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USA Today
23-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Mason Howell wins medalist honors at 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur; match-play bracket set
It has been quite the two-month stretch for Mason Howell. The 18-year-old rising high school senior from Georgia qualified for the U.S. Open last month, winning his qualifier. Now, he has won medalist honors at the biggest junior event in the world. Howell finished at 7-under 134 Tuesday to earn the top seed for match play at the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur. The top 64 players advanced to match play after two rounds of stroke play at Trinity Forest and Brook Hollow in Dallas, and for the first time since 2008, there was no playoff to whittle the field down to 64 players because that's how many finished at 3 over or better. 'It's just the first step complete,' Howell said. 'Looking forward to the rest of the week and seeing if I can take it deep into match play and hopefully win this sucker. I played really well today, and I really like this golf course.' All play moves to Trinity Forest for match play, which is hosting its first USGA event. Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion and nine-time USGA victor Tiger Woods, finished at 14 over following stroke play to miss the cut. It was his second appearance in the U.S. Junior, a tournament his pops won thrice from 1991-93. Meanwhile, Howell's side of the bracket is loaded with many of the top juniors in the world, and his Round of 64 match is no slacker. He has Henry Guan, an Oklahoma State commit ranked 21st in Junior Golf Scoreboard. Also on the top half of the bracket: defending champion Trevor Gutschewski (No. 28 in JGS), Luke Colton (No. 2), Miles Russell (No. 1), defending runner-up Tyler Watts (No. 4), Michael Riebe (No. 5), Tyler Mawhinney (No. 36), Sohan Patel (No. 27), Rayhan Latief and Tomas Restrepo. Match play begins at 9 a.m. ET Wednesday.
NBC Sports
30-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Top-ranked junior Miles Russell commits to Florida State
One of the most highly regarded NCAA men's golf recruits in years has made his decision. Miles Russell, the top-ranked junior in both the Class of 2027 and overall according to both the AJGA and Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings, announced his verbal commitment to Florida State on Monday evening. Russell, a 16-year-old from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, was believed to value staying close to home and was also giving serious consideration to the Seminoles' instate rival Florida Gators. It's unknown how many years Russell will stay in college before turning professional, though he's already got name, image and likeness deals with TaylorMade and Nike, among others. He's one of the most accomplished junior players in recent history, having already won three AJGA invitationals, the 2023 Boys Junior PGA, 2025 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and even last winter's South Beach International Amateur, a top amateur event. He recently was runner-up at another big-time amateur tournament, the Northeast Amateur, and at No. 16 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, he is in line to become the youngest competitor in Walker Cup history later this year at Cypress Point, assuming he makes the 10-man U.S. squad. Last year, Russell also made history by becoming the youngest player to make a Korn Ferry Tour cut, and his T-20 finish at the Lecom Suncoast Classic made him the youngest since at least 1983 to post a top-25 on either the PGA Tour or KFT.
USA Today
18-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Charlie Woods, Kai Trump to play in prestigious junior event next month, per report
One of the most prestigious events in junior golf is set to have a pair of familiar names in the field next month. Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, and Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Donald Trump, are set to compete in the 2025 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, Golf Channel's Brentley Romine reported Monday. The tournament is set for March 19-22 at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, South Carolina. The report states "according to the event's list of participants, which is available to players via a Golf Genius link and was obtained by Charlie Woods' name appears as the 37th and final participant for the March 19-22 tournament at Sage Valley Golf Club." The Junior Invitational field is usually comprised of 36 of the highest-ranked boys and 24 highest-ranked girls in the world. The top six players in Junior Golf Scoreboard's rankings are in the field. Woods ranks 713th in those rankings. The