For the first time since the summer of 2019, the U.S. Junior is back – and it’s nearly doubled in size.
The 2020 championship, canceled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, would have been the first U.S. Junior conducted with an expanded field of 264 players (up from the usual 156). Two courses will now be utilized for stroke-play qualifying before the field is cut to the traditional 64 players for the start of match play. In many ways, this championship now mimics the U.S. Amateur – though that field starts with 312 players.
The Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, North Carolina, hosts this week, with players getting a round on both the Dogwood and Cardinal courses to start the week. Match play will happen exclusively on the Dogwood course.
Defending champion Preston Summerhays reached his 19th birthday two days too early to compete this year, but there are plenty of names to watch in the field, including the following men:
The twins
It’s the last hurrah in junior golf for David Ford, Golfweek’s top-ranked junior, and his twin brother Maxwell. This fall, David is headed to North Carolina and Maxwell to Georgia to start college-golf careers. Between the two, the accolades have been many. They’re both fierce match-play players (David went 4-0 in this month’s AJGA Wyndham Cup) and motivated by each other.
David Ford and Maxwell Ford (AJGA photo)
The Mississippi kid
Two years ago, Cohen Trolio was one of the breakout stars of the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst with his run to the semifinals. In the nearly two years since, Trolio has logged top 10s in the Jones Cup, Dustin Johnson World Junior and Terra Cotta. In other words, he’s lost the element of surprise.
The local
Many eyes will be on Pinehurst local Jackson Van Paris this week. He’s a member at Country Club of North Carolina and he’s coming off a run to the final match of the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 earlier this month.
The Junior Ryder Cuppers
By the start of next month, the six men and six women who will represent the U.S. on the Junior Ryder Cup team in September will have been finalized. Courtesy of his win at last week’s Junior PGA Championship, Caleb Surratt was the first person named to that team. Surratt, a Tennessee commit, went16 under for 72 holes to win by three. He has also won the Western Junior and Terra Cotta Invitational this year.
Bryan Lee, who finished in a three-way tie for second at the Junior PGA, later won a playoff for another spot on the team.
The veterans
Duke signee Kelly Chinn, medalist in 2018 and a semifinalist in 2019, will play his third and last U.S. Junior and Jolo Timothy Magcalayo will also make a third start.
Schedule
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 1 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 10
7 a.m. / 12:15 p.m. – Sihan Sandhu, Pinehurst, N.C.; Ethan Gao, Alpharetta, Ga.; Ben Sluzas, Lockport, Ill.
7:11 a.m. / 12:26 p.m. – Ian Simonich, Moorhead, Minn.; Alejandro Fierro, Mexico; Areen Aggarwal, Columbia, Mo.
7:22 a.m. / 12:37 p.m. – Wheaton Ennis, Eagle, Idaho; Alexander Yang, Carlsbad, Calif.; Cohen Trolio, West Point, Miss.
7:33 a.m. / 12:48 p.m. – Naoki Easterday, Portland, Ore.; Hunter Johnson, Ankeny, Iowa; Matvey Golovanov, Boca Raton, Fla.
7:44 a.m. / 12:59 p.m. – Jack Murphy, New Canaan, Conn.; Maddox Crowder, Lafayette, Tenn.; Logan Wagner, Quarryville, Pa.
7:55 a.m. / 1:10 p.m. – Jonathan Trigg, Cherry Hills Village, Colo.; Nicholas Tanovich, Canada; Topher Reed, Fairview Park, Ohio
8:06 a.m. / 1:21 p.m. – Payne Mcentee, Wellington, Fla.; Adam Anderson, Ventura, Calif.; Benton Manly, Tulsa, Okla.
8:17 a.m. / 1:32 p.m. – Dane Watanabe, Kaneohe, Hawaii; Grayson Wetch, Fargo, N.D.; Sam Davis, Jacksonville, Fla.
8:28 a.m. / 1:43 p.m. – Wilson Thrift, Charlotte, N.C.; Curtis Da Silva, Monterey, Calif.; Aidan Gutierrez, Valparaiso, Ind.
8:39 a.m. / 1:54 p.m. – Jolo Timothy Magcalayo, Philippines; Anton Ouyang, San Jose, Calif.; Daniel Choi, Keller, Texas
8:50 a.m. / 2:05 p.m. – Rylan Wotherspoon, Cincinnati, Ohio; Parker Bell, Tallahassee, Fla.; Jason Shwartz, Bellaire, Texas
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 11 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 1
7:15 a.m. / 12:15 p.m. – Holland Giles, Pinehurst, N.C.; Joshua Koo, Cerritos, Calif.; Kaelen Dulany, Keller, Texas
7:26 a.m. / 12:26 p.m. – Nils Nottebohm, Mexico; William Webb, Raleigh, N.C.; Ben Gregg, Dallas, Texas
7:37 a.m. / 12:37 p.m. – Hayden Carner, Hoover, Ala.; Jack Berl, Victor, N.Y.; Nolan Skaggs, Plymouth, Mass.
