georgia | 72-73-66=211 | align=center| −5 | |
2019 | Jayden Schaper | {{flag|South Africa}} | 69-71-70=210 | align=center| −6 | |
2018 | Travis Vick | {{flagicon|USA}} Texas | 70-68-70=208 | align=center| −8 | {{efn|Travis Vick defeated Akshay Bhatia and Bo Jin of China on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff}} |
2017 | Shuai Ming Wong | {{flag|Hong Kong}} | 71-71-70=212 | align=center| −4 | {{efn|Shuai Ming Wong defeated Logan McCallister and Jame Beber-Frankel in a three-hole aggregate playoff}} |
2016 | Khavish Varadan | {{flag|Malaysia}} | 73-65-68=206 | align=center| −10 | {{efn|Khavish Varadan defeated Cole Hammer on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff}} |
2015 | Kevin Yu | {{flag|Taiwan}} | 73-71-67=211 | align=center| −5 | |
2014 | Sam Horsfield | {{flag|England}} | 71-69-73=213 | align=center| −3 | |
2013 | Austen Truslow | {{flagicon|USA}} Florida | 71-67-75=213 | align=center| −3 | |
2012 | Robby Shelton IV | {{flagicon|USA}} Alabama | 70-67-72=209 | align=center| −7 | |
2011 | Gavin Hall | {{flagicon|USA}} New York | 72-64-75=211 | align=center| −5 | |
2010 | Michael Johnson | {{flagicon|USA}} Alabama | 68-72-72=212 | align=center| −4 | |
2009 | Bobby Wyatt | {{flagicon|USA}} Alabama | 66-73-71=210 | align=center| −6 | |
2008 | Evan Beck | {{flagicon|USA}} Virginia | 70-69-70=209 | align=center| −7 | |
2007 | Morgan Hoffmann | {{flagicon|USA}} New Jersey | 71-67-71=209 | align=center| −7 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.ajga.org/tournaments/2023/the-junior-players-championship-presented-by-rolex}}
Category:Junior golf tournaments
Category:Amateur golf tournaments in the United States