The Woodlands, Texas - Mahanth Chirravuri of Chandler, Arizona, won the 2022 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods with a final score of 12-under-par 204. This is the first AJGA victory for the University of Southern California signee.
After holding the 36-hole lead, Chirravuri started his final round with a birdie on No. 1. He had a back-and-forth front nine, making the turn with three birdies and four bogeys. He then had four-consecutive pars before he started to heat up, finishing his final five holes with four birdies to card a 3-under-par 69.
The No. 57 player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings, Chirravuri hit key shots down the stretch to outlast Nicholas Gross of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, by one stroke.
Gross battled down the stretch, setting the pace for the leader group with four birdies on the back nine to challenge Chirravuri from the penultimate group. The difference came down to No. 18 where Gross finished with par at 11-under-par 205. Chirravuri stuck his second shot three feet from the hole and finished with birdie to seal the victory.
Rounding out the top ten, Jeremy Chen of Taipei City, Taiwan, finished in T3 in his AJGA Invitational debut with a score of 7-under-par 209. Eric Lee of Fullerton, California, notched his fourth AJGA Invitational top-10 finish sharing T3 with Chen.
From The Woodlands, Texas, Jack Usner finished at T5 with Bryan Kim of Brookeville, Maryland, Andrew McLauchlan of Neptune Beach, Florida, and Patton Samuels of Clarksville, Tennessee, at 6-under-par 210.
Matthew Comegys from Van Alstyne, Texas, ended the 54 holes in ninth at 5-under-par 211. PJ Maybank of Cheboygan, Michigan, and Bryan Lee of Fairfax, Virginia, finished T10 at 4-under-par 212.
The AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods is one of the longest-running events on the AJGA schedule. Originally played in 1987, the tournament settled at The Club at Carlton Woods in 2009. The event has a storied past with champions such as Jim Furyk, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth.