Recruiting Report

Check back around every Sunday for a weekly wrap-up on that week's recruiting news and highlights! We feature players ranked in the too-100 in JGS or AJGA rankings, and those ranked in the top-500 in WAGR.

9/14

Class of 2027: It's been a busy week again, with big news coming out of Stanford. The Cardinal landed the top two recruits in this class in Asterisk Talley and Anna Fang. Talley, the 16th ranked female amateur in the world, will forgo turning pro out of high school to play college golf. She recently won the Junior PGA Championship and was runner-up at both the 2024 US Women's and US Girls Junior Amateurs, among many other accomplishments. Fang has five AJGA Invitational top-5 finishes in the past two year and reached match play at the US Women's Amateur. The Arkansas women will welcome Morocco's Sofia Cherif Essakali in 2027/ The Wagr top-350 players has five amateur and junior wins in Morocco in the past two years. Princeton's women's team notched two commitments this week. Donina Zhou, a top-10 JGS recruit, reached the round of 32 at the US Girls Junior and has one AJGA Invitational top-10 this year. Ruihan Kendria Wang is currently ranked 15th and also reached match play at the US Girls Junior after placing in the top-10 in stroke play. She also has an open AJGA win in 2025. The South Carolina women will add top-300 Wagr ranked Thailand's Arisa Bintachitt to this class. She has three wins and three top-5 finishes in Thailand in 2024 and 2025. Georgia locked in their second recruit in this class with Brady Barnum, a top-25 player in JGS. He has one AJGA win & two top-5 finishes in 2025. Baylor picked up a commitment from top-60 ranked Chase Yenser, who has four regional wins in 2025. West Virginia will welcome AJGA top-30 player Tommy Evans to the team in 2027. Evans won the West Virginia Junior Amateur in 2025 and had one AJGA win. Top-40 JGS ranked Jayden Jun will head to UNLV, with a resume that includes one Toyota Tour Cup win and four top-5 finishes in the past two years. The Pepperdine Waves added their second commit in this class with Owen Greenough, who has one JGAA win and three top-5 finishes in 2025. The Stanford men notched their first recruit of 2027 in Australian Spencer Harrison, top-15 in JGS rankings. Harrison has one win and six top-3 finishes in his home country in the past two years.

Class of 2026: NYU picked up a solid top-100 recruit, as Yiyi (Elisa) Xue announced her commitment. She had an AJGA open event top-3 in 2025.

9/7

Class of 2027: What a week for commitments! Official visits have ramped up as football season has begun, and we expect the 2027 commitments to continue rolling in. Clemson received verbal commitment from SC native Bennett Scaletta, a top-50 JGS player who was 2nd in both the SCGA Junior & Carolinas Junior Championships. The Miami women will welcome Columbia's Valencia Rubio, a top-500 WAGR ranked player with seven wins in her home country in 2024 & 2025. Later in the week, they received a 2nd commit in top-40 player Catherine Andino, who has three wins in Florida in the past year. James Madison has scored a top-100 player in Miraya Lurie, who has one PKBGT win in 2025. Florida hit the recruiting jackpot with home-state top-5 recruit Giuseppe Puebla, who was 2nd at the Junior PGA Championship and 3rd at the Junior Jones Cup. The next day, the Gators committed Lawson Ford, a top-50 player with one AJGA win in 2025. The Texas will be happy with the commitment of top-500 WAGR ranked Adriana Garcia, who has two Campeonato wins in 2024 & 2025. The Oklahoma Sooner continue to build their team with top-30 JGS player Isaiah Igo and top-60 Stuart Boulware. Igo qualified for match play at the 2025 US Junior and Boulware was 3rd in stroke play and made the round of 32. Arizona State continues their solid recruiting with top-20 ranked Brayden Jones, a recruit who was 8th in stroke play of the US Junior and has one AJGA win. TCU was next to jump on the commitment train this week, with the confirmation from top-30 JGS ranked Grant Delorenzo. He was in the top-5 at the Dye Junior Invitational. UNC picked up their 2nd top-10 recruit in Dawson Lew, a player who has two AJGA wins and won the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in 2025. San Diego State will add top-60 ranked Ethan Schramm, a recruit who won the California Junior Amateur.

