The playing fields at the 49th Boys & Girls Junior PGA Championships are chock full of Palm Beach County golf talent.
10 local golfers will compete in the PGA of America’s premier junior event from July 29-Aug. 1 at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Jupiter’s Grace Carter, North Palm Beach’s Wylie Inman and Jupiter’s Charlie Woods will be back in competition this week after recently taking part in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
The Junior PGA Championships are comprised of two 72-hole stroke play tournaments for boys and girls junior amateur golfers. This year’s boys and girls tournaments will each feature 156 golfers, respectively.
First round play is scheduled for Tuesday with the boys tournament on Purdue University’s Ackerman-Allen Course and the girls tournament on the Kampen-Cosler Course.
The tournament will cut to the top 60 plus ties after Wednesday’s second round. It will cut down to the top 30 plus ties after the third round on Thursday.
The Junior PGA Championships were first hosted in 1976 and have a long history in Palm Beach County.
From 1980-2000, the event was hosted PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens in all but two years. In 1990, Tiger Woods finished runner-up to Fort Lauderdale’s Chris Couch at PGA National.
Previous tournament winners include major champions Trevor Immelman and David Toms.
Hampton Beebe
Age: 17
Hometown: West Palm Beach
Varsity: Jupiter High School
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 104
College commitment: Auburn University
Brooks Colton
Age: 16
Hometown: Riviera Beach
Varsity: Benjamin
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 52
College commitment: N/A
Gabriel Oliveira Holtz
Age: 17
Hometown: Boca Raton
Varsity: N/A
Rolex AJGA Rankings: N/A
College commitment: Clemson University
Wylie Inman
Age: 17
Hometown: North Palm Beach
Varsity: Dwyer
Rolex AJGA Rankings: 46
College commitment: University of South Florida
Giuseppe Puebla
Age: 17
Hometown: Royal Palm Beach
Varsity: N/A
Rolex AJGA Rankings: 7
College commitment: N/A
Tristian Rhodenizer
Age: 17
Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens
Varsity: Morningside Academy (Port St. Lucie)
Rolex AJGA Rankings: NR
College commitment: N/A
Charlie Woods, Jupiter
Age: 16
Hometown: Jupiter
Varsity: Benjamin
Rolex AJGA Rankings: 19
College commitment: N/A
Catherine Andino
Age: 16
Hometown: Boca Raton
Varsity: West Boca Raton
Rolex AJGA Rankings: N/A
College commitment: N/A
Grace Carter
Age: 15
Hometown: Jupiter
Varsity: N/A
Rolex AJGA Rankings: 39
College commitment: N/A
Marley Pedrique, West Palm Beach
Age: 15
Hometown: West Palm Beach
Varsity: N/A
Rolex AJGA Rankings: 109
College commitment: N/A
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
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