With the AJGA now deep into its summer schedule, three Invitational events have already been completed. The Thunderbird International Junior, FootJoy Boys Invitational and Rolex Girls Junior Championship all brought together the best junior golfers in the world with plenty of low scores and excitement to go around.

Philip Francis and Isabelle Lendl both claimed their first Invitational titles at the Thunderbird International Junior.

At the Thunderbird International Junior in Scottsdale, Ariz., hometown phenom Philip Francis carded a final-round, 7-under-par 65 to win his first AJGA Invitational by two strokes. In the Girls Division, Isabelle Lendl of Bradenton, Fla., took top honors with a tournament total of 1-under-par 215.

“Playing with Arnond (Vongvanij) and Jamie (Lovemark) really took my game to the next level,” Francis said. “Arnond beat me in match play at the U.S. Junior, so I guess this was a little revenge to beat him here.”

Francis continued his solid play down the stretch, securing his victory with a birdie on No. 18.

“This event has one of the best, if not the best field in junior golf,” Francis said. “It feels really great to win this event. I prepared a lot over the past couple of years and it's really starting to show.”

Vongvanij of Bradenton, Fla., and Tim McKenney of Scottsdale, Ariz., carded matching tournament totals of 208, tying for second.

Lendl got hot on the back nine during the final round with birdies on Nos. 14 and 15 to pull into a tie with second-round leader Esther Choe of Scottsdale. Lendl arrived at No. 18 with a one-shot lead and knew she had to at least make par to win or force a playoff.

“I minded my own game all day long and that's just what I did on No. 18,” Lendl remarked. “When (Choe) missed her birdie putt, I knew I just had to make par to win.”

That is exactly what the 2009 graduate did. The victory marked the second career AJGA win for Lendl, who also won the 2005 Greater Hartford Jaycees Junior presented by St. Paul Travelers.

Choe finished in second place with an even-par tournament total of 216. However, the 2005 Rolex Tournament of Champions victor would be heard from in a big way soon.

Andrew Yun fired a final-round 6-under-par 66 to catapult to the victory at the FootJoy Boys Invitational.

At the FootJoy Boys Invitational in Greensboro, N.C.,Andrew Yun of Tacoma, Wash., won his first major tournament after a bogey-free final-round 66 to finish at 11-under-par 277 for the tournament.

Yun, 15, began the day in fourth place, three shots back of Drew Kittleson of Scottsdale, Ariz., and two shots behind Rolex Junior Player of the Year Peter Uihlein of Bradenton, Fla. Yun’s best finish in a major event was a tie for 10th place at the 2006 Thunderbird International Junior in May.

Yun did not let the pressure faze him.

“I was just laughing the whole time,” Yun said. “I was just having fun.”

Yun played in the group ahead of Uihlein. He kept stride-for-stride with Uihlein, who birdied his first two holes to take a one-shot lead. Going into the 18th hole, Yun and Uihlein were tied at 10-under. Yun hit a perfect drive in the fairway leaving him 186 yards to the green.

“I hit an easy 4-iron into the wind,” Yun said. “It came in a little steep. It was an ugly shot that turned out nicely.”

The shot turned out nicely enough to leave Yun with a 15-foot, right-to-left bender.

“I was shaking over the putt,” he said. “I had the line; I just needed the right speed.”

Yun found the right speed as the putt caught the left lip of the cup and fell in for a dramatic birdie to give him a one-shot lead. Yun then had to wait for Uihlein to finish.

Uihlein had a chance to tie with a 20-foot birdie putt from a similar location to Yun's. Uihlein's putt rolled just left of the cup, officially making Yun the champion.

Uihlein ended the tournament in second place with a 69 to finish at 10-under-par 278. Tied for third place were Bud Cauley of Jacksonville, Fla., and Gregor Main of Danville, Calif., at 280. Main shot a tournament-low 64, which also included the shot of the tournament, a hole-in-one on No. 8.

At the Rolex Girls Junior Championship in Park City, Utah, Choe followed up her second-place finish at the Thunderbird International Junior with a 69-67-72—208 to capture the win. Lila Barton, 16, of Dallas, finished the event with a 73-68-70—211 tournament total to stand alone in second-place.

Choe won her second Invitational at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship.

A three-time first-team Rolex Junior All-American, Choe's three-stroke victory included 10 birdies and 40 pars.

“The key for me (this week) was hitting the ball better,” Choe said. “I was playing consistently throughout the week.”

Building a five-stroke lead after two rounds, Choe explained that the pressure to finish strong was not an issue.

“I didn't feel any pressure at all, I was playing with my friends,” said Choe. “Lila was playing her own game and I was playing mine, I just played to the best of my ability.”

Firing five birdies and carding a 1-under-par 34-36—70 in her final round, Barton earned second-place honors.

“It just came together — my putting was the best it ever had been during this week,” Barton said

The next Invitational on the AJGA schedule will be the Rolex Tournament of Champions at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen, Colo., July 5-9.