73rd U.S. Junior Amateur Home

Among the 264 golfers in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur field, there are:

Oldest Competitors: Jordan Gilkison (18, born 7-26-02), Mateo Fuenmayor (18, born 8-8-02), Cohen Trolio (18, born 8-8-02), Jayce Hargrove (18, born 8-9-02), Buck Brumlow (8-12-02), Jolo Timothy Magcalayo (18, born 8-18-02), Hayden Carner (18, born 8-20-02), Jay Nimmo (18, born 8-21-02), Zach Reuland (18, born 8-23-02), Robbie Higgins (18, born 8-27-02), Justin Ross (18, born 8-28-02), Marshall Meisel (18, born 9-4-02), Conor Gough (18, born 9-5-02), Myles Jones (18, born 9-5-02)

Youngest Competitors: Davis Wotnosky (12, born 1-3-09), Coltrane Mittag (13, born 9-7-07), Smith Summerlin (14, born 6-11-07), Matvey Golovanov (14, born 2-4-07), Mykhailo Golod (14, born 9-19-06), Adam Anderson (14, born 8-12-06), Andre Zhu (14, born 8-5-06), Alex Long (14, born 7-25-06), Levi Keith (15, born 7-21-06), Jason Shwartz (15, born 6-16-06)

Average Age of Field: 16.91

U.S. States Represented – There are 42 states represented in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur: California (26), Florida (19), Texas (19), North Carolina (15), Georgia (13), Massachusetts (8), South Carolina (8), New York (7), Ohio (7), Maryland (6), Michigan (6), Oklahoma (6), Pennsylvania (6), Alabama (5), Arizona (5), Colorado (5), Illinois (5), Kentucky (5), Minnesota (5), Virginia (5), Oregon (4), Utah (4), Arkansas (3), Connecticut (3), Hawaii (3), Indiana (3), Tennessee (3), Washington (3), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Jersey (2), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (2), Idaho (1), Louisiana (1), Mississippi (1), Nevada (1), North Dakota (1), South Dakota (1) and Wyoming (1)

International – There are 23 countries represented in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur: United States (229), Canada (7), Mexico (5), Chile (2), France (2), Scotland (2), Venezuela (2), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (1), People’s Republic of China (1), Chinese Taipei (1), Costa Rica (1), England (1), Finland (1), Germany (1), Netherlands (1), Philippines (1), Portugal (1), Russia (1), Singapore (1), Ukraine (1) and United Arab Emirates (1)

USGA Champions (1): Kiko Francisco Coelho (2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball)

Players in Field with Most U.S. Junior Amateur Appearances (2021 included): Kelly Chinn (3), Jolo Timothy Magcalayo (3)

Played in 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur (8): Kelly Chinn, Dean Greyserman, Aidan Gutierrez, Jolo Timothy Magcalayo, Jay Nimmo, Luke Potter, Gordon Sargent, Jackson Van Paris

Played in 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur (5): Kelly Chinn, Luke Clanton, Jonathan Griz, Benjamin James, Jolo Timothy Magcalayo

Played in 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur (1): Scotty Kennon

Played in 2020 U.S. Amateur (9): Jonas Baumgartner, Kelly Chinn, David Ford, Maxwell Ford, Benjamin James, Luke Potter, Gordon Sargent, Jackson Van Paris, Alexander Yang

Played in 2019 U.S. Amateur (6): Jay Brooks, Luke Clanton, Nick Dunlap, Maxwell Ford, Conor Gough, Cohen Trolio

Played in 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (7): Kelly Chinn, Curtis Da Silva, David Ford, Maxwell Ford, Kiko Francisco Coelho, Carter Loflin, Luke Potter

Played in 2021 U.S. Open Final Qualifying (9): Kelly Chinn, Jake Griffin, Benjamin James, Weston Jones, Luke Potter, Tyler Sabo, Cohen Trolio, Connor Williams, Gene Zeigler

Played in 2019 Walker Cup (1): Conor Gough (GB&I)

PLAYER NOTES:

Lucas Acevedo, 15, of Charleston, S.C., started playing golf two years ago after being nationally ranked as a top 100 tennis player in his age group. Acevedo, who adds soccer to his list of sports at Porter-Guad School, tied for second in this year’s SCISA Class 3A state championship. He was victorious in the 2020 Upstate Junior Classic and two Hurricane Junior Golf Tour events. Acevedo helped his school win the state independent school title in tennis as an eighth grader.

