Carlton Woods hosts 15th anniversary of AJGA Simplify Boys Championship

The AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods returns to The Woodlands, Texas, on February 16 - 19, 2024. The Club at Carlton Woods - Fazio Championship Course has hosted the event since 2009.

The event is continually recognized as one of the strongest all-boys junior golf events in the world, with no exception to the 2024 field. The competition will feature a 54-hole stroke play event with 72 of the top-ranked juniors in the world.

About the Field

• 18 of the top 20 players in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
• The 2023 Rolex Junior Player of the Year is in the field
• 52 AJGA champions
• 42 players committed to play college golf (22 National Letters of Intent)
• 35 Rolex Junior All-Americans
• Three-time tournament participants:
  
  • Henry Guan
  • Will Hartman
  • William Jennings
  • Byungho Lee
  • Daniel Zou

About the Course

• The Club at Carlton Woods boasts the distinction of being one of only two private clubs in the US with a Nicklaus/Fazio design combination. Jack Nicklaus designed the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course which opened in 2001 and Tom Fazio the Tom Fazio Championship Course in 2005.

AJGA Champion Highlights
Of the 52 players who’ve won an AJGA event, a few highlights:

• Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, enters the week as the top-ranked player in the field. The reigning 2023 Rolex Junior Player of the Year is making his debut at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods. At 15 years old, Russell became the youngest Rolex Junior Player of the Year and had four wins in eight national junior golf events, including his first Invitational at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by Rolex.
  

  Miles Russell becomes the youngest champion in #JrPLAYERS history at 14 years-old.
  
  He finishes at 9-under-par 207 @TPCSawgrass. pic.twitter.com/3L9I5HCyzB

  — AJGA (@AJGAGolf) September 3, 2023

• Billy Davis of Spring Valley, California, is the No. 2 ranked player in the field. He is competing in the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods for the second time. Davis was a 2023 First Team Rolex Junior All-American and will play college golf at Auburn University. Davis also won the 2023 Mayakoba Invitational and finished in the top 10 at the Rolex Tournament of Champions.
  

  Your inaugural #MayakobaInv Champion - Billy Davis!
  
  Davis (-7) secured the win in a two-hole playoff. pic.twitter.com/o89PZJqEdf

  — AJGA (@AJGAGolf) April 23, 2023

• Jay Leng Jr of San Diego, California, is the No. 3 player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. Leng is signed to play college golf at Stanford University and is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American. He returns to the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods for the second time, with a T9 finish in 2023. Leng is also a two-time Invitational champion with wins at the 2023 Polo Golf Junior Classic and 2022 PING Invitational.

Tournament History
The AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods has occurred annually since 1987, with the last 16 tournaments being played at Carlton Woods.

Noteworthy past champions include:

• Jim Furyk (1987)
• David Duval (1989)
• Tiger Woods (1992)
• Kyle Stanley (2005)
• Rickie Fowler (2006)
• Jordan Spieth (2011)
• Doug Ghim (2014)
• Jackson Van Paris (2019, 2021) *Van Paris is the only repeat champion in the event

18 of the Top 20 Players in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
1. Miles Russell
2. Billy Davis
3. Jay Leng Jr
4. Wheaton Ennis
5. Phillip Dunham
6. Tyler Watts
7. Blades Brown
8. Will Hartman
10. Henry Guan
11. William Jennings
13. Joshua Kim
14. Byungho Lee
15. Boyi (Barry) Zhang
16. Michael Riebe
17. Charlie Wylie
18. Ethan Paschal
20. Gerardo Gomez

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