Class of 2026 Girls Individual Rankings

United States and Canada

1. Gianna Clemente: Floridian Clemente has occupied the top spot in this class for a long time and is far ahead of the competition in ranking points.. In the past few years she has won the AJGA Mizuhos Americas Open, the 2023 Junior PGA Championship, and the 2023 Sally. She finished in the top-5 at the 2024 AJGA Ping Invitational, and notched top-10 finishes at the 2023 Mizuhos, 2024 AJGA Fortinet Invitational, and the 2023 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. Clemente added three major top-15 finishes in 2023 & 2024, and had at top-20 at an Epson tour event in 2023. She reached the round of 32 in the 2023 & 2024 US Women's Amateurs and reached the semi-final of the last two US Girls Juniors. Recent amateur tournament success includes a top-5 at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur after a top-15 showing in 2023, and a top-5 at the 2024 Sally. Clemente's 2025 results include top-10s at the AJGA Annika and Junior Invitationals, a top-30 in an LPGA event, a top-5 finish at the Sally, and top-5s at the AJGA Nelly Invitational and AJGA Mizuho. She made match play at the 2025 US Women's Amateur. She has been spotted on leaderboards of Epson Tour Q-school, and we believe that she will turn professional instead of attending college (unconfirmed).

T6. Ann-Sophie Bourgault (Northwestern): Canadian Bourgault entered our top-10 list following a steady string of successful tournaments. She has two top-5 finishes in high profile events, the 2025 Dustin Johnson World Junior and the 2024 Scott Robertson Memorial. She started 2025 off consistently with three AJGA top-3 finishes, following one in 2024. She notched top-10 finishes at the AJGA Nelly and Mizuho Invitationals. Bourgault also won a FJT event in 2024 and finished in the top-5 at the Elite Invitational. She has found success in amateur events, including top-5 finishes in both the 2025 & 2024 Dixie Amateurs, and a win at the Quebec Provincial Amateur. Bougault added a top-5 finish in the summer of 2025 at the Canadian Girls Junior.

3. Nikki Oh (Stanford): Californian Oh is another 2026 golfer who began her ascent in the rankings in 2022 and has continued the upward trend to be the clear runner-up on this list. Oh's big win in 2024 was her victory at the Arizona Women's Amateur and she shone in major junior events, with top-5s at the 2024 AJGA Ping Invitational, Rolex TOC, and Toyota World Junior. In 2025 she added a top-5 at the AJGA Fortinet Stanford Invitational. Oh notched several top-10 finishes at the 2024 World Junior Championship, and two AJGA Invitational each in 2023 & 2024. Additionally, Oh placed in the top-15 at the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and won the 2023 Arizona Silver Belle. At the US Women's Amateur, she qualified in 2024 and reached the round of 16 in 2023. In 2025 she has carded top-5 finishes at the AJGA Fortinet & Mizuho Invitationals, top-10s at the Junior Invitational and Junior Worlds, and a match play appearance at the US Girls Junior.

8. Sophia Dyer (Florida): Dyer was a newcomer to the top-10 in July 2025, following a lot of success in amateur events in her home state of Florida. Dyer is the 2024 Florida Women's Amateur champion, and following that with a top-5 finish in 2025 in addition to a top-5 in the Florida Women's Stroke Play. Dyer is successful in the Dustin Johnson World Junior, with atop-10 in 2024 & top-15 in 2025. Dyer has carded two AJGA open top-3 finishes in the past year and reached the round of 64 in the 2024 US Girls Junior. She also has top-10s in the 2024 Dye Junior and Kathy Whitworth Invitationals and added a top-20 finish at the R&A Girls Amateur.

4. Jude Lee (Stanford): Lee followed several open AJGA successes in 2024 with a win at the 2024 Thunderbird Heather Farr and added another top-3 result in that year. Lee made the quarterfinals of the 2024 AJGA RLX Rolex Classic and carded top-10 finishes at the 2024 Rolex Girls Championship, Nelly Invitational, and the Dustin Johnson World Junior. She demonstrated more consistent play in 2024 with top-15 leaderboard appearances in two AJGA Invitationals. Lee also qualified for the 2023 US Women's Amateur and the 2025 US Women's Open, in which she had a respectable showing. She finished in the top-10 at the 2025 Junior Invitational and the Junior PGA Championship, and the top-5 at the AJGA Mizuho.

2. Michelle Xing (UCLA): If you check Canadian Xing's JGS profile, you find a lot of red scores, and that translated to an excellent 2024 season. She won twice in open AJGA events and owned two wins in her native Canada in the span of two months, and she carded a top-5 finish at the AJGA Rolex TOC. Impressive was her professional win and Canada, complemented by another professional top-15 finish and one at the Canadian Women's Amateur. She has had success at the Elite Invitational, with a win in 2024 and a top-5 finish in 2023. Xing made the match play rounds at the US Girls Junior Amateur in 2023 & 2025. She has found the top-10 on the leaderboard in 2025 at the AJGA Annika, Dustin Johnson World Junior, and Toyota Junior Worlds, top-15 at the AJGA Mizuho, and has a top-5 and a top-15 finish in Canadian professional events. She ended the 2025 fall season with a top-20 finish at the World Amateur Team Championship.

