2023 Boys Field
Kush Arora
Hometown: Pleasanton, Calif. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 24th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has one win and five top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Finished 10th at the Junior Players Championship in 2022.
- 2022 Scholastic Junior All-American and 2020 AJGA Junior All-Star team
- Signed a National Letter of Intent with Stanford Men’s Golf.
Thijmen Batens
Hometown: Pijnacker | Representing: Netherlands
- Has two wins and eight top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Finished third at the Dutch Amateur Championship in 2021.
- His two wins came at the 2021 Voorjaarswedstrijd and the 2022 Dutch National U-18 Stroke Play Championship.
- On the winning Continent of Europe team for the Jacques Léglise Trophy, a competition between continent of Europe and Great Britain & Ireland.
Jackson Byrd
Hometown: St. Simons, Ga. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 21st in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Won the 2021 Matthew NeSmith Junior Championship. NeSmith is a Junior Invitational alum.
- Has four top-10 junior finishes in his career, including an eighth-place finish at the 2022 Bobby Chapman Invitational.
- Son of PGA Tour professional Jonathan Byrd.
Ryder Cowan
Hometown: Edmond, Okla. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 19th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Finished third at the 2022 The PING Invitational.
- Carded an eighth-place finish at the 2021 The Junior Players Championship.
- Captured the 2021 Gateway First Bank Tulsa Junior hosted by Bo Van Pelt.
- Signed National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma Men’s Golf.
Eduardo Derbez Torres
Hometown: Monterrey | Representing: Mexico
- Ranked 44th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has three wins and six top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Won the 2022 Western Junior Championship.
- Two other wins came in his home country of Mexico at the 2022 Campeonato Nacional Interzonas Lorena Ochoa and the 2022 Campeonato Nacional Infantil Juvenil – Mexico.
- Carded a 20th-place finish at the professional El Campanario Classic in 2023.
Ethan Fang
Hometown: Plano, Texas | Representing: United States
- Ranked third in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Posted top-five finishes at the 2022 K.J. Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship presented by Mediheal and the 2022 Junior Players Championship.
- Has carded eight top-10 finishes in his junior career.
- Named a 2022 AJGA second-team All-American.
- Signed National Letter of Intent to play golf at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ethan Gao
Hometown: Alpharetta, Ga. | Representing: United States
- Ranked fourth in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Runner-up at the 2022 Jack Burke Jr. Invitational and the 2022 Boy’s Junior PGA Championship.
- Participated in the 2022 SVJI. Finished in a tie for 18th.
- Has eight top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Committed to play golf at Stanford University.
Gerardo Gomez
Hometown: San Luis Potosí City | Representing: Mexico
- Ranked 22nd in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has one win and eight top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Posted top-five finishes at the 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions and the 2022 The PING Invitational.
- Finished 16th at the 2022 Mexican Amateur.
Nicholas Gross
Hometown: Downingtown, Pa. | Representing: United States
- Ranked fifth in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Carded eight top-10 junior tournament finishes in 2022
- Garnered victories at the 2021 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational presented by adidas Golf and the 2021 Beth Daniel Junior Azalea.
- Finished fifth in the stroke-play portion of the U.S. Amateur and advanced to the quarterfinals of match play.
- Committed to play collegiately at the University of Alabama.
Henry Guan
Hometown: Irving, Texas | Representing: United States
- Ranked 16th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- 2022 Wyndham Invitational champion.
- Has six top-10 junior finishes.
- Participated in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup.
- Finished second at the prestigious South Beach International Amateur in 2022.
Albert Hansson
Hometown: Fiskebäckskil | Representing: Sweden
- Ranked 193rd in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
- Winner of the 2022 R&A Boys Amateur Championship.
- Captured the 2022 Toyota Junior World Cup.
- Has two top-30 finishes at Swedish professional events – the Gumbalde Open By Destination Gotland, where he finished 29th, and the BMW Onsjö Open, where he finished 23rd.
