Golf fans who have been following the growth of Charlie Woods, the son of Tiger Woods, may have been wondering where and if the golf star-in-the-making would play at the high school level.
\nThe Benjamin School, located in Palm Beach Gardens, was the lucky winner and has reaped benefits from his prowess already.
\nAfter clinching the West Coast High School Tournament, hosted by the South Florida PGA Junior Tour, on Saturday afternoon, the Buccaneer boys golf team is well on its way to what it hopes will be a fourth state championship with the 14-year-old freshman prodigy.
\nCharlie was the two-day tournament’s individual champ at Cypress Woods Golf and Country Club in Naples.
\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\nSeniors Aiden Miller and Tyler Bruneau tied for second, as Luke Wise came in fourth. Travis Robertson, another Benjamin senior, shot two over before withdrawing.
\nCharlie’s performance marks his second low-round outing since the weekend prior at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship Last Chance Florida Regional, held at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, where Benjamin will head for the high school state championship tournament this fall.
\nWith Tiger caddying and final scores of 71 and 66 \u2212 a second round highlighted by nine birdies to tie his career-best \u2212 Charlie won the junior regional qualifier in the boys 14-15 age division to advance to the national championship in Coushatta, Louisiana.
\nThe event, set to begin on Nov. 4, will conclude on Nov. 6, which is the same day Florida High School Athletic Association golf state championships kick off before teams and individual champions are determined on Nov. 15.
\nLast Sunday in a post-match interview, after shaving two strokes from his 2022 tournament scorecard of 68, Charlie only had positive reviews of Mission Inn Resort’s El Campeon course.
\nWoods told tournament host Ryan Burr: “This course is great for me.”
\nHigh school rules and regulations may keep dad off the bag when Charlie’s inaugural run at a varsity state championship comes in November. However, the Bucs can feel confident with a well-tenured “rookie” in the lineup.
\n\n\n\n", "content_text": "Golf fans who have been following the growth of Charlie Woods, the son of Tiger Woods, may have been wondering where and if the golf star-in-the-making would play at the high school level.\nThe Benjamin School, located in Palm Beach Gardens, was the lucky winner and has reaped benefits from his prowess already.\nAfter clinching the West Coast High School Tournament, hosted by the South Florida PGA Junior Tour, on Saturday afternoon, the Buccaneer boys golf team is well on its way to what it hopes will be a fourth state championship with the 14-year-old freshman prodigy.\nCharlie was the two-day tournament’s individual champ at Cypress Woods Golf and Country Club in Naples.\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\nSeniors Aiden Miller and Tyler Bruneau tied for second, as Luke Wise came in fourth. Travis Robertson, another Benjamin senior, shot two over before withdrawing.\nCharlie’s performance marks his second low-round outing since the weekend prior at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship Last Chance Florida Regional, held at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, where Benjamin will head for the high school state championship tournament this fall.\nWith Tiger caddying and final scores of 71 and 66 \u2212 a second round highlighted by nine birdies to tie his career-best \u2212 Charlie won the junior regional qualifier in the boys 14-15 age division to advance to the national championship in Coushatta, Louisiana.\nThe event, set to begin on Nov. 4, will conclude on Nov. 6, which is the same day Florida High School Athletic Association golf state championships kick off before teams and individual champions are determined on Nov. 15.\nLast Sunday in a post-match interview, after shaving two strokes from his 2022 tournament scorecard of 68, Charlie only had positive reviews of Mission Inn Resort’s El Campeon course.\nWoods told tournament host Ryan Burr: “This course is great for me.”\nHigh school rules and regulations may keep dad off the bag when Charlie’s inaugural run at a varsity state championship comes in November. However, the Bucs can feel confident with a well-tenured “rookie” in the lineup.\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRelated\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\tWith Tiger Woods as his caddie, Charlie Woods sinks putt on 18 to win Notah Begay event\n\n\t\t\t\n\tJustin Leonard saw a lot of Tiger Woods in Charlie during a recent Florida junior golf club championship", "date_published": "2023-10-01T16:00:35-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-01T23:51:55-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Tim Schmitt", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/timothymschmitt/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f99e682f8eab472ec4b7e31df8247bce?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Tim Schmitt", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/timothymschmitt/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f99e682f8eab472ec4b7e31df8247bce?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/10/Charlie.jpg", "tags": [ "Charlie Woods", "Cypress Woods Golf and Country Club", "Junior" ], "summary": "Charlie's performance marks his second low-round recent outing. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778399067", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/28/team-europe-wins-2023-junior-ryder-cup-marco-simone/", "title": "Team Europe runs away with Junior Ryder Cup title at Marco Simone", "content_html": "On the eve of the 44th Ryder Cup, another trophy was handed out on the grounds that the golf world will focus on the next three days.
\nTeam Europe ran away with the Junior Ryder Cup title, ending a streak of six straight losses to the Americans, winning 20\u00bd-9\u00bd at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy. The Europeans dominated singles, winning seven of the 12 singles matches and tying three others to claim 8.5 points on the final day.
\nEurope took a commanding 12-6 lead after winning all six fourball matches on Wednesday. The teams were tied at 6 after the first day of competition.
\nA 2014 Ryder Cup player, Stephen Gallacher, led the European squad while PGA past president Paul Levy captained the U.S.
\n![\"2023](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/1694700765.jpg\")
European captain Stephen Gallacher holds up the trophy as European players celebrate on the 18th green after winning the Junior Ryder Cup ahead the 44th Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Nicholas Gross and Billy Davis were the lone Americans to win their singles matches on Thursday. Anna Davis, Billy’s twin sister, halved her match, as did Leigh Chien and Kylie Chong.
\nThe first two rounds were held at Golf Nazionale in Rome before moving to Marco Simone for the final round. This was the first year the singles matches were held on a third day and at the site of the current Ryder Cup.
\nThe U.S. now owns a 7-4-1 all-time record in the biennial competition. The team features six boys and six girls who are U.S. citizens and members of the high school graduating class of 2024 or younger.
