Overview
- The AJGA named the 16-year-old to its Rolex Junior All-America First Team, making him one of 12 boys honored from across the United States.
- He finished ninth in the finalized AJGA Rolex junior rankings with 46.715 points after meeting the six-start minimum for ranked events.
- His rise accelerated with a first AJGA victory at May’s Team TaylorMade Invitational, where he shot 15-under 201 and recorded 26 birdies, reported as an invitational record.
- Additional results this season included a T9 at the Boys’ Junior PGA Championship, a hole-in-one at the Junior PLAYERS Championship, and helping The Benjamin School win a Florida high school regional title.
- Development remained uneven as he missed the cut at the US Junior Amateur for a second straight year and was not selected for the Junior Ryder Cup, while Tiger Woods publicly praised his overall progress.