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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

Hailey Jones of Dallas, has four career wins during her four-year AJGA career. Ranked No. 15 in the AJGA Rankings, Jones earned her most recent win at the 2017 Under Armour® / Hunter Mahan Championship.

Khavish Varadan of Wesley Chapel, Florida, is in his second year with the AJGA. The 16-year-old has finished top-10 in more than 50 percent of his national tournaments.

Kaiwen Liu of San Diego, boasted a 3-1-0 record as a member of the 2016 Wyndham Cup West team. The 17-year-old has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his golf career with the University of California, Berkeley. The three-time Rolex Junior All-American won his first AJGA event at the 2014 Junior All-Star at Cypress Ridge. Liu is No. 7 in the AJGA Rankings. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T4 Thunderbird International Junior 66 68 72 206 T22 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 75 73 70 218 4 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 68 68 70 206 T3 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 69 73 142 T33 The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf 72 76 74 222 T7 2016 IMG Academy Junior World Championship 73 73 71 72 289 3 Rolex Tournament of Champions 73 69 71 70 283 T20 2016 Western Junior Championship 70 70 77 74 291

Canon Claycomb of Bowling Green, Kentucky, is No. 17 in the AJGA Rankings. The 15-year-old was a member of the ACDS Junior All-Star team in 2015 and 2016. During his three years with the AJGA, Claycomb has collected 10 top-five finishes. He was named an honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American in 2015. Claycomb will participate in his first Wyndham Cup as a member of the East Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T38 Haas Family Invitational presented by BB&T 73 73 72 72 290 3 Thunderbird International Junior 72 64 69 205 4 2017 Scott Robertson Memorial 71 71 34 176 T2 AJGA Junior All-Star presented by Greg Norman Champions Golf Academy 69 72 71 212 T13 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 72 68 73 213 T6 2016 Jones Cup Junior Invitational 72 71 74 217 3 AJGA Junior at Owensboro 72 68 70 210 2 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational 71 68 71 210

Won Jun Lee of Wesley Chapel, Florida, will compete in his final Wyndham Cup. The University of South Florida commit is No. 10 in the AJGA Rankings with one title at the 2014 Coca-Cola Junior All-Star at Sugarloaf. The two-time Rolex Junior All-American finished in the top 10 in all three of his 2017 AJGA tournaments. In his AJGA career, Lee has finished in the top-20 on 31 occasions. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T4 Thunderbird International Junior 71 70 65 206 T13 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 74 70 72 216 T7 TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook hosted by Justin Rose 73 74 74 147 T8 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 71 67 72 210 T30 2016 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship 75 68 75 78 296 T5 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 71 76 147 T5 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 66 74 140

Travis Vick of Houston, was named to the 2016 Rolex Junior All-America second team for the first time in his career. The 17-year-old is No. 15 in AJGA Rankings.

Lucy Li of Redwood Shores, California, is No. 2 in the AJGA Rankings. The 14-year-old has finished in the top-20 in all but one of her tournaments in her time with the AJGA. Notable career highlights include a spot on the 2016 Junior Ryder Cup U.S. team, a title at the 2016 Junior PGA Championship and her first AJGA win at the 2017 ANA Junior Inspiration. In 2014, a then-11-year-old Li became the youngest player to ever qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open. Li is making her Wyndham Cup debut. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T4 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 71 72 70 71 284 1 ANA Junior Inspiration 72 69 72 213 T22 ANNIKA Invitational 72 75 73 220 2 The PING Invitational 69 69 74 212 1 2016 Junior PGA Championship 66 71 69 206 T9 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 73 77 150 14 Yani Tseng Invitational presented by the Swinging Skirts 74 74 72 220

Turner Hosch of Dallas, TX won his first AJGA event at the 2017 Bishops Gate Golf Academy Junior at Horseshoe Bay. The 16-year-old has competed in AJGA events since 2014. He has verbally committed to the University of Oklahoma.

Nicole Whiston of San Diego, won her first event at the 2017 PING Heather Farr Classic recording a 11-under-par 205. Whiston climbed her way to No. 17 in the AJGA Rankings by only finishing outside of the top-20 on two occasions in her three-year AJGA career.