2022 Junior Invitational
The 2022 Junior Invitational
Recognized by Golfweek as the #1 junior event in golf, the Junior Invitational welcomed the very best golfers from around the world to Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, South Carolina. Founded in 2011, it has become one of the most desired invitations in the world of competitive junior golf. The 2022 Junior Invitational was held March 17-19.
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Girls Field
Leigh Chien
Hometown: Irvine, CA | Representing: United States
Chien is ranked No. 6 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 14 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She recently won the 2022 Mariah Stackhouse Girls Invitational. In 2021, she won both the Joanne Winter Arizona Silver Belle Championship and the Dye Junior Invitational. Chien is a two-time KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational Champion (2019, 2020).
Gianna Clemente
Hometown: Estero, Fla. | Representing: United States
Clemente is ranked No. 10 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 13 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She captured the 2021 PING Invitational and became the youngest champion in the tournament’s history at 13. Clemente notched another 2021 victory with a 54-hole record at the AJGA Junior at Big Sky Golf Course.
Anna Davis
Hometown: Spring Valley, CA | Representing: United States
Davis holds the No. 3 ranking in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 6 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Davis won both the 2021 Girls Junior PGA Championship and 2021 PING Heather Farr Classic. In January, she finished runner-up in the 2022 Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational and T2 in the 2022 Junior Orange Bowl Invitational.
Francesca Fiorellini
Hometown: Rome, Italy | Representing: Italy
Fiorellini sits at No. 39 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. She is both the Italian U18 National Champion and Italian Amateur Match Play Champion. Fiorellini recently won the 2022 Portuguese Internacional Ladies Amateur Championship and 2021 Internationaux de France U21 - Trophee Esmond.
Megha Ganne
Hometown: Holmdel, NJ | Representing: United States
Ganne currently sits at No. 13 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. She earned low-amateur honors (T14) at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open. Ganne has signed to continue her golf career at Stanford University.
Paris Hilinski
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA | Representing: United States
Hilinski’s recent top 10 finishes include the 2019 Dixie Amateur (fifth), the 2020 Sally (fourth), the 2020 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex (third) and the 2020 PING Invitational (eighth). She also participated in the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship (T51) and 2019 U.S. Women’s Open.
Sara Im
Hometown: Duluth, GA | Representing: United States
Im is ranked No. 20 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 29 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She won the 2021 AJGA Carolina Trace Junior. She finished third in the 2021 Greenwood Junior Championship and second in the 2021 Scott Robertson Memorial. Im plans to attend Vanderbilt University upon graduation.
Jaclyn LaHa
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA | Representing: United States
LaHa is No. 16 in the in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 18 in the American Junior Golf Association. She finished T2 at the 2021 PING Invitational. She plans to play golf at the University of Virginia upon graduation.
Jeong Hyun Lee
Hometown: South Korea | Representing: South Korea
Lee is No. 44 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Her most recent wins were the 2021 KB Financial Group Cup and the 2020 Korean Women’s Amateur – KangMinKoo Cup. In 2019 at 12 years old, Lee became the youngest golfer to win the Women’s Individual Championship at the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship.
Maria Jose Marin Negrete
Hometown: Cali | Representing: Colombia
Negrete is No. 8 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Negrete most recently won the 2022 Junior Orange Bowl Invitational. She finished runner-up in the 2021 Women’s Amateur Latin America Championship. Negrete has notched 12 worldwide wins in the last two years.
Amalie Leth-Nissen
Hometown: Copenhagen | Representing: Denmark
Leth-Nissen is No. 24 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. She most recently captured the 2021 European Ladies’ Club Trophy and the 2021 DGU Elite Tour III Damer & Piger. Leth-Nissen also helped lead Team Europe to victory in the 2021 PING Junior Solheim Cup.
