The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­adidas Golf Sawgrass Country Club ­ East & West Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. • September 1 ­ 4, 2016

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TOURNAMENT FACT SHEET

Quick Facts

Since the event began in 2007, 11 Junior PLAYERS participants have gone on to play in The PLAYERS Championship: Byeong Hun An, Daniel Berger, Bud Cauley, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Emiliano Grillo, Morgan Hoffmann, Smylie Kaufman, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Rodgers, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas. 54­hole stroke play event 78 players (ages 13­18) from 19 countries, 22 states and Washington D.C. Host Course: Sawgrass Country Club ­ East & West Courses

Tournament Storylines College bound: 41 players have committed to play golf at the college of their choice. Grad Signed Commitment Verbal Commitment Philip Barbaree 2017 Louisiana State University Garrett Barber 2018 Louisiana State University Jacob Bergeron 2017 Louisiana State University Devondeep Bling 2017 UCLA Cash Carter 2017 University of Texas Nicolas Cassidy 2019 University of Georgia Ricky Castillo 2019 University of Florida Pierceson Coody 2018 University of Texas at Austin Devin Deogun 2017 Michigan State University Dan Erickson 2017 Texas A&M University Ryan Gerard 2017 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Brandon Gillis 2017 Wake Forest University Shiso Go 2017 East Tennessee State University Brock Goyen 2017 Brigham Young University Ryan Grider 2017 Baylor University Eugene Hong 2018 University of Florida Evan Katz 2017 Duke University Andrew Kozan 2017 Auburn University Jae Wook Lee 2017 University of Iowa Kaiwen Liu 2017 University of California, Berkeley Brandon Mancheno 2017 Auburn University Sean Maruyama 2018 UCLA Logan McAllister 2018 University of Oklahoma McClure Meissner 2017 Southern Methodist University Nate Menon 2017 Stanford University Mason Nome 2019 University of Texas Noah Norton 2017 Georgia Tech Brendan O'Reilly 2017 University of Illinois Kaito Onishi 2017 University of Southern California Harrison Ott 2017 Vanderbilt University Wells Padgett 2017 Auburn University John Pak 2017 Florida State University Reese Ramsey 2017 Texas A&M University Charlie Reiter 2018 University of Southern California Michael Sanders 2018 Louisiana State University Davis Shore 2017 University of Alabama Will Thomson 2019 University of Texas Trey Winstead 2017 Louisiana State University Matthew Wolff 2017 Oklahoma State University Noah Woolsey 2017 University of Washington Wocheng (Aden) Ye 2018 University of Florida

Local flavor: 13 players from Florida will compete. (Citizenship) Hometown Grad Garrett Barber Stuart 2018 Sen (Tommy) Cao Lake Mary 2017 Connor Futrell Tallahassee 2017 Eugene Hong Orlando 2018 Andrew Kozan West Palm Beach 2017 Sachin Kumar Port Saint Lucie 2017 Brandon Mancheno Jacksonville 2017 Chris Nido Palmetto Bay 2017 Evan Sun Wesley Chapel 2019 Will Thomson Naples 2019 Karl Vilips Wesley Chapel 2020 Bryan Teoh Wiyang Jupiter 2018 Wocheng (Aden) Ye Lake Mary 2018

Top­ranked players compete The Nos. 1 and 2 players in the Polo Golf Rankings will go head­to­head at Sawgrass Country Club. No. 1 ranked­player Davis Shore looks to add a second Invitational title to his 2016 trophy case. Shore won the Rolex Tournament of Champions in June and also went undefeated in his second Wyndham Cup appearance. Trying to overtake the no. 1 spot is Florida native Eugene Hong. The 16­year­old Hong also took home an Invitational win in June with the Haas family Invitational at Sedgefield Country Club.