\n", "content_text": "On the eve of the 44th Ryder Cup, another trophy was handed out on the grounds that the golf world will focus on the next three days.\nTeam Europe ran away with the Junior Ryder Cup title, ending a streak of six straight losses to the Americans, winning 20\u00bd-9\u00bd at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy. The Europeans dominated singles, winning seven of the 12 singles matches and tying three others to claim 8.5 points on the final day.\nEurope took a commanding 12-6 lead after winning all six fourball matches on Wednesday. The teams were tied at 6 after the first day of competition.\nA 2014 Ryder Cup player, Stephen Gallacher, led the European squad while PGA past president Paul Levy captained the U.S.\nEuropean captain Stephen Gallacher holds up the trophy as European players celebrate on the 18th green after winning the Junior Ryder Cup ahead the 44th Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)\nNicholas Gross and Billy Davis were the lone Americans to win their singles matches on Thursday. Anna Davis, Billy’s twin sister, halved her match, as did Leigh Chien and Kylie Chong.\nThe first two rounds were held at Golf Nazionale in Rome before moving to Marco Simone for the final round. This was the first year the singles matches were held on a third day and at the site of the current Ryder Cup.\nThe U.S. now owns a 7-4-1 all-time record in the biennial competition. The team features six boys and six girls who are U.S. citizens and members of the high school graduating class of 2024 or younger.", "date_published": "2023-09-28T10:00:33-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-28T09:16:43-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Cameron Jourdan", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/cameronjourdan/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/766180fcbbbce7d291e0c75d0e65ef96?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Cameron Jourdan", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/cameronjourdan/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/766180fcbbbce7d291e0c75d0e65ef96?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/1694710712.jpg", "tags": [ "2023 Junior Ryder Cup", "Amateur Golf", "Golf Nazionale", "Junior", "Junior Golf", "Junior Ryder Cup", "Marco Simone", "2023 Ryder Cup", "Ryder Cup" ], "summary": "The Europeans ended a long losing streak. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778396691", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/20/joel-dahmen-james-hahn-pxg-bob-parsons-first-tee-phoenix-fundraiser/", "title": "PGA Tour golfers, PXG founder headline First Tee Phoenix fundraiser 'green' carpet event", "content_html": "SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014\u00a0The First Tee Phoenix celebrated its 20th year with a “green” carpet fundraising bash Monday night.
\nPGA Tour golfers Joel Dahmen and James Hahn were among those who walked the celebrity green carpet at Ocean 44, a high-end seafood restaurant in Scottsdale, where guests paid $1,500 a plate to raise money for the First Tee program, first established in 2003. There are now 14 golf courses hosting First Tee-Phoenix programs, including TPC Scottsdale, home of the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open.
\nOther famous faces who showed up Monday included ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon, golf trick shot artist Tania Tare, PXG founder Bob Parsons, former Arizona governor Doug Ducey and former vice president Dan Quayle.
\n![\"First](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/PXL_20230919_003228218.jpg\")
Joel Dahmen is interviewed by a local TV station during a fundraising event for the First Tee Phoenix in Scottsdale. (Photo: Todd Kelly/Golfweek)
The First Tee has 150 chapters nationwide with a goal of connecting the game of golf with junior golfers ages 4 to 18 in underserved communities. First Tee-Phoenix reports that there are now more than 120,000 young golfers involved in the program statewide.
\nJeff Mastro, owner and founder of Ocean 44 as well as popular Scottsdale steak restaurants Steak 44 and Dominick’s Steakhouse, hosted the event and underwrote the entire cost of the evening.
\nThere were about 180 attendees in all and the night raised close to $1 million.
\n", "content_text": "SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014\u00a0The First Tee Phoenix celebrated its 20th year with a “green” carpet fundraising bash Monday night.\nPGA Tour golfers Joel Dahmen and James Hahn were among those who walked the celebrity green carpet at Ocean 44, a high-end seafood restaurant in Scottsdale, where guests paid $1,500 a plate to raise money for the First Tee program, first established in 2003. There are now 14 golf courses hosting First Tee-Phoenix programs, including TPC Scottsdale, home of the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open.\nOther famous faces who showed up Monday included ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon, golf trick shot artist Tania Tare, PXG founder Bob Parsons, former Arizona governor Doug Ducey and former vice president Dan Quayle.\nJoel Dahmen is interviewed by a local TV station during a fundraising event for the First Tee Phoenix in Scottsdale. (Photo: Todd Kelly/Golfweek)\nThe First Tee has 150 chapters nationwide with a goal of connecting the game of golf with junior golfers ages 4 to 18 in underserved communities. First Tee-Phoenix reports that there are now more than 120,000 young golfers involved in the program statewide.\nJeff Mastro, owner and founder of Ocean 44 as well as popular Scottsdale steak restaurants Steak 44 and Dominick’s Steakhouse, hosted the event and underwrote the entire cost of the evening.\nThere were about 180 attendees in all and the night raised close to $1 million.", "date_published": "2023-09-20T12:00:54-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-24T11:10:48-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/PXL_20230919_010955774.jpg", "tags": [ "Arizona golf", "First Tee", "First Tee Phoenix", "James Hahn", "Joel Dahmen", "Junior" ], "summary": "The night raised close to $1 million. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778396242", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/16/arizona-high-school-golf-coach-turns-storage-room-into-golf-simulator/", "title": "Arizona high school golf coach turns storage room into golf simulator, adds putting green", "content_html": "GILBERT, Ariz. \u2014 A couple of years ago, when Williams Field High School built a field house next to the football stadium, Rick Miles, the only boys golf coach the school has had since it opened, kept asking athletic director Darrell Stangle, “Where’s the golf room?”
\nMiles was given the field house’s storage room, where golf carts were going to be stationed.
\n“He showed it to me and I was like, ‘Done, we’ll take it,’ ” Miles said.
\nOnce just concrete flooring and brick walls, Miles got help from players and parents to paint the room the school colors opf red and black. A student painted the Black Hawks logo on the wall. Turf was added with the big screen that features Torrey Pines for the simulator.