Katie Li
Hometown: Baskin Ridge, NJ | Representing: United States
She captured first at the 2021 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship. She also notched top ten finishes at the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior (T3), the 2021 Polo Golf Liberty Classic (second), the 2021 Scott Robertson Memorial (T4) and the 2021 Sung Hyun Park Junior Championship (second). Li intends to attend Duke University.
Ava Merrill
Hometown: John's Creek, GA | Representing: United States
Merrill is ranked No. 21 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 33 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She won the 2021 Rome Junior Classic presented by Piedmont Bank. Also in 2021, she finished T3 at the Sung Hyun Park Junior Championship and T7 at The PING Invitational. Merill has verbally committed to Stanford University upon her graduation in 2023.
Alexa Pano
Hometown: Lakeworth, FL | Representing: United States
Pano is ranked No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 2 in the American Junior Golf Association. She was the runner-up in the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions. Pano was the youngest player to compete in the inaugural 2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur at 14 years old.
Avani Prashanth
Hometown: Bangalore | Representing: India
India’s No. 1 player, Prashanth recently won the All India Ladies and Amateur (Stroke Play and Match Play) tournaments and the All India Junior Girls. She represented India at the 2021 Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific. Prashanth is a two-time Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour winner.
Jacqueline Putrino
Hometown: Lakewood Ranch, FL | Representing: United States
Putrino is No. 5 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She is the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Champion. Putrino has committed to continue her collegiate career at Florida State in the fall.
Catherine Rao
Hometown: Camarillo, CA | Representing: United States
Rao is No. 22 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 26 in the American Junior Golf Association. She was a member of both the 2021 PING Junior Solheim Cup U.S. Team and the 2021 Wyndham Cup West Team. Rao intends to attend Princeton University.
Kiara Romero
Hometown: San Jose, CA | Representing: United States
Romero is No. 7 in both the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and the American Junior Golf Association. She is the 2021 Polo Golf Junior Classic Champion. She finished runner-up in the 2021 Joanne Winter Arizona Silver Belle Championship. Romero plans to attend the University of Oregon.
Kaitlyn Shroeder
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL | Representing: United States
Shroeder is No. 4 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She was a 2021 US Girls' Junior Quarterfinalist. She notched top 10 finishes at the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions (T4), 2021 Dye Junior Invitational (T2) and the 2021 Diamond Resorts ANNIKA Invitational presented by Rolex (T6). Shroeder plans to attend the University of Alabama.
Bailey Shoemaker
Hometown: Dade City, FL | Representing: United States
Shoemaker is No. 3 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 4 in the American Junior Golf Association. In 2021, she won both the Kathy Whitworth Invitational and Sung Hyun Park Junior Championship. Shoemaker intends to attend the University of Southern California.
Shannon Tan
Hometown: Upper Coomas | Representing: Australia
Tan won back-to-back EFG Singapore Junior Masters in 2020 and 2021. She also won the 2021 Singapore Junior Masters Spring Tournament. Tan has signed a letter of intent to attend Texas Tech University.
Kelly Xu
Hometown: Claremont, CA | Representing: United States
Xu is No. 10 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 13 in the American Junior Golf Association. She won the 2021 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship. Xu has signed to continue her golf career at Stanford University.
Yunxuan (Michelle) Zhang
Hometown: Plano, TX | Representing: United States
Zhang is No. 11 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 17 in the American Junior Golf Association. She won the Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship in 2021 and the Under Armour ® / Jordan Spieth Championship in 2020. Zhang signed a Letter of Intent to join Southern Methodist University women’s golf team.
Avery Zweig
Hometown: McKinney, TX | Representing: United States
Zweig is No. 14 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 20 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. She successfully qualified for five USGA events before turning 14 years old. She won the 2021 Diamond Resorts ANNIKA Invitational presented by Rolex. Zweig recently finished third in the 2022 Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational.