Jorge Siyuan Hao
Hometown: Villaviciosa de Odón | Representing: Spain
- Ranked 122nd in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
- Has seven career junior wins.
- Finished tied for fifth at the European Amateur Championship.
- Has posted 30 top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Ranked sixth in the under-18 European Golf rankings.
Max Herendeen
Hometown: Bellevue, Wash. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 33rd in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Winner of the 2022 Boys Junior PGA Championship.
- Captured the 2022 Coachella Amateur; has nine top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Finished 15th at the prestigious Pacific Coast Amateur.
- Signed a National Letter of Intent with Illinois Golf.
William Jennings
Hometown: Greenville, S.C. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 32nd in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Participated in the 2022 Junior Invitational. Finished 28th.
- Finished 12th in the 2022 Terra Cotta Invitational in Naples, Fla.
- Posted five top-10 junior finishes.
- Carded a second-place finish at the 2022 Bobby Chapman Invitational.
Cooper Jones
Hometown: Highland, Utah | Representing: United States
- Ranked 34th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has seven wins and 14 top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Finished third at the 2022 Dustin Johnson World Junior.
- Carded an 18th-place finish at the prestigious Pacific Coast Amateur.
- Signed National Letter of Intent with Brigham Young University.
Bryan Kim
Hometown: Brookeville, Md. | Representing: United States
- Ranked eighth in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has 11 top-10 finishes in his junior career.
- Participated in the 2022 U.S. Amateur.
- Played in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup.
- Signed a letter of intent with Duke University men’s golf.
Carson Kim
Hometown: Yorba Linda, Calif. | Representing: United States
- Ranked seventh in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Post five top-five junior tournament finishes in 2022; two of those top-five performances came at the prestigious PING Invitational and the Junior Players Championship.
- Participated in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup.
- First-team 2022 Rolex All-American.
- Plans to play collegiately at USC.
Jackson Koivun
Hometown: Chapel Hill, N.C. | Representing: United States
- Ranked sixth in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions champion.
- Has three wins on the junior circuit and 14 top-10 finishes, including a second-place finish at the 2022 Junior Players Championship. Recently finished T-6th at the 2023 Jones Cup.
- Carded a second-round 65 in the 2022 SVJI. Finished the event in a tie for ninth.
- Plans to play collegiately at Auburn University.
Gaven Lane
Hometown: Argyle, Texas | Representing: United States
- Ranked 13th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Competed in the 2022 U.S. Amateur.
- Finished 11th at the 2022 Boys Junior PGA Championship.
- Has two top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Competed in the 2018 U.S. Amateur as a 14-year old.
Pongsapak ‘Fifa’ Laopakdee
Hometown: Rayong | Representing: Thailand
- Ranked 155th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
- Two-time SINGHA Thailand Amateur Open.
- 2022 Junior Presidents Cup participant.
- Has nine wins and 26 top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Signed to play golf with Arizona State University.
Byungho Lee
Hometown: Plano, Texas | Representing: South Korea
- Ranked 18th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has one win and seven top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Finished eighth at the 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions.
- His lone junior win came at the Scott Robertson Memorial in 2022 in Roanoke, Va.
- Verbally committed to play golf at Pepperdine University.
Eric Lee
Hometown: Fullerton, Calif. | Representing: United States
- Ranked second in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Named the 2022 American Junior Golf Association’s (AJGA) boys Player of the Year.
- Won the 2021 Rolex Tournament of Champions.
- Has nine top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the 2021 Junior Americas Cup and the 2021 Boys’ Junior PGA Championship.
- Will play collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jay Leng
Hometown: San Diego, Calif. | Representing: United States
- Ranked ninth in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Winner of the 2022 PING Invitational
- Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur.
- Has four top-10 junior finishes.
- Won the 2015 Drive, Putt and Chip Competition at Augusta National in the 7-9 age division.
PJ Maybank III
Hometown: Cheboygan, Mich. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 10th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Notched three wins and eight top-10 finishes in his junior career.
- Participated in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup.
