Twenty players named as best 12- to 15-year-old golfers in the world
The 18th annual AJGA Junior All-Star Team includes 20 players who were recognized as some of the top 12- to 15-year-old golfers in the world during the 2019 season, the American Junior Golf Association announced Wednesday.
The AJGA Junior All-Star Team recognizes the top 20 players, ages 12-15, based on the Rolex AJGA Rankings. The top nine boys and top nine girls were determined as of August 20, 2019, while the final boy and girl spots were awarded to the boy and girl with the best Rolex AJGA Ranking as of August 27, 2019. Eligibility for the team of 10 boys and 10 girls includes current-season play in at least two AJGA Junior All-Star Series tournaments, which also included the KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational. AJGA Junior All-Star Series events, dubbed as the “Road to Reynolds,” were conducted across the country from March through August.
Members of the AJGA Junior All-Star Team receive an invitation to play in the Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia, Oct. 11-14.
Since 2002, AJGA Junior All-Star Team honors have been awarded to some of the top players in junior golf. Alumni of the AJGA Junior All-Star Team include college and professional standouts such as Jordan Spieth (2007), Rickie Fowler (2004), Morgan Hoffmann (2004), Beau Hossler (2009), Braden Thornberry (2012), Peter Uihlein (2004), Bud Cauley (2005), Vicky Hurst (2005), Cheyenne Woods (2005) and Alison Lee (2007).
2019 AJGA Junior All-Star Team Members
Boys
JONAS APPEL | Encinitas, California | Class of 2022 | La Costa Canyon High School
· No. 130 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Seven AJGA top-20 finishes
· Second, 2019 Kia Junior Championship
GAVEN LANE | Argyle, Texas | Class of 2023 | Argyle Middle School
· No. 120 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· First, 2019 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship presented by SK Telecom
· Five AJGA top-10 finishes
ERIC LEE | Fullerton, California | Class of 2023 | Sunny Hills High School
· No. 106 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Four AJGA top-5 finishes
TYLER LEE | Addison, Texas | Class of 2023 | Jesuit Dallas
· No. 100 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· First, 2019 AJGA Junior All-Star presented by Explore York
· Four AJGA top-10 finishes
IAN MASPAT | San Diego, California | Class of 2021 | Scripps Ranch High School
· T80 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Verbally committed to University of Oregon
· Three AJGA wins
SIHAN SANDHU | Ashburn, Virginia | Class of 2024
· No. 140 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Second, 2019 TaylorMade Junior All-Star Championship
· Three AJGA top-10 finishes
MATTHEW SPAULDING | Spring, Texas | Class of 2022 | Klein Cain High School
· T126 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Nine AJGA top-20 finishes
· Two AJGA wins in 2019
HUNTER THOMSON | (Canada) Calgary, Alberta | Class of 2021 | West Island College
· No. 149 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Second, 2019 AJGA Junior at Knollwood presented by Yoder Oil
· Six AJGA top-10 finishes
KEATON VO | Austin, Texas | Class of 2022 | Chaparral High School
· T80 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Two AJGA wins
· Eight AJGA top-10 finishes
WELLS WILLIAMS | West Point, Mississippi | Class of 2022 | Oak Hill Academy
· No. 50 Rolex AJGA Rankings
· First, 2019 TaylorMade Junior All-Star Championship
· Six AJGA top-10 finishes
Girls
KYNADIE ADAMS | Gallatin, Tennessee | Class of 2022 | International Virtual Learning Academy
· No. 138 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· First, 2019 Sean Foley Performance Junior All-Star
· 12 AJGA top-10 finishes
SARA IM | Duluth, Georgia | Class of 2023
· No. 49 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Three AJGA victories
· Eight AJGA top-10 finishes
CHLOE JOHNSON | Evansville, Indiana | Class of 2022 | Evansville North High School
· T130 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Two AJGA wins
· Qualified for the 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt Finals; finished T2 in the Girls 12-13 Division
TAYLOR KEHOE | (Canada) Strathroy, Ontario | Class of 2022
· No. 46 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Three AJGA victories
· 2018, AJGA Junior All-Star Team Member
JACLYN LAHA | Pleasanton, California | Class of 2023 | Amador Valley High School
· No. 127 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Five AJGA top-10 finishes in 2019
MACKENZIE LEE | North Little Rock, Arkansas | Class of 2022 | North Little Rock High School
· No. 29 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Five AJGA top-5 finishes
KATIE LI | Basking Ridge, New Jersey | Class of 2023
· No. 109 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· First, 2019 AJGA Junior at Southpointe presented by DICK'S Sporting Goods
· Nine AJGA top-10 finishes
LYNN LIM |Gallatin, Tennessee | Class of 2022
· No. 139 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Verbally committed to Vanderbilt University
· 11 AJGA top-10 finishes
FAITH LOW | Foster City, California | Class of 2022 | San Mateo High School
· No. 37 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Two AJGA victories in 2019
· Seven AJGA top-10 finishes
YUNXUAN ZHANG | (China) Plano, Texas | Class of 2022
· No. 75 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
· Two AJGA wins
· 10 AJGA top-10 finishes