\n“I did some serious fundraising,” Miles said. “Here we are. It’s only one day. But it’s a start.”
\nEvery Monday, this is Williams Field’s golfers’ practice facility. The 10 boys golfers get out of class, walk over to the field house, pull out their clubs, and go to work, driving shots into the screen. There also is a big hitting net outside into which they rocket shots. A putting green was added this summer behind the field house.
\nGroups of three, three and four golfers alternate from station to station, including the weight room. This has been helpful during a season in which Williams Field’s home golf course isn’t available due to overseeding.
\n“It’s fun to know how far you hit it,” Carr said. “It’s very accurate. You’re getting right numbers. It’s also fun to take a driver and hit it and know the exact distance it will go.”
\nWilliams Field’s boys golf team captured its first Division II state golf championship in 2021. This year, unable to use its home course due to overseeding, the school has been helped by Ocotillo Golf Club in Chandler and Toka Sticks Golf Club in Mesa a couple of days a week.
\nMiles isn’t a certified teaching pro, but he does the best he can with technology to give kids what they need to be the best they can be. Top golfers have their own swing coaches. Carr calls Miles a great “strategist.”
\nMiles also knows how to fundraise. He said winning state two years ago helped. It gave people more incentive to donate. The simulator room with all the bells and whistles, Miles said, ended up costing about $16,000.
\nWilliams Field isn’t the only high school that has a golf simulator room. Brophy Prep, a private Jesuit school in central Phoenix, has two golf rooms. But it doesn’t have a putting green. Miles believes Williams Field might be the only high school in Arizona with its own putting green.
\n![\"Williams](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/USATSI_21425717.jpg\")
An outdoor practice putting green at Williams Field High School in Gilbert, Arizona. (Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic)
By raising funds for the putting green, Miles said he was able to get a couple of hitting nets. But only one is being used on this particular Monday.
\n“One of the coaches parked in the other area where he we would set up the other one, so I don’t think he wants golf balls peppered on the windshield,” Miles said. “We’re going to let that one go today.”
\nIn the sim room, Miles can only have one golfer inside at a time because of space limitations. It still is used for storage. There also is a mini refrigerator to store water for the golfers during their workout.
\n“All we need is a couch back there,” Miles said.
\nBefore entering the sim room for the first time this season, Miles asked his newer players how far they thought they hit a 7-iron. When they get to the simulator, they quickly find out how far they actually hit it.
\nFreshman Benjamin Bui, one of the team’s top golfers, said he still is getting used to high school competition. But the sim room helps. He’s worked with it before with his private coach.
\n“It’s like a good practice day,” Bui said. “You work out. You go to the putting green. And you go hit. It’s kind of nice.”
\nMiles said his next fund-raising project will be to add three more courses to the simulator, including Pebble Beach and St. Andrews.
\n“They like coming in here,” Miles said. “I toyed with putting a bunker out here to get some sand work in. But I was afraid of the liability.”
\n", "content_text": "GILBERT, Ariz. \u2014 A couple of years ago, when Williams Field High School built a field house next to the football stadium, Rick Miles, the only boys golf coach the school has had since it opened, kept asking athletic director Darrell Stangle, “Where’s the golf room?”\nMiles was given the field house’s storage room, where golf carts were going to be stationed.\n“He showed it to me and I was like, ‘Done, we’ll take it,’ ” Miles said.\nOnce just concrete flooring and brick walls, Miles got help from players and parents to paint the room the school colors opf red and black. A student painted the Black Hawks logo on the wall. Turf was added with the big screen that features Torrey Pines for the simulator.\n“I did some serious fundraising,” Miles said. “Here we are. It’s only one day. But it’s a start.”\nEvery Monday, this is Williams Field’s golfers’ practice facility. The 10 boys golfers get out of class, walk over to the field house, pull out their clubs, and go to work, driving shots into the screen. There also is a big hitting net outside into which they rocket shots. A putting green was added this summer behind the field house.\nGroups of three, three and four golfers alternate from station to station, including the weight room. This has been helpful during a season in which Williams Field’s home golf course isn’t available due to overseeding.\n“It’s fun to know how far you hit it,” Carr said. “It’s very accurate. You’re getting right numbers. It’s also fun to take a driver and hit it and know the exact distance it will go.”\nWilliams Field’s boys golf team captured its first Division II state golf championship in 2021. This year, unable to use its home course due to overseeding, the school has been helped by Ocotillo Golf Club in Chandler and Toka Sticks Golf Club in Mesa a couple of days a week.\nMiles isn’t a certified teaching pro, but he does the best he can with technology to give kids what they need to be the best they can be. Top golfers have their own swing coaches. Carr calls Miles a great “strategist.”\nMiles also knows how to fundraise. He said winning state two years ago helped. It gave people more incentive to donate. The simulator room with all the bells and whistles, Miles said, ended up costing about $16,000.\nWilliams Field isn’t the only high school that has a golf simulator room. Brophy Prep, a private Jesuit school in central Phoenix, has two golf rooms. But it doesn’t have a putting green. Miles believes Williams Field might be the only high school in Arizona with its own putting green.\nAn outdoor practice putting green at Williams Field High School in Gilbert, Arizona. (Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic)\nBy raising funds for the putting green, Miles said he was able to get a couple of hitting nets. But only one is being used on this particular Monday.\n“One of the coaches parked in the other area where he we would set up the other one, so I don’t think he wants golf balls peppered on the windshield,” Miles said. “We’re going to let that one go today.”\nIn the sim room, Miles can only have one golfer inside at a time because of space limitations. It still is used for storage. There also is a mini refrigerator to store water for the golfers during their workout.\n“All we need is a couch back there,” Miles said.\nBefore entering the sim room for the first time this season, Miles asked his newer players how far they thought they hit a 7-iron. When they get to the simulator, they quickly find out how far they actually hit it.