Wheaton Ennis captured the 100th Arizona Amateur Championship at Phoenix Country Club with a 3&2 win over Carl Miltun. After six days of golf against the state’s best amateurs, Ennis closed the door on the championship match with consecutive 30-plus foot putts on holes No. 15 and 16, respectively.

“It feels great,” Ennis said of winning the 100th Arizona Amateur Championship. “I’ve wanted to win this tournament for a long time. To get it done at a place like this was awesome. It was a great week.”

Ennis won the 2023 AJGA Invitational alongside Jasmine Koo in the girl's division.

In the championship match, Ennis jumped out to a 1-up lead on the 143-yard second hole, where he spun his tee shot to four feet and tapped in for a birdie. Miltun tied the match for the final time on the third hole before Ennis’s putter caught fire; he won back-to-back holes and never relinquished the lead.

“Since the match was only an 18-hole format, I knew it would be important to get out to a big lead,” Miltun said. “Unfortunately, (Ennis) got up on me early and never really let off the gas. He had a lot of good putts. I was able to battle with a few birdies in the mix, but ultimately, the hot putter is hard to beat.”

Ennis, who shot 65-65 during two rounds of qualifying stroke play and earned Stroke Play Medalist honors, climbed an uphill battle to get to the championship match. The 18-year-old Texas A&M commit overcame Greg Cesarek, former PGA Latinoamérica player Hans Reimers, and Phoenix Country Club member Richard Hearden.