One of the premier events in the junior golf calendar is just a month away and the field is loaded to say the least.
Thirty-eight out of the top 40 players in the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Boys Rankings will tee it up at the 10th annual Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, South Carolina, March 12-14.
Defending champion Tom McKibbin highlights the 54-player field that spans five continents and 11 different countries. McKibbin and Karl Vilips, Golfweek/Sagarin’s No. 1 junior and a quarterfinalist at the 2019 U.S. Amateur, are making their third and fourth appearances, respectively.
“We are incredibly pleased with the strength of the field competing in the 10th Annual Junior Invitational,” said Tom Wyatt, president of Sage Valley Golf Club and Tournament Chair in a release. “We’re looking forward to tournament week, when players will have the opportunity to play Sage Valley’s Tom Fazio championship course, as well as our brand-new Fazio-designed par 3 course. It’s always fun to see these rising stars take on this challenging course.”
Former Junior Invitational players include 13-time PGA Tour winner Justin Thomas, as well as the last three U.S. Amateur champions Doc Redman, Viktor Hovland and Andy Ogletree. Other former players include 2019 U.S. Amateur runner-up John Augenstein and rising PGA Tour star Matthew Wolff.
Full Junior Invitational field
- Kelly Chinn, Great Falls, Virginia | United States
- Jack Heath, Charlotte, North Carolina | United States
- Bo Jin, Encinitas, California | China
- Joseph Pagdin, Orlando, Florida | England
- Brock Hoover, Woodstock, Georgia | United States
- Nick Dunlap, Greer, South Carolina | United States
- Maxwell Moldovan, Uniontown, Ohio | United States
- Preston Summerhays, Scottsdale, Arizona | United States
- Karl Vilips, Perth | Australia
- Conor Gough, Slough | England
- George Duangmanee, Fairfax, Virginia | United States
- Tom McKibbin, Newtonabbey | Ireland
- Austin Scott, Daniel Island, South Carolina | United States
- Brett Roberts, Coral Springs, Florida | United States
- Luke Potter, Encinitas, California | United States
- Tucker Clark, Phoenix, Arizona | United States
- Ethan Chung, Murrieta, California | United States
- Jeewon Park, Lake Mary, Florida | South Korea
- Aaron Du, Beijing | China
- Taehoon Song, Buena Park | South Korea
- Andi Xu, San Diego, California | China
- Wilmer Ederö, Landeryd | Sweden
- Ben James, Milford, Connecticut | United States
- Jimmy Zheng, Auckland | New Zealand
- John Marshall Butler, Louisville, Kentucky | United States
- Jackson Van Paris, Pinehurst, North Carolina | United States
- Gordon Sargent, Birmingham, Alabama | United States
- Ian Maspat, San Diego, California | United States
- Ian Siebers, Bellevue, Washington | United States
- Andrew Goodman, Norman, Oklahoma | United States
- Jonathan Griz, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | United States
- Brendan Valdes, Orlando, Florida | United States
- Ben Schmidt, Barnsley | England
- Ben Lorenz, Peoria, Arizona | United States
- Jake Beber-Frankel, Miami, Florida | United States
- Maxwell Ford, Peachtree Corners, Georgia | United States
- Michael Brennan, Leesburg, Virginia | United States
- Luke Clanton, Miami Lakes, Florida | United States
- Yuki Moriyama, Las Vegas, Nevada | Japan
- Piercen Hunt, Hartland, Wisconsin | Canada
- Tyler Wilkes, Tampa, Florida | United States
- Cohen Trolio, West Point, Mississippi | United States
- Sampson-yunhe Zheng, Orlando, Florida | China
- Carson Bacha, York, Pennsylvania | United States
- Andrew Yong. H Jung, Champions Gate, Florida | South Korea
- David Ford, Peachtree Corners, Georgia | United States
- Michael Thorbjornsen, Wellesley, Massachusetts | United States
- Scotty Kennon, Bandon, Oregon | United States
- Abel Gallegos, Veinticinco De Mayo | Argentina
- Caden Fioroni, San Diego, California | United States
- Jacob Sosa, Austin, Texas | United States
- Stephen Campbell Jr., Richmond, Texas | United States