\nFreshman Benjamin Bui, one of the team’s top golfers, said he still is getting used to high school competition. But the sim room helps. He’s worked with it before with his private coach.\n“It’s like a good practice day,” Bui said. “You work out. You go to the putting green. And you go hit. It’s kind of nice.”\nMiles said his next fund-raising project will be to add three more courses to the simulator, including Pebble Beach and St. Andrews.\n“They like coming in here,” Miles said. “I toyed with putting a bunker out here to get some sand work in. But I was afraid of the liability.”", "date_published": "2023-09-16T11:00:51-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-15T19:50:59-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/USATSI_21425718.jpg", "tags": [ "Arizona golf", "Rick Miles", "Williams Field High School", "Junior" ], "summary": "A Phoenix-area high school golf coach added a simulator in an old storage shed for his golfers. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=smg_event&p=778394578", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/event/2023-golfweek-international-junior-invitational/", "title": "2023 Golfweek International Junior Invitational", "content_html": "The\u00a0Golfweek Junior Tournament Series is now in its 24th year. All events in the Series are nationally ranked by Golfweek/Sagarin and the Junior Golf Scoreboard. The\u00a0Golfweek\u00a0International Junior Invitational is the flagship event of the Series and annually attracts one of the top fields in junior golf. Entry is based solely on (1) invitation, (2) submitted and approved application, (3) finishing top 10 in qualifying\u00a0Golfweek\u00a0Junior Series tournament, (4) finishing in the top 5 in a state junior championship.\u00a0Other potential entrants are encouraged to submit a playing resume for consideration by the tournament committee.\u00a0
\n", "content_text": "The\u00a0Golfweek Junior Tournament Series is now in its 24th year. All events in the Series are nationally ranked by Golfweek/Sagarin and the Junior Golf Scoreboard. The\u00a0Golfweek\u00a0International Junior Invitational is the flagship event of the Series and annually attracts one of the top fields in junior golf. Entry is based solely on (1) invitation, (2) submitted and approved application, (3) finishing top 10 in qualifying\u00a0Golfweek\u00a0Junior Series tournament, (4) finishing in the top 5 in a state junior championship.\u00a0Other potential entrants are encouraged to submit a playing resume for consideration by the tournament committee.\u00a0", "date_published": "2023-09-06T22:13:25-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-06T22:13:25-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Ron Gaines", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/golfweekron/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/73b64a22db1a2600cbcb60357bcfd68c?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Ron Gaines", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/golfweekron/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/73b64a22db1a2600cbcb60357bcfd68c?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/Celebration-Golf-Club-Hole-6.jpg", "tags": [ "AJGA", "Amateur", "Celebration Golf Club", "Junior", "Junior Golf", "Junior Golf Scoreboard", "Junior Golf Tournament", "s", "Sagarin", "Amateur", "Blog Junior", "Events", "Golf", "Juniors" ] }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778393432", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/04/miles-russell-2023-junior-players-championship-tpc-sawgrass/", "title": "Miles Russell makes history with Junior Players Championship win at TPC Sawgrass", "content_html": "Let\u2019s face it: After dominating the second round of the\u00a017th Junior Players Championship\u00a0on Saturday,\u00a0Miles Russell\u00a0fell flat on the\u00a0front nine during Sunday\u2019s final round at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
\nAnd he\u2019ll tell you.
\n\u201cJust didn\u2019t play very well,\u201d said the 14-year-old Jacksonville Beach resident.
\nMORE: Junior Players leaderboard
\nBut a long walk to the 10th tee gave him a chance to calm down and realize he was still leading the American Junior Golf Association tournament \u2014 even if a four-shot margin to start the day had shrunk to one over\u00a0Phillip Dunham\u00a0of Ponte Vedra Beach.
\nRussell then fired a bogey-free back nine, highlighted by a nervy swing on the scariest tee shot under pressure in golf, regardless of age, and with a closing 71 became the first resident of the First Coast to win the Junior Players by four shots over Dunham at 9-under-par 207.
\nDunham, who plays practices at the\u00a0TPC Sawgrass,\u00a0battled hard and matched the low score of the third round, which greeted the contestants\u00a0with the traditional Sunday pins for The Players and an odd late summer wind, coming briskly out of the North and Northeast.
\n\u201cIt was tough \u2026 you\u2019ve just got to know how to handle it,\u201d said Dunham, who put the pressure on Russell by making only one bogey. \u201cJust kind of know where to put the ball.\u201d
\nAnd if it\u2019s any consolation, Dunham joined Russell in posting the best finish by two area players in the Junior Players. The previous best was a tie for third in 2007 by\u00a0Bud Cauley,\u00a0and there had never been two First Coast players among the top 10.
\nWill Hartman (71) of Marvin, N.C., finished third at 3-under, Tyler Watts (70) of Huntsville, Ala., was fourth at 2-under.\u00a0Tyler Mawhinney\u00a0(73) of Fleming Island tied for sixth at even par and Jackson Byrd (78) of St. Simons Island, Ga., tied for ninth at 2-over.
\nRussell also became the youngest winner of the Junior Players by nearly two years over\u00a0Khavish Varadan\u00a0(2016) and is the first to win the Junior Players and the\u00a0Junior PGA\u00a0in the same year.
\nRussell has been coming to The Players Championship since he was two years old and used to score\u00a0autographs at the 17th hole during practice rounds. As a result, holding a trophy for winning a tournament at the Home of The Players was huge for the skinny, scrappy left-hander.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a big one since I\u2019m from here,\u201d he said. \u201cIt means a lot.\u201d
\nAnd he was followed by perhaps the largest gallery in Junior Players history, with about six dozen family, friends, fellow AJGA players who had finished early and came back out to watch the finish, and a large contingent of Atlantic Beach Country Club members, where Russell plays and practices.
\n\u201cThat was pretty cool,\u201d he said of the crowd and the reception he got when he made a 3-foot par putt at the 18th hole to secure the victory.
\nThe Miles Fan Club were primed for a victory but were getting nervous after he almost came back to the field.
\nRussell led by six shots with six holes to play when he fired a 66 in Saturday\u2019s second round and had a four-shot lead to start the day on Sunday.
