PREVIEW AND LIVE SCORING: Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
March 19, 2025 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com
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Giovanni Daniele Binaghi and Asterisk Talley are back in the field to defend their 2024 titles in the prestigious invite
The Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, recognized by Golfweek as the top junior event in golf, is back at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, South Carolina, from March 19th to March 22nd.
First played in 2011, the Junior Invitational has become one of the most desired invitations in the world of competitive junior golf. Since its founding in 2011, the event has featured 54 of the top junior boys and included girls for the first time in 2022. Under the new format, 36 boys and 24 girls will be competing at the same time.
Giovanni Daniele Binaghi and Asterisk Talley are back in the field to defend their 2024 titles in the prestigious invite. Also, Charlie Woods and Kai Trump are in the respective fields along with top juniors Miles Russell, Tyler Watts, and Gianna Clemente.
Here are the full fields for the event:
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Sage Valley Golf Club is a private national membership golf club located just outside Augusta, Georgia. The course and clubhouse are surrounded by several thousand acres of preserved southern pine forest providing a setting of serenity and tranquility found in visions of life in the south.
The course plays 7,437 yards from its championship tees and challenges every club in a golfer’s bag, from precise carries with long irons to deft touch around the green with one’s wedges and putter.
Past participants of the Junior Invitational have included some of the top names in golf: Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Colin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Young, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Anna Davis, Megha Ganne, and more.
Scheffler, the 2014 Junior Invitational champion, followed up an appearance at the 2022 Junior Invitational by capturing his first major at The Masters.
About the Junior Invitational
The Junior Invitational's mission is to operate the most prestigious junior golf championship in the world—an invitation-only 72-hole annual event (increased from 54 holes prior to 2025) for the top 36 boys and 24 girls from around the globe, hosted ...
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