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Akshay Bahtia of Wake Forest, North Carolina, bested a competitive tournament field at the Polo Golf Junior Classic to earn his fifth AJGA tournament title by a convincing 10 strokes.

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Cindy Kou of (China) Windermere, Florida, is playing in her first Wyndham Cup competing for the East Team.

Christine Wang of Houston Texas, is playing in her first Wyndham Cup and will be playing for the West Team.

Tommy Stephenson of Carlsbad, California, prevailed in a sudden-death playoff over Junyi Tang, Gavin Aurilia, and Gian-Luca Martinez to win his first AJGA title at 1-over-par 217.

Ryan Hall of Knoxville, Tennessee, is playing in his first Wyndham Cup competing for the East Team.

Karl Vilips of (Australia) Wesley Chapel, Florida, is playing in his third Wyndham Cup. He qualified into the event for the East Team after a string of impressive finishes. He won the Polo Golf Junior Classic in 2017 and won the Wyndham Invitational presented by BB&T in 2018. He also had top finishes at the Western Junior Championship and the Thunderbird International Junior. Vilips is verbally committed to Stanford and is currently No. 1 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 2 2018 Western Junior Championship 66 68 134 1 Wyndham Invitational presented by BB&T 67 68 62 73 270 3 Thunderbird International Junior 71 68 67 206 T37 2018 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 77 80 77 234 2 Bishops Gate Golf Academy Boys Junior Championship 73 70 72 215 T20 Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship presented by Callaway Golf 78 71 76 225 T7 2017 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship 71 70 69 69 279 T29 The PING Invitational 76 74 78 228 T8 The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf 73 73 69 215 1 Polo Golf Junior Classic 68 67 72 73 280

Caroline Curtis of Richmond, Virginia, will be making her Wyndham Cup debut competing for the East Team.

Sophie Guo of (Chine) Orlando, Florida, will be making her Wyndham Cup debut competing for the East Team.

Michaela Morard of Huntsville, Alabama, will be making her Wyndham Cup debut competing for the East Team.