The 2023 Lanto Junior Championship will be held in Blacksburg, Virginia. The tournament will begin on June 5 and conclude on June 8. The tournament format will be 54 holes of stroke-play. This year's tournament marks the third consecutive year that Blacksburg Country Club has hosted the event.
About the Field
- Six college commitments
- 14 AJGA champions
- 29 Virginia natives
- 69 players in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
Players to watch
- Irene Kim of Woodstock, Maryland (2026)
- No. 31 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
- Member of the 2022 Junior All-Star Team
- Champion, 2022 AJGA Junior All-Star at York
- Runner-up, 2022 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship by SK Telecom
- Nicole Iniakov of Prunedale, California (2024)
- No. 142 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
- T4, 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Junior Championship
- Runner-up, 2022 Mizuno Junior at Big Sky
- T2, 2022 AJGA Shreveport Junior
- Jake Albert of Blacksburg, Virginia (2025)
- No. 123 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings
- T3, 2023 Will Lowery Junior Championship
- 3rd, 2022 Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior presented by Encova Insurance
- Fourth AJGA event of 2023
- Ashton Harper of Roanoke, Virginia (2023)
- Signed National Letter of Intent with Virginia Tech
- T10, 2022 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship by SK Telecom
- T10, 2022 Justin Thomas Junior Championship
- T8, 2022 The Lanto Junior Championship
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