Luke Colton, Joshua Bai tied for lead at Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
March 20, 2025 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com
see also: Luke Colton, Sage Valley Golf Club
In the girls division, Pimpisa Rubrong takes a commanding lead heading into the halfway point
Joshua Bai and Luke Colton share the lead at the halfway point at 6-under in the boy's division of the 2025 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, S.C.
Bai has carded rounds of 67-71 and was the 18-hole leader, while Colton has shot two rounds of 3-under 69 to get to 6-under. Bai finished runner-up to Bryan Kim in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and is currently ranked No. 230 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings.
Colton, a Vanderbilt commit, is the 2024 Terra Cotta Invitational champion and the 2024 Byron Nelson Junior Championship champion. He also made the round of 16 in the 2024 US Junior Amateur and has three AJGA Invitational top-seven finishes in 2024.
Top junior Miles Russell is in solo third place at 5-under and is only one shot back of the leaders. 12 golfers are within six shots of the lead.
Pimpisa Rubrong shot a second-round 3-under 69 to take a three-shot lead at 5-under in the girl's division.
She has carded rounds of 70-69 to get to 5-under with seven birdies and two bogeys.
18-hole co-leader Aphrodite Deng is in solo second place at 2-under, and Scarlett Schremmer is in solo third place at 1-under.
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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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