The Western Junior Championship
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The Western Junior Championship, held in 2025 from June 16 to 19, will take place at The Harvester Golf Club in Rhodes, Iowa. It is the oldest national junior golf tournament in the United States, dating back to 1914, attracting top junior players from over 40 states and internationally. The tournament features four rounds of stroke play with a field typically comprising around 150 of the best junior golfers, making it a key stepping stone for future golf stars. Entry is open to highly competitive juniors meeting eligibility requirements, and the event is highly regarded for its history of alumni who have advanced to successful professional golf careers, including players like Tiger Woods and Collin Morikawa.
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Date | Course | Winner | Winning Score | Power | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17 - 19, 2025 | The Harvester Club | Trevor Gutschewski (-7) | -7 | 24.77 | See Results |
| Jun 18 - 20, 2024 | Ruth Lake CC | Parker Sands (-10) | -10 | 30.81 | See Results |
Results
2024
Scoring Averages
+3.45Tournament
75.46R1
72.71R2
71.06R3
72.00R4
Round Stats
2.52Birdies or Better
5.07Bogeys or Worse
3.35Par 3s
4.18Par 4s
4.97Par 5s
Finish | Name | Score to Par | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | SG vs Field | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parker Sands | -10 | 270 | 72 | 66 | 66 | 66 | +5.31 | 12.23 |
| 2 | Chase Kyes | -4 | 276 | 71 | 64 | 71 | 70 | +3.81 | 10.02 |
| T3 | Talan Harrison | -3 | 277 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 69 | +3.56 | 10.02 |
| T3 | Sterling Hurd | -3 | 277 | 71 | 66 | 67 | 73 | +3.56 | 10.02 |
| T5 | Brooks Simmons | -2 | 278 | 73 | 68 | 72 | 65 | +3.31 | 8.96 |
| T5 | Mason Howell | -2 | 278 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 69 | +3.31 | 8.96 |
| T5 | Michael Riebe | -2 | 278 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 67 | +3.31 | 8.96 |
| T8 | Nathan Miller | -1 | 279 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 68 | +3.06 | 7.34 |
| T8 | Rich Wills | -1 | 279 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 70 | +3.06 | 7.34 |
| T10 | Jason Shwartz | E | 280 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 73 | +2.81 | 7.10 |
| T10 | Chance Rinkol | E | 280 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 73 | +2.81 | 7.10 |
| T10 | Clark Van Gaalen | E | 280 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 67 | +2.81 | 7.10 |
| T10 | Jake Albert | E | 280 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 75 | +2.81 | 7.10 |
| 14 | Harry Satterlee | +1 | 281 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 68 | +2.56 | 5.78 |
| T15 | Drew Woolworth | +2 | 282 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 71 | +2.31 | 5.63 |
| T15 | Jessy Huebner | +2 | 282 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | +2.31 | 5.63 |
| T15 | Jack Roberts | +2 | 282 | 79 | 64 | 72 | 67 | +2.31 | 5.63 |
| T18 | Shawn Coultoff | +3 | 283 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 71 | +2.06 | 5.44 |
| T18 | Hudson Lawson | +3 | 283 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 74 | +2.06 | 5.44 |
| T18 | Logan Reilly | +3 | 283 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 75 | +2.06 | 5.44 |
| T18 | Matthew Javier | +3 | 283 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 72 | +2.06 | 5.44 |
| T18 | Giuseppe Puebla | +3 | 283 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 73 | +2.06 | 5.44 |
| T23 | Drake Harvey | +4 | 284 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 75 | +1.81 | 5.12 |