\nHe then made a slew of unforced errors during a 2-over front nine: a 150-yard third shot short of the green at No. 2 (bogey), a three-putt from 12 feet at No. 4 (bogey), a misjudged third shot at No. 6 that landed 20 feet behind the hole (bogey), an indifferent tee shot and miss of a 5-foot putt at No. 8\u00a0(bogey) and a pulled layup shot in a fairway bunker at No. 9 (par).
\nRussell needed 17 putts on the front nine.
\nHarder to explain were his two birdies on the front, at two of the most difficult holes on the course, Nos. 5 and 7, both on 4-foot putts, with the approach at the fifth coming out of a fairway bunker.
\n\u201cI played golf on those holes, and not sloppy,\u201d he said of the fifth and seventh.
\nPerhaps it was a realization of just how well he had played most of the week that made him clean up.
\nRussell got some breathing room when Dunham caught a tough lie in a bunker at No. 10 and bogeyed to fall two shots behind. Russell let two opportunities go by when he missed a 15-foot birdie putt at No. 10 and a 5-foot birdie putt at No. 11 \u2014 after a jaw-dropping shot from a fairway bunker, over water and in front of the green. He opted to chip instead of putt and wound up sending it past the hole.
\nBut he had gone back to pounding the greens. Russell would hit all nine greens in regulation on the back nine and eventually, the birdies fell.
\nDunham birdied No. 12 to get within one shot for the second time but Russell followed that with a 4-foot birdie putt at the 12th and his lead never dipped below two shots again.
\nRussell made safe pars at Nos. 14 and 15 (getting a break when his tee shot at the 15th hit the base of a tree on the left and kicked 90 degrees to the right side of the fairway), then birdied the par-5 16th on a 3-foot putt.
\nRussell then stood on the 17th tee with a three-shot lead. Without fear, he bored a \u201cpunch gap wedge\u201d through the wind at No. 17, with the ball coming to rest in a spot familiar to Players Championships history buffs \u2014 4 feet away and to the right of hole, where\u00a0Sergio Garcia‘s tee shot landed in a playoff against Paul Goydos to win the 2008 Players.
\nRussell said he wasn\u2019t necessarily trying to hit it that close.
\n\u201cJust on the green anywhere,\u201d he said of the plan on the tee. \u201cSecond goal was to get it on the right tier up top. It hit the shot I was trying to hit and executed it well.\u201d
\nDunham had some tough breaks in his attempt to catch Russell. He had an open look at No. 16 to reach the green in two but he pulled the ball slightly. It caught tree branches on the left side of the fairway and dropped straight down.
\nDunham then hit his third shot fat and left himself with a 25-foot birdie putt, which he missed.
\nHe then hit just as bold a shot at No. 17 as Russell did but missed a 5-foot birdie attempt.
\n\u201cGreat shot, didn\u2019t make the putt,\u201d he said.
\n\n\n\n", "content_text": "Let\u2019s face it: After dominating the second round of the\u00a017th Junior Players Championship\u00a0on Saturday,\u00a0Miles Russell\u00a0fell flat on the\u00a0front nine during Sunday\u2019s final round at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.\nAnd he\u2019ll tell you.\n\u201cJust didn\u2019t play very well,\u201d said the 14-year-old Jacksonville Beach resident.\nMORE: Junior Players leaderboard\nBut a long walk to the 10th tee gave him a chance to calm down and realize he was still leading the American Junior Golf Association tournament \u2014 even if a four-shot margin to start the day had shrunk to one over\u00a0Phillip Dunham\u00a0of Ponte Vedra Beach.\nRussell then fired a bogey-free back nine, highlighted by a nervy swing on the scariest tee shot under pressure in golf, regardless of age, and with a closing 71 became the first resident of the First Coast to win the Junior Players by four shots over Dunham at 9-under-par 207.\nFirst one-two finish\nDunham, who plays practices at the\u00a0TPC Sawgrass,\u00a0battled hard and matched the low score of the third round, which greeted the contestants\u00a0with the traditional Sunday pins for The Players and an odd late summer wind, coming briskly out of the North and Northeast.\n\u201cIt was tough \u2026 you\u2019ve just got to know how to handle it,\u201d said Dunham, who put the pressure on Russell by making only one bogey. \u201cJust kind of know where to put the ball.\u201d\nAnd if it\u2019s any consolation, Dunham joined Russell in posting the best finish by two area players in the Junior Players. The previous best was a tie for third in 2007 by\u00a0Bud Cauley,\u00a0and there had never been two First Coast players among the top 10.\nWill Hartman (71) of Marvin, N.C., finished third at 3-under, Tyler Watts (70) of Huntsville, Ala., was fourth at 2-under.\u00a0Tyler Mawhinney\u00a0(73) of Fleming Island tied for sixth at even par and Jackson Byrd (78) of St. Simons Island, Ga., tied for ninth at 2-over.\nRussell also became the youngest winner of the Junior Players by nearly two years over\u00a0Khavish Varadan\u00a0(2016) and is the first to win the Junior Players and the\u00a0Junior PGA\u00a0in the same year.\nLarge gallery encourages Russell\nRussell has been coming to The Players Championship since he was two years old and used to score\u00a0autographs at the 17th hole during practice rounds. As a result, holding a trophy for winning a tournament at the Home of The Players was huge for the skinny, scrappy left-hander.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a big one since I\u2019m from here,\u201d he said. \u201cIt means a lot.\u201d\nAnd he was followed by perhaps the largest gallery in Junior Players history, with about six dozen family, friends, fellow AJGA players who had finished early and came back out to watch the finish, and a large contingent of Atlantic Beach Country Club members, where Russell plays and practices.\n\u201cThat was pretty cool,\u201d he said of the crowd and the reception he got when he made a 3-foot par putt at the 18th hole to secure the victory.\nThe Miles Fan Club were primed for a victory but were getting nervous after he almost came back to the field.\nReturning to form on the back\nRussell led by six shots with six holes to play when he fired a 66 in Saturday\u2019s second round and had a four-shot lead to start the day on Sunday.\nHe then made a slew of unforced errors during a 2-over front nine: a 150-yard third shot short of the green at No. 2 (bogey), a three-putt from 12 feet at No. 4 (bogey), a misjudged third shot at No. 6 that landed 20 feet behind the hole (bogey), an indifferent tee shot and miss of a 5-foot putt at No. 8\u00a0(bogey) and a pulled layup shot in a fairway bunker at No. 9 (par).