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

Travis Vick of Houston, Texas, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Alexander Yang of Carlsbad, California, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Sadie Englemann of Austin, Texas, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Rachel Heck of Memphis, Tennessee Class of 2020 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 4 Heck is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American and has two wins in 2018. Her two wins came at the Polo Golf Junior Classic and the Kathy Whitworth Invitational. She was a member of the Wyndham Cup East Team three years in a row from 2016 to 2018 and was named the ALL-USA Today Girls’ Golfer of the Year in 2017 and 2018. The high school junior is currently No. 4 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and a verbal commit to Stanford University. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total DQ0 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship 69 0 1 Polo Golf Junior Classic 71 71 70 68 280 T5 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 74 70 76 73 293 T2 Thunderbird International Junior 73 68 71 212 5 ANA Junior Inspiration 68 72 75 215 1 2018 Kathy Whitworth Invitational 70 71 141 T15 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex 79 73 72 224 5 Rolex Tournament of Champions 79 70 70 70 289

Lucy Li of Redwood Shores, California Class of 2020 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 2 Li earned first team Rolex Junior All-America honors for a second consecutive year thanks to six top-10 national junior golf finishes in the 2018 season. The high school junior opened the year with a win at the 2017 Rolex Tournament of Champions, finished second at the January ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex, third in the Polo Golf Junior Classic and was a semifinalist at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. She finished the season No. 2 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and was the first 15-year-old named to the victorious United States Curtis Cup team since Lexi Thompson in 2010. She was also strong in the 2018 Wyndham Cup as a member of the victorious West Team with a perfect 4-0-0 match play record. Li competed in the U.S. Women’s Open for a second time, again as the youngest competitor, and competed with Noh on the winning U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T3 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 62 69 131 T6 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship 66 69 69 71 275 3 Polo Golf Junior Classic 68 75 70 69 282 8 ANA Junior Inspiration 70 73 75 218 2 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex 74 70 72 216 1 Rolex Tournament of Champions 71 62 73 69 275

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

Ricky Castillo of Yorba Linda, California Class of 2019 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 3 The three-time Rolex Junior All-American won the 2018 PING Heather Farr Classic and made the round of 16 at the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. The University of Florida verbal commit finished the season ranked No. 3 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings, and he was a member of two Wyndham Cup West Teams in 2016 and 2017. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 4 The PING Invitational 71 71 76 218 T11 The Junior PLAYERS Championship 75 72 69 216 T23 2018 Boys Junior PGA Championship 72 72 70 76 290 T9 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 67 68 135 T10 Thunderbird International Junior 68 75 69 212 T3 2018 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 72 70 76 218 1 PING Heather Farr Classic 64 69 68 201 3 Rolex Tournament of Champions 72 65 66 77 280

Lei (Angelina) Yi of (China) Bradenton, Florida, 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