Jonas Baumgartner, 18, of Germany, is a rising sophomore at Oklahoma State University. He tied for 16th in helping the Cowboys capture the Big 12 Conference Championship and posted two top-10 finishes in 2021. Baumgartner, who competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, was the 2018 German U16 champion and won the 2019 South African Juniors International.

Evan Chien, 18, of Irvine, Calif., and his sister, Leigh, are the lone brother-sister tandem to play in the U.S. Junior Amateur and the U.S. Girls’ Junior, respectively, in 2021. Evan, who will attend UCLA in the fall, advanced to the Round of 16 in last month’s California State Amateur and tied for second in the Arizona Golf Association Championship in March. He was the 2019 Pacific Coast League Player of the Year at University High School and has nine top-10 career AJGA finishes.

Kelly Chinn, 18, of Great Falls, Va., reached match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes and was a semifinalist in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur. He and partner David Ford were stroke-play medalists and advanced to the quarterfinals of this year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. A past Class 6A state high school champion, Chinn will attend Duke University this fall. In 2021, he reached the Round of 16 in the North & South Amateur and tied for fifth in the Northeast Amateur. He made the Round of 32 and was medalist in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur. His father, Colin, is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who serves as joint staff surgeon at the Pentagon and is the chief medical advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Luke Clanton, 17, of Miami Lakes, Fla., reached match play in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur. In 2019, he was unable to advance in a stroke-play playoff in the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. Clanton, a rising senior at American Heritage High School, has won the Class 2A state title in two of the last three years. He has twice been chosen Broward County player of the year. In 2021, Clanton has three top-5 finishes, including a tie for second in the Dustin Johnson Junior Worlds. He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational Junior and posted three top-10s in 2020. 

John Daly II, 17, of Dardanelle, Ark., is the son of John Daly, who won the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 Open Championship at St. Andrews. Daly, who will attend the University of Arkansas in 2021-22, won the Sung Hyun Park Junior at Innisbrook Resort by six strokes on April 4. He was also sixth in the Junior Orange Bowl International and tied for sixth in the Dustin Johnson World Junior. Daly, who has 11 wins on the International Junior Golf Tour, teamed with his father to finish second in the 2018 PNC Father/Son Challenge.

Josh Duangmanee, 16, of Fairfax, Va., has posted four top-10 finishes in 2021, including a victory on the IMG Junior Golf Tour. He also won two events in 2019, including the TGA Maryland National Championship. He caddied for his brother, George, in the 2020 U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes. George is a rising sophomore at the University of Virginia. George advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and to the semifinals of last year’s Western Amateur. Their father, Thanakorn, played tennis at the University of South Alabama.

Nick Dunlap, 17, of Huntsville, Ala., advanced to the 2019 U.S. Amateur as a 15-year-old and will play again in 2021 as the medalist in this year’s Decatur, Ala., qualifier. Dunlap, who already has five career holes-in-one, won this year’s Dustin Johnson Junior World Championship by two strokes. He was second in the Pete Dye Invitational, tied for second in the Wyndham Invitational and tied for fifth in the Western Junior. He shot a 59 at the 4,864-yard Highland Golf Course, in Birmingham, at age 12. Dunlap has also been a national finalist in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition.

Alejandro Fierro, 16, of Mexico, has won four tournaments in 2021, two on the International Junior Golf Tour and two in his native country. Fierro, who attends Montverde Academy in Florida, is the brother of Isabella, who is a rising junior at Oklahoma State University. She earned All-Big 12 Conference honors in 2020-21 and has competed in seven USGA championships. Isabella advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur and reached the Round of 16 last year.