\nRussell needed 17 putts on the front nine.\nHarder to explain were his two birdies on the front, at two of the most difficult holes on the course, Nos. 5 and 7, both on 4-foot putts, with the approach at the fifth coming out of a fairway bunker.\n\u201cI played golf on those holes, and not sloppy,\u201d he said of the fifth and seventh.\nPerhaps it was a realization of just how well he had played most of the week that made him clean up.\nRussell hit every green on the back\nRussell got some breathing room when Dunham caught a tough lie in a bunker at No. 10 and bogeyed to fall two shots behind. Russell let two opportunities go by when he missed a 15-foot birdie putt at No. 10 and a 5-foot birdie putt at No. 11 \u2014 after a jaw-dropping shot from a fairway bunker, over water and in front of the green. He opted to chip instead of putt and wound up sending it past the hole.\nBut he had gone back to pounding the greens. Russell would hit all nine greens in regulation on the back nine and eventually, the birdies fell.\nDunham birdied No. 12 to get within one shot for the second time but Russell followed that with a 4-foot birdie putt at the 12th and his lead never dipped below two shots again.\nRussell made safe pars at Nos. 14 and 15 (getting a break when his tee shot at the 15th hit the base of a tree on the left and kicked 90 degrees to the right side of the fairway), then birdied the par-5 16th on a 3-foot putt.\nA fearless shot at No. 17\nRussell then stood on the 17th tee with a three-shot lead. Without fear, he bored a \u201cpunch gap wedge\u201d through the wind at No. 17, with the ball coming to rest in a spot familiar to Players Championships history buffs \u2014 4 feet away and to the right of hole, where\u00a0Sergio Garcia‘s tee shot landed in a playoff against Paul Goydos to win the 2008 Players.\nRussell said he wasn\u2019t necessarily trying to hit it that close.\n\u201cJust on the green anywhere,\u201d he said of the plan on the tee. \u201cSecond goal was to get it on the right tier up top. It hit the shot I was trying to hit and executed it well.\u201d\nDunham had some tough breaks in his attempt to catch Russell. He had an open look at No. 16 to reach the green in two but he pulled the ball slightly. It caught tree branches on the left side of the fairway and dropped straight down.\nDunham then hit his third shot fat and left himself with a 25-foot birdie putt, which he missed.\nHe then hit just as bold a shot at No. 17 as Russell did but missed a 5-foot birdie attempt.\n\u201cGreat shot, didn\u2019t make the putt,\u201d he said.\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tMore\t\t\tAmateur\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\tCharlie Woods wins again, this time on the South Florida PGA Junior Tour\n\n\t\t\t\n\tWith husband Steve at the Ryder Cup, Nicki Stricker competes in first USGA event in 31 years\n\n\t\t\t\n\tTeam Europe runs away with Junior Ryder Cup title at Marco Simone", "date_published": "2023-09-04T17:00:58-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-04T16:55:30-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Adam Woodard", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/awood1224/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21432c1362bb465e1941109d405f503c?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Adam Woodard", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/awood1224/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21432c1362bb465e1941109d405f503c?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/Untitled.jpg", "tags": [ "2023 Junior Players", "Junior Players Championship", "Miles Russell", "TPC Sawgrass", "Amateur", "Junior" ], "summary": "Russell shot a bogey-free back nine to become the first resident of the First Coast to win the Junior Players. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778392938", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/01/super-billy-davis-anna-name-for-himself-junior-brother/", "title": "Meet 'Super' Billy Davis, twin of ANWA champ Anna, who is making a name for himself", "content_html": "PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 It\u2019s been a super summer for Super Billy Davis.
\nDavis, 17, of Spring Valley, California, whose Instagram handle is @SuperBillyDavis, will try to cap off a magical run with victory at the AJGA\u2019s Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Sept. 1-3.
\nDavis is the twin brother of 2022 Augusta National Women\u2019s Amateur champion Anna Davis \u2013 \u201cshe\u2019s two minutes older than me,\u201d he says \u2013 and busting out of her shadow in a big way.
\nBeginning in December, he\u2019s finished tied for second in the Jones Cup Junior Invitational, won two AJGA titles including the Mayakoba Invitational in April, finished third in the Toyota World Cup representing the U.S. in Japan and helped the West team win the Wyndham Cup in July. At the U.S. Junior Championship later that month, his first USGA championship, he advanced to the semifinals before losing to eventual runner-up Joshua Bai of New Zealand. A week later, on August 1, he tied for second in the Junior PGA Championship.
\nAdd it all up and he has progressed from likely watching his sister from outside the ropes to earning a berth alongside her as a member of the 12-person U.S. Junior Ryder Cup (six boys and six girls), which will compete in Rome Sept. 26-28.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really unexpected,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t something I had my sights set on at all, but once I got on this run I ended up earning a whole bunch of points.\u201d
\n\n\n\nCheck out the swing of Billy Davis at 17 @TPCSawgrass. The twin brother of ANWA champ Anna has game too. #AJGA pic.twitter.com/pkuktKLVxD
\n— Adam Schupak (@AdamSchupak) September 1, 2023
Indeed, he did, and at minimum he will enjoy some good pizza, pasta and gelato as a result while hoping he also can pick the brain of fellow San Diego native Xander Schauffele in Rome. Davis has climbed to fifth in the AJGA\u2019s Rolex rankings and No. 460 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He still has a long way to go to catch his twin, who is ranked No. 4 in the women\u2019s ranking and finished second at the LPGA Tour’s Mizuho Americas Open. Anna, who made her bucket hat famous during her victorious turn at Augusta National last year, is just behind Rose Zhang as a leading lady of women\u2019s golf. Asked how he handles being in her shadows, Super Billy says it\u2019s actually pretty cool and has its benefits \u2013 such as when they go to their home course in San Diego and everyone wants to talk to big sister.
