Teenager Miles Russell has become just the seventh player ever to be named Rolex Junior Boys Player of the Year twice, while Tiger Woods’ son Charlie joined his famous father in earning All-American honors.
Joining a list that includes Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, 17-year-old Russell was named Rolex Junior Boys Player of the Year again for 2025 – having also won the award in 2023.
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Florida native Russell is ranked No.1 in the AJGA standings after becoming the first ever two-time winner of the Junior Players Championship in August.
Russell played another two events on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour this year, following on from four appearances in the pro ranks in 2024 – when he finished T20 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic on the second tier of men’s pro golf in the USA.
Also 19th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, the left-hander played in the Junior Ryder Cup this year and finished fifth in the US Amateur Championship and US Junior Amateur Championship.
Overall on the junior circuit, the left-hander won four times, had six top 10s and finished with a scoring average of 69.05.
Charlie Woods named first-team All-American
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Charlie Woods continues to follow in his father’s footsteps and joined his dad in becoming a first-team All-American after somewhat of a breakthrough year.
The 16-year-old, who plays for The Benjamin School in South Florida, won his first big tournament with victory at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in May.
His reward for climbing up the AJGA rankings is one of 12 places in the All-American first team, joining Russell, US Junior champ Hamilton Coleman, Boys Junior PGA winner Lunden Esterline and Ronin Banerjee, Luke Colton, Willie Gordon, Preston Hage, Jessy Huebner, Tyler Mawhinney, Giuseppe Puebla and Tyler Watts.
With the selections based on the AJGA rankings, there’s no room in the first team for US Amateur champion Mason Howell, who is included in the second team.
Aphrodite Deng also made a slice of history when being named the Rolex Junior Girls Player of the Year – as the first Canadian to win the award.
The 15-year-old Canadian citizen lives in New Jersey and had a stellar campaign which included three wins, five top fives and a 71.81 scoring average.
Deng won the US Girls’ Junior at Atlanta Athletic Club as the highlight of her campaign that saw her climb to 16th in the WAGR as well as topping the AJGA rankings.
She’s joined in the All-American first-team by Asterisk Talley, Scarlett Schremmer, Anna Fang, Kayla Bryant, Clairey Lin, Vidhi Lakhawala, Shauna Liu, Yujie Liu, Honorine Nobuta Ferry, Lily Peng and Amelie Zalsman.
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