| T23 | Gabriel Holtz | +4 | 284 | 75 | 65 | 67 | 77 | +1.81 | 5.12 |
| T23 | Alex Holder | +4 | 284 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 72 | +1.81 | 5.12 |
| T26 | Will Harvey | +5 | 285 | 75 | 66 | 69 | 75 | +1.56 | 4.89 |
| T26 | Baron Nguyen | +5 | 285 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 74 | +1.56 | 4.89 |
| T26 | Leo Wessel | +5 | 285 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 73 | +1.56 | 4.89 |
| T26 | Peyton Blackard | +5 | 285 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 72 | +1.56 | 4.89 |
| T26 | Mykhailo Golod | +5 | 285 | 74 | 65 | 74 | 72 | +1.56 | 4.89 |
| T26 | Davis Wotnosky | +5 | 285 | 72 | 66 | 76 | 71 | +1.56 | 4.89 |
| T32 | Arrow Aarav Shah | +6 | 286 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 73 | +1.31 | 4.51 |
| T32 | Sam Udovich | +6 | 286 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 75 | +1.31 | 4.51 |
| T32 | Brett Moore | +6 | 286 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 76 | +1.31 | 4.51 |
| 35 | Maxwell Vandermolen | +7 | 287 | 72 | 69 | 76 | 70 | +1.06 | 4.47 |
| T36 | Brady Catalano | +8 | 288 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 73 | +0.81 | 4.43 |
| T36 | Jackson Skinner | +8 | 288 | 78 | 66 | 71 | 73 | +0.81 | 4.43 |
| T36 | Smith Summerlin | +8 | 288 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 72 | +0.81 | 4.43 |
| T36 | Liam Pasternak | +8 | 288 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 70 | +0.81 | 4.43 |
| T36 | Finley Bartlett | +8 | 288 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 71 | +0.81 | 4.43 |
| T36 | Asher Vargas | +8 | 288 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 73 | +0.81 | 4.43 |
| T42 | Harrison Zipfel | +9 | 289 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 74 | +0.56 | 4.21 |
| T42 | Jacob Settles | +9 | 289 | 73 | 68 | 76 | 72 | +0.56 | 4.21 |
| T42 | Brandon Sipe | +9 | 289 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 74 | +0.56 | 4.21 |
| T42 | Kaichen Xia | +9 | 289 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 73 | +0.56 | 4.21 |
| T42 | Mack Edwards | +9 | 289 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | +0.56 | 4.21 |
| 47 | Preston Albee | +10 | 290 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 71 | +0.31 | 4.02 |
| 48 | Matthew Diehl | +11 | 291 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 76 | +0.06 | 3.96 |
| 49 | Brady Rapp | +12 | 292 | 74 | 67 | 76 | 75 | -0.19 | 3.96 |
| 50 | Jaxon Bandelier | +13 | 293 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 75 | -0.44 | 3.88 |
| 51 | Will Gordon | +18 | 298 | 69 | 69 | 84 | 76 | -1.69 | 3.84 |
| CUT | Ieuan Jones | +5 | 145 | 82 | 63 | - | - | +1.59 | 3.84 |
| CUT | Tucker Sweeney | +5 | 145 | 75 | 70 | - | - | +1.59 | 3.84 |
| CUT | Sohan Patel | +5 | 145 | 74 | 71 | - | - | +1.59 | 3.84 |
| CUT | Carson Bertagnole | +5 | 145 | 77 | 68 | - | - | +1.59 | 3.84 |
| CUT | Grant Roscich | +5 | 145 | 73 | 72 | - | - | +1.59 | 3.84 |
| CUT | Émile Lebrun | +6 | 146 | 73 | 73 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Hamilton Coleman | +6 | 146 | 76 | 70 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Davis Gochenouer | +6 | 146 | 76 | 70 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Parker Bunn | +6 | 146 | 76 | 70 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Finn Meister | +6 | 146 | 73 | 73 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | William Lisle | +6 | 146 | 72 | 74 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Darren Zhou | +6 | 146 | 71 | 75 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Nolan Harper | +6 | 146 | 70 | 76 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Finn McCall | +6 | 146 | 77 | 69 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | John Markow | +6 | 146 | 74 | 72 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Roman Solomon | +6 | 146 | 72 | 74 | - | - | +1.09 | 3.62 |
