Below is the Field List for the 2026 Western Junior Championship, to be played June 15-18 at Knollwood Club in Lake Forest, Illinois.
The championship begins with 36 holes of stroke play, after which the field is cut to the low 44 and ties. Those who advance compete in two additional rounds of stroke play for the coveted Western Junior title. The top three finishers and ties earn exemptions into the Western Amateur.
2026 Western Junior Championship Field List
(As of May 8, 2026)
Abalateo, Landon – Fair Oaks, CA
Albright, Gatlin – Stuart, FL
An, Mason – Houston, TX
Barnum, Brady – Plain City, OH
Beckett, Mackey – Austin, TX
Beebe, Hampton – West Palm Beach, FL
Bharani, Manav – Ontario, Canada
Birdwell, Chase – Blaine, MN
Bolles, Owen – Chandler, AZ
Boulware, Stuart – Fairway, KS
Bradshaw, Sage – Bluffton, SC
Brooks, Denton – Birmingham, AL
Brooks, Nicholas – Parker, CO
Brown, Blake – Cypress, TX
Browne, Clark – Vestavia Hills, AL
Butters, Ethan – Chandler, AZ
Canitano, Nicholas – Milton, GA
Carraher, Sam – Crown Point, IN
Chang, Kaden – Carlsbad, CA
Chang, William – Danville, CA
Christopher, Graham – Westlake Village, CA
Colton, Brooks – Riviera Beach, FL
Coniaris, Owen – Glen Ellyn, IL
Corcell, Joseph – Tampa, FL
Cui, William – Jupiter, FL
Dai, Andy – Ontario, Canada
Denery, Jack – Little Rock, AR
Dennis, Austin – Ventura, CA
Dent, Declan – Grapevine, TX
Diaz, Isaiah – Del Rio, TX
Dollander, Bear – Savannah, GA
Eckstein, Alexander – Poland, OH
Edwards, Ash – Boulder, CO
Egnatios, Frederick – Norfolk, VA
Eickhoff, Jake – Arrington, TN
Evans, Ethan – Fairfax Station, VA
Farrow, Colt – Wichita, KS
Ford, Lawson – West Palm Beach, FL
Forte, Brayden – Aurora, CO
Franklin, Riley – Ozark, MO
Fujiwara, Toku – West Chester, OH (Japan)
Garcia, Miguel – Queretaro, Mexico
Gossett, Luke – Sorrento, FL
Graham, Carter – Brentwood, TN
Greenough, Owen – Bend, OR
Gu, Eddie – Ontario, Canada
Guetzke, Cody – Hartland, WI
Gutierrez, Tucker – Madison, MS
Harper, Brooks – Dallas, TX
Herrera, Connor – Encinitas, CA
Hinze, Jaxson – York, NE
Hipp, Charlie – St Johns, FL
Holland, Henry – Charlotte, NC
Hooker, Ryan – Oakton, VA
Huang, Zach – Sammamish, WA
Hull, Matthew – Corona Del Mar, CA
Iaciofano, Joey – Jupiter, FL
Igo, Isaiah – Sundown, TX
Inman, Wylie – North Palm Beach, FL
Jerome, Chase – Ontario, Canada
Jiang, Mingbo – Orlando, FL (China)
Jones, Brayden – Seal Beach, CA
Jorski, Michael – Clarendon Hills, IL
Judd, Will – Louisville, KY
Justice, Casen – Selmer, TN
Kelley, Jack – Falls Church, VA
Kelley, Tommy – Omaha, NE
Kelty, Luc – Louisville, KY
Kim, David – Marriotsville, MD
Kim, Shayaan – Rockledge, FL
Koehn, Christian – Winter Park, FL
Kondal, Jaspreet – Saint Augustine, FL
Kuchar, Cameron – Tequesta, FL
Kuhns, Bennett – Austin, TX
Lane, Paxton – Benton, AR
Lathrop, Ben – Oklahoma City, OK
Le, Austin – Houston, TX
Le, Khanh Hung – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Lee, Ryan – College Station, TX
Leivian, Kaden – Wichita, KS
Li, Zhengda – Melbourne, Australia
Lim, Aston – Union City, CA
Long, William – Alpharetta, GA
Low, Lester – Evanston, IL
Lynch, JP – Austin, TX
Maclauchlan, Liam – Moseley, VA
Maclauchlan, Noah – Moseley, VA
Mahakan, Louis – Hua Hin, Thailand
Majma, Emerson – Edmond, OK
Mason, Clark – St. Petersburg, FL
Matsuda, Ben – Irvine, CA
McDonough, Leo – Lafayette, CA
McKay, Duff – Dallas, TX
McKenzie, Maxim – British Columbia, Canada
McPherson, Charles – Durham, NC
Meade, Slater – North Wilkesboro, NC
Milton, Maxwell – Polson, MT
Mulder, Xander – Scottsdale, AZ
Mundy, Barron – Ontario, Canada
Munzlinger, Anson – Columbia, MO
Myers, Macaulay – Whitestown, IN
Nawata, Shawn – Irvine, CA
Nelson, Braeden – West Des Moines, IA
Nelson, Joseph – Gilbert, AZ
Newsom, Jacob – Tulsa, OK
Orofino, Holden – Fort Wayne, IN
Ozawa, Hiroto – Tokyo, Japan
Pain, Jager – Ontario, Canada
Parmar, Aadi – Selma, TX
Perkins, Austin – West Hartford, CT
Peterson, Jaden – Port Saint Lucie, FL
Pregler, Cole – Fulshear, TX
Puranik, Kaden – Windermere, FL
Randall, Austin – Prosper, TX
Rapp, Brady – Leawood, KS
Reddy, Sahish – Duluth, GA
Rhodenizer, Tristan – Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Rodriguez, Andrew – Whittier, CA
Schramm, Ethan – Encinitas, CA
Sciortino, Andrew – Brentwood, TN
Shelley, Austin – Salt Lake City, UT
Shropshire, Spencer – Ontario, Canada
Simpson, Matthew – Ontario, Canada
Smith, Cooper – Jasper, GA
Smith, Lee – Marietta, GA
Smith, Peyton – Lee's Summit, MO
Snyder, Theodore – Gig Harbor, WA
Stanford III, Ainslie – Edmond, OK
Stiglitz, Warren – Denver, NC
Stone, Kailer – Alameda, CA
Sutter, Rawlin – Cullman, AL
Szentanai, Aidan – Boise, ID
Taino, Keane – Pinehurst, NC
Thomas, SJ – Birmingham, AL
Tsai, Nemo – Ann Arbor, MI
Tyree, Evan – Scottsdale, AZ
Urquhart, Brooks – Columbus, GA
Valentine, Jake – Palm Beach Gardens, FL (United Kingdom)
VanderMolen, Max – Hickory Corners, MI
Vargas, Asher – Spring, TX
Vartabedian, Joseph – Silver Spring, MD
Vivone, Michael – Ontario, Canada
Wang, Hill – Hacienda Heights, CA
Wessel, Eli – Indianapolis, IN
Wheeler, Ben – Kansas City, MO
White, Ethan – Chagrin Falls, OH
Wilson, Ben – Sandy, UT
Wolfe, Connor – Blythewood, SC
Wotnosky, Davis – Wake Forest, NC
Wu, Anthony – Mission Viejo, CA
Xia, Kaichen – Shanghai, China
Xie, Ryan – Auckland, New Zealand
Xu, Zude – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Zhang, Alexander – Plano, TX
Zhou, Darren – Hong Kong