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Alexa Pano of Lake Worth, Florida, won her first AJGA event at the 2016 PDQ / Philadelphia Runner Junior. The 12-year-old is one of the youngest players to ever win an AJGA title.

Erica Shepherd of Greenwood, Indiana, is No. 11 in the AJGA Rankings and competing in her first Wyndham Cup. The Duke University verbal commit has two victories: the 2016 Justin Rose Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee and the 2016 AJGA Junior All-Star at The Virtues. Shepherd has amassed 13 top-10 finishes in her four-year AJGA career, including second at the 2017 Rolex Girls Junior Championship. The two-time Rolex Junior All-American was also named to the 2015 ACDS Junior All-Star Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 2 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 69 71 72 67 279 T5 Thunderbird International Junior 73 73 69 215 3 PING Heather Farr Classic 72 75 66 213 T12 ANA Junior Inspiration 76 74 72 222 T17 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 73 75 148 1 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational sponsored by NIKEGOLF 73 69 72 214 T12 AJGA Girls Championship 75 71 73 219 T18 2016 Junior PGA Championship 74 71 73 218 2 AJGA City of London Junior Championship 70 71 71 212 T17 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 73 74 147 10 Rolex Tournament of Champions 72 74 73 76 295

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

Ryan Grider of Lewisville, Texas, is No. 20 in the AJGA Rankings. The recent high school graduate earned two tournament titles in his six years as an AJGA junior and has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his career at Baylor University.

Yujeong Son of Norman, Oklahoma, is No. 7 in the AJGA Rankings. The 16-year-old won national junior golf titles at the 2014 Justin Rose Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee and most recently, the 2017 Kathy Whitworth Invitational. Son is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American and will compete at her first Wyndham Cup this year with the West Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T10 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 73 76 69 70 288 T20 ANA Junior Inspiration 77 78 71 226 1 2017 Kathy Whitworth Invitational 71 71 142 T9 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 74 73 147 14 The PING Invitational 70 77 78 225 T12 2016 Junior PGA Championship 74 71 71 216 T3 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 76 78 154 2 Yani Tseng Invitational presented by the Swinging Skirts 71 71 65 207

Rose Zhang of Irvine, California, is in her second AJGA season. The 14-year-old won tournament titles in 2016 at the AJGA / CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda and the AJGA Preview at River Ridge. She also finished in the top-five in all but two events in 2016. Zhang achieved 2016 honorable mention Rolex Junior All-America honors and started 2017 strong with a 2-under-par 214 finish, good for T5 at the ANNIKA Invitational in February. The No. 22 junior in the AJGA Rankings will compete in her first Wyndham Cup event. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 17 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 72 74 69 76 291 JWD0 PING Heather Farr Classic 77 0 T22 ANA Junior Inspiration 74 79 74 227 T5 ANNIKA Invitational 73 71 70 214 T5 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 70 73 143 20 The PING Invitational 73 77 80 230 T3 Callaway Golf Junior Championship 68 75 72 215 2 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship 75 72 71 218 1 AJGA / CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda 68 71 70 209

Ten new champions were crowned over the past week.

It's a tight race heading into the final round of the Rolex Girls Junior Championship. Who will lift the coveted trophy?

A defending champion on the move, PGA TOUR stat comparison and a leader in familiar territory.

Sedgefield Country Club set to host round two of the all-boys Invitational.