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Eugene Hong of Orlando, is one of four 2017 Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award recipients. The University of Florida verbal commit is No. 12 in the AJGA Rankings. He has won four AJGA titles in a three-year span. The two-time Rolex Junior All-American will compete on the East Team for a third consecutive year. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 2 Haas Family Invitational presented by BB&T 69 64 71 70 274 10 Thunderbird International Junior 67 73 71 211 T13 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 72 71 73 216 T14 TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook hosted by Justin Rose 73 80 70 153 T32 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 68 73 76 217 T17 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 69 70 139 T27 The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf 78 68 75 221 T6 2016 Junior PGA Championship 69 72 68 70 279 T3 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 71 68 139 T9 Rolex Tournament of Champions 69 73 75 71 288

Khavish Varadan of Wesley Chapel, Florida, is in his second year with the AJGA. The 16-year-old has finished top-10 in more than 50 percent of his national tournaments.

Rachel Heck of Memphis, Tennessee, has not finished outside of the top seven in a tournament since June of 2016. The 15-year-old is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American and member of the 2016 ACDS Junior All-Star Team. The Stanford University verbal commit is No. 3 in the AJGA Rankings, and has earned three tournament titles including the 2017 Rolex Girls Junior Championship, 2015 AJGA Huntsville Junior and the 2016 Bubba Conlee National Junior. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 67 69 72 70 278 2 Thunderbird International Junior 68 73 69 210 T2 ANA Junior Inspiration 73 75 69 217 T4 2017 Kathy Whitworth Invitational 73 72 145 T5 ANNIKA Invitational 69 70 75 214 T3 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 77 69 146 T7 The PING Invitational 73 69 78 220 T2 AJGA Girls Championship 70 72 69 211 1 2016 Bubba Conlee National Junior 66 71 35 172 T3 Rolex Tournament of Champions 74 74 69 72 289 18 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational 75 78 80 233

Canon Claycomb of Bowling Green, Kentucky, is No. 17 in the AJGA Rankings. The 15-year-old was a member of the ACDS Junior All-Star team in 2015 and 2016. During his three years with the AJGA, Claycomb has collected 10 top-five finishes. He was named an honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American in 2015. Claycomb will participate in his first Wyndham Cup as a member of the East Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T38 Haas Family Invitational presented by BB&T 73 73 72 72 290 3 Thunderbird International Junior 72 64 69 205 4 2017 Scott Robertson Memorial 71 71 34 176 T2 AJGA Junior All-Star presented by Greg Norman Champions Golf Academy 69 72 71 212 T13 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 72 68 73 213 T6 2016 Jones Cup Junior Invitational 72 71 74 217 3 AJGA Junior at Owensboro 72 68 70 210 2 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational 71 68 71 210

Wocheng (Aden) Ye of Lake Mary, Florida, started his 2017 AJGA season with a victory at the Foley Performance Academy @ EaglesDream Junior Championship, where he is also a student. He will be playing for the East Team at the Wyndham Cup.

Aubree Jones of Covington, Tennessee, has competed with the AJGA since 2012. The 18-year-old has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete at Mississippi State University in the fall.

Ricky Castillo of Yorba Linda, California, will represent the West Team at the Wyndham Cup for the second year. The 16-year-old has competed with the AJGA for five years, garnering 14 top-20 finishes. Included in those finishes are two tournament titles: the 2015 BBCN Bank Junior All-Star and the 2016 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic hosted by Longbow Golf Club. The University of Florida verbal commit is No. 19 in the AJGA Rankings. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T15 Thunderbird International Junior 69 74 70 213 T36 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 75 75 72 222 T35 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 69 77 72 218 T9 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 74 72 146 3 The PING Invitational 72 73 70 215 T31 2016 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational 75 69 144 T22 The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf 72 73 74 219 2 Callaway Golf Junior Championship 63 74 72 209

Hailey Jones of Dallas, has four career wins during her four-year AJGA career. Ranked No. 15 in the AJGA Rankings, Jones earned her most recent win at the 2017 Under Armour® / Hunter Mahan Championship.

Nicole Whiston of San Diego, won her first event at the 2017 PING Heather Farr Classic recording a 11-under-par 205. Whiston climbed her way to No. 17 in the AJGA Rankings by only finishing outside of the top-20 on two occasions in her three-year AJGA career.

Ten new champions were crowned over the past week.