David Ford, 18, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., and his identical twin brother, Maxwell, are both in this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur field. David, who will enroll at the University of North Carolina in the fall, partnered with Kelly Chinn to earn stroke-play medalist honors and reach the quarterfinals of the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Chambers Bay in May. Ford won the 2020 Rolex Tournament of Champions and tied for ninth in the Jones Cup Invitational in February. He advanced to match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur.

Maxwell Ford, 18, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., and his identical twin brother, David, are both competing in the U.S. Junior Amateur for the first time. Maxwell, who will attend the University of Georgia in the fall, won the Wyndham Invitational by five strokes on June 18 with a final-round 66. He has posted five top-5 finishes this year, including a runner-up in the Terra Cotta Invitational and a tie for second in the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship. He has competed in two U.S. Amateurs (2019, 2020).

Holland Giles, 16, of Pinehurst, N.C., advanced to his first USGA championship by carding a 72 at Forest Creek Golf Club in a U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier on June 28. His father, Ron, is a teaching professional at Pinewild Country Club and his brother, Attie, is a rising senior on the golf team at East Carolina University. Giles and his teammate Jackson Van Paris helped Pinecrest High School win this year’s Class 4A state championship. Giles, a 2018 Drive, Chip & Putt national finalist, finished fourth in this summer’s Western Junior with a 54-hole score of 3-under 211.

Mykhailo Golod, 14, of Ukraine, is believed to be the first player from his country to play in a USGA championship. He has won three Ukrainian Junior Championships and was the runner-up in last year’s Ukrainian Amateur when he lost in a playoff to Ivan Malovychko. Golod studies mathematics at Kyiv International School and knows the geographical location of all 227 countries and territories in the world.

Conor Gough, 18, of England, was a member of the 2019 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team. He posted one win in singles and foursomes at Royal Liverpool. Gough, who reached match play in this year’s Amateur Championship at Nairn Golf Club, won the English Amateur and played in the U.S. Amateur in 2019. In 2018, he captured the R&A Boys Amateur at Royal Portrush and was a member of the winning GB&I Jacques Leglise Trophy team. He will attend Charlotte University in the fall, where his brother, John, is also a team member.

Dean Greyserman, 18, of Boca Raton, Fla., became the first junior player since 2013 to win the Florida Amateur last December. He carded a final-round 62 and then birdied the first playoff hole. In 2020, Greyserman was also the runner-up in the New Jersey State Amateur and reached the quarterfinals of the Met Amateur. He is the younger brother of Max, who has six top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour in the combined 2020-21 season and qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open. His parents were refugees from the Soviet Union. His father, Alex, is a hedge fund manager and math professor at Columbia University. His mother, Elaine, played tennis for Rutgers University. Dean also claimed the 2019 Florida Boys Junior by five strokes at Streamsong Resort’s Black Course.

Jonathan Griz, 17, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., is competing in his second U.S. Junior Amateur after reaching match play in 2018 at Baltusrol Golf Club. He became the youngest winner of the South Carolina Amateur last year when he shot a final-round 67 to win by three strokes. Griz was a Monday qualifier for the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship in March and earned co-medalist in the Buies Creek, N.C., qualifier for next month’s U.S. Amateur. He also finished third in the Azalea Invitational and tied for seventh in the Terra Cotta Invitational.

Aidan Gutierrez, 15, of Valparaiso, Ind., is playing in his second U.S. Junior Amateur and was the youngest player in the field when he made his first start in 2019. Gutierrez earned medalist honors in the South Bend, Ind., qualifier on June 18 when he shot 66 at The Warren Course at Notre Dame. Gutierrez, a rising sophomore at Valparaiso High, tied for eighth in the state high school championship in June. In 2020, he was the runner-up to Clay Stirsman in the Indiana Boys State Junior. He can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 40 seconds.

Luke Gutschewski, 18, of Elkhorn, Neb., won the Nebraska Junior Amateur and was the state’s junior golfer of the year in 2020. His father, Scott, played in the 2009 U.S. Open and won twice on the Nationwide Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour). Luke, who will enroll at Iowa State University in the fall, has claimed two Class B state high school championships (2019, 2021) and led Mount Michael Benedictine High to the team title this year. He also was victorious in the 2019 Nebraska Junior Match Play.

