Taylor Roberts of Parkland, Florida, overcame a two-stroke deficit entering the final round to win the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship. Roberts’ three birdies in the final round led to a 1-over-par 73 and she would finish the tournament at 4-over-par 220 to win by three. She is a Florida State University signee and is No. 60 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. Roberts earned her career best AJGA finish last season when she was runner-up at the 2019 AJGA Junior at Victoria Hills.
Tyler Wilkes of Tampa, Florida, won in the Boys Division of the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship after carding a tournament total of 1-under-par 215. Wilkes began the final round with a one-stroke lead and shot an even-par 72 to edge out a win by one stroke over Caleb Surratt. Wilkes is a University of Florida commit and is No. 42 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. He is coming off an impressive 2019 season with the AJGA that included two victories and Rolex Junior All-American honors.
Calynne Rosholt of Cave Creek, Arizona, was five-strokes off the lead after the first round of the PING Junior Masters Series Thunderbird Invitational. However, she came back strong in the final round. She birdies four of her last five holes on the front nine and birdied two holes on the back nine to shoot the lowest round of the day in the Girls Division and win by two strokes. Her final-round, 4-under-par 68 brought her to a tournament total of 1-under-par 143. Rosholt is a verbal commit to Arizona State University and has two AJGA wins. She is also a two-time Rolex Junior All-American.
Preston Summerhays of Scottsdale, Arizona, carded a first-round, 3-under-par 69 in the Boys Division of the PING Junior Masters Series Thunderbird Invitational to sit one off the lead. He would shoot an impressive 7-under-par 65 in the final round to get to 10-under-par 134 for the tournament and win by two. Summerhays is also a verbal commit to Arizona State University and is No. 9 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. This is his second PING Junior Masters Series win this year and he was also a member of the 2019 United States Junior Presidents Cup Team.