The Lanto Junior Championship
Qualifier Tournament Event Info Event Schedule Field Leaderboard
Past Champions
Past Champions
Boys Champions
Jake Albert
2025
Blacksburg, Va.
69-63-63—195 (-21)
Jake Albert
2024
Blacksburg, Va.
65-67-66—198 (-18)***
Nick Piesen
2023
Strongsville, Ohio
72-67-70—209 (-7)
Rylan Shim
2022
Centreville, Va.
70-67-73—210 (-6)
Matthew Monastero*
2021
Leesburg, Va.
69-69-71—209 (-7)
Girls Champions
Kathryn Ha †††
2025
Roanoke, Va.
69-71-71—211 (-5)
Emerson B. Dever
2024
Durham, N.C.
70-71-72—213 (-3)
Irene Kim**
2023
Woodstock, Md.
71-73-71—215 (-1)
Sydney Hackett
2022
Ashburn, Va.
70-70-71—211 (-5)
Lucy Yuan
2021
(Canada) San Diego, Calif.
69-72-68—209 (-7)
Tournament History
Tournament History
Tournament History
2021-2025
The Lanto Junior Championship
Blacksburg Country Club
Blacksburg, Va.
Tournament Records
Tournament Records
Boys Records
Low Round Score
2025
David Kim
62 (-10)††
Low 36-Hole Score
2025
Jake Albert
69-63—132 (-12)

2024
Jake Albert
65-67—132 (-12)
Low 54-Hole Score
2025
Jake Albert
69-63-63—195 (-21)
Girls Records
Low Round Score
2024
Macie Rasmussen
68 (-4)

2023
Keya Naik
Jennifer Osborne
68 (-4)

2021
Lucy Yuan
68 (-4)
Low 36-Hole Score
2022
Sydney Hackett
70-70—140 (-4)
Low 54-Hole Score
2021
Lucy Yuan
69-72-68—209 (-7)

Notes:

* Matthew Monastero defeated Colin Li (San Diego, Calif.) and Benjamin Newfield (Arlington, Va.) on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff in 2021.

** Irene Kim defeated Nicole Iniakov (Prunedale, Calif.) and Keya Naik (Ashburn, Va.) on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff in 2023.

*** As of June 6, 2024, Jake Albert's winning score of 198 (-18) ranked tied for 11th Lowest 54-Hole Score (to Par) in AJGA Boys Division history .

As of June 5, 2025, Jake Albert's winning score of 195 (-21) ranked 4th Lowest 54-Hole Score (to Par) in AJGA Boys Division history .

†† As of June 5, 2025, David Kim's final-round score of 62 (-10) ranked tied for 6th Lowest 18-Hole Score (to Par) in AJGA Boys Division history .

††† Kathryn Ha defeated Alisa Davidova (Roanoke, Va.) and Maria Isabella Errichetto (Southern Pines, N.C.) on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff in 2025.