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Junior golf: Ranking the top boys by graduating class

Lance Ringler
USA TODAY Sports
Dec. 14, 2019, 12:51 p.m. ET
Karl Vilips at the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. (Photo: USGA/Darren Carroll)

Many of the top players in the graduating class of 2020 have committed to a college, and made it known by signing a letter of intent last month.

As for who's coming up? Using the Golfweek Junior Rankings, we broke down the top players according to graduating class. It provides a clear look at who separated himself in his respective class throughout the 2019 junior golf season.

Golfweek Junior Rankings

Top girls by graduating class

Players are listed according to their filtered class ranking, with their overall Golfweek Junior Ranking listed in the far right column.

Seniors (Class of 2020)

RankNameResidenceRatingOverall rank
1Karl VilipsInternational67.521
2Joseph PagdinFlorida67.732
3Michael BrennanVirginia67.893
4Canon ClaycombKentucky67.984
5Maxwell MoldovanOhio68.515
6Tyler WilkesFlorida69.037
7Jin BoCalifornia69.199
8George DuangmaneeVirginia69.2210
9Brett RobertsFlorida69.4214
10Jimmy ZhengInternational69.4815

Juniors (Class of 2021)

RankNameResidenceRatingOverall rank
1Andrew GoodmanOklahoma69.128
2Preston SummerhaysArizona69.2311
3Gordan SargentAlabama69.2412
4Maxwell FordGeorgia69.3613
5Kelly ChinnVirginia69.5818
6David FordGeorgia69.6420
7Jackson Van ParisNorth Carolina69.6521
8Brendan ValdesFlorida70.1325
9Andrew Yong. H JungFlorida70.227
10Ian MaspatCalifornia70.4132

Sophomores (Class of 2022)

RankNameResidenceRatingOverall rank
1Benjamin JamesConnecticut68.846
2Luke ClantonFlorida69.5417
3Luke PotterCalifornia69.6922
4Jacob SosaTexas70.431
5Nicholas DunlapSouth Carolina70.6536
6Wit PitipatInternational70.8142
7Wells WilliamsMississippi71.5469
8Keaton VoTexas71.672
9William LoveGeorgia71.6975
10Caleb SurrattNorth Carolina71.7876

Freshmen (Class of 2023)

RankNameResidenceRatingOverall rank
1You Seong ChoiCalifornia71.6473
2Thomas MorrisonTexas71.7977
3Gaven LaneTexas71.8179
4Ethan GaoGeorgia72.190
5Sihao CongCalifornia72.2898
6Connor WilliamsCalifornia72.399
7Luke CoyleKentucky72.79128
8Jackson KoivunCalifornia73.03148
9Allan KournikovaFlorida73.08152
10Abhay GuptaNorth Carolina73.16156

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