women's field includes top-ranked Asterisk Talley, the defending champ at the event. Trump, who in the fall announced her verbal commitment to the University of Miami, is ranked No. 2,342 on Junior Golf Scoreboard. Trump was seen Sunday with Tiger Woods at the Genesis Invitational. Here's the full list of participants, per the report. Boys field at 2025 Junior Invitational Tyler Mawhinney Ronin Banerjee Will Hartman Hamilton Coleman Tyler Watts Henry Guan Joshua Bai Luke Colton Lev Grinberg Mason Howell Carson Bertagnole Kartik Singh Louis Klein Viggo Olsson Mork Trevor Gutschewski Jackson Byrd Miles Russell Michael Riebe Le Khanh Hung Joshua Kim Hugo Le Goff Logan Reilly Robby Turnbull Oscar Couilleau Thanawin Lee Giovanni Binaghi Dan Hayes Nguyen Ang Minh Pennson Badgett Evan Pena Bowen Mauss Aidan Lawson Ben Bolton Rayhan Latief John Daniel Culbreth Haoyi Wang Charlie Woods Girls field at 2025 Junior Invitational
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Charlie Woods in field for prestigious junior event near Augusta
Tiger Woods has won five Masters. His son, Charlie, is set to play in an elite tournament that is widely considered as junior golf's equivalent of the year's first major, the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. According to the event's list of participants, which is available to players via a Golf Genius link and was obtained by Charlie Woods' name appears as the 37th and final participant for the March 19-22 tournament at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, South Carolina, which is not far from Augusta National. That field-size number is surprising considering the tournament usually boasts a 36-player, invitation-only field consisting of the top junior players in the world. A tournament spokesperson told "At this time, we can confirm that the field is not finalized. As in the past, we will release the full field in both the boys and girls draw once it is. Please keep in mind that the tournament is 36 boys and 24 girls; that has not changed." And the webpage had been taken down as of Monday evening with the link going to a page saying, "Registration is currently closed." The listed field also includes each of the top six players in Junior Golf Scoreboard's rankings: No. 1 Luke Colton, No. 2 Louis Klein, No. 3 Miles Russell, No. 4 Michael Riebe, No. 5 Tyler Watts and No. 6 Logan Reilly. Several international players in the top 150 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking are entered as well: No. 46 Nguyen Anh Minh, No. 105 Lev Grinberg, No. 126 Haoyi Wang and No. 142 Hugo Le Goff. Woods, 16, is ranked No. 713 on JGS. He qualified for his first U.S. Junior Amateur last summer before missing match play by 18 shots. His most notable win came last July at the South Florida PGA Junior Cup, which is ranked by WAGR. He also helped the Benjamin School to a state team title in 2023, a few months after winning a Hurricane Junior Tour event. There is also a 24-player women's division at Sage Valley, which is set to include nine of the top 10 players in JGS, including defending champ and No. 1 Asterisk Talley, as well as Kai Trump, the granddaughter of Presidents Donald Trump. Trump, 17, is ranked No. 2,342 in JGS and recently gave her verbal commitment to the University of Miami. She also has over 1 million YouTube subscribers and was announced over the weekend as having signed an endorsement deal with TaylorMade, which is a partner of the Junior Invitational and also counts Tiger Woods as an ambassador. Several past winners at Sage Valley, which held its first boys tournament in 2011, have gone on to play on the PGA Tour:Scottie Scheffler (2014), Joaquin Niemann (2017), Akshay Bhatia (2018), Austin Eckroat (2016), Carson Young (2012) and Aldrich Potgieter (2023). The girls event debuted in 2022 with Amalie Leth-Nissen and Anna Davis winning prior to Talley. This year's tournaments will mark the first time they are contested over 72 holes. BOYSTyler MawhinneyRonin BanerjeeWill HartmanHamilton ColemanTyler WattsHenry GuanJoshua BaiLuke ColtonLev GrinbergMason HowellCarson BertagnoleKartik SinghLouis KleinViggo Olsson MorkTrevor GutschewskiJackson ByrdMiles RussellMichael RiebeLe Khanh HungJoshua KimHugo Le GoffLogan ReillyRobby TurnbullOscar CouilleauThanawin LeeGiovanni BinaghiDan HayesNguyen Ang MinhPennson BadgettEvan PenaBowen MaussAidan LawsonBen BoltonRayhan LatiefJohn Daniel CulbrethHaoyi WangCharlie Woods GIRLSAmelie ZalsmanScarlett SchremmerNatalie YenJude LeeElizabeth RudisillAphrodite DengMia ClausenLouise Uma LandgrafHavanna TorstenssonGianna ClementeLuana Valero MoyanoAvery McCreryNikki OhAsterisk TalleySara BrentchenoffPimpisa RubrongAchiraya SriwongSarah HammettAlice KongSoomin OhSofia Cherif EssakaliYujie LiuYijia RenKai Trump