9. Vidhi Lakhawala (Wake Forest): New Jersey's Lakhawala enters the top-10 after a string of steady tournaments. She has carded a top-10 finish at the 2024 AJGA Fortinet Invitational and top-15 results at the 2024 Junior PGA & 2025 Nelly Invitational. She won the New Jersey Junior Amateur and an open AJGA event in 2025, and had a top-3 in an AJGA open in 2024. Her top-5 finish at the 2025 New Jersey Women's Amateur bumped her into the top-10 and Lakhawala also reached match play at the 2024 US Girls Junior. She has found consistent success in mid-level junior events, with top-5s at the 2023 Donald Ross, 2024 Western, and the 2025 Dye Junior Invitational. Lakhawala broke through in a major event with a top-5 at the AJGA Ninja Invitational and solidified her position on this list with a top-5 finish at the 2025 Junior PGA.

T6. Kayla Bryant (Florida State): Floridian Bryant qualified for the 2023 US Girls Junior Amateur, but her game really started coming around in October 2023 with a FJT win. Since then, she has carded a top-5 place finish at the First Tee Miami Doral Junior Classic, a win at the 2024 Junior Orange Bowl, 5th at the Dustin Johnson World Junior and two additional FJT wins in 2024. In 2024 AJGA open events, she collected her first win and a runner-up finish, and had a top-10 at the National High School Invitational. She notched her first major win at the 2025 Dustin Johnson World Junior after finishing in the top-10 at the Junior Orange Bowl. She has added a top-5 finish at the Nelly Invitational and a top-10s at the Florida Women's Amateur and the AJGA Ninja Invitational.

5. Zoe Cusack (Virginia): Cusack, a Maryland native, saw her recruiting stock rise sharply in the summer of 2024. She has produced numerous scores in the red with three AJGA open wins in 2024, including the Justin Thomas Junior Championship, and Cusack also won the Maryland Girls Junior Amateur. Her biggest accomplishment was a 2nd place finish at the Junior North & South, and finished a solid top-15 at the Junior PGA Championship. Cusack had one PKBGT win and three top-3 results in 2024, and found herself in the top-5 at the 2024 Maryland Women's Amateur and the Sea Pines Junior Heritage. Cusack started 2025 with top-5 finishes at the Junior Orange Bowl and the Kathy Whitworth Invitational, and won the PKBGT Spring Invitational. She made the round of 32 at the US Girls Junior and repeated as 2025 Maryland Junior Am champion, then had strong top-5 finishes at the Junior PGA Championship and AJGA Ninja Invitational.

Just behind: Mia Hammond, Lisa Herman, Shyla Brown

10/29 The final ranking for the class of 2026 girls are complete! We've analyzed them to assure point totals are correct. Gianna Clemente, who is likely to turn professional, is far and away the top recruit in this class. If she decides to remain amateur, any college is lucky to have her. Michelle Xing and Nikki Oh ran away with the 2nd and 3rd positions, while the athletes in the 4th through 7th spots, Lee, Cusack, Bryant, and Bourgault all have similar successes and close point totals. Dyer and Lakhawala closely chased each other for the 8th and 9th spots, while Yeo and Zhange tied for the final ranking on our list. Herman, Hammond, and Brown closely followed our top 10, as all three spent time in our rankings in the past 1.5 years.

Ranking system, explained: We assign point values to wins, top-5, top-10, and top-15 finishes in top junior and amateur events within a two year time span. AJGA open events and regional tournaments have been assigned lesser point values, as well as top-3 finishes, and points are subtracted for finishes outside the top-20 in the top junior events. Points adjustments are considered for players who play significantly less or more tournaments than others, and percentage of top finishes are evaluated. Our system rewards consistency of steady performance rather than an athlete with a few great finishes but several sub-par finishes. Events in the past year have more weight than tournaments in the previous year.

Internationals

Gia Raad (Auburn) WAGR 364: Raad, who hails from South Africa, has several big wins on her resume. In 2024 she won the South Africa Women's Amateur Championship, following her triumph at the 2023 English Girls Open Amateur. Raad also credits three wins and four runner-up finishes in South Africa to her name in 2025 & 2024. Traveling to the US, she finished 5th at the 2024 Junior Orange Bowl and had a top-10 at the 2024 AJGA Annika/Hilton Grand Vacations Invitational. She finished in the top-15 at the 2024 Toyota Junior World Cup.

