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Shiryu (Leo) Oyo of (Japan) San Diego, California, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Canon Claycomb of Bowling Green, Kentucky Class of 2020 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 8 Claycomb finished tied for third at the 2018 Boys Junior PGA Championship, and he also qualified for match play at the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. The University of Alabama verbal commit ended the season No. 8 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and played for a second time on the Wyndham Cup East team, with a match play record of 2-1-1. Claycomb was also named to the 2018 ALL-USA Today Boys Golf Second Team. The high school junior is a three-time Rolex Junior All-American, on the first team for the second-consecutive year. He also helped organize the Mason Cup in 2018, which benefited the AJGA's ACE Grant program and the Mason Goodnight Foundation. Twenty of Claycomb's friends - who happen to be some of the top junior golfers in the country - came together to raise more than $40,000 in honor of Mason, a family friend who suddenly passed away at age 10. Other sponsors of the event got invovled as well to help the Mason Cup supply the Foundation with proceeds to help other children in the Bowling Green area. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 11 The PING Invitational 72 78 72 222 T31 The Junior PLAYERS Championship 75 76 71 222 T3 2018 Boys Junior PGA Championship 70 74 69 67 280 T33 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 73 69 142 4 Polo Golf Junior Classic 71 70 73 70 284 T28 Thunderbird International Junior 75 72 73 220 T28 2018 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 71 80 77 228 T20 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 71 72 75 218 T14 2017 Jones Cup Junior Invitational 72 71 74 217 2 Rolex Tournament of Champions 75 69 64 71 279

James Song of (Canada) Rancho Santa Fe, California, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Michaela Morard of Huntsville, Alabama, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Yealimi Noh of Concord, California, was named Rolex Junior Player of the Year after an outstanding 2018 season.

Alexa Pano of Lake Worth, Florida, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Erica Shepherd of Greenwood, Indiana Class of 2019 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 9 Shepherd had four top-10 finishes in 2018 and is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American. The high school senior finished second at the Polo Golf Junior Classic to go along with a tie for runner-up at The PING Invitational. Shepherd ended the season No. 9 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and is a Duke University verbal commit. Shepherd finished 2-1-1 as a member of the Wyndham Cup East Team and 2-1-0 as a member of victorious Team USA at the Junior Ryder Cup. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T2 The PING Invitational 70 77 75 222 T17 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 70 69 139 5 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship 65 67 72 69 273 2 Polo Golf Junior Classic 72 68 70 71 281 T15 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 73 73 75 78 299 26 Thunderbird International Junior 80 71 76 227 T6 ANA Junior Inspiration 70 75 72 217

Yujeong Son of (South Korea) Norman, Oklahoma Class of 2019 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 5 Son won her third career AJGA Invitational at the 2018 Rolex Girls Junior Championship in June. Her national junior golf season included six top-10 finishes, including advancing to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship. Son ended the season No. 5 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and played for a second time on the victorious Wyndham Cup West Team with a match play record of 3-1-0. The high school senior is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American, on the first team for a third time in her career. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T9 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 71 68 139 T6 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship 70 69 70 66 275 1 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 69 70 72 73 284 T1 2018 Scott Robertson Memorial 33 71 104 3 ANA Junior Inspiration 70 68 73 211 2 2018 Kathy Whitworth Invitational 69 73 142 T42 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex 72 76 84 232

Lei (Angelina) Yi of (China) Bradenton, Florida, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Anne Chen of (Australia) Sugar Land, Texas, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.