Boys Field
Jonas Appel
Hometown: Encinitas, CA | Representing: United States
Appel is No. 12 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Appel has notched recent top 10 finishes to include the 2021 Juniors America Cup (fourth), the 2021 IMG Academy Junior World Championship (fifth) and at the 2021 PING Invitational (seventh). Appel won the 2020 Under Armour ® Jordan Spieth Championship. Appel has signed to continue his golf career Baylor University following graduation.
Jack Bigham
Hometown: St. Albans | Representing: United Kingdom
Bigham won the 2021 R&A Boys Amateur Championship. He also finished fifth in the 2021 English Men’s Amateur Championship. Bigham has signed to play collegiately at Florida State University.
Mahanth Chirravuri
Hometown: Chandler, AZ | Representing: United States
Chirravuri is ranked No. 5 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 5 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He is the 2022 AJGA Simplify Boys Champion. Chirravuri has signed a Letter of Intent to join the University of Southern California men’s golf team.
Daniel Choi
Hometown: Westlake, TX | Representing: United States
Choi is No. 49 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He won the 2019 AJGA College Station Junior All-Star. He finished third in the 2021 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship. Choi will play collegiately at Duke University in the fall.
Luke Clanton
Hometown: Miami Lakes, FL | Representing: United States
Appearances in the Junior Invitational: Third (2019, 2020, 2022). Clanton is No. 4 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He finished T3 at the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. His most recent top 10 finishes include the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship (T2), 2021 Team TaylorMade Invitational (fourth) and 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions (eighth). Clanton will attend Florida State University following his graduation.
Matthew Comegys
Hometown: Van Alstyn, TX | Representing: United States
Comegys is No. 10 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 17 in the American Junior Golf Association. His recent top 10 finishes include his performance at the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions (seventh) and the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (ninth). He finished in third and shot the lowest score at the 2020 Southern Junior Championship. Comegys has signed to continue his golf career at Texas Tech University.
Riccardo Fantinelli
Hometown: Rome | Representing: Italy
Fantinelli won the 2021 Alexander Quin Invitational. He was the runner-up at the 2021 R&A Boys Amateur Championship. Fantinelli plans on attending Princeton University.
Marco Florioli
Hometown: Bergamo | Representing: Italy
Florioli captured the 2021 Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship - Franco Bevione Trophy. He has 21 top 10 finishes in the last two years, including his performances at the 2021 European Young Masters (sixth), the 2021 Italian Team Qualifying tournament (fifth) and the 2021 German Boys Open (10th). He plans to attend Wake Forest University.
Ethan Gao
Hometown: Alpharetta, GA | Representing: United States
Gao is No. 15 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and ranked No. 19 by the American Junior Golf Association. He was the runner-up in the 2021 TaylorMade Invitational. In 2020, he won the AJGA Callaway Junior Classic. Gao plans on attending Stanford University.
Jonathan Griz
Hometown: Hilton Head, SC | Representing: United States
Appearances in the Junior Invitational: Third (2019, 2020, 2022). Jonathan is No. 5 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 8 in the American Junior Golf Association. Griz is the 2020 North and South Junior Champion and the 2020 South Carolina Champion. He has signed a Letter of Intent to join the University of Alabama men’s golf team.
Nicholas Gross
Hometown: Downingtown, PA | Representing: United States
Gross is ranked No. 12 in the American Junior Golf Association. Gross finished second at the 2022 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship. He recently captured the 2021 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational, and he finished runner-up at the 2021 TaylorMade TP5 Junior All-Star. Gross also notched top ten finishes at the 2021 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational (fifth) and the 2021 Wyndham Invitational (eighth).
Filip Jakubcik
Hometown: Howey in the Hills, FL | Representing: United States
Jakubcik notched several wins in 2021, including the Copa Valle de Mexico, the Czech International Amateur Championship, the German Boys Open and the Sean Foley Performance Junior Championship. He plans to attend the University of Arizona.
