Class of 2028 Boys Individual Rankings

*Rankings reflect points earned through the end of May. Will be updated around the 1st of each month

United States and Canada

T4. Jaden Soong: Californian Soong's biggest finish is at top-5 at the 2025 AJGA Ping Invitational, and he has also collected top-10 showings at the 2026 AJGA Team Taylormade Invitational and the 2025 ALGA RLX Ralph Lauren Classic (quarterfinalist). Soong competes frequently at high level Invitationals and is looking to enter the top-15 on the leaderboards with more consistency in 2026.

1. Chase Bauer: At the top of our list is Floridian Bauer, a golfer who started off the 2026 season with a top-5 at the Dustin Johnson World Junior and a top-10 at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship. His biggest accolade was at an amateur event, The New Year’s Invitational, in which he finished runner-up. In 2025, Bauer notched an AJGA win and two wins on the Florida Junior Tour. He put his name on the recruiting map by reaching the round of 16 at the 2025 US Junior Amateur.

2. Rory Asselta: New Jersey’s Asselta has found his name on leaderboards in the past year, with top-10 finishes at the Junior Jones Cup and the North & South Junior, and top-5 at the 2026 Junior Orange Bowl. He recently notched a top-15 finish at the AJGA Team Taylormade Invitational and had success in 2025 with a top-10 at the Southern Junior. Asselta raised the winner’s trophy at the National High School Invitational and had two AJGA open top-3 finishes.

7. Jude Xu: California Xu had a top-10 finish at the 2025 AJGA Team Taylormade Invitational. He has carded two Toyota Tour Cup wins since November of 2025, and has also collected three regional top-3 finishes in 2025 & 2026. Xu has two AJGA open top-3 finishes on his resume in 2025 & 2026.

T4. Ryan Nana Tanke: Floridian Nana Tanke's best finish is a top-10 at the 2026AJGA Team Taylormade Invitational. He won an open AJGA event in April of 2026 and his resume includes an AJGA open top-3 finish and three top-finishes in Florida since the beginning of 2025. Nana Tanke has carded top-15 finishes at the 2026 Scott Robertson Memorial and the 2025 Bubba Conlee.

3. Grayson Baucom: North Carolina’s Baucom started 2026 with a bang, with a win at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship and a top-5 finish at the Dustin Johnson. Baucom first made a name for himself with a win at the 2025 Scott Robertson Memorial and followed it with a top-10 at the AJGA Ping Invitational and top-15 at the AJGA Junior Players Championship. He had two AJGA open wins in 2025.

6. Ambrose Kinnare: Florida's Kinnare has found a lot of success at the Regional level in Florida, with six wins in 2025 and 2026 in FJT and NFJG events. In that time period, he has amassed five top-3 placements on the same tours. In 2026, he has one AJGA open top-3 finish. We'd love to see what Kinnare can accomplish at a national, elite stage.

6/12 Welcome to the inaugural Class of 2028 boys rankings. Expect a lot of movement in and out of the top-10 in ranking spots 4-10, as all are quite close in points accumulated through the end of May tournaments. The top-3 spots are currently far ahead of the other players.

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.

T8. Anson Munzlinger: Missouri's Munzlinger had two wins in 2025, one being an AJGA open event and one the Missouri Junior Match Play. He added and AJGA top-3 to his resume in early 2026 along with top-3s at the 2025 Granny Junior and the Missouri Junior Amateur.

T8. Karl Stenson: Florida's Stenson does not play often, but has played well when he does. He is another local Florida product who we hope to excel on the big stage soon. Stenson has three FLT wins on his resume in 2025 & 2026, along with one top-3 finish.

10. Mason An: An, of Texas, had a top-5 finish at the 2025 AJGA Ping Invitational and won the 2025 Nike Junior and Mack Champ Invitationals. He also found the top-5 of the leaderboard at the 2025 Bubba Conlee and had an AJGA open top-3 and and LJT top-3 finish in 2025.