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July 11, 2018

Top 25 high school golfers – boys

Zach Gordon, Gaffney Clemson
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As we have concluded our state and national high school golf rankings for the 2017-2018 season, I wanted to take a moment to congratulate and recognize our top 25 high school boys golfers from across the country for their exceptional play. 

Our National Rankings are run on a calendar school year basis. Rankings are compiled using our best accurate benchmark of all the high school state golf tournaments. Currently we ONLY use state tournament scores since tracking and scoring at the regional and local level is not systematic.  Since some states run one-day tournaments and other states sanction two-day events we calculate all rankings on a per round basis. https://www.highschoolgolf.org/how-we-develop-the-nhsga-high-school-golf-rankings/#more-183

2017-2018 Top 25 High School Golfers – Boys

  1. Senior, Zach Gordon from Gaffney High School in South Carolina. Zach will be playing golf for Clemson University this fall – won the 2018 NHSCA Boys’ Golf Athlete of the Year . He won the state championship by shattering the state scoring record that was previously held by current PGA Tour golfer Bill Haas. Gordon shot a 66 and 62 to capture the state title

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 159

Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 148

College Committed to: Clemson University 

  1. Senior, Tommy Kuhl from Morton High School in Illinois. Tommy will be playing golf for the University of Illinois this fall –  2 Time state champion as a freshman and a senior – Set the all-time state HS golf scoring record this past fall with a 129 over two days

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 62

AJGA/Polo Rank: 172

Golfweek/Sagarin: 95

College Committed to: University of Illinois 

  1. Junior, Seth Taylor from Gaffney High School in South Carolina. Seth is verbally committed to Coastal Carolina University. Finished second at the 5A state finals this spring with rounds of 66-65 to finish at 13 under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 359

Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 225

College Committed to: Colorado Christian University 

Ryan Hall #4

  1. Senior, Ryan Hall from Knoxville Halls High School in Tennessee. Ryan will be playing golf for the University of South Carolina this fall. Won the TN Large Class State finals last fall with rounds of 66-65 to finish at 13-under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 26

AJGA/Polo Rank: 27

Golfweek/Sagarin: 14

College Committed to: University of South Carolina 

  1. Senior, Michael Barnard from Beech High School in Tennessee. Michael will be playing golf for Middle Tennessee State University this fall. Finished second in the TN Large Class State finals last fall with rounds of 68-64 to finish 12-under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 45

AJGA/Polo Rank: 67

Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 39

College Committed to: Middle Tennessee State University 

  1. Junior, A. Jacks Green from Christ Presbyterian Academy in Tennessee. A. Jacks is verbally committed to Lipscomb University.  Won the TN 2A State finals last fall with rounds of 67-66 to finish at 11 under par for 2 days

Junior Golf Scoreboard: 462

AJGA/Polo Rank: 586

Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 544

College Committed to: Lipscomb University 

Matthew Riedel

  1. Junior, Matthew Riedel from Houston Stratford high school in Texas. Matthew is verbally committed to Vanderbilt University. Won the TX 6A state finals this spring with 68-67 to finish at 9 under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 55

AJGA/Polo Rank: 99

Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 85

College Committed to: Vanderbilt University 

  1. Junior, Tripp Carter from Highland Park high school in Texas. Tripp won the Texas 5A state finals this spring with rounds of 68-66 to finish at 10 under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 476

AJGA/Polo Rank: 229

Golfweek/Sagarin: 238

  1. Junior, Gabriel Hunter from Alcoa high school in Tennessee. Gabriel won the Tennessee Small Class state championship last fall with rounds of 69-65 to finish at 10 under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 450

AJGA/Polo Rank: 797

Golfweek/Sagarin: 543

  1. Junior, Cole Ponich from Davis High School in Utah. Cole is verbally committed to BYU. Cole won the UT 6A State Finals last fall with rounds of 65-68 to finish at 11 under par

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 23

AJGA/Polo Rank: 44

Golfweek/Sagarin: 34

College Committed to: Brigham Young University 

  1. Senior, Blake Lorenz from Sunrise Mountain High School in Arizona

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 90

AJGA/Polo Rank: 121

Golfweek/Sagarin: 166

College Committed to: University of Oklahoma

T12. Senior, Tommy Boone from Plano Senior High School in Texas

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 257

AJGA/Polo Rank: 330

Golfweek/Sagarin: 367

College Committed to: University of Missouri

      T12. Junior,  Matthew Denton from Westlake High School

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 136

AJGA/Polo Rank: 156

Golfweek/Sagarin: 111

College Committed to: Texas A&M

  1. Junior, Jake Goode from Catalina Foothills High School in Arizona

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 610

AJGA/Polo Rank: 641

Golfweek/Sagarin:  559

  1. Senior, Garrett Barber from Pine School in Florida

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 2

AJGA/Polo Rank: 6

Golfweek/Sagarin: 11

College Committed to: LSU

Ryggs Johnston

  1. Junior, Ryggs Johnston from Libby High School in Montana

AJGA/Polo Rank : 297

Golfweek/Sagarin: 121

College Committed to: Arizona State

     T17. Senior, Pierceson Coody from Plano West High School in Texas

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 31

AJGA/Polo Rank: 9

Golfweek/Sagarin: 24

College Committed to: University of Texas

     T17. Senior, Andre Jacobs from League City Clear Springs High School in Texas

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 93

AJGA/Polo Rank: 163

Golfweek/Sagarin: 80

College Committed to: Arkansas Tech

     T19. Junior, Jake Hall from Knoxville Halls High School in Tennessee

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 125

AJGA/Polo Rank: 394

Golfweek/Sagarin: 34

College Committed to: Middle Tennessee State

     T19. Sophomore, Jansen Preston from Lexington Christian High School in Kentucky

Junior Golf Scoreboard: 219

AJGA/Polo Rank: 91

Golfweek/Sagarin:  133

     T19. Freshman, Michael Winslow from Overland Park-st. Thomas Aquinas High school in Kansas

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 1020

AJGA/Polo Rank: 1001

Golfweek/Sagarin:  1082

  1. Senior, Joey Moore from Billings West High School in Montana

AJGA/Polo Rank: 1524

Golfweek/Sagarin:  212

College Committed to: San Diego State

     T23. Junior, William Wann from Mountain Brook High School in Alabama

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank:202

AJGA/Polo Rank: 265

Golfweek/Sagarin: 221

     T23. Freshman, Gordon Sargent from Mountain Brook High School in Alabama

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank:80

AJGA/Polo Rank: 42

Golfweek/Sagarin: 44

     T23. Junior, Austyn Reily from Pottsboro High School in Texas

Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank:334

AJGA/Polo Rank: 73

Golfweek/Sagarin:  259


Posted By: Chris Noble

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