9/1

Class of 2027: Top-10 recruit Sohan Patel announced his commitment to Vanderbilt. Patel reached the quarterfinals of the 2025 US Junior Amateur and was second at the Dustin Johnson World Junior. UNLV gains a top-50 AJGA ranked player in Shayaan Kim, who has one open AJGA win in 2025. UNC Chapel Hill will add a top-10 recruit in 2027 with Evan Liu. Liu was second at this year's California Amateur has one AJGA open win in 2025. The Florida State women committed a top-100 Wagr player in France's Louise Landgraf, who has four wins in Europe in the past year. The Clemson Tigers will add home-state Bennett Scaletta, a top-50 JGS player . Scaletta has runner-up finishes at the SCGA Junior and the Carolinas Junior Championship in 2025.

Class of 2026: Juliana Hong will be attending Columbia next fall, and the top-30 recruit brings a resume that includes one AJGA win and six top-5 finishes. Clemson will welcome top-25 JGS player Julia Herzberg, who was originally committed to New Mexico State. Herzberg finished fourth at the Dustin Johnson World Junior and has three AJGA runner-up finishes in the past year.

8/25

Class of 2027: The commits are rolling in! One of the fastest rising players of 2025, Amelie Zalsman, will join a talented Wake Forest team in 2027. Zalsman is ranked third in both JGS and AJGA rankings, reached match play in both the 2025 US Amateur & Girls Junior, and has two AJGA Invitational wins in the past year. Reese Wallace, a top-50 JGS commit, will join the Horned Frogs of TCU in 2027. She was the Illinois Girls Junior champion in 2025, qualifying her to the US Girls Junior. The South Carolina Gamecocks will welcome in-state recruit Dawson Szabo, a top-50 ranked player. He is the 2025 South Carolina Junior champion, also qualifying him to the US Junior.

Class of 2026: The University of Illinois women received verbal commitment from Eileen Lee, an top-50 AJGA ranked recruit. Lee had two LJT wins in the past year. Charlene Woo, top-75 in the JGS rankings, will be attending Claremont McKenna, known for strong academics. She has five AJGA top-10s in 2024 & 2025. Matthew Simpson, a top-100 player in his class, will play for Loyola Maryland. He had one AJGA top-5 & one top-10 in the past year. The Tennessee woman will welcome top-50 JGS recruit Lavanya Gupta in 2026. She has one AJGA runner-up finish in 2025. Toledo will gain a top-100 recruit in Maxim McKenzie, who was recently 4th at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship.

Transfers: Matt Comegys, a talented player who red-shirted the past season with Texas Tech, has made the in-state jump to Texas, bolstering an already solid lineup.

8/17

Class of 2027: Eliana Saga became the first top-10 girl in this class to commit, and she will be heading to USC. Saga has one AJGA Invitational top-5 and two top-10 finishes in the past year. She will be joined by another top-10 commit, Kaili Xiao, a recruit who has two AJGA Invitational top-10s in the past year. Pepperdine gained their first commit in this class in top-40 recruit, Hill Wang, who has six SCPGA top-5 finishes in the past year. The Clemson women have a top-70 player in Kara An, who won an AJGA open event in 2024. Northwestern women gain a top-20 ranked player in Ying Tong Jiao, who had top-20 finishes in three major events this year. Bodie Brumlow will be following in this brother's footsteps and playing for Georgia. The top-40 JGS ranked player has three SJGT wins in the past year. The Oklahoma State women are gaining a top-30 recruit in Dresden Bounds, who had an AJGA win and two top-5 open finishes in 2024.

Class of 2026: Bonnie Lo, a top-100 JGS recruit, announced her commitment to NC State. Lo had one AJGA runner-up finish in the past year. Aidan Wilson, a top-100 recruit, is the 4th member of this class at Cincinnati. Wilson is the 2024 Donald Ross Jr Championship winner. Theodore Synder, a JGS top-75 ranked player, announced his intent to attend Yale. Snyder finished 6th at Junior Worlds in 2025. Sage Bradshaw, a top-30 commit fresh off his round of 16 appearance at the US Junior, switched his commitment to Wake Forest. Another athlete to switch commitments is Emerie Schartz, a top-20 recruit who will be attending Texas A&M. She reached the quarterfinals in this year's US Girls Junior. Carnegie Mellon gains a top-100 commit in Yixuan Chen, a player who won the Toyota Tour Cup Championship.

8/3

Class of 2027: Auburn verbally committed their 3rd athlete of 2027 with Davis Wotnosky, a top-10 recruit on JGS. He recently won the North & South Junior Amateur and was 2nd at the Carolina Junior Championship. Thailand's Iris Muslu, a top-100 JGS recruit, has committed to the Iowa women's team. She had one TKG win in the past year. Chase Birdwell, a top-30 JGS recruit, will join his brother at Illinois in 2027. He has four wins on the Herron Prep and MNPGA tours in the past year.

