Pool Play at the Polo Golf Junior Classic

Jersey City, NJ – The first two rounds of pool play at the 42^nd Polo Golf Junior Classic are in the books. The 64 player field this year is headlined by 42 past AJGA champions and 35 Rolex Junior All-Americans. The 32 boys and 32 girls are competing in the only match play format event on the AJGA schedule. 13 boys and eight of the girls are ranked within the top-25 of the Rolex AJGA Rankings.

16 juniors, six in the Polo Division and 11 in the Liberty Division, went undefeated through two matches.

• Ben James of Milford, Connecticut
• Jack Turner of Orlando, Florida
• Mahanth Chirravuri of Chandler, Arizona
• Matthew Doyle of Madison, Connecticut
• Maxwell Ford of Peachtree Corners, Georgia
• Nicholas Dunlap of Huntsville, Alabama
• Brooke Biermann of Wildwood, Missouri
• Catherine Park of Irvine, California
• Jaclyn LaHa of Pleasanton, California
• Katie Li of Basking Ridge, New Jersey
• Kendall Todd of Goodyear, Arizona
• Kiara Romero of San Jose, California
• Kylee Choi of Murrieta, California
• Madison Hewlett of Oldsmar, Florida
• Megha Ganne of Holmdel, New Jersey
• Sophie Zhang-Murphy of Saratoga, California
• Xin (Cindy) Kou of Valencia, California

Highlights of the day included Mahanth Chirravuri with a 4 & 2 victory over New York native Luke Sample. Chirravuri and Sample were back and forth down the front nine. Chirravuri birdied the Par 5 No. 9 to move to 2-up and continued his hot streak moving to 3-up on hole No. 12 and 4-up until the match ended on hole No. 16. Chirravurri is currently No. 47 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and is looking for his first AJGA Invitational title.

In pool A Megha Ganne and Jaclyn LaHa both went 2-0 on the day setting up a winner takes all match tomorrow.

Ganne, the No. 2 player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings, faced Ava Merrill of Johns Creek, Georgia, and Jacqueline Nguyen of Houston, Texas. Ganne went 5 & 4 over Merrill in the afternoon and 4 & 3 over Nguyen in the morning. Ganne who recently earned low medalist honors at the U.S. Women’s Open is looking for her first AJGA invitational title this week.

Jack Turner out of pool G beat No. 15 in the Rolex Rankings Wells Williams of West Point, Mississippi, to kick-start his day. He won the match one-up on hole No. 18. He continued the hot play into the afternoon beating Bryan Lee of Fairfax, Virginia, 6 & 4. Turner got the 1-up lead on hole No. 2 and continued building on his lead until he closed out on hole No. 14 with a birdie.

The top-three boys in the Polo Division, James, Ford and Dunlap, swept their first two matches at #PoloGolfJC.

James, the 2021 Team TaylorMade Invitational Champion, went 2 & 1 over both Allan Kournikova of Palm Beach, Florida, and Sebastian Moss of Houston, Texas.

Ford, the Wyndham Invitational presented by Truist champion, went 5 & 4 over Andrew Spaulding of Spring, Texas, and 3 & 1 over fellow Georgian Will Morlan.

Dunlap had two dominant performances. His morning ended early with a 5 & 4 victory over Reed Greseryman of Boca Raton, Florida, as did his afternoon going 6 & 4 over Deven Patel of Johns Creek, Georgia.

Matches to watch tomorrow include:

Polo Division

James versus Zach Herffernan of Boerne, Texas at 7:00 a.m. ET

Dunlap versus Solomon Petrie of Akron, Ohio at 7:32 a.m. ET

Liberty Division

Ganne versus LaHa at 9:10 a.m. ET. Both 2-0

Kou versus Park at 9:26 a.m. ET

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About Liberty National Golf Club

Liberty National Golf Club located on the banks of the Hudson River in New Jersey opened in 2006. The course designed by Bob Cupp and World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Kite has played host to many PGA TOUR events over the years including The Barclays, The Northern Trust and the 2017 Presidents Cup. The views from the course are often referred to as the “best skyline in sports” with views of lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.

About Polo Ralph Lauren

Polo Ralph Lauren, a premium lifestyle brand, has been a partner for more than three decades. Since 1995, Polo Ralph Lauren has supported junior golfers who become the next generation of college graduates and business leaders. Every week through AJGA social and digital content, Polo Ralph Lauren celebrates the top performances of AJGA members worldwide, through Polo Ralph Lauren #InspiredPerformances . Polo Ralph Lauren has hosted the Polo Golf Junior Classic, an Invitational dating back to 1978 and one of the longest-running events in AJGA history.