Ben James
Hometown: Milford, CT | Representing: United States
Appearances in the Junior Invitational: Second (2020, 2022). James is No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 2 in the American Junior Golf Association. He secured three AJGA Invitational victories in 2021: Team TaylorMade Invitational, The Junior PLAYERS Championship and The PING Invitational. James has signed to continue his golf career at the University of Virginia after graduation.
William Jennings
Hometown: Greenville, SC | Representing: United States
Jennings is No. 13 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Jennings finished T10 in the 2021 Wyndham Invitational presented by Truist and T8 in the 2021 Jones Cup Junior Invitational. He also won the 2020 Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship.
Jackson Koivun
Hometown: San Jose, CA | Representing: United States
Koivun is ranked No. 7 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 14 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He won the 2021 Jack Burke Jr. Invitational. He finished runner-up in the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions. Koivun has verbally committed to Auburn University following graduation.
Bryan Lee
Hometown: Fairfax, VA | Representing: United States
Lee is No. 6 in both the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and in the American Junior Golf Association. In 2021, he finished T2 at the Boys Junior PGA Championship and T3 at The Junior PLAYERS Championship. Lee has signed to continue his golf career at the University of Virginia.
Eric Lee
Hometown: Fullerton, CA | Representing: United States
Lee is No. 4 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 7 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He won the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions. He finished T2 at the 2021 Boys Junior PGA Championship. Upon graduation, Lee plans to attend University of California Berkeley.
Carter Loflin
Hometown: Duluth, GA | Representing: United States
Loflin is No. 11 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 30 in the American Junior Golf Association. Loflin is the 2020 and 2021 Press Thornton Future Masters Champion. He finished second in the 2021 Wyndham Invitational presented by Truist. Loflin plans on attending to the University of Georgia after graduation.
Christiaan Maas
Hometown: Pretoria | Representing: South Africa
Maas is No. 31 in World Amateur Golf Rankings. Maas’s five wins in 2021 include the Silver Salver, the KwaZulu-Natal Open Strokeplay, the Cape Province Open, the South African Amateur Championship and the Gauteng North Open. He also finished runner-up in the 2022 Free State Open. Maas intends to attend the University of Texas Austin.
Tommy Morrison
Hometown: Dallas, TX | Representing: United States
Appearances in the Junior Invitational: Second, (2020 2022). Morrison is ranked No. 40 in the American Junior Golf Association. He finished in fourth at the 2022 Junior Orange Bowl International and T6 at the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship. He is also the 2020 Southern Junior Champion. Morrison plans on attending the University of Texas Austin.
Jean-Phillippe Parr
Hometown: St. Celestine, Quebec | Representing: Canada
Parr is No. 41 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Parr won the 2021 Canadian Junior Boys Championship. He finished in third at the 2021 Junior Orange Bowl International. Parr plans on attending the University of Tennessee following graduation.
Virgilio Paz
Hometown: Caracas | Representing: Venezuela
Paz finished in 15th at the 2022 Latin American Amateur Championship. He notably won the 2021 3rd Abierto Sambil Juvenil. Paz will continue his golf career at the University of New Mexico.
Anawin Pikulthong
Hometown: Gilbert, AZ | Representing: United States
Pikulthong is No. 15 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 16 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He most recently won the 2021 PING Heather Farr Classic. In 2020, he won both the NHSGA National Invitational and the AJGA Thunderbird Junior All-Star. He plans to join Arizona State University men’s golf team upon his graduation.
Luke Potter
Hometown: Encinitas, CA | Representing: United States
Appearances in the Junior Invitational: Third (2019, 2020, 2022). Potter finished runner-up at the 2020 Junior Invitational and is currently No. 76 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. He won the 2020 Maridoe Amateur. He finished third in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and fourth in the 2021 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship. Potter plans on attending Arizona State University.
Luke Poulter
Hometown: Orlando, FL | Representing: United States
Poulter recently notched top 10 finishes in the 2021 Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship (sixth), the 2021 Westrock Coffee Junior Championship (sixth) and 2021 Dye Junior Invitational (T5). Poulter plans to attend the University of Florida.