T10. Angela Zhang, (USC): Washington's Zhang has continued building her golf resume in the last year. In 2024, she notched top-10 finishes at the Junior PGA Championship and IMG Junior Worlds. She has found AJGA success with one open win in 2025 and two top-3 finishes in 2024. Zhang has found success in amateur competition, narrowly missing match play at the 2024 US Women's Amateur and finishing in the top-5 at the Washington Women's Am. Zhang also finished in the top-10 at the 2025 Sally and had a top-5 finish in the 2023 Citrus Trail Amateur, and added a top-5 result at the CGA Amateur Stroke Play.

Raegan Denton (LSU) WAGR 89: Denton hails from Australia and has five junior or amateur wins since the beginning of 2024 in her home country. She finished 10th at the Women's Australian Master of the Amateurs and has placed in the top half of two Australian professional events. Also notable is her 3rd place result at the 2025 Australian Women's Amateur.

T10. Celina Yeo (Oregon): Yeo has been in and out of the top-10 for the past year and a half, and finishes at T10 due to her consistent play. She likes to AJGA Rolex Girls Championship, finishing in the top-5 in 2024 & 2025. Her top-10 finishes include the 2024 & 2025 Fortinet Championships and the 2025 Ping Invitational. Yeo was in the top-15 at the 2024 Kathy Whitworth and was in the top-5 at the 2024 Golf Ontario Amateur. Yeo qualified for the 2024 US Women's Amateur and had an AJGA open top-3 finish in 2024.

Sara Brentcheneff (Arkansas) WAGR 34: France's Brentcheneff was a late addition to the Arkansas recruiting class, and has upped the Razorbacks' stock. Her top finishes in the US in 2025 are a round of 32 appearance in the US Women's Amateur, top-10 at the AJGA Annika Invitational. She finished in the top-15 at the World Amateur Team Championship and has found success in European professional events, with one win and a runner-up finish in 2025/ Brentcheneff was 5th at the European Ladies Amateur and had top-3 finishes at the Spanish International Ladies Amateur and the Portuguese Ladies Amateur in early 2025. Notable in 2024 was her 6th place showing at the European Lades Amateur

Prim Prachnakorn (Oregon) WAGR 53: Thailand native Prachnokorn has made a habit of winning in Asia, with six wins in 2025 and two in 2024. She has finished 6th in the 2025 & 2024 Toyota Junior World Cups and has six additional top-5 finishes in Asian junior and amateur events in 2025. Her most notable finish is 2nd at the Queen Sirikit Cup in Japan, followed by her top-5 at the APGC Junior Championship. She will bolster an already stacked Ducks lineup.

Charlotte Naughton (Alabama) WAGR 152: England's Naughton has risen in the rankings since her commitment to the Tide after a strong 2025. She took home the trophy at the World Junior Championship and was runner-up at the Wales Girls' Amateur. Naughton had a strong top-20 showing at the Women's Amateur Championship, won the German Girls Open and was top-15 at the Toyota Junior World Cup. Add one top-5 and three additional top-10 in Europe in 2025, and that's quite the successful resume.

Amelia Harris (South Carolina) WAGR 202: Harris, who hails from Australia, notched two junior wins Down Under in late 2025, following a runner-up finish at Uswing Junior Worlds. She made a name for herself at the 2025 US Girls Junior, advancing to the round of 32. Harris has carded four top-5 finishes in Australia in 2025, and was in the top-10 at the Australian Master of the Amateurs. In 2024, she was runner-up at the Australia Women's Amateur and 3rd in the Australian Girls Amateur.

Benedicte Brent-Petersen (Wake Forest) WAGR 207: The Dutch product has also risen in the rankings in 2025, her best finish a top-10 at the Women's Amateur Championship. Brent-Petersen finished in the top-20 at the World Amateur Team Championship and has two amateur wins in Europe in 2024 & 2025. She had consistent success in big amateur events with a top-15 at the European Ladies Amateur and a top-5 result at the Spanish International Ladies Amateur. In 2024 she placed in the op-10 at the World Junior Girls Championship.

An Le Chuc (Tennessee) WAGR 227: The Vietnam native will be heading to the Vols with a solid tournament resume that includes three professional and five junior wins in Asia in 2024 & 2025. Le Chuc had a stint in the US in 2024 with one FCG top-5 and two top-10 finishes. In addition her wins in Asia, she has notched five top-5 finishes in the past two years.

Nagore Martinez (Arizona) WAGR 274: Spainiard Martinez will help strengthen the Wildcat squad in 2026, with a win at the Spanish International Ladies Amateur on her resume. Martinez was 3rd at the Wales Girls Amateur and had one win and three top-5 finishes in her home country in 2025. She highlights a top-10 finish at the Annika Invitational Europe in her accomplishments as well as a 6th place showing at the World Junior Girls Championship.

Zara Anand (Auburn) WAGR 358: India's Anand has carded two professional runner-up finishes in her home country in the past few months, along with a top-10 at the Queen Sirikit Cup. She has one top-5 and one top-10 in Asian amateur events in 2025, in addition to three wins and five top-5 s in 2024. Anand had two FCG runner-up finishes in the US in 2024 and was top-15 that year in the Queen Sirit Cup.