| CUT | Nemo Tsai | +7 | 147 | 78 | 69 | - | - | +0.59 | 3.39 |
| CUT | Joseph Gutierrez | +7 | 147 | 75 | 72 | - | - | +0.59 | 3.39 |
| CUT | Griffin Law | +7 | 147 | 75 | 72 | - | - | +0.59 | 3.39 |
| CUT | John Daniel Culbreth | +7 | 147 | 71 | 76 | - | - | +0.59 | 3.39 |
| CUT | Eli Walker Campbell | +7 | 147 | 72 | 75 | - | - | +0.59 | 3.39 |
| CUT | Jaden Dumdumaya | +7 | 147 | 75 | 72 | - | - | +0.59 | 3.39 |
| CUT | Taneesh Sirivolu | +8 | 148 | 75 | 73 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Coltrane Mittag | +8 | 148 | 77 | 71 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Jackson Ormond | +8 | 148 | 75 | 73 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Connor Herrera | +8 | 148 | 74 | 74 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Nicolas Bencomo | +8 | 148 | 79 | 69 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Uzair Mirza | +8 | 148 | 77 | 71 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Dylan Takenaga | +8 | 148 | 79 | 69 | - | - | +0.09 | 3.30 |
| CUT | Torger Ohe | +9 | 149 | 78 | 71 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Nolan Kuszyk | +9 | 149 | 75 | 74 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Morgan Riley | +9 | 149 | 75 | 74 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Trevor Gutschewski | +9 | 149 | 76 | 73 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Dru Devata | +9 | 149 | 78 | 71 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Austin Woods | +9 | 149 | 74 | 75 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Adam Villanueva | +9 | 149 | 79 | 70 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Nicholas Logis | +9 | 149 | 74 | 75 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Ryan Shellberg | +9 | 149 | 71 | 78 | - | - | -0.42 | 3.15 |
| CUT | Arjun Caprihan | +10 | 150 | 75 | 75 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Lucas Gimenez | +10 | 150 | 81 | 69 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Kailer Stone | +10 | 150 | 77 | 73 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Tyler Loree | +10 | 150 | 78 | 72 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Anthony Purcea | +10 | 150 | 79 | 71 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Charles David Beeson | +10 | 150 | 79 | 71 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Lucky Cruz | +10 | 150 | 76 | 74 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Jack Mulligan | +10 | 150 | 74 | 76 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Brody McQueen | +10 | 150 | 74 | 76 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Finn Burkholder | +10 | 150 | 72 | 78 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Patmon Malcom | +10 | 150 | 80 | 70 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Zach Huang | +10 | 150 | 74 | 76 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Griffin Barke | +10 | 150 | 76 | 74 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Camden Goldknopf | +10 | 150 | 75 | 75 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Hartej Grewal | +10 | 150 | 77 | 73 | - | - | -0.92 | 2.97 |