7:48 a.m. / 12:48 p.m. – Andrew Goodman, Norman, Okla.; Jackson Herrington, Dickson, Tenn.; Mason Witt, Xenia, Ohio
7:59 a.m. / 12:59 p.m. – Matthew Yamin, Miami Beach, Fla.; Jason Gordon, Chicago, Ill.; Zach Reuland, Rock Hill, S.C.
8:10 a.m. / 1:10 p.m. – Rowan Sullivan, Charleston, S.C.; Sean Lee, Singapore; Ryan Bilby, Follansbee, W.Va.
8:21 a.m. / 1:21 p.m. – Wyatt Seilkop, Suwanee, Ga.; Luke Clanton, Miami Lakes, Fla.; Matthew Comegys, Van Alstyne, Texas
8:32 a.m. / 1:32 p.m. – Jay Brooks, Boca Raton, Fla.; Sam McWilliams, McCordsville, Ind.; Ward Harris, Vestavia Hills, Ala.
8:43 a.m. / 1:43 p.m. – David Ford, Peachtree Corners, Ga.; Billy Pabst, Roaring Brook Twp., Pa.; Kevin Watts, Colleyville, Texas
8:54 a.m. / 1:54 p.m. – Matthew Foster, Dallas, Texas; Gene Zeigler, Florence, S.C.; Ryan Curran, Waxhaw, N.C.
9:05 a.m. / 2:05 p.m. – John Hiller, New York, N.Y.; Sam Brown, Bulgaria; Maxwell Ford, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 1 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 10
12:15 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Lucas Scheufler, Andover, Kan.; Drew Miller, East Lansing, Mich.; Luke Potter, Encinitas, Calif.
12:26 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Gordon Sargent, Birmingham, Ala.; Gonzalo Oliva Pinto, Argentina; Coltrane Mittag, Ashland, Neb.
12:37 p.m. / 7:22 a.m. – Marshall Bath, Canada; Brendan Valdes, Orlando, Fla.; Parker Sands, Edmond, Okla.
12:48 p.m. / 7:33 a.m. – Ruben Lindsay, Scotland; Cole Ekert, Chatham, N.J.; Aidan Oehrle, Pittsburgh, Pa.
12:59 p.m. / 7:44 a.m. – Charlie Bundy, Bethesda, Md.; Cade Anderson, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Andreas Diogenous, Canada
1:10 p.m. / 7:55 a.m. – Eli Schmidly, Charlotte, N.C.; Arjun Gupta, United Arab Emirates; Alexander Gibalevich, Studio City, Calif.
1:21 p.m. / 8:06 a.m. – Virgilio Paz, Venezuela; Jay Nimmo, Benton, Ky.; Tyler Sabo, Ashland, Ohio
1:32 p.m. / 8:17 a.m. – Alex Long, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.; Jayce Hargrove, Lubbock, Texas; Jack Taylor, Nashville, Tenn.
1:43 p.m. / 8:28 a.m. – Jeffrey Nelson, New Castle, Colo.; Tyson Shelley, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ryan O’Rourke, West Bloomfield, Mich.
1:54 p.m. / 8:39 a.m. – Davis McDowell, San Rafael, Calif.; Braeden Barnett, Galivants Ferry, S.C.; Rafael Estrada, Mexico
2:05 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Seth Conway, Elmira, N.Y.; Hunter Swanson, Denver, Colo.; Jesse Saareks, Finland
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 11 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 1
12:30 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Advait Chutke, Flower Mound, Texas; Brady Siravo, Sacramento, Calif.; Wells Williams, West Point, Miss.
12:41 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Rylan Johnson, Gilbert, Ariz.; Nate Stevens, Northfield, Minn.; Mykhailo Golod, Ukraine
12:52 p.m. / 7:22 a.m. – Matthew Wilkinson, Centennial, Colo.; Benjamin Reuter, Netherlands; Gabe Post, Southlake, Texas
1:03 p.m. / 7:33 a.m. – Hampton Roberts, Cary, N.C.; Baylor Larrabee, Ferndale, Wash.; Marshall Kim Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii
1:14 p.m. / 7:44 a.m. – Carson Cooper, Spring, Texas; Bryan Lee, Fairfax, Va.; Owen Gauder, Canada
1:25 p.m. / 7:55 a.m. – Sam Baker, Cloquet, Minn.; Calen Sanderson, Newtown, Pa.; Martin Couvra, France
1:36 p.m. / 8:06 a.m. – Kyle An, Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Maxence Giboudot, France; Grant Gobezie, Orlando, Fla.