Benjamin James, 18, of Milford, Conn., won the Scotty Robertson Memorial and the Team TaylorMade Invitational in the span of eight days in May. He fired a second-round 63 at Streamsong Resort’s Blue Course in his second victory. James was the third-youngest player in last year’s U.S. Amateur. He advanced to the Round of 32 in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur, his first USGA championship. In 2019, James was selected to the U.S. Junior President’s Cup, won his second consecutive New England Junior and claimed the Connecticut Junior Amateur. James won the 2013 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship (age 10). He also tied for second in 2014 and tied for fourth in 2015.

Weston Jones, 17, of Sudbury, Mass., is one of several players in the field who qualified for this year’s U.S. Amateur at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. He was the medalist in the Plymouth, Mass., qualifier on July 7. Jones, who will attend Rutgers University in the fall, was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 Massachusetts State Amateur. He won the MIAA Division I state high school individual title and led Lincoln-Sudbury High to the team championship. Jones, who played soccer, basketball and baseball until age 13, teamed with partner John Broderick to win the 2021 Massachusetts Amateur Four-Ball.

Scotty Kennon, 18, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., helped Ponte Vedra High School to a record fourth consecutive Class 2A state championship in a sudden-death playoff. Kennon, who will enroll at Wake Forest University in 2021-22, won the AJGA Dana Incorporated Junior Open with a final-round 64. It was one of four top-10 finishes last year. A two-time Rolex Junior All-American, Kennon was the runner-up in the 2019 Western Junior and 2020 Junior Players. Kennon, who competed in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur, was the co-medalist in the Tallahassee, Fla., qualifier for the U.S. Amateur on June 29.

Baylor Larrabee, 15, of Ferndale, Wash., comes from a family of college basketball players. His father, Scott, and mother, Kellie, each played in the late 1990s at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His grandfather, Harry, was a two-time All-Southwest Conference guard at the University of Texas who later was the head coach at Alaska Anchorage and Southwest Texas State. Baylor, at 6-foot-4, posted the lowest scoring average (72.0) in the Northwest Conference as a freshman on Ferndale High School’s golf team last year. He has been a member of Team Washington at two PGA Junior League National Championships (2018, 2019).

Ruben Lindsay, 17, of Scotland, advanced to match play in The Amateur Championship at Nairn Golf Club after shooting a first-round 67 in stroke play. He also tied for fourth in the St. Andrews Links Trophy and was one stroke from the playoff. Lindsay won the 2019 Scottish Boys Amateur and captured two tournaments in 2020 – Faldo Series Scotland Championship and ProDreamUSA UK Junior Open.

Jolo Timothy Magcalayo, 18, of Philippines, is one of two players in the field who is competing in his third U.S. Junior Amateur. He advanced to the Round of 32 in 2018 at Baltusrol Golf Club. Magcalayo, who will attend Santa Clara University in the fall, won the Emeralda Cup in Indonesia by 11 strokes, was second in the North & South Junior and captured the AJGA Junior at Chicopee in 2019. He won the 2018 Singha Thailand Junior Worlds and finished as runner-up the following year.

Noah McWilliams, 16, of Benton, La., is playing in his first USGA championship and is a rising junior at Benton High School. He was the runner-up in this year’s Division I state championship, falling to champion Griffith Dorr on the second playoff hole. His father, Robby, has competed in 16 USGA events, including the 2018 U.S. Senior Open at the Broadmoor Golf Club and the 2010 U.S. Mid-Amateur, when he advanced to the quarterfinals.

Will Morlan, 18, of Alpharetta, Ga., has won two state championships at Rivers Academy with teammates David and Maxwell Ford, who are both in the U.S. Junior Amateur field. His father, Bill, made the Round of 64 in the 1985 U.S. Junior Amateur and was taught as a youngster by Sam Parks Jr., the 1935 U.S. Open champion. Will, a two-time first-team all-state selection who also has nine career top 10s in AJGA events, won the 2019 Sam Parks Invitational, a special moment for the entire Morlan family.

