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New Era Junior Championship
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Tournament Fact Sheet
Quick Facts
- 96 boys and girls, ages 12-18
- 54-hole, stroke play
- Three players have signed a National Letter of Intent and two have verbally committed to play college golf
- Countries represented: Canada, China, Mexico, Paraguay, South Korea and Thailand
- States represented: 21 and Washington D.C.
Tournament Storylines
| College bound: Five players have committed to play golf at the college of their choice. |
| Kevin Borowicz |
2014 |
Greensboro College |
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| Edric Wung |
2014 |
Dartmouth College* |
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| Chelsea Dantonio |
2015 |
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Winthrop University |
| Katie Kim |
2015 |
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Boston College |
| Emily Mills |
2014 |
Rutgers University |
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| Local flavor: 18 players from New York will compete. |
| Alec Bard |
New Hartford |
2016 |
| Kevin Borowicz |
Grand Island |
2014 |
| Gilbert Chang |
Smithtown |
2015 |
| Colin Dubnik |
Rochester |
2016 |
| Joshua Goldenberg |
Scarsdale |
2015 |
| Isaac Gorenstein |
Nyack |
2015 |
| Lee Hammerschmidt |
Armonk |
2015 |
| Mike May |
Auburn |
2016 |
| James Pelcher |
Baldwinsville |
2015 |
| JP Rehak |
Williamsville |
2015 |
| Ben Reichert |
East Amherst |
2016 |
| Gregory Sibick |
Williamsville |
2015 |
| Christopher White |
Garden City |
2015 |
| Zitong (Ezekiel) Zhao |
Hartsdale |
2015 |
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| Maren Cipolla |
Lewiston |
2016 |
| Chelsea Dantonio |
Lancaster |
2015 |
| Marah Penn |
Hamburg |
2015 |
| Sara Riso |
Hamburg |
2015 |
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| River Oaks Golf Club |
| The River Oaks Golf Club will host the AJGA for the first time in 2014. The Grand Island, N.Y., club was designed by architect Desmond Muirhead in 1972, and has hosted the LPGA Tour twice in it’s 42-year history. Much of the course is lined with towering oak trees, giving players a challenging yet scenic experience. |
| New Era partners with the AJGA |
| As one of the newest sponsors of the AJGA, New Era Cap Company, Inc., became the official hat of the AJGA and sponsor of the New Era Championship in 2014. |
Schedule of Events
| Monday, July 14 |
| 8 a.m. shotgun |
Practice Round |
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| Tuesday, July 15 |
| 7 – 12:10 p.m. |
First Round off No. 1 Tee |
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| Wednesday, July 16 |
| 7 – 12:10 p.m. |
Second Round off No. 1 Tee |
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| Thursday, July 17 |
| 7 – 12:10 p.m. |
Final Round off No. 1 Tee |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Awards Ceremony |
Top Players to Watch
| Seiya Liu, Beverly Hills, CA (2015) |
| Liu, a rising senior has collected four top-15 finishes in his five AJGA seasons. His best finish came at the 2012 AJGA Florida Junior where he finished in a tie for third after firing rounds of 67-78–145. |
| Belinda Hu, San Ramon, Calif. (2017) |
| Hu, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 177 in the Polo Golf Rankings, has already collected two top-10 finishes in 2014, making four throughout her career. Her most recent AJGA event, the Killington Junior Golf Championship, proved to be her best as she finished second with tournament rounds of 71-74-71-216. |
| Ana Paula Ramirez, Pachuca, Mexico (2016) |
| Ramirez, the only champion in the field, comes in at No. 190 in the Polo Golf Rankings. Her AJGA victory came at the 2013 Junior All-Star at Talbot with rounds of 77-74-69–220. In 2014, Ramirez has added two more top-10 finishes to her résumé at the AJGA St. Louis Junior and the Ryan Moore Junior Championship. |
About the AJGA
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 6,000 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 50 countries. To ensure scholarship opportunities for all junior golfers who have the skill, the AJGA created the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program to provide financial assistance to young players in need.
Titleist, the AJGA’s National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association’s success since 1989. Rolex, which is in its fourth decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Ralph Lauren became the AJGA’s second Premier Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 500 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Brandt Snedeker, Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Stacy Lewis, Vicky Hurst, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome and Morgan Pressel.
