July 2, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The world’s top junior golfers are at RiverWatch Golf & Resort this week competing in the American Junior Golf Association Tournament.
The 54 hole, stroke play tournament will consist of 78 players, ages 12-19. Players from 16 states and three countries make up the field. Thirteen Tennesseans will compete in the tournament. One Rolex Junior All-American and four AJGA champions headline the 2018 tournament field. Eleven players in the field have committed to colleges.
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Of the 11 players committed to colleges in the 2018 tournament field, three of them are committed to schools in Tennessee. In the Boys Division, Bryson Morrell of Knoxville, Tennessee, is committed to the University of Tennessee at Martin. In the Girls Division, two Tennesseans, Jayna Choi of Collierville, Tennessee, and Lynn Lim of Gallatin, Tennessee, are both committed to Vanderbilt University.
2018 is the second year that the RiverWatch Golf Club will host the AJGA Junior at RiverWatch. The RiverWatch Golf Club & Resort is Tennessee’s first 18-hole championship golf course. The course, which was designed by PGA professional Peter Jacobsen and architect Jim Hardy, sits above Center Hill Lake in Middle Tennessee. Along with hosting the AJGA, the course is also home to the SNEDS Tour at RiverWatch.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018, the American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls, ages 12-19) of more than 6,900 members from 50 states and 60 foreign countries. Through initiatives like the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant, a financial assistance program, and Leadership Links, a service-oriented platform that teaches juniors charitable-giving skills, the AJGA fosters the growth of golf’s next generation.