Class of 2026: Gracie Song, a top-75 JGS ranked player, has committed to UNC Charlotte for 2026. Song finished 2nd in this year's North Carolina Junior Championship. The Arizona men gained a commit in their home state's Joseph Nelson, a top-75 recruit. Nelson was 2nd at an AJGA open event in 2025. Taiwan's Bonnie Lo, a top-100 recruit, is heaing to NC State. She has one AJGA runner-up finish in the past year.

7/22

Class of 2027: Kenyon Kahler, a JGS top-100 recruit, has verbally committed to San Diego. He had one top-5 & two top-10 finishes in the past year. Rawlin Sutter, a top-60 recruit, will join his brother at Alabama in 2027. He is the 2025 Alabama Junior champion. Notre Dame received commitment from China's Qiyou Wu, an AJGA top-30 recruit who won the AJGA Circle K Championship.

Class of 2026: Michigan's men's team gained a top-60 recruit in Texan Mackey Beckett, who had one win on the Legends Junior Tour in the past year. The Virginia women will add Canadian MIranda Lu, an AJGA top-50 recruit, in 2026. Lu had two AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year. Stanford is gaining 2024 Junior Invitational champion Giovanni Binaghi in this class. Ole Miss will add a JGS top-40 player in Columbia's Tomas Restrepo. He had one AJGA win in the past year. Austin Le, a top-40 recruit, will join the Yale men in 2026, He has two runner-up finishes in the past year. USC received verbal commitment from Floridian Mingbo Jiang, a JGS top-30 ranked player who won the Orlando International Amateur. James Madison University adds a top-100 player in Charles McPherson, who had two AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year.

Transfers: Logan Kim will be staying in-state at UCLA, transferring from Stanford. He had one collegiate top-15 finish this season. Rowan Sullivan will join Northwestern in the fall after a 3rd place finish at the Turtle Point Invite in the collegiate season.

7/13

Class of 2027: Auburn locked in their 2nd verbal commitment in this class with Illinois' Owen Coniaris. The JGS top-20 player made a run to the round of 16 in the 2024 US Junior and finished 2nd at the 2025 Illinois Junior Amateur. Texas has their first commit of the 2027 in William Lisle of Hong Kong, who trains at IMG. The top-10 JGS recruit was 4th at both the 2024 Bobby Chapman and the 2025 AJGA Boys Simplify.

Class of 2026: Iowa State gained a top-60 ranked recruit in Henry O'Keefe of Arkansas. He was 5th at the 2024 Bubba Conlee. Samford University is bolstering their lineup with Californian Ryder Rasmussen, a top-75 ranked commit. He has one AJGA top-5 & two top-10 finishes in the past year. Southern Miss received commitment from top-100 recruit John Markow, who was recently 3rd at the Mississippi Junior Amateur.

7/6

Class of 2027: #1 junior player Miles Russell announced he will be a Florida State Seminole, as he made his choice between Florida & FSU. Russell was easily the most sought after recruit in the class, with many high level amateur and junior wins on his resume. Auburn received commitment form Kansas' Lunden Esterline, a top-15 JGS recruit. Esterline has one AJGA, one top-10 & a top-10 in the past year.

Class of 2026: Virginia Tech is gaining a top-50 ranked commit in Aaraon Cummins, who has three AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year. Aibgail Lin announced her commitment to the US Naval Academy. The top-100 JGS recruit had one AJGA 2nd place finish in the past year.

Transfers: San Diego State picked up Ivy League player if the year, Grant Lester from Columbia. Lester had three 2nd place finishes this past collegiate season.

6/29

Class of 2027: The first girls' commit of 2027 is Ava Osborne, a JGS top-75 recruit who committed to UNC Chapel Hill. Ava has two AJGA top-5 and two top-10 finishes in the past year.

Class of 2026: The Dartmouth women's team picked up two strong recruits on the same day. Samantha Harris is a JGS top-50 recruit and was the 2024 AJGA Amundi Evian Showcase champion. Angelina Tao, a top-60 ranked player, has two AJGA top-5 & two top-10 finishes in the past year. Liberty will gain a top-30 AJGA ranked player in Noah Maclauchlan, who has three AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year.

Transfers: We thought the top transfers would be winding down, but we were mistaken! Illinois gained a strong player in Freddie Turnell, who was previously at Little Rock. One of the top-20 freshmen on scoreboard, Turnell won the Goodwin in the spring.