Top returners from 2015 Four players from this year's field finished in the top five at in the 2015 Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­ adidas Golf: 2nd: Andrew Kozan of West Palm Beach, Florida T3: Eugene Hong of Sanford, Florida T5: Marc Hammer of Oetigheim, Germany T5: David Shore of Knoxville, Tennessee

International field 78 players from the U.S. and 18 different countries will compete in this year's Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­adidas Golf. Players will travel from the following countries: Austria Canada China Costa Rica Denmark France Germany India Italy Japan Malaysia Mexico Myanmar Netherlands Norway South Korea Sweden Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom

Past Champions 2015 Chun­an Yu ­ Taoyuan, Taiwan 2014 Sam Horsfield – (United Kingdom) Davenport, Fla. 2013 Austen Truslow – New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 2012 Robby Shelton, IV – Wilmer, Ala. 2011 Gavin Hall – Pittsford, N.Y. 2010 Michael Johnson – Birmingham, Ala. 2009 Bobby Wyatt – Mobile, Ala. 2008 Evan Beck – Virginia Beach, Va. 2007 Morgan Hoffmann – Saddlebrook, N.J.

Schedule of Events Thursday, September 1 2:30 p.m. shotgun Practice Round

Friday, September 2 8 ­ 10 a.m. First Round off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees

Saturday, September 3 8 ­ 10 a.m. Second Round off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees

Sunday, September 4 8 ­ 10 a.m. Final Round off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees 3 p.m. Awards Ceremony

Top Players to Watch Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn. (2017) Shore, currently No. 1 in the Polo Golf Rankings returns to The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­adidas Golf after a T5 finish in 2015. The University of Alabama commit looks to capture his second AJGA Invitational title of the year after a win at the Rolex Tournament of Champions.

Eugene Hong, Orlando, Fla. (2018) Trying to make a late push for the Rolex Junior Player of the Year, Eugene Hong has already taken home his first AJGA Invitational trophy during the 2016 season at the Haas Family Invitational. The No. 2 player in the Polo Golf Rankings, Hong is verbally committed to play for the University of Florida.

Sean Maruyama, (Japan) Encino, Calif. (2018) Maruyama made his mark on the 2016 season with a breakout win at the Western Junior Championship with scores of 71­66­71­70– 278. The 16­year­old UCLA commit is currently No. 11 in the Polo Golf Rankings.

Marc Hammer, Oetigheim, Germany (2018) The highest­finishing international player returning to The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­adidas Golf is Germany's Marc Hammer. The 17­year­old fired rounds of 68­70­76­–214 to finish T5 in 2015.

Andrew Kozan, West Palm Beach, Fla. (2017) Florida native Andrew Kozan narrowly missed out on his first AJGA Invitational win in 2015, finishing one­shot shy of champion Chun­ an Yu. The Auburn verbal commit has one AJGA championship under his belt ­ he earned a PGA TOUR exemption after winning the 2015 Puerto Rico Junior Open presented by EaglesDream Golf Academy. Kozan is currently No. 23 in the Polo Golf Rankings.

2015 Results The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­adidas Golf TPC Sawgrass (September 3 ­ 6, 2015)

1 Chun­an Yu Taoyuan, Taiwan 73–71–67—211 2 Andrew Kozan West Palm Beach, Fla. 72–70–70—212 T3 Andy Zhang (China) Winter Garden, Fla. 74–69–70—213 T3 Eugene Hong Orlando, Fla. 75–71–67—213 T5 Marc Hammer Oetigheim, Germany 68–70–76—214 T5 Davis Shore Knoxville, Tenn. 68–70–76—214 7 Wilson Furr Jackson, Miss. 73–72–71—216 8 Koichiro Ishika (Japan) Bradenton, Fla. 77–68–72—217 T9 Viktor Hovland Oslo, Norway 70–72–76—218 T9 Garrett Barber Stuart, Fla. 71–68–79—218

Media Accommodations The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade­adidas Golf will have AJGA communications representatives on hand to assist media throughout the week. Prior to the tournament the AJGA will provide information about the event and its participants, as well as assist with player interviews. After each round, media officials on­site will write a recap with the day's results. These will be emailed to all media outlets. Interviews with AJGA Tournament Directors, Tournament Chairmen and juniors may be conducted before or after tournament rounds. For more information about the AJGA and tournaments, please refer to ajga.org. Tournament websites are accessible from the homepage and include recaps, list of participants, tee times, live scoring, course and sponsorship information.

