Class of 2027 Boys Individual Rankings

*Will be updated around the 1st of each month

United States and Canada

2. Jessy Huebner (Florida): Huebner's list of accolades includes top-5 finishes at the 2025 Team Taylormade Invitational and Rolex TOC, top-10 finishes at the 2025 Dustin Johnson World Junior and AJGA Boys Simplify Championship, in addition to the 2024 Wyndham Invitational. He has finished in the top-15 at the 2024 Mayakoba Invitational, 2025 Terra Cotta, and the 2024 Western Junior, showing solid consistency in elite fields. He started the summer of 2025 with a top-5 at the Wyndham Invitational and a match play appearance at the North & South. 2025 results have included a top-15 at the Junior Players and a top-20 representing the USNDP in the Sahalee collegiate event. Huebner broke through with a win at the 2026 Wyndham Invitational, was a quarterfinalist at the 2026 North & South Amateur, and reached the round of 32 at the US Junior.

1. Miles Russell (Florida State): There is no question that Florida's Miles Russell is the number one recruit in the class of 2027, and many believe him to be the best recruit across all classes of junior golfers. Russell had an impressive string of wins in late 2024 and early 2025, with wins at the AJGA Rolex tournament of Champions, South Beach International Amateur, AJGA Simplify Boys Championship, and the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, and has followed that with a top-10 at the 2025 Team Taylormade Invitational. His dominant run follows a top-5 finish at the loaded-field 2025 Jones Cup, top-20 at the Western Amateur, and a top-20 Korn Ferry Tour finish in April of 2024. He found good results in the 2025 Elite Amateur series, with a runner-up finish at the Northeast Am and a round of 16 appearance at the North & South. Russell advanced to the elite eight at the 2025 US Amateur and US Junior, and achieved his 2nd Junior Players win. He began 2026 with runner-up finishes at the Jones Cup and the AJGA Boys Simplify, made the cut at the US Open and was in the top-5 at the Northeast Amateur. Russell made the finals of the 2026 US Junior, was in the top-5 at the Northeast amateur, and was a semi-finalist in the Western Amateur.

4. Ronin Banerjee (Tennessee): Califonian Banerjee notched three big-time top-5 finishes in 2024 at the AJGA's Ping and Wyndham Invitationals, and the Junior PGA Championship. Solidifying his elite status in 2024, he also carded top-10s at the R&A Amateur and two AJGA invitationals: the Mayakoba and the Rolex Tournament of Champions. His best results of 2025 a were top-10 at the Junior PGA and the Rolex TOC, top-15 finish at the AJGA Simplify, round of 16 appearance at the US Junior, and top-5s at the AJGA Junior Players and Ping Invitational. Banerjee qualified to the 2025 US Amateur and had a top-5 finish in the 2026 Boys Simplify and top-10 at the Junior Invitational. In 2026, he reached match play at the US Junior and North & South Amateur

5. Dawson Lew (North Carolina): Canadian Lew hails from Ontario, Canada, and has notched some fine finishes in his home country, including a win at the 2026 Canadian Men's Amateur. He raised the winner's trophy at the 2025 Ontario Spring Classic, and the 2024 Golf Ontario Junior Championship. In the US, he carded wins at a 2025 open AJGA event and an IJGA event in 2024. Lew's biggest accomplishments are a top-5 finish at the 2025 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship and at the 2026 Terra Cotta. He had two top-5 AJGA open finishes in 2024 in addition to a win in 2025. He has added a strong amateur finish with a top-5at the 2025 Ontario Amateur, and finished in the top-10 at the AJGA Junior Players and the Rolex TOC, and had a round of 16 appearance at the 2026 US Junior.