1:47 p.m. / 8:17 a.m. – Angelo Luciani, East Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jonas Appel, Encinitas, Calif.; Lee Smith, Waycross, Ga.
1:58 p.m. / 8:28 a.m. – Jackson Koivun, San Jose, Calif.; Luke Sample, New York, N.Y.; Oakley Gee, Carmi, Ill.
2:09 p.m. / 8:39 a.m. – Nicklaus Mason, Kansas City, Kan.; Kyle McLaughlin, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Herong Wang, Irvine, Calif.
2:20 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Cameron Adam, Scotland; Justin Larue, Chesterfield, Va.; Ian Maspat, San Diego, Calif.
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 1 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 11
7 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. – Jackson Van Paris, Pinehurst, N.C.; John Peters, Carlisle, Pa.; Tanner Telford, Mountain Green, Utah
7:11 a.m. / 12:41 p.m. – Andrew Clark, Winter Park, Fla.; Will Hennessee, Tulsa, Okla.; Kiko Francisco Coelho, Portugal
7:22 a.m. / 12:52 p.m. – Hayden Warren, Owensboro, Ky.; Evan Barbin, Elkton, Md.; Jordan Garypie, Chelsea, Mich.
7:33 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Trace Bracknell, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Connor Williams, Escondido, Calif.; Maxwell Tjoa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
7:44 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Evan Chien, Irvine, Calif.; Conor Gough, England; Levi Keith, San Antonio, Texas
7:55 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Alex Landry, Andover, Mass.; John Daly II, Dardanelle, Ark.; Carter Loflin, Duluth, Ga.
8:06 a.m. / 1:36 p.m. – Tanner Cardwell, Canada; George Roessler, New York, N.Y.; Joe Wilson IV, West Chester, Ohio
8:17 a.m. / 1:47 p.m. – Lance Smith, Holladay, Utah; Michael Burry, Saratoga, Calif.; Benjamin James, Milford, Conn.
8:28 a.m. / 1:58 p.m. – Bryan Kim, Brookeville, Md.; Andre Zhu, Canada; Braden Bernaldo, Indio, Calif.
8:39 a.m. / 2:09 p.m. – Andy Knight, San Diego, Calif.; Braeden Sladek, Alexandria, Minn.; Nicholas Dunlap, Huntsville, Ala.
8:50 a.m. / 2:20 p.m. – Ray Xiong, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Kelly Chinn, Great Falls, Va.; Nathan Yocam, Sammamish, Wash.
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 10 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 1
7 a.m. / 12:15 p.m. – Maddox Whittington, Pinehurst, N.C.; Jacob Beckman, Middleton, Wis.; John Broderick, Wellesley, Mass.
7:11 a.m. / 12:26 p.m. – Davis Wotnosky, Wake Forest, N.C.; Nathan Sampson, Temecula, Calif.; Wesley Erling, Colorado Springs, Colo.
7:22 a.m. / 12:37 p.m. – Caleb Surratt, Indian Trail, N.C.; Dylan McDermott, Granite Bay, Calif.; Jack Beauchamp, Westlake, Texas
7:33 a.m. / 12:48 p.m. – Andrew White, Westfield, Ind.; Robbie Higgins, Sarasota, Fla.; Buck Brumlow, Cartersville, Ga.
7:44 a.m. / 12:59 p.m. – Ian Jin, South Pasadena, Calif.; Parker Paxton, Riverton, Wyo.; William Sides, Tulsa, Okla.
7:55 a.m. / 1:10 p.m. – Todd Duncan, Daniels, W.Va.; Omar Morales, Mexico; Brenden Ashman, Clovis, Calif.
8:06 a.m. / 1:21 p.m. – Tomek Pickrell, Cypress, Texas; Ethan Whitney, Westminster, Mass.; Felipe Odio, Costa Rica
8:17 a.m. / 1:32 p.m. – Smith Summerlin, Raleigh, N.C.; Hunter Thomson, Canada; Myles Jones, Suwanee, Ga.
8:28 a.m. / 1:43 p.m. – Grant Roscich, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; Justin Ross, Boca Raton, Fla.; Gavin Aurilia, Phoenix, Ariz.