Tournament field
– Bold indicates New York native
| Boys Division |
| Jared Barclay |
Weston, Fla. |
| Alec Bard |
New Hartford, N.Y. |
| Eduardo Blochtein |
Delray Beach, Fla. |
| Kevin Borowicz |
Grand Island, N.Y. |
| Caleb Bryant |
New Freedom, Pa. |
| Chase Cameron |
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. |
| Hoke Carlton |
Charlotte, N.C. |
| Frank Cestone |
Clarks Summit, Pa. |
| Justin Chae |
Summit, N.J. |
| Gilbert Chang |
Smithtown, N.Y. |
| Jeg Coughlin III |
Dublin, Ohio |
| Nicklaus Cuny |
Cranberry Twp, Pa. |
| Joe Dancsecs |
Murrysville, Pa. |
| Nathaniel Dong |
Glastonbury, Conn. |
| Colin Dubnik |
Rochester, N.Y. |
| Thomas Dzwonczyk |
North Abington Twp, Pa. |
| Maxwell Ferrari |
Framingham, Mass. |
| Zachary Ford |
Cochranton, Pa. |
| Joshua Goldenberg |
Scarsdale, N.Y. |
| Isaac Gorenstein |
Nyack, N.Y. |
| Stephen Gretchen |
Mcmechen, W.Va. |
| Riley Griffin |
Barrington, R.I. |
| Lee Hammerschmidt |
Armonk, N.Y. |
| Tyler Hatton |
Southborough, Mass. |
| Jimmy Hervol |
Hopkinton, Mass. |
| Matt Hutchins |
Sudbury, Mass. |
| Zachary Iannone |
North Haven, Conn. |
| Jack Kennedy |
Bettendorf, Iowa |
| Manuel Kent |
(Paraguay) Weston, Fla. |
| John YounSung Kim |
(South Korea) Toronto, Ontario |
| Yoojin Kim |
Centreville, Va. |
| Ross Lazar |
Okemos, Mich. |
| Leonard Lee |
Wyckoff, N.J. |
| Seiya Liu |
Beverly Hills, CA |
| Mike May |
Auburn, N.Y. |
| Caden Mclaughlin |
Maryville, Tenn. |
| Curren Mody |
Monmouth Junction, N.J. |
| Robert Nixon |
Washington, D.C. |
| Evan Overcash |
Mechanicsburg, Pa. |
| James Pelcher |
Baldwinsville, N.Y. |
| Ryan Podufal |
Erie, Pa. |
| Drew Powell |
Bangor, Maine |
| Trey Razzetti, III |
Glen Allen, Va. |
| JP Rehak |
Williamsville, N.Y. |
| Ben Reichert |
East Amherst, N.Y. |
| Peter Richards |
Westport, Conn. |
| Tim Rotermund |
Madison, Conn. |
| Kevin Shafer |
Castle Rock, Colo. |
| Gregory Sibick |
Williamsville, N.Y. |
| Alejandro Soto |
Newton, Mass. |
| Noah Steele |
Kingston, Ontario |
| Charles Sun |
Bradenton, Fla. |
| Kelly Sun |
Bradenton, Fla. |
| Zack Taylor |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Tyler Tsay |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Michael VanDerLaan |
Southbury, Conn. |
| Harrison Vonderau |
Columbia Station, Ohio |
| Steven Weingroff |
Upper Saddle River, N.J. |
| Christopher White |
Garden City, N.Y. |
| Thomas Winters |
Marble Falls, Texas |
| Edric Wung |
McLean, Va. |
| Zitong (Ezekiel) Zhao |
(China) Hartsdale, N.Y. |
| Jerry Zhu |
(China) Lake Mary, Fla. |
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| Girls Division |
| Cara Basso |
Downingtown, Pa. |
| Katie Behnert |
Montandon, Pa. |
| Graysen Bright |
Rockville, Md. |
| Kristin Dahee Chung |
(South Korea) Buena Park, Calif. |
| Maren Cipolla |
Lewiston, N.Y. |
| Chelsea Dantonio |
Lancaster, N.Y. |
| Lauren DeJoe |
Candia, N.H. |
| Sara Feith |
Dover, N.H. |
| Carley Hopton |
Madison, N.J. |
| Belinda Hu |
San Ramon, Calif. |
| Hanna Jia |
Potomac, Md. |
| Katie Kim |
Riverwoods, Ill. |
| Jessica Li |
Thornhill, Ontario |
| Emily Mills |
Farmingdale, N.J. |
| Eun-Won Park |
(South Korea) Tenafly, N.J. |
| Marah Penn |
Hamburg, N.Y. |
| Ana Paula Ramirez |
Pachuca, Mexico |
| Sara Riso |
Hamburg, N.Y. |
| Alexandra Sazhin |
(Russian Federation) Old Greenwich, Conn. |
| Lauren Thibodeau |
Hampstead, N.H. |
| Nattcha Treevichaphan |
Nonthaburi, Thailand |
| Alexa Tsay |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Isabella Wang |
Renton, Wash. |
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