\n\u201cShe can hardly practice while I can do my thing,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery once in a while, someone will stop me and say, \u2018Hey, didn\u2019t I see you caddying for your sister on TV?’ \u201d
\nBut Super Billy won’t be under the radar for long if he keeps racking up wins and top finishes in the biggest junior events. He is yet another super-talented ballstriking machine. He\u2019s 135 pounds soaking wet and with his glasses on \u2013 one can only imagine that once the Auburn University commit (as is his sister) gets on a rigorous training program and grows into his wiry frame, he\u2019ll only become longer. He\u2019s already got enough pop. When asked how he fares against his sister, he says he more than holds his own. And in case you were wondering if a teen who goes by Super Billy has the swagger to match that of his sister, he adds, \u201cIt\u2019s not a fair fight when we play from the tips.\u201d
\n", "content_text": "PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 It\u2019s been a super summer for Super Billy Davis.\nDavis, 17, of Spring Valley, California, whose Instagram handle is @SuperBillyDavis, will try to cap off a magical run with victory at the AJGA\u2019s Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Sept. 1-3.\nDavis is the twin brother of 2022 Augusta National Women\u2019s Amateur champion Anna Davis \u2013 \u201cshe\u2019s two minutes older than me,\u201d he says \u2013 and busting out of her shadow in a big way.\nBeginning in December, he\u2019s finished tied for second in the Jones Cup Junior Invitational, won two AJGA titles including the Mayakoba Invitational in April, finished third in the Toyota World Cup representing the U.S. in Japan and helped the West team win the Wyndham Cup in July. At the U.S. Junior Championship later that month, his first USGA championship, he advanced to the semifinals before losing to eventual runner-up Joshua Bai of New Zealand. A week later, on August 1, he tied for second in the Junior PGA Championship.\nAdd it all up and he has progressed from likely watching his sister from outside the ropes to earning a berth alongside her as a member of the 12-person U.S. Junior Ryder Cup (six boys and six girls), which will compete in Rome Sept. 26-28.\n\u201cIt\u2019s really unexpected,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t something I had my sights set on at all, but once I got on this run I ended up earning a whole bunch of points.\u201d\n\nCheck out the swing of Billy Davis at 17 @TPCSawgrass. The twin brother of ANWA champ Anna has game too. #AJGA pic.twitter.com/pkuktKLVxD\n— Adam Schupak (@AdamSchupak) September 1, 2023\n\nIndeed, he did, and at minimum he will enjoy some good pizza, pasta and gelato as a result while hoping he also can pick the brain of fellow San Diego native Xander Schauffele in Rome. Davis has climbed to fifth in the AJGA\u2019s Rolex rankings and No. 460 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He still has a long way to go to catch his twin, who is ranked No. 4 in the women\u2019s ranking and finished second at the LPGA Tour’s Mizuho Americas Open. Anna, who made her bucket hat famous during her victorious turn at Augusta National last year, is just behind Rose Zhang as a leading lady of women\u2019s golf. Asked how he handles being in her shadows, Super Billy says it\u2019s actually pretty cool and has its benefits \u2013 such as when they go to their home course in San Diego and everyone wants to talk to big sister.\n\u201cShe can hardly practice while I can do my thing,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery once in a while, someone will stop me and say, \u2018Hey, didn\u2019t I see you caddying for your sister on TV?’ \u201d\nBut Super Billy won’t be under the radar for long if he keeps racking up wins and top finishes in the biggest junior events. He is yet another super-talented ballstriking machine. He\u2019s 135 pounds soaking wet and with his glasses on \u2013 one can only imagine that once the Auburn University commit (as is his sister) gets on a rigorous training program and grows into his wiry frame, he\u2019ll only become longer. He\u2019s already got enough pop. When asked how he fares against his sister, he says he more than holds his own. And in case you were wondering if a teen who goes by Super Billy has the swagger to match that of his sister, he adds, \u201cIt\u2019s not a fair fight when we play from the tips.\u201d", "date_published": "2023-09-01T09:00:59-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-02T08:50:44-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Adam Schupak", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/shoop007/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c770dcffbdb4a77bab2df2cc7e89690f?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Adam Schupak", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/shoop007/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c770dcffbdb4a77bab2df2cc7e89690f?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/IMG_5511.jpg", "tags": [ "2023 Junior Players", "2023 Junior Ryder Cup", "Anna Davis", "Billy Davis", "Events", "Junior", "Juniors" ], "summary": "He went from likely watching his sister from outside the ropes to earning a berth alongside her as a member of the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup (...)" }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778388381", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/08/15/2023-us-ryder-cup-team-junior-anna-davis-gianna-clemente/", "title": "Anna Davis, Miles Russell highlight 2023 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team selections", "content_html": "The United States Junior Ryder Cup team has been set.
\nThe 12-member co-ed team will compete in the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup from Sept. 26-28 in Rome, Italy. The final day will be at Marco Simone, site of the 2023 Ryder Cup the same week.
\nGolf Nazionale will be the venue for the first two days of foursomes and fourballs. The 2023 edition of the Junior Ryder Cup marks the first time the event will take place over three days instead of two, with the Ryder Cup venue hosting the decisive singles matches.
\nThe U.S. Team, which is seeking its seventh straight victory and owns a 7-3-1 all-time record in the biennial competition, features six boys and six girls who are U.S. citizens and members of the high school graduating class of 2024 or younger.
\nThe girls selections are: Leigh Chien, Kylie Chong, Gianna Clemente, Anna Davis, Ryleigh Knaub and Yana Wilson. On the boys side, the selections are: Jackson Byrd, Billy Davis, Nicholas Gross, Will Hartman, Jay Leng, Jr. and Miles Russell.