| CUT | Argyle Downes | +11 | 151 | 80 | 71 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Shiv Parmar | +11 | 151 | 80 | 71 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Preston Hage | +11 | 151 | 82 | 69 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Blake Keen | +11 | 151 | 76 | 75 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Michael Gavin | +11 | 151 | 75 | 76 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Reed Arnaldo | +11 | 151 | 76 | 75 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Luke Mueller | +11 | 151 | 74 | 77 | - | - | -1.42 | 2.77 |
| CUT | Pennson Badgett | +12 | 152 | 79 | 73 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Bennett Espenshade | +12 | 152 | 75 | 77 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Pierce Adamson | +12 | 152 | 76 | 76 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Parker Severs | +12 | 152 | 80 | 72 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Jacob Lang | +12 | 152 | 79 | 73 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Silas Haarer | +12 | 152 | 78 | 74 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Michael Stagnaro | +12 | 152 | 77 | 75 | - | - | -1.92 | 2.67 |
| CUT | Will Guthrie | +13 | 153 | 73 | 80 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Aadi Parmar | +13 | 153 | 79 | 74 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Austin Wang | +13 | 153 | 77 | 76 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Tyler Sanford | +13 | 153 | 79 | 74 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Carson Looney | +13 | 153 | 75 | 78 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Rawson Hardy | +13 | 153 | 78 | 75 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Payton Schmitt | +13 | 153 | 79 | 74 | - | - | -2.42 | 2.59 |
| CUT | Mitchell Maier | +14 | 154 | 80 | 74 | - | - | -2.92 | 2.49 |
| CUT | Austin Hofferkamp | +14 | 154 | 78 | 76 | - | - | -2.92 | 2.49 |
| CUT | Pavel Tsar | +14 | 154 | 81 | 73 | - | - | -2.92 | 2.49 |
| CUT | Bradford Lacefield | +14 | 154 | 76 | 78 | - | - | -2.92 | 2.49 |
| CUT | Daniel McBrien | +14 | 154 | 74 | 80 | - | - | -2.92 | 2.49 |
| CUT | Warren Thomis | +15 | 155 | 77 | 78 | - | - | -3.42 | 2.43 |
| CUT | Lorenzo Rodriguez | +15 | 155 | 78 | 77 | - | - | -3.42 | 2.43 |
| CUT | James Holtsclaw | +15 | 155 | 78 | 77 | - | - | -3.42 | 2.43 |
| CUT | Colin Salema | +15 | 155 | 81 | 74 | - | - | -3.42 | 2.43 |
| CUT | Ethan Whitaker | +15 | 155 | 83 | 72 | - | - | -3.42 | 2.43 |
| CUT | Colin Leonard | +16 | 156 | 82 | 74 | - | - | -3.92 | 2.37 |
| CUT | Michael Lee | +16 | 156 | 79 | 77 | - | - | -3.92 | 2.37 |
| CUT | Charles Cauthen | +16 | 156 | 78 | 78 | - | - | -3.92 | 2.37 |
| CUT | Owen Bolles | +16 | 156 | 76 | 80 | - | - | -3.92 | 2.37 |
| CUT | Ting-Wei Chang | +16 | 156 | 78 | 78 | - | - | -3.92 | 2.37 |
| CUT | Preston Howe | +17 | 157 | 82 | 75 | - | - | -4.42 | 2.31 |
| CUT | Nicolas Simon | +17 | 157 | 76 | 81 | - | - | -4.42 | 2.31 |
| CUT | Carson Baez | +17 | 157 | 80 | 77 | - | - | -4.42 | 2.31 |
| CUT | Duff McKay | +17 | 157 | 79 | 78 | - | - | -4.42 | 2.31 |
| CUT | Sahish Reddy | +17 | 157 | 84 | 73 | - | - | -4.42 | 2.31 |
| CUT | Benjamin Wang | +18 | 158 | 79 | 79 | - | - | -4.92 | 1.02 |
| CUT | Charlie Tucker | +18 | 158 | 80 | 78 | - | - | -4.92 | 1.02 |
| CUT | Bryson Hughes | +18 | 158 | 77 | 81 | - | - | -4.92 | 1.02 |
| CUT | Major Ewing | +19 | 159 | 81 | 78 | - | - | -5.42 | 0.82 |
| CUT | Ethan Lien | +19 | 159 | 84 | 75 | - | - | -5.42 | 0.82 |
| CUT | Connor Cassano | +20 | 160 | 86 | 74 | - | - | -5.92 | 0.72 |
| CUT | Tip Price | +21 | 161 | 79 | 82 | - | - | -6.42 | 0.72 |
| CUT | Luke Smith | +21 | 161 | 81 | 80 | - | - | -6.42 | 0.72 |
| CUT | Armando Garcia | +24 | 164 | 81 | 83 | - | - | -7.92 | 0.52 |
| CUT | Chase Jerome | +26 | 166 | 77 | 89 | - | - | -8.92 | 0.52 |
| CUT | Brett Widlowski | +26 | 166 | 87 | 79 | - | - | -8.92 | 0.52 |