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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

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

Cameron Sisk of El Cajon, California, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Michael Thorbjornsen of Wellesley, Massachusetts, earns first team distinctions as one of the top 12 junior golfers in 2018.

Karl Vilips of (Australia) Wesley Chapel, Florida Class of 2020 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 4 The three-time Rolex Junior All-American had five top-six national junior golf finishes in the 2018 season, including his fifth career AJGA victory at the Wyndham Invitational presented by BB&T. The Stanford verbal commit ended the season No. 3 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and recently won an individual gold medal for Australia at the Youth Olympics in Argentina. Vilips also made the 2018 Transamerica Scholastic Honor Roll and was a three-time Wyndham Cup East Team member. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 6 The Junior PLAYERS Championship 71 73 68 212 T17 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 66 69 135 12 Polo Golf Junior Classic 70 69 74 75 288 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

Karl Vilips of (Australia) Wesley Chapel, Florida, brought home a gold medal at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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