Jay Nimmo, 18, of Benton, Ky., has won three consecutive state high school championships (2019, 2020, 2021), defeating Rylan Wotherspoon on the first playoff hole this year. Nimmo, a Rolex All-American who will enroll at Mississippi State University in the fall, tied for second in the 2020 Jones Cup Junior Invitational. He was a finalist in two Drive, Chip & Putt competitions (4th, 2016; 3rd, 2018). He also established the Marshall County High School basketball program’s single-season record for three-point field goal percentage (.433).

Parker Paxton, 16, of Riverton, Wyo., captured the 2020 Class 3A state championship as a freshman at Riverton High School. He also won this year’s State Amateur Match Play and was the 2020 State Junior champion. His brother, Easton, played in four U.S. Junior Amateurs (2013-16) and posted five top-20 finishes as a junior at North Carolina State University in 2020-21.

Luke Potter, 17, of Encinitas, Calif., competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur and reached the Round of 32 in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur. He and partner Preston Summerhays, the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, reached the quarterfinals of this year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Chambers Bay. In 2020, Potter captured the Maridoe Amateur with an 8-and-6 victory in the final over Summerhays, won the SCGA Amateur, and was the runner-up in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He led his high school team, La Costa Canyon, to the 2019 California state championship as a freshman. Potter birdied his last two holes for a 7-under 64 to win individual honors. He plans to join Summerhays at Arizona State in the fall of 2022.

Benjamin Reuter, 18, of The Netherlands, advanced to the Round of 16 in the Spanish Amateur and tied for fourth in the German Boys Open this year. Reuter, who will enroll at Georgia Tech in the fall, finished third in last year’s Dutch National Stroke Play and was runner-up in the 2019 Dutch National Open. He won the Dutch national under-15 championship three consecutive years (2016, 2017, 2018).

Hampton Roberts, 16, of Cary, N.C., survived a 3-for-1 playoff for the fifth and final spot in qualifying at Forest Creek Golf Club on June 28. Roberts won this year’s North Carolina Boys Junior, defeating Keenan Royalty, 4 and 2, in the championship. He ended the match with a double eagle when he holed his 221-yard approach shot on the par-5 16th. Roberts also tied for second behind champion Jackson Van Paris in the Class 4A state championship and tied for fifth in the North & South Junior in 2021.

Trey Rusthoven, 17, of St. Peter’s, Mo., is a rising junior at Fort Zumwalt East High School, where he also competes in football and basketball. He earned first-team all-state honors and was the Gateway Athletic Conference Central Division Golfer of the Year in 2020-21. His father, Jamison, is an assistant high school principal. He previously was the head basketball coach at St. Mary’s, Minn., a NCAA Division III program, and Minneapolis Southwest High School.

Luke Sample, 18, of New York, N.Y., was the 2020 Metropolitan Golf Association Junior Player of the Year when he became the first player to win the Met Junior and Met Open in the same year. He was the youngest player to win the Met Open and the eighth junior to claim the crown in tournament history. Sample, who was also runner-up in the Met Amateur, tied for fifth in this year’s Azalea Invitational. He won two AJGA events in 2020 and was the 2019 New York State Boys Amateur champion. Sample will attend Duke University in the fall of 2021.

Gordon Sargent, 18, of Birmingham, Ala., fired a third-round 62 that propelled him to his second consecutive Alabama State Amateur title on June 18. In 2021, he has also tied for sixth in the Jones Cup Invitational and tied for seventh in the Terra Cotta Invitational. Sargent, a three-time Rolex Junior All-American and the 2020 state amateur player of the year, will attend Vanderbilt University. He competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur and reached match play in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur. His father, Seth, has competed in two USGA championships, advancing to match play in the 2006 U.S. Mid-Amateur.

Rowan Sullivan, 16, of Charleston, S.C., won the South Carolina Golf Association Junior Championship with a 54-hole score of 3-under 210. He was chosen Class 3A regional player of the year and helped Porter-Guad School finish second in the state independent school championship. Sullivan, who was a standard bearer for the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston, once lived in Australia and one of his earliest memories was watching Tiger Woods play in the 2011 Presidents Cup in Melbourne. He tied for ninth in the North & South Junior with a score of even-par 214 on July 7.

