LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (April 26, 2022) - The United States Golf Association announced on Tuesday that the Atlanta Athletic Club, in Johns Creek, Ga., will be the host site for the 2025 U.S. Girls’ Junior, 2030 U.S. Amateur and 2035 U.S. Women’s Amateur championships. The club has previously hosted six USGA championships. “We are thrilled to return to Atlanta Athletic Club to … [Read more...]
Knapp, Chung win Augusta National Drive, Chip and Putt championships
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Young golfers across the country came together to compete and show off their talents in the Drive, Chip and Putt Finals at the Augusta National over the weekend. Two junior golfers from Georgia did not hold anything back on the golf course. Suwanee native Kylie Chung won the girls' ages 10-11 event and Hudson Knapp, of Marietta, triumphed in the boys' … [Read more...]
AJGA Announces Rolex Junior Players of the Year
BRASELTON, Ga. – Nicholas Dunlap of Huntsville, Alabama, was named the top male junior golfer in the world with the American Junior Golf Association’s Rolex Junior Player of the Year award. Megha Ganne of Holmdel, New Jersey, earned the top honor in the Girls Division and joins Dunlap on a historical list of Rolex Junior Players of the Year: Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Tiger … [Read more...]
AJGA Results: Vo, Lim win first Invitationals
GREENSBORO, Ga. – Keaton Vo of Austin, captured his second title of the year at the AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee after carding a tournament-total of 13-under-par 203. In the Girls Division, Lynn Lim of Gallatin, Tennessee, secured her first victory with a tournament total of 7-under-par 209. Lim now has 13 top-10 finishes in national junior golf … [Read more...]
Kou Wins Eighth Title at AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational
GREENSBORO, Ga. – Xin (Cindy) Kou (China) of Windermere, Florida, captured her eighth title at the AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee after carding a low-final round of 65. She finished the weekend with a tournament total of 9-under-par 207 with a three-stroke advantage against the field. In the Boys Division, Luke Potter of Encinitas, California, … [Read more...]
Final Results of Georgia PGA Junior Championship – The Club at Savannah Harbor
ROSWELL, GA. (June 12, 2018) – Jenny Bae of Lawrencville won the girls division and Jason Quinlan of Cumming and Eli Scott of Hartwell shared the boys division in the 2018 Georgia Junior PGA Championship held on Monday-Tuesday, June 11-12 at The Club at Savannah Harbor in Savannah. After a lengthy weather delay during round 2, Quinlan and Scot were knotted at 6-under par 138 … [Read more...]
Kramer, Schofill Claim Titles at Coosa Country Club
Rome, Ga. – Aidan Kramer of Oviedo, Florida, earned his first AJGA win on Sunday with a 7-under-par 206 at the Rome Junior Classic presented by State Mutual Insurance Company. Megan Schofill of Monticello, Florida, topped the Girls Division with a 7-under-par 206 for her second AJGA win and first since the 2017 E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship. Kramer, a sophomore, carded a … [Read more...]
Strong Awarded Digger Smith Award
BRASELTON, Georgia - The American Junior Golf Association named Chuck Strong, Tournament Chair of the Callaway Golf / Ollie Schniederjans Junior Classic, as the recipient of the 2018 J.R. “Digger” Smith Award, which honors longtime service and dedication to junior golf. Presented annually since 1991, the J.R. “Digger” Smith Award is given to a supporter who is devoted to the … [Read more...]
Ollie Schniederjans Hosts His First AJGA Event
Ollie Schniederjans, Atlanta native and PGA TOUR professional, is hosting his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) event, the Callaway Golf / Ollie Schniederjans Junior Classic, April 27 - 29, 2018 at The Country Club of the South in Johns Creek, Georgia. Before playing college golf at Georgia Tech, Schniederjans was a two-time Rolex Junior All-American and AJGA … [Read more...]