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USA Today
14-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Everything to know about the 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior at Atlanta Athletic Club
It's time once again for the biggest junior event in girls golf. The 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior is set to begin Monday at Atlanta Athletic Club's Riverside Course in Johns Creek, Georgia. The field of 156 golfers will compete in just the second U.S. Girls' Junior in Georgia. It's the 76th playing of the championship. Last year, Rianne Malixi avenged her runner-up finish in 2023 to defeat Asterisk Talley 8 and 7 at El Caballero Country Club in California. It was the championship's largest margin of victory since it went to a 36-hole final in 2006. Malixi also defeated Talley in the U.S. Women's Amateur final 22 days later, the first time two players met in a U.S. Women's Am and U.S. Girls' Junior title match in the same calendar year. Here's everything you need to know for the 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior. Atlanta Athletic Club yardage book OUT: 3,103 yards (Par 35) IN: 3,209 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 6,312 yards (Par 71) Where to watch U.S. Girls' Junior 2025, TV information Players to watch at U.S. Girls' Junior 2025 Nikki Oh: Member of the U.S. National Junior Team; daughter of 1993 U.S. Open qualifier (at 16 years old) and current teaching pro Ted Oh Asterisk Talley: Finished runner-up in the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur in 2024; won U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball in 2024; made 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup team Scarlett Schremmer: Reached the Round of 16 in last year's U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur. Signed with Texas A&M U.S. Girls' Junior field facts Youngest competitor: Bella Simoes, of Lake Worth, Florida, 11 years, 11 months, 11 days old. Oldest competitor: Morgan Rupp, of Marion, Iowa,18 years, 11 months and 19 days old. Average age: 16.42 Field breakdown by age: International: There are 16 countries represented: Australia (6), Bolivia (1), Canada (10), Chinese Taipei (2), Colombia (3), Hong Kong (2), Japan (2), Lebanon (1), Mexico (3), China (5), Korea (1), Singapore (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (6), United States (111), Venezuela (1) States represented: There are 37 states represented: Alabama (4), Arizona (2), California (25), Colorado (3), Connecticut (2), Delaware (1), Florida (11), Georgia (3), Hawaii (2), Idaho (1), Illinois (2), Indiana (1), Iowa (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Maryland (1), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Montana (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (6), New York (4), North Carolina (3), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (1), Texas (7), Utah (1), Virginia (1), Washington (3), Wisconsin (1) USGA Champions (4): Sarah Lim (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Natalie Yen (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Asia Young (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball) USGA runners-up (3): Brynn Kort (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Athena Singh (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Girls' Junior, 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur) Seven players are in the top 100 of the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 9: What winner of U.S. Girls' Junior receives What is the format at the U.S. Girls' Junior?
CBS News
16-04-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
University of Minnesota men's hockey coach Bob Motzko to lead Team USA in world junior championship
Gophers men's hockey coach Bob Motzko will lead the 2026 U.S. National Junior Team, USA Hockey announced on Tuesday. Motzko recently finished his seventh season as head coach of the men's ice hockey team at the University of Minnesota, where he led the team to the NCAA national tournament for five consecutive years. Before that, he was the head coach at St. Cloud State University for 13 seasons. This will be Motzko's second time leading the national junior hockey team, coaching them to gold and bronze at the 2017 and 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships, respectively. "We're fortunate to have someone with Bob's level of experience coaching our team on home soil," John Vanbiesbrouck, general manager of Team USA, said. "Having guided our teams to medals on two other occasions in the World Juniors, he knows what it takes to have success, and we're excited to have him leading our team." Motzko, as a collegiate head coach, holds the all-time record of 437-274-70 with 13 trips to the NCAA tournament, including three NCAA Frozen Four appearances. He was named the top coach in all NCAA Division I men's ice hockey for the 2022-2023 season and has been named conference coach of the year seven times. The 2026 U.S. National Junior Team will play in the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in St. Paul and Minneapolis. The tournament starts Dec. 26 and is expected to conclude Jan. 5, 2026. The U.S. will go into the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship as two-time defending gold medalists, competing against Germany, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland in the Group A preliminary round at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The preliminary round for Group B, which includes Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland and Latvia, will be at the 3M Arena in Minneapolis.
