Brady Barnum of Dublin, Ohio, Hayes Corcell of Tampa, Fla., and Slater Meade of North Wilkesboro, N.C., all 2027 grads, are among the boys listed for the event at Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla. The rescheduled invitational counts toward the 2026-27 Rolex AJGA Rankings year, so it won't affect the 2026 Rolex Junior All-America teams. Players are still confirming their spots.
Robert Gwin opens his title defense with first-round tee times starting at 7:30 a.m. Monday on the Nicklaus Course at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, where Joseph Deraney and Bobby Massa are also in the field. At The Tree Farm Golf Club in Batesburg, S.C., 2021 Carolinas Mid-Amateur champion Chad Wilfong and 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up Billy Williamson headline the inaugural two-day Stableford event. Follow both events on their tournament hubs.
Royak shot 71-65-68 to win last year's Senior Division at 12-under 204, five clear of Michael McCoy, and returns for 54 holes of stroke play Oct. 26-28 at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Georgia. The same days, the Carlton Woods Senior Division plays 54 holes on the Nicklaus Course in The Woodlands, Texas, where Mark Strickland won in 2024.
