The AJGA Tournament of Champions, known as the Rolex Tournament of Champions for sponsorship reasons, is a leading annual junior
golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers under the age of 19.
The tournament has been played since 1978 and is the flagship tournament of the
American Junior Golf Association. The field is made up of the top boys and girls on the AJGA Rankings, AJGA Junior All-Americans, award recipients, plus select invitees. The 44th edition in 2001 featured 144 of the best junior golfers in the world from 14 different countries.
Many tournament winners have later gone on to success on the
PGA Tour or the
LPGA Tour and even win majors, such as
Phil Mickelson,
David Duval,
Webb Simpson,
Jenny Lidback,
Grace Park,
Patty Tavatanakit,
Inbee Park,
Morgan Pressel and
Ashleigh Simon. When
Phil Mickelson won his third consecutive title in 1988, he became the first player in AJGA Boys Division history to win the same event in three consecutive years.
[ Other repeat winners include Tommy Moore, ]James Oh
James Oh (born April 5, 1982) is an American professional golfer.
Oh was born in Los Angeles, California. In 1996, he became the youngest golfer to qualify for the U.S. Amateur at age 14 years, 4 months, 20 days, one month younger than Bobby Jo ...
, Beth Bauer, Meja Örtengren and Rose Zhang.
Winners
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Notes
References
External links
*{{official website, https://www.ajga.org/tournaments/2023/rolex-tournament-of-champions
Junior golf tournaments
Amateur golf tournaments in the United States
AJGA Tournament of Champions
Annual sporting events in the United States