- 2021 Michigan Junior State Amateur Champion.
- Signed letter of intent to play at the University of Oklahoma.
Matt Moloney
Hometown: Daniel Island, S.C. | Representing: United States
- Member of the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup team.
- Won the 2022 Sung Hyun Park Junior Championship.
- Named the Washington Post’s Golfer of the Year in the spring of 2022 as a sophomore at Gonzaga High School.
- Ranked fourth in the AJGA’s Class of 2024 rankings.
Jean-Philippe Parr
Hometown: St. Celestine, Quebec | Representing: Canada
- Finished eighth at the 2022 Junior Invitational. Posted a second-round 69 in his low round of the tournament.
- Has seven junior wins and 26 top-10 finishes.
- Won the 2022 Canadian Junior Boys Championship.
- Finished fourth at the 2022 Canadian Amateur.
- Committed to play golf at the University of Tennessee.
Cayden Pope
Hometown: Lexington, Ky. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 28th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has five top-10 finishes as a junior.
- Carded a top-five finish at the 2023 Orange Bowl Invitational.
- Finished runner-up at the 2022 Wyndham Invitational.
- Signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Auburn University.
Aldrich Potgieter
Hometown: Mossel Bay | Representing: South Africa
- Ranked 41st in the World Golf Amateur Rankings.
- Winner of the 2022 Amateur Championship.
- Participated in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup.
- Played in the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
- Has five junior wins and 11 top-10 finishes.
Aaron Pounds
Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas | Representing: United States
- Ranked 25th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Finished fifth at the 2022 Junior Invitational.
- Captured the 2021 Texas Junior Amateur.
- Has five top-10 junior finishes.
- Signed National Letter of Intent with Texas A&M men’s golf.
Nicholas Prieto
Hometown: Miami, FL | Representing: United States
- Ranked 26th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has three wins and 14 top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Posted top-five finishes at the 2022 Azalea Invitational and the 2022 Terra Cotta Invitational.
- Captured the Florida Junior Amateur Championship title in 2021.
- Committed to play golf at Arizona State University.
Jack Roberts
Hometown: Saint Marys, Ga. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 14th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Winner of the 2021 Southern Junior.
- Runner-up at the 2022 Dustin Johnson World Junior.
- Finished 16th at the 2022 SVJI.
- Ended the 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions with a 16th-place finish.
Dylan Shaw-Radford
Hometown: Brighouse | Representing: United Kingdom
- Captured the 2022 English Boys’ Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
- Has three junior wins and six top-10 finishes.
- Carded a top-20 finish at the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (17th).
- Ranked 13th in the under-18 European Golf rankings.
Rylan Shim
Hometown: Centreville, Va. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 15th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has one win and two top-10 finishes on the junior circuit.
- Finished fifth at The Western Junior Championship in 2022.
- Lone win came at the 2022 Lanto Junior Championship.
- Signed a National Letter of Intent with the University of Florida.
Harley Smith
Hometown: Upminster | Representing: United Kingdom
- Ranked 31st in the Under-18 European Golf Rankings.
- Has two junior titles and ten top-10 finishes.
- Participated in the 2022 Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett.
- Finished ninth at the 2022 European Amateur Championship.
Preston Stout
Hometown: Richardson, Texas | Representing: United States
- Ranked first in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Captured the 2022 Byron Nelson Junior Champion
- Won the 2022 C.T. Pan Junior Championship.
- Was victorious at the 2021 Byron Nelson Junior Championship and the 2021 AJGA Carolina Trace Junior.
- Plans to play collegiately at Oklahoma State.
Connor Williams
Hometown: Escondido, Calif. | Representing: United States
- Ranked 11th in the Golfweek Junior Rankings.
- Has two wins and eight top-10 finishes as a junior, including the 2022 Agave Amateur in Indio, Calif.
- Finished eighth at the Junior Players Championship.
- Also finished eighth at the 2022 Wyndham Invitational.
- Signed a National Letter of Intent to play golf at Arizona State University.