Sons of past Players Championship winners commit to AJGA event on Labor Day weekend at TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass, AJGA host the Junior Players Championship for the 18th year
The 18th Junior Players Championship is at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. It has become a Labor Day Weekend tradition on the First Coast.
Charlie Woods and Cameron Kuchar, sons of PGA Players champions, will compete in the AJGA Junior Players Championship.The tournament will be held at TPC Sawgrass, home of The Players Championship, from August 28-31.Top-ranked junior golfers Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney, and Lucas Gimenez are also registered to compete.
Charlie Woods and Cameron Kuchar will double the number of sons of past Players Championship winners to compete in the American Junior Golf Association Junior Players Championship Aug. 28-31 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
Woods and Kuchar registered with the AJGA for the tournament on July 9. The Junior Players will be contested for the 19th time at the home course of The Players, the PGA Tour’s marquee event.
Woods, the son of 2001 and 2013 Players champion Tiger Woods, and Kuchar, the son of 2012 Players champion Matt Kuchar, registered for the tournament ahead of the July 15 deadline. Invitations formally went out on July 8.
Woods became eligible for the AJGA invitational on May 28 when he won his first AJGA title at the Team Taylor Made Invitational at the Streamsong Resort, vaulting 585 spots on the AJGA Rolex Rankings from 609th to 14th.
Woods is 18th on the current rankings and Kuchar is 15th.
The top 58 on the points list as of July 8 were eligible for the tournament, which has been a Labor Day Weekend tradition on the First Coast since 2007.
Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney also register
The AJGA also received commitments from No. 1-ranked Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach, No. 9 Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island and No. 28 Lucas Gimenez of Jacksonville.
Russell won the Junior Players in 2023 and was the youngest player to win AJGA Player of the Year at 15, beating Tiger Woods’ record. Mawhinney was part of the winning U.S. Four-Ball championship team this year with Will Hartman of Charlotte, N.C.
What other Players winners’ sons have competed in Junior Players?
Tyler McCumber tied for 31st in the 2009 Junior Players. His father, Mark McCumber, won The Players in 1988.
Dru Love tied for 73rd in the 2010 Junior Players. His father, Davis Love III, won The Players in 1992 and 2003.
