West Boys

This year, the teams are evenly matched and the competition will be fierce. The No. 1 player on the Canon Cup West Boys Squad is Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, Calif. The 2007 graduate’s stellar year helped him earn this honor. He won the 2005 Western Junior Amateur and had five additional top-five finishes. This will be Fowler’s first Canon Cup. Joining Fowler on the West Boys Team will be Kyle Stanley of Gig Harbor, Wash., Tadd Fujikawa of Honolulu, Josh Jones of The Colony, Texas, Andrew Yun of Tacoma, Wash., Richard Lee of Chandler, Ariz., Kevin Tway of Edmond, Okla., Gregor Main of Danville, Calif., Drew Kittleson of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Cody Gribble of Dallas. Stanley and Kittleson are the only veteran members of the team, both having been members in 2005.

West Girls

An experienced West Girls Team looks to continue the dominance shown at last year’s tournament. Esther Choe of Scottsdale, will headline the team. After her victory at the 2006 Rolex Girls Junior Championship and some near misses during the 2006 season, Choe hopes to help her team defend their title. Choe will be joined by fellow 2005 Canon Cup West Team members Taylore Karle of Scottsdale, Mina Harigae of Monterey, Calif., Sydney Burlison of Salinas, Calif., and Jane Rah of Torrance, Calif. New to the team in 2006 are Stephanie Kono of Honolulu, Kimberly Kim of Pahoa, Hawaii, Mindy Kim of Diamond Bar, Calif., Sydnee Michaels of Temecula, Calif., and Tiffany Lua of Rowland Heights, Calif.

East Boys

The East Boys squad will be led by Peter Uihlein of Bradenton, Fla., who was named the 2005 Rolex Junior Player of the Year after his performances last year. He finished the year with two wins (Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior and the Bobby Chapman). He continued his momentum into the 2006 season by winning the season-opening AJGA Craig Ranch Junior. In the past year, Uihlein has had four second-place finishes and eight additional top-10 finishes. Uihlein, also a member of the 2005 Canon Cup East Team, will be joined by Arnond Vongvanij and Tommy Chung Hao Mou of Bradenton, Bud Cauley of Jacksonville, Fla., David Yujin Chung of Fayetteville, N.C., Mu Hu of Celebration, Fla., Spencer Cole of Greer, S.C., Lion Kim and Ji Moon of Lake Mary, Fla., and Patrick Reed of Baton Rouge, La. Vongvanij, Chung, Hu and Kim were all members of the 2005 team.

East Girls

The East Girls Team will have their work cut out for them as only two members of last year’s team will return. Although she didn’t participate last year, Isabelle Lendl of Bradenton, is no stranger to match-play competition. In 2005 Lendl made it to the semifinals of the Polo Golf Junior Classic before losing to Harigae 2 and 1. She also earned a victory at the AJGA’s first Invitational of the year, the Thunderbird International Junior. The experience of two additional victories and eight more top-10 finishes will prove useful during the event. Joining her will be In-Kyung Kim of Marriotsville, Md., Megan Grehan of Mamaroneck, N.Y., Vicky Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., So-Hyun Park and Marika Lendl of Bradenton, Michelle Grilli of Luthersville, Md., Natalie Sheary of West Hartford, Conn., Joy Kim of Duluth, Ga., and Kristina Wong of Vestal, N.Y. Grehan and Marika Lendl are the lone returning players from 2005.