Smith Summerlin, 14, of Raleigh, N.C., shot a 71 in the Salisbury, N.C., qualifier, to advance to his first U.S. Junior Amateur. Summerlin has won a couple of Tar Heel Golf Foundation events and received the group’s Stuart Taylor Sportsmanship Award. He carded a personal-best 65 at Carolina Country Club on June 11, his 14th birthday. His caddie, Peter Fountain, was a first-team All-American and Atlantic Coast Conference champion as a freshman at the University of North Carolina in 2020-21. Fountain reached the Round 32 in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur.

Caleb Surratt, 17, of Indian Trail, N.C., won the Western Junior by four strokes at Onwentsia Club, in Lake Forest, Ill., on June 24. He nearly missed the cut but followed with rounds of 65 and 67 to join a list of champions that includes Jim Furyk, Collin Morikawa and Rickie Fowler. A few days before the start of the junior, Surratt won the 45th Boys Junior PGA Championship at Kearney Hills Golf Links in Lexington, Ky. He posted a 16-under total of 16-under 268 to win by three strokes. Surratt also has six other top-10 efforts this year, including a three-stroke victory in the Terra Cotta Invitational on April 25. A junior at Union Academy, Surratt captured his second Class 1A state championship with a 69 at Foxfire Resort. Last year, he was second in the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship.

Cohen Trolio, 18, of West Point, Miss., won the Mississippi State Amateur in his first attempt on June 27 with a 72-hole score of 19-under 269. He advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Trolio, who will enroll at Louisiana State University in the fall, won the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class A-AA state title in 2018 and helped his Oak Hill Academy team win four state crowns. He is a six-time Mississippi State Junior champion. Trolio also played in the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. His father, V.J., is the teaching professional at Old Waverly Golf Club, the site of the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open and 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Jackson Van Paris, 17, of Pinehurst, N.C., will compete in his second U.S. Junior Amateur after advancing to match play in 2019 at Inverness Club. He has played in two U.S. Amateurs and reached the Round of 32 in 2018 when he became the youngest (14 years, 11 months, 21 days) to win a first-round match since Robert T. Jones Jr. in 1916. Van Paris helped Pinecrest High School claim the Class 4A state championship and won the individual title in May. He was also a member of two 2A state championship teams at The O’Neal School (2018, 2019). Van Paris, who will attend Vanderbilt University in the fall, was the runner-up in this year’s North & South Amateur.

Alexander Yang, 18, of Carlsbad, Calif., has played in two U.S. Amateurs (2018, 2020) but this will be his first U.S. Junior Amateur. A native of Hong Kong, China, Yang attended Laurel Spring School, in Ojai, Calif., and will enroll at Stanford University in the fall. He tied for 11th in this summer’s Sunnehanna Amateur, the best finish by a junior player this year. In 2020, he lost to eventual champion Pierceson Coody in the Round of 16 of the Western Amateur, and he tied for 13th to finish as the low amateur in the Hong Kong Open. He was a member of the winning USA Team in the 2019 Junior Presidents Cup.

Davis Wotnosky, 12, of Wake Forest, N.C.., will be the second-youngest competitor (12 years, 6 months, 16 days) in the history of the U.S. Junior Amateur. He shot 68 in the Greenville, N.C., qualifier, making five birdies and one bogey at Ironwood Golf and Country Club. Wotnosky’s older siblings are both playing at the University of Virginia. His sister, Haeley, is a rising senior and has played in one U.S. Women’s Amateur and three U.S. Girls’ Juniors. His brother, Grayson, just finished his freshman campaign. He partnered with Akshay Bhatia to reach match play in the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.

Gene Zeigler, 18, of Florence, S.C.., is one of nine players in the U.S. Junior Amateur field who competed in this year’s U.S. Open final qualifying. Zeigler, who will enroll at the University of South Carolina in the fall, was the runner-up in last year’s Carolinas Junior Boys and Beth Daniel Junior Azalea. He helped Trinity Collegiate School capture the Class 2A state championship and was chosen the Carolinas Golf Association’s junior player of the year in 2019.

Brian DePasquale is a manager of championship communications for the USGA. Email him at bdepasquale@usga.org.