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Erica Shepherd of Greenwood, Indiana Class of 2019 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 9 Shepherd had four top-10 finishes in 2018 and is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American. The high school senior finished second at the Polo Golf Junior Classic to go along with a tie for runner-up at The PING Invitational. Shepherd ended the season No. 9 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and is a Duke University verbal commit. Shepherd finished 2-1-1 as a member of the Wyndham Cup East Team and 2-1-0 as a member of victorious Team USA at the Junior Ryder Cup. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T2 The PING Invitational 70 77 75 222 T17 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 70 69 139 5 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship 65 67 72 69 273 2 Polo Golf Junior Classic 72 68 70 71 281 T15 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 73 73 75 78 299 26 Thunderbird International Junior 80 71 76 227 T6 ANA Junior Inspiration 70 75 72 217

Yujeong Son of (South Korea) Norman, Oklahoma Class of 2019 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 5 Son won her third career AJGA Invitational at the 2018 Rolex Girls Junior Championship in June. Her national junior golf season included six top-10 finishes, including advancing to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship. Son ended the season No. 5 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and played for a second time on the victorious Wyndham Cup West Team with a match play record of 3-1-0. The high school senior is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American, on the first team for a third time in her career. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T9 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 71 68 139 T6 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship 70 69 70 66 275 1 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 69 70 72 73 284 T1 2018 Scott Robertson Memorial 33 71 104 3 ANA Junior Inspiration 70 68 73 211 2 2018 Kathy Whitworth Invitational 69 73 142 T42 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex 72 76 84 232

The 37th distinct male Rolex Junior Player of the Year in the AJGA’s 40-year history, Bhatia had a standout season in 2018.

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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At the AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee Xin (Cindy) Kou of (China) Windermere, Florida, shot 9-under-par 207 to earn her eighth AJGA tournament title.

In the Boys Division, six AJGA members finished inside the top-10, including gold-medalist Karl Vilips of (Australia) Wesley Chapel, Florida.

Michael Thorbjornsen of Wellesley, Massachusetts, rallied in a sudden-death playoff to notch his first-career AJGA championship at The PING Invitational.

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