8:39 a.m. / 1:54 p.m. – Noah McWilliams, Benton, La.; Jonas Baumgartner, Germany; Andrew Gregory, Spartanburg, S.C.
8:50 a.m. / 2:05 p.m. – Reed Sweigart, Roswell, Ga.; Simon Roessler, Chile; Joshua Stewart, Winter Springs, Fla.
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 1 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 11
12:15 p.m. / 7:15 a.m. – Hogan Ingram, Rome, Ga.; James Key, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Nathan Wang, Fremont, Calif.
12:26 p.m. / 7:26 a.m. – Weston Jones, Sudbury, Mass.; Josh Duangmanee, Fairfax, Va.; Dean Greyserman, Boca Raton, Fla.
12:37 p.m. / 7:37 a.m. – Kihei Akina, Kahuku, Hawaii; Logan Paczewski, Dallas, Pa.; Sean Citherlet, Mexico
12:48 p.m. / 7:48 a.m. – Mac McGurn, Glenview, Ill.; Trey Rusthoven, St. Peters, Mo.; Hayden Adams, Lexington, Ky.
12:59 p.m. / 7:59 a.m. – Ethan Paschal, Fayetteville, N.C.; PJ Maybank, Cheboygan, Mich.; Adam Brady, Australia
1:10 p.m. / 8:10 a.m. – Hsuan-Yi Chen, Chinese Taipei; Ethan Tseng, Portland, Ore.; Logan Vargas, Lubbock, Texas
1:21 p.m. / 8:21 a.m. – Thomas Finn, Locust Valley, N.Y.; Owen Kose, Holly Springs, N.C.; Connor Macmillan, Canton, Ga.
1:32 p.m. / 8:32 a.m. – Barnes Blake, Westfield, N.J.; Jack Turner, Orlando, Fla.; Jordan Gilkison, Springboro, Ohio
1:43 p.m. / 8:43 a.m. – Bo Carpenter, Tifton, Ga.; Mahanth Chirravuri, Chandler, Ariz.; Mac Drake, Sioux Falls, S.D.
1:54 p.m. / 8:54 a.m. – Rio Newcombe, Gilbert, Ariz.; Jonathan Griz, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; Joseph Lenane, Dedham, Mass.
2:05 p.m. / 9:05 a.m. – Lucas Acevedo, Charleston, S.C.; Marshall Meisel, Chevy Chase, Md.; Braden Burke, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Monday (July 19), CCNC-Dogwood, Hole No. 10 / Tuesday (July 20), CCNC-Cardinal, Hole No. 1
12:15 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Miles Eastman, Portland, Ore.; Jackson Naeger, Keller, Texas; Scotty Kennon, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
12:26 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Ty Kretz, Marinette, Wis.; Baron Szeto, Moraga, Calif.; Joey Per, South Lyon, Mich.
12:37 p.m. / 7:22 a.m. – Brock Maulding, Lake Tapps, Wash.; Andrew McLauchlan, Neptune Beach, Fla.; Jake Griffin, Kensington, Md.
12:48 p.m. / 7:33 a.m. – Michael Senn III, Bentonville, Ark.; Corbin Bentley, Westerville, Ohio; Maddox Vincent, Draper, Utah
12:59 p.m. / 7:44 a.m. – Luke Gutschewski, Elkhorn, Neb.; Lyman Brackett, Goshen, Ky.; Will Morlan, Alpharetta, Ga.
1:10 p.m. / 7:55 a.m. – Carson Brewer, Jacksonville, Fla.; Rylan Shim, Centreville, Va.; Parker Mapes, Pleasanton, Calif.
1:21 p.m. / 8:06 a.m. – Spencer Turtz, Charlotte, N.C.; Sebastian Moss, Houston, Texas; David Llewellyn, Mesquite, Nev.
1:32 p.m. / 8:17 a.m. – Cayden Pope, Lexington, Ky.; Rhett South, Fayetteville, Ark.; Jackson Hymer, San Antonio, Texas
1:43 p.m. / 8:28 a.m. – Major Lenning, Greenville, S.C.; Mateo Fuenmayor, Beaverton, Ore.; Aaron Pounds, The Woodlands, Texas
1:54 p.m. / 8:39 a.m. – Jackson Roman, Kensington, Conn.; Edward Coffren, Owings, Md.; Aidan Emmerich, Swampscott, Mass.
2:05 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Mason Roloff, Blaine, Minn.; Colin Spencer, Mashpee, Mass.; Sebastiano Mascia, Venezuela