Aaron Pounds
Hometown: The Woodlands, TX | Representing: United States
Pounds is No. 9 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 22 in the American Junior Golf Association. He is the 2021 Texas Junior Amateur Champion. He finished third in the 2021 PING Invitational and fourth at the 2021 Jack Burke Jr. Invitational. Pounds has verbally committed to Texas A&M University upon graduation.
Nicholas Prieto
Hometown: Miami, FL | Representing: United States
Prieto is No. 28 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 59 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He won both the 2021 Junior Orange Bowl International and the 2021 Florida Junior Tour – Tour Championship. He also finished fourth in the 2021 PING Invitational. Prieto intends to attend the University of South Florida.
Jack Roberts
Hometown: Saint Marys, GA | Representing: United States
Roberts is No. 10 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 23 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He is the 2021 Southern Junior Champion. He is a two-time winner of the Press Thornton Future Masters (2017 and 2021).
Sihan Sandhu
Hometown: Pinehurst, NC | Representing: United States
Sandhu is No. 25 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 42 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He is the 2020 AJGA Junior Open Champion. Sandhu’s 2021 top 10 finishes include the Wyndham Invitational presented by Truist (T4), Team TaylorMade Invitational (T5), Scott Robertson Memorial (third) and the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship (T6). He is a two-time winner of the Press Thornton Future Masters (2017 and 2018).
Harley Smith
Hometown: Rayleigh | Representing: United Kingdom
Smith won the 2021 English Boys’ Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. He finished in third at the 2022 Junior Orange Bowl International. He also finished fourth in the 2021 Irish Men’s Amateur Open and ninth in The 2021 Amateur Championship.
Jacob Sosa
Hometown: Austin, TX | Representing: United States
Sosa is No. 9 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 19 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Some of his recent top 10 finishes include the 2021 Boys Junior PGA Championship (seventh), the 2021 Polo Golf Junior Classic (fifth) and the 2021 Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship (second). Sosa will continue his golf career at the University of Texas Austin.
Jase Summy
Hometown: Keller, TX | Representing: United States
Summy is No. 13 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 22 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He most recently won the 2021 Under Armour® / Jordan Spieth Championship after finishing runner-up in 2020. He has signed a Letter of Intent to join the University of Oklahoma men’s golf team.
Caleb Surratt
Hometown: Caleb Surratt | Representing: United States
Surratt is No. 2 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 3 in the American Junior Golf Association. He notched four wins in 2021 alone, including the Boys Junior PGA Championship, the Bobby Chapman Invitational, the Western Junior Championship and the Terra Cotta Invitational. Surratt has signed to continue his golf career at University of Tennessee.
Matthew Troutman
Hometown: Louisville, KY | Representing: United States
Troutman is ranked No. 11 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 21 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. He is the 2021 Justin Thomas Junior Champion and the Kentucky Boys’ Golf Individual High School State Champion. Troutman has signed a Letter of Intent to join the University of Oklahoma men’s golf team.
Keaton Vo
Hometown: Austin, TX | Representing: United States
Vo is No. 24 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 27 in the American Junior Golf Association. He finished runner-up at the 2021 Jack Burke Jr. Invitational. His other recent top ten finishes include the 2021 PING Invitational (eighth), the 2021 IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championship (T9), the 2021 C.T. Pan Junior Championship (fourth) and the 2021 Westrock Coffee Junior Championship (T9). Vo has signed to continue his golf career at the University of Texas Austin.
Wells Williams
Hometown: West Point, MS | Representing: United States
Williams is No. 8 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and No. 23 in the American Junior Golf Association. He won the 2020 Callaway Golf Texas Junior Open and the 2021 Pride of the South Amateur. He finished fifth at both the 2020 and 2021 PING Invitational. Williams has signed a Letter of Intent to join the Vanderbilt University men’s golf team upon graduation.
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