The 7th Annual Golfweek West Coast Junior Invitational, the second leg of the prestigious Golfweek Junior Tournament Series, will be played May 20-21 at Mesa Country Club in Mesa, Ariz. The top 100 players in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings earn automatic invitations to the event and special invitations are awarded based on rankings and recent tournament results.
The tournament is nationally ranked by Golfweek/Sagarin and National Junior Golf Scoreboard. The AJGA officially recognizes this event by awarding the following PBE status:
Boys and Girls champions: Full Exemption
Boys Top 5 and Girls Top 3: 12 Stars
Boys Top 10 and Girls Top 5: 8 Stars
Boys Top 15 and Girls Top 10: 4 Stars
Any player who would like to receive a special invitation to compete in this year’s event may send an official request along with a brief tournament resume to Carlton Reese, creese@golfweek.usatoday.com.
Here is a list of players who have registered as of April 4, 2017:
Boys
- Zachary Ahmadi, Westlake Village, CA
- Hector Barnetche, Phoenix, AZ
- Jake Benanti, Dallas, TX
- Sean Buckles, North Vancouver, BC
- Evan Chien, Irvine, CA
- Ethan Chung, Cupertino, CA
- Jack Crawshaw, Winnetka, IL
- Tyson Dinsmore, Los Altos Hills, CA
- Mason Domecq, Scottsdale, AZ
- Eric Doyle, San Diego, CA
- Davis Evans, Phoenix, AZ
- Patrick Fernandez, Surprise, AZ
- Dylan Fritz, Las Vegas, NV
- Angelo Giantsopoulos, Richmond Hill, ON
- Aidan Goldstein, Las Vegas, NV
- Diego Gonzalez, San Luis Btosi, Mexico
- Justin Gums, Lodi, CA
- Tony Hendricks, Phoenix, AZ
- Chris Horton, Scottsdale, AZ
- Connor Howe, Ogden, UT
- Hunter Howe, Ogden, UT
- Davis Irving, Germantown, TN
- Oliver Jack, Denver, CO
- Tom Katsenes, Scottsdale, AZ
- John Keefer, San Antonio, TX
- Riley Klingelberg, Murrieta, CA
- Edwin Kuang, Murrieta, CA
- Aditya Kumar, Fremont, CA
- Bryce Kvick, Sacramento, CA
- Ryan Lee, Norwood, NJ
- Derrick Liu, Palm Desert, CA
- James Mackie, Phoenix, AZ
- Jake Marek, Westlake Village, CA
- John Menne, Surprise, AZ
- Mason Nam, Scottsdale, AZ
- Roberto Nieves, Miami, FL
- Jake O’Neil, Fruitland, ID
- Alexander Pak, San Clemente, CA
- Nicholas Pham, Huntington Beach, CA
- Nicholas Phi, Orange, CA
- Senne Ramiah, Cape Town, South Africa
- Aaron Ramos, Goodyear, AZ
- Drew Reinke, Meridian, ID
- Jackson Rivera, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Cam Sandland, Phoenix, AZ
- Chad Sewell, Conroe, TX
- Ryan Smith, Carlsbad, CA
- Tyler Svendson, Phoenix, AZ
- William Villegas-Mellein, Thousand Oaks, CA
- Jack Whisler, Scottsdale, AZ
- Chase White, San Antonio, TX
- Edward Wu, Temple City, CA
- Jerry Wu, Temple City, CA
- Alexander Yang, Carlsbad, CA
Girls
- Macee Aguirre, Santa Ana, CA
- Rose Baral, Fort Worth, TX
- Samantha Cabunag, Irvine, CA
- Isabella Cantwell, Scottsdale, AZ
- Manhua Chen, Guangdong, China
- Morgan Goldstein, Las Vegas, NV
- Jessica Huang, Aukland, New Zealand
- Angelica Kusnowo, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Madeleine Laux, Goodyear, AZ
- Audrey Lin, Fremont, CA
- Annie Liu, Pleasanton, CA
- Ashley Lung, Henderson, NV
- Ashley Menne, Surprise, AZ
- Makenzie Niblett, Austin, TX
- Ashleigh Park, Irvine, CA
- Brianna Park, Irvine, CA
- Alexandria Quihuis, Tucson, AZ
- Vanessa Richani, Granite Bay, CA
- Chandler Rosholt, Cedar Park, TX
- Precious Saelee, Walnut, CA
- Bella Setio, San Marino, CA
- Katie Stribling, Santa Ana, CA
- Kimberlee Tottori, Las Vegas, NV
- Khameryn Utu, Santa Ana, CA
- Therese Warner, Kennewick, WA
- Maddie White, Lompoc, CA
- Olivia White, Los Angeles, CA
- Abigail Wiranatha, West Covina, CA
- Naomi Wiranatha, West Covina, CA
- Phoebe Yue, West Vancouver, BC
