Vilips is No. 12 in the Polo Golf Rankings. He picked up his third AJGA win in June at the KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational. His first two wins were at the 2015 AJGA Junior at Forest Lake presented by Tom Holzer Ford and the 2015 AJGA/CJGA Junior Championship. The Saddlebrook Preparatory freshman has also notched a T3 finish at the Haas Family Invitational and a T8 finish at the Sergio Garcia Foundation Junior Championship. At the age of 14, Vilips is the youngest boy on either team this year.
| Rank | Event | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| MC | 2016 Rolex Tournament of Champions | 75 | 75 | 78 | ||
| 1 | 2016 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational | 72 | 70 | 68 | 210 | |
| T3 | 2016 Haas Family Invitational | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 280 |
| T8 | 2016 Sergio Garcia Foundation Junior Championship | 74 | 70 | 144 | ||
| T43 | 2016 TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook hosted by Justin Rose | 73 | 77 | 83 | 233 | |
| 1 | 2015 AJGA / CJGA Junior Championship | 71 | 75 | 68 | 214 | |
| 1 | 2015 AJGA Junior at Forest Lake presented by Tom Holzer Ford | 68 | 69 | 69 | 206 |