Restrepo Closes With 69 to Win 62nd Junior Orange Bowl as Naughton Sets Girls' Scoring Record
Tomas Restrepo holds off Frederick Egnatios by three shots for his first Junior Orange Bowl title, while Charlotte Naughton becomes the first girl in tournament history to finish four rounds in double digits under par.
The 62nd Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship at Biltmore Golf Course delivered two decisive champions to open the 2026 junior golf calendar. Tomas Restrepo of Colombia closed with rounds of 69-68-64-69 to finish at 14-under 270, three shots clear of runner-up Frederick Egnatios, who carded 67-70-69-67 for 273 to claim low-North American honors. Restrepo became just the third Colombian boy to win the tournament, joining Camilo Benedetti (1998) and Camilo Villegas (1999).
Restrepo built a five-shot cushion through 54 holes before Egnatios closed with the low round of the week among the leaders, a final-round 67. Restrepo answered with a 69 of his own to hold on for the three-shot win. Egnatios's runner-up finish came 15 strokes clear of Charlie Woods, who carded rounds of 73-72-71-72 to finish tied for 19th at 4-over.
On the girls' side, England's Charlotte Naughton put together the most dominant week in tournament history. Her closing 69 pushed her to 10-under 274, seven shots clear of runner-up Nina Choe, and made her the first girl ever to finish the 72-hole championship in double digits under par. Naughton extended a 37-hole bogey-free streak into the final round and made just one bogey across her last 47 holes, capping the week with a chip-in birdie at the par-5 18th after a testing bunker recovery two holes earlier.
Founded in 1964, the Junior Orange Bowl remains one of junior golf's most international invitationals, with a field built from the top 25 U.S.-ranked players, national champions from Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa, and a handful of players who earn their way in through the tournament's automatic qualifying process. Past champions at Biltmore include Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Inbee Park, and Lexi Thompson, and both Restrepo and Naughton now join that list as they head into the rest of the junior season.