About the AJGA The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls, ages 12­18) of nearly 6,500 members from 49 states and more than 50 foreign countries. Through initiatives like the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant, a financial assistance program, and Leadership Links, a service­oriented platform that teaches juniors charitable­giving skills, the AJGA fosters the growth of golf’s next generation. TaylorMade­adidas Golf became the AJGA’s National Sponsor in 2016 after more than 25 years of support. Rolex, which is in its fourth decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner. AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 600 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Sergio Garcia, Hunter Mahan, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Zach Johnson, Justin Thomas, Stacy Lewis, Vicky Hurst, Alison Lee, Lexi Thompson, Inbee Park, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Cristie Kerr and Morgan Pressel.

Tournament field ­ Bold indicates Florida native

Philip Barbaree Shreveport, La. Garrett Barber Stuart, Fla. Isidro Benitez Puebla, Mexico Jacob Bergeron Slidell, La. Albin Bergstrom Ljunghusen, Sweden Akshay Bhatia Wake Forest, N.C. Devondeep Bling Ridgecrest, Calif. Markus Braadlie Bekkestua, Norway Sen (Tommy) Cao (China) Lake Mary, Fla. Frankie Capan North Oaks, Minn. Cash Carter Dallas, Texas Guillermo Casares Puebla, Mexico Nicolas Cassidy Johns Creek, Ga. Ricky Castillo Yorba Linda, Calif. Paul Chaplet San Jose, Costa Rica Pierceson Coody Plano, Texas Devin Deogun Orchard Lake, Mich. Josef Dransfeld Huntington, W.Va. Dan Erickson Whittier, Calif. Connor Futrell Tallahassee, Fla. Ryan Gerard Raleigh, N.C. Brandon Gillis Nashua, N.H. Shiso Go Hiratsuka, Japan Harry Goddard Cheshunt, United Kingdom Brock Goyen Gilbert, Ariz. Ryan Grider Lewisville, Texas Aman Gupta Concord, N.C. Marc Hammer Oetigheim, Germany Pone Pyae Han Yangon, Myanmar Cameron Henry Los Gatos, Calif. Eugene Hong Orlando, Fla. Jerry Ji Hoofddorp, Netherlands Zihao Jin (China) San Diego, Calif. Evan Katz Washington, D.C. Karandeep Kochhar Chandigarh, India Andrew Kozan West Palm Beach, Fla. Sachin Kumar (Trinidad and Tobago) Port Saint Lucie, Fla. Jae Wook Lee (South Korea) Langley, British Columbia Andrew Lewis Carmel, Ind. Kaiwen Liu (China) San Diego, Calif. Miguel Maisterra Zapopan, Mexico Brandon Mancheno Jacksonville, Fla. Sean Maruyama (Japan) Encino, Calif. Logan McAllister Oklahoma City, Okla. McClure Meissner San Antonio, Texas Nate Menon Wyomissing, Pa. Rasmus Neergaard­Petersen Copenhagen, Denmark Ethan Ng New York, N.Y. Chris Nido Palmetto Bay, Fla. Mason Nome Houston, Texas Noah Norton Chico, Calif. Brendan O'Reilly Hinsdale, Ill. Kaito Onishi (Japan) Irvine, Calif. Harrison Ott Brookfield, Wis. Wells Padgett Wichita, Kan. John Pak Scotch Plains, N.J. Julien Paltrinieri Milano, Italy Adrien Pendaries Neuilly sur Seine, France Reese Ramsey Austin, Texas Kristoffer Reitan Oslo, Norway Charlie Reiter Palm Desert, Calif. Mahiro Sanda Okayama, Japan Michael Sanders Davidson, N.C. Taiga Semikawa Hyogo, Japan Davis Shore Knoxville, Tenn. James Song (Canada) Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Maximilian Steinlechner Igls­Innsbruck, Austria Charlie Strickland Littlehampton, Great Britain Evan Sun Wesley Chapel, Fla. Will Thomson Naples, Fla. Khavish Varadan (Malaysia) Wesley Chapel, Fla. Karl Vilips (Australia) Wesley Chapel, Fla. Trey Winstead Baton Rouge, La. Bryan Teoh Wiyang (Malaysia) Jupiter , Fla. Matthew Wolff Agoura Hills, Calif. Noah Woolsey Pleasanton, Calif. Wocheng (Aden) Ye (China) Lake Mary, Fla.