The inaugural Junior Presidents Cup remains a hot topic among players entering one of the final major tournaments (200 points awarded to the winner) before the first eleven players are selected. The Polo Golf Junior Classic at The Ridge at Back Brook in New Jersey hosts the 72 hole event, a cut will be made to the top 36 after 54 holes.
Here's how the top 30 currently looks.
| Standing | Rank | Player | State | Year | Avg. Pts** | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Noah Goodwin | TX | 2018 | 64.18 | SMU |
| 2 | 6 | William Mouw | CA | 2019 | 55.15 | Pepperdine |
| 3 | 7 | Trent Phillips | SC | 2018 | 54.85 | Georgia |
| 4 | 13 | Garrett Barber | FL | 2018 | 38.82 | LSU |
| 5 | 17 | Canon Claycomb | KY | 2020 | 33.68 | |
| 6 | 11 | Cole Hammer | TX | 2018 | 31.74 | Texas |
| 7 | 12 | Eugene Hong | FL | 2018 | 31.72 | Florida |
| 8 | 18 | Akshay Bhatia | NC | 2020 | 29.81 | |
| 9 | 31 | Turner Hosch | TX | 2019 | 26.92 | Oklahoma |
| 10 | 19 | Ricky Castillo | CA | 2019 | 25.89 | Florida |
| 11 | 32 | Reid Davenport | TX | 2018 | 25.67 | Vanderbilt |
| 12 | 34 | William Moll | TX | 2019 | 25.44 | |
| 13 | 36 | Frankie Capan | MN | 2018 | 24.16 | Alabama |
| 14 | 30 | Jacob Bridgeman | SC | 2018 | 24.06 | Clemson |
| 15 | 35 | Michael Sanders | NC | 2018 | 23.78 | LSU |
| 16 | 40 | Clay Seeber | CA | 2019 | 22.41 | UCLA |
| 17 | 47 | Ryan Burnett | CA | 2018 | 21.50 | North Carolina |
| 18 | 37 | Patrick Welch | RI | 2018 | 21.11 | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 42 | Noah Gillard | IN | 2018 | 20.60 | Illinois |
| 20 | 61 | Jake Beber-Frankel | FL | 2020 | 20.42 | |
| 21 | 46 | Cullan Brown | KY | 2018 | 20.33 | Kentucky |
| 22 | 49 | Mason Nome | TX | 2019 | 20.30 | Texas |
| 23 | 44 | Parker Coody | TX | 2018 | 19.84 | Texas |
| 24 | 51 | Charlie Reiter | CA | 2018 | 19.30 | USC |
| 25 | 50 | Jackson Rivera | CA | 2021 | 19.10 | USC |
| 26 | 59 | Alexander Vogelsong | FL | 2019 | 18.31 | Auburn |
| 27 | 58 | Alexander Yang | CA | 2021 | 18.10 | |
| 28 | 80 | Carson Barry | ID | 2018 | 17.49 | Oregon State |
| 29 | 21 | Travis Vick | TX | 2019 | 16.45 | |
| 30 | 71 | Derek Hitchner | MN | 2018 | 16.06 | Pepperdine |
** - Average Points are based on the AJGA dividing total points by the number of tournaments played. If a player has less than 6 AJGA qualifying tournaments, then 6 will be used as the divisor.
Three players appear to be locks for earning a spot on the team, so far. Noah Goodwin is playing a lot of amateur events, but still has enough points for the top spot. William Mouw's win at the Western Junior last week has his average points up to 55.15 through 4 counting tournaments. And, with a win at the Haas Family Invitational, Trent Phillips in only 3 counting tournaments, has an average of 54.85. The current top 12 (which makes the team) has an average point total of 25.44. The US Junior Amateur and PGA Junior appear to be the last 200 point tournaments before the first 11 players are chosen the first week of August.