3. Giuseppe Puebla (Florida): Another Floridian, Puebla has been steadily rising in the rankings, with his best finishes being top-5s at the 2024 Junior Jones Cup, 2026 Terra Cotta Invitational and AJGA Simplify, in addition to a runner-up finish at the 2025 AJGA RLX. He added top-10 finishes to his resume at the 2024 AJGA Team Taylormade Invitational and the 2025 Terra Cotta, in addition to a top-15 showing at the 2024 Mayakoba Invitational. Regionally, he carded top-5 finishes in 2024 at an open AJGA and the Sea Pines Junior Heritage. Puebla had very strong showing at the 2025 Junior PGA with a runner-up finish. Puebla qualified for the 2026 US Open and reached match play at the 2026 US Junior.

6. Sohan Patel (Vanderbilt): Patel, a Floridian, has finished in the top-5 at the 2025 Dustin Johnson and the top-10 at the AJGA Mayakoba Invitational and the Ping Invitational in 2024, as well as top-10 at the 2025 Dustin Johnson. He added a top-5 finish at the 2024 Bobby Chapman Invitational and had one Florida Junior Tour win in 2024. Most notable for Patel is that he qualified for the 2023 & 2024 US Amateurs, making match play in 2024. Patel reached the quarterfinals of the US Junior in 2025 and 2026, was in the top-5 at the Rolex TOC, and had a top-10 at the AJGA Ping Invitational.

8/3: Updated

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

William Lisle, Hong Kong (Texas): Lisle ended 2024 with a top-10 finish at the Sunshine State Amateur and began 2025 with a top-5 finish at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship. He finished in the top-10 at the Junior North & South in 2024 and had two AJGA open top-3 finishes. Lisle notched a top-5 at the Bobby Chapman Invitational and made the round of 32 in the 2024 US Junior Amateur. His biggest win was at the 2026 Dustin Johnson World Junior.

Louis Klein, Czechia: Klein is a top-150 player and will be widely sought after if her chooses to go the collegiate route instead of turning pro. He has three wins since December in the United Arab Emirates and two runner-up finishes (one in Portugal). Klein made match play at the 2024 US Junior Amateur and was in the top-20 at the Junior PGA Championship. In 2024 he was runner-up at the Junior Invitational and 6th at the Dustin Johnson World Junior.

7. Evan Liu (North Carolina): California's Liu recently had a top-5 at the 2026 Junior PGA Championship, a top-10 finish at the AJGA Team Taylomade Invitational , and made the round of 32 at the US Junior after competing mainly in his home state in the past two years. His resume includes wins at two AJGA open events, one in 2024 & one in 2025, and a Toyota Tour Cup win in 2025. He has carded one additional AJGA top-3 finish in 2025 and was the runner-up at the California Amateur.

T9. Sam Carraher (Purdue): Carraher has burst onto the scene in 2025 with strong finishes in several big events. His most notable accomplishments are top-5s at the Western Junior , Rolex TOC, and the AJGA Ping Invitational, followed by a top-10 at the Junior PGA Championship. In early summer of 2025, he found himself in the top-5 at the Bubba Conlee and the top-5 at the Dye Junior Invitational.

8. Brodie Brumlow (Georgia): Brumlow enters the top-10 following an excellent month in June 2026, in which he had top-5 finishes at the 2026 Georgia Amateur and the Dogwood Invitational. He finished in the top-5 at the 2026 AJGA Team Taylormade Invitational and top-10 at the 2025 Junior Jones Cup. He had two regional wins in 2025 along with five top-3 finishes.

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Qiyou Wu, China (Notre Dame): Wu has risen in the WAGR rankings in the past year, with three professional wins & two runner-up finishes in China. He was a semi-finalist at the 2025 US Junior Amateur, and had an open AJGA win in 2025. Wu notched top-35 finishes in the 2025 Trans-Mississippi Amateur and the Asia-Pacific Amateur

T9. Owen Coniaris (Auburn): Coniaris won both the Illinois Junior Amateur and an open AJGA event in the summer of 2026. He finds success each year in the US Junior, with round of 16 appearances in 2025 & 2026. He won the 2025 Notah Begay National Championship and finished in the top-15 of the 2025 Terra Cotta.