\n\u201cI am incredibly proud of these 12 exceptional individuals who comprise the 2023 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team,\u201d said Paul Levy, the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Captain. \u201cThese players have worked tirelessly to earn a spot on our team and will represent our country with great pride and determination. As we prepare for Rome, I am eager to see our team compete on a worldwide stage and showcase the best of the next generation of U.S. golf.\u201d
\n\n\n\n", "content_text": "The United States Junior Ryder Cup team has been set.\nThe 12-member co-ed team will compete in the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup from Sept. 26-28 in Rome, Italy. The final day will be at Marco Simone, site of the 2023 Ryder Cup the same week.\nGolf Nazionale will be the venue for the first two days of foursomes and fourballs. The 2023 edition of the Junior Ryder Cup marks the first time the event will take place over three days instead of two, with the Ryder Cup venue hosting the decisive singles matches.\nThe U.S. Team, which is seeking its seventh straight victory and owns a 7-3-1 all-time record in the biennial competition, features six boys and six girls who are U.S. citizens and members of the high school graduating class of 2024 or younger.\nThe girls selections are: Leigh Chien, Kylie Chong, Gianna Clemente, Anna Davis, Ryleigh Knaub and Yana Wilson. On the boys side, the selections are: Jackson Byrd, Billy Davis, Nicholas Gross, Will Hartman, Jay Leng, Jr. and Miles Russell.\n\u201cI am incredibly proud of these 12 exceptional individuals who comprise the 2023 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team,\u201d said Paul Levy, the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Captain. \u201cThese players have worked tirelessly to earn a spot on our team and will represent our country with great pride and determination. As we prepare for Rome, I am eager to see our team compete on a worldwide stage and showcase the best of the next generation of U.S. golf.\u201d\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tMore\t\t\t2023 Ryder Cup\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\tStefan Schauffele says Xander's Ryder Cup place was in jeopardy, sounds off on player payment\n\n\t\t\t\n\tHighlights from Team Europe's epic 2023 Ryder Cup celebration in Italy\n\n\t\t\t\n\tFresh off Ryder Cup, Patrick Cantlay to marry Nikki Guidish on Monday in Rome", "date_published": "2023-08-15T11:55:02-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-15T11:55:02-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Cameron Jourdan", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/cameronjourdan/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/766180fcbbbce7d291e0c75d0e65ef96?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Cameron Jourdan", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/cameronjourdan/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/766180fcbbbce7d291e0c75d0e65ef96?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/08/23WAM_0811_17235493__G1_2277.jpg", "tags": [ "2023 Junior Ryder Cup", "Golf Nazionale", "Junior Ryder Cup", "Marco Simone", "Ryder Cup", "Junior" ], "summary": "The next wave of talent will get their shot at Marco Simone " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=listicle&p=778385461", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/best-junior-golf-apparel-back-to-school-clothing-2023/", "title": "Best junior golf apparel for 2023", "content_html": "Most junior golfers want to dress just like their favorite PGA Tour or LPGA player. Just look at the crowd anytime Rickie Fowler is on the golf course, it’s a sea of orange shirts and hats.
\nSo, we thought it’d be a great idea to put together a list of junior apparel items from the biggest names in the sport including Nike, adidas, TravisMathew, Rhoback, Peter Millar and more.
\nIf you’re looking for more than just apparel for the junior golfer in your life, check out our list of the best junior golf clubs that we released last week, and be on the look out for future junior lists.
\n", "content_text": "Most junior golfers want to dress just like their favorite PGA Tour or LPGA player. Just look at the crowd anytime Rickie Fowler is on the golf course, it’s a sea of orange shirts and hats.\nSo, we thought it’d be a great idea to put together a list of junior apparel items from the biggest names in the sport including Nike, adidas, TravisMathew, Rhoback, Peter Millar and more.\nIf you’re looking for more than just apparel for the junior golfer in your life, check out our list of the best junior golf clubs that we released last week, and be on the look out for future junior lists.", "date_published": "2023-08-08T10:15:51-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-08T10:15:51-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Riley Hamel", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/rhamel/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdbc83813429f1ab65010959e7a20ec8?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Riley Hamel", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/rhamel/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdbc83813429f1ab65010959e7a20ec8?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/08/junior-golf-apparel-2023.jpg", "tags": [ "Adidas", "FootJoy", "Nike", "no_yh", "peter millar", "Puma", "Rhoback", "Titleist", "TravisMathew", "Under Armour", "Fashion", "Junior", "Partner/affiliate" ], "summary": "Get your junior golfer everything he or she needs for back to school clothing. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=listicle&p=778384136", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/best-junior-golf-clubs-2023-callaway-taylormade-cobra-wilson/", "title": "Best junior golf clubs for 2023", "content_html": "As we hit the middle of the summer, it’s the perfect time to get your junior into the game of golf!
\nAmong all the great things golf can do for your young one, being outside with good friends is near the top of that list.
\nTo get your junior started, we created a list of some of the best and most affordable junior sets on the market. Making sure that each set includes exactly what they’ll need is a great place to start.
\nBrands like TaylorMade, Wilson, Tour Edge and U.S. Kids Golf are all included.
\nSo, without further ado, check out our list of junior sets below.
\n", "content_text": "As we hit the middle of the summer, it’s the perfect time to get your junior into the game of golf!\nAmong all the great things golf can do for your young one, being outside with good friends is near the top of that list.\nTo get your junior started, we created a list of some of the best and most affordable junior sets on the market. Making sure that each set includes exactly what they’ll need is a great place to start.\nBrands like TaylorMade, Wilson, Tour Edge and U.S. Kids Golf are all included.\nSo, without further ado, check out our list of junior sets below.", "date_published": "2023-08-05T09:00:41-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-08-04T11:55:01-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Riley Hamel", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/rhamel/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdbc83813429f1ab65010959e7a20ec8?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Riley Hamel", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/rhamel/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdbc83813429f1ab65010959e7a20ec8?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/08/junior-clubs-2023.jpg", "tags": [ "boy's junior golf", "Callaway", "children's clubs", "Girls junior golf", "Junior Golf", "Junior/Boys", "Junior/Girls", "no_yh", "TaylorMade", "U.S. Kids", "US Kids", "Wilson", "Equipment", "Junior", "Partner/affiliate" ], "summary": "Get ready for the upcoming fall golf season with new boys and girls junior clubs. " } ] }