The latest Tournaments stories from HitTheLinks — junior golf news from Junior Golf Hub.
Team Connecticut’s coach shows that a junior golf journey can lead to mentorship and a career in the game, not just results. If your junior golfer has ever wondered whether golf can be more than a scorecard, meet Alex Cavaliere. The Team Connecticut coach at Lyman Orchards Golf Club in Middlefield was a PGA Jr.…
A year after finishing fourth as the top seed, Team Utah’s longtime core came back and won the 2026 17u PGA Jr. League Championship. If your junior golfer has ever had a season end short of where they hoped, Team Utah’s Sunday at Twin Warriors Golf Club is worth a read. One year after earning…
The CJGA’s winter-break championship is WAGR-ranked, open to all, and filling up — here’s what’s on the line and how to get in. If golf is already part of your winter break plans, the CJGA World Junior Championship is one of the few places where December rounds can count toward a World Amateur Golf Ranking.…
An 80-player qualifier in the Philippines will send its Boys’ and Girls’ champions to the 2027 Junior PGA Championships, and it picks its field on verified handicaps. One of the next exemptions into the Junior PGA Championships won’t be earned in the U.S. at all. And for anyone eyeing it, the entry window closes October…
Five first-timers, no defending champ: meet the 17u Jr. League field Deck: Twelve All-Star teams head to Twin Warriors in New Mexico this week, and the title is wide open. Here’s who made it and how. The team that won last year won’t be at Twin Warriors this week. Cog Hill, the defending 17u national…
Daniel Bennett won the men’s title at the Home of Golf after a 64-76 week, a lesson worth carrying into your next windy round. If you have ever walked off the course convinced one bad number ruined your week, Daniel Bennett just gave you a reason to rethink that. The Texas junior opened the St…
The No. 1 player in the Junior Golf Hub Rankings won by four at 14-under, becoming only the second back-to-back champion in the event’s 18 editions. Every junior who has returned to an event as the player to beat knows the field is chasing you from the first tee. Asterisk Talley carried that target all…
One of the fall’s most selective boys’ invitationals won’t be played. Here’s what it means for the 72 juniors who earned a spot, and for anyone building a fall schedule. If your fall calendar hinges on one big start, this week is a reminder that tournament schedules are written in pencil. The AJGA has cancelled…
The Americans didn’t need a hero round on Saturday. They needed a steady one, and that’s a lesson every junior can take into their next final round. The best final round your junior ever plays might look completely unremarkable on the scorecard. That’s the takeaway from Brampton, Ont., where the United States shot a collective…
Every so often a letter lands in the inbox that makes you stop and say, finally. This week that letter came from Joshua “JP” Press, CEO of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour. Since taking over the HJGT in April, JP and his team have spent the year looking hard at what the Tour does well…
The U.S. Girls’ Junior finalists are back in the same field this week, and the format rewards a skill every junior can start building now. If you’re a junior girl wondering what the very top of the pyramid looks like, it tees off Wednesday at Brampton Golf Club in Brampton, Ont. One storyline is already…
A record 11-point margin sounds like a rout that built slowly. It didn’t. The United States led 6-0 before lunch on day one, and everything after that was margin. The United States claimed its fifth straight Junior Presidents Cup this weekend, and the final margin — 17.5 to 6.5 — was the largest in the…
Days before the pros arrive for the Presidents Cup, 24 juniors get the same stage — and nine of them are from families that started exactly where yours is. The pros get Medinah on September 22. The juniors get it first. On Saturday, September 19, the 2026 Junior Presidents Cup puts the 24 best…
The Junior Solheim Cup delivered a nail-biter to match its senior counterpart’s hype this week. Team USA built what looked like an insurmountable lead through the first two sessions, then had to survive a genuine scare in singles as Europe put together one of the best comeback runs in the event’s history. When it was…
If you needed a reminder of how fast momentum can flip in match play, the 51st Walker Cup at Lahinch delivered it in about five hours. Great Britain & Ireland trailed by three points at lunch on Sunday after getting swept 4-0 in the foursomes — the first clean foursomes sweep by the USA since…
Big congratulations to Notah Begay III, who was just named the recipient of the 2026 PGA TOUR Payne Stewart Award — golf’s most respected humanitarian honor, given to a player whose career reflects character, sportsmanship, and a real commitment to giving back. If you’ve followed his work off the course, this one’s been a long…
A Georgia standout is suing the NCAA over eligibility — and the outcome could reshape how junior golfers and their families think about the recruiting timeline. What Happened Carter Loflin, a four-year member of the Georgia golf program who just reached the U.S. Amateur semifinals, filed suit against the NCAA on Aug. 24 in Athens-Clarke…
The countdown to one of junior golf’s most prestigious international showcases is officially on. The Presidents Cup and the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) have announced the first 11 members of the 2026 U.S. Team, including a captain’s pick, along with the 12th and final player to round out the International Team roster. Now in…
After three near-misses on golf’s biggest amateur stages, Asterisk Talley finally has the trophy to match her talent. The 17-year-old from Chowchilla, California, captured the 126th U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tennessee, defeating Japan’s Anna Iwanaga 8 and 6 in the championship match. For a player who has spent…
The 50th playing of the Junior PGA Championship lived up to the milestone, delivering one of the most dramatic finishes in recent memory at Fields Ranch East in Frisco, Texas. Aubrey Hilgers needed a playoff to win the Girls Championship, and Jaden Soong needed nerves of steel on the 17th hole to win the Boys…
The future of golf is on display at PGA Frisco. The milestone 50th Junior PGA Championships kick off at the premier Fields Ranch East and West courses, bringing together 312 of the world’s top young amateurs for four days of high-stakes competition. LIVE SCORING Historically, this tournament has served as a launching pad for the…
A True Cinderella Story In what will go down as one of the most stunning underdog victories in USGA history, 18-year-old Noah Maclauchlan defeated highly touted 17-year-old Miles Russell 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final of the 78th U.S. Junior Amateur in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The contrast between the two finalists couldn’t have been more…
The Stage and The Showdown Held at the pristine Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina, the 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur Championship culminated in a highly anticipated 36-hole match-play final. The battle featured 16-year-old Canadian standout Clairey Lin (currently residing in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) and 17-year-old Floridian Amelie Zalsman, a prominent member…
In a field packed with the world’s premier collegiate golfers, reigning national champions, and elite mid-amateurs, it was a junior superstar who stole the show at the 64th edition of the Northeast Amateur Invitational. Tyler Watts, a top recruit in the high school graduating class of 2026, delivered a masterclass to claim a commanding five-stroke…