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A Few Extra HolesJunior World Cup tees off in Japan2023 Photo with caption/creditFrom Scottie Scheffler and Hideki Matsuyama to Rose Zhang and Ayaka Furue, the Toyota Junior World Cup boasts many talented past players. Since the inaugural tournament in 1992, the Junior World Cup has become one of the biggest events in junior golf.“It’s an event that creates really good players and hopefully it will keep creating good players,” Jon Rahm said in 2017, five years after he played in the event. “I loved it.”This week, 63 of the best junior golfers in the world representing 14 countries will tee it up at the Chukyo Golf Club’s Ishino Course in Japan. The Junior World Cup is a four-day team competition with 12 boys teams and nine girls teams made up of three players each. At the end of the final round, the players’ individual scores will count towards their team score and the lowest team score will win. READ MORECharlie Woods qualifies for U.S. Junior AmateurCharlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods, qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur for the second straight year. The younger Woods bogeyed his final hole last Thursday, falling into a three-way tie for the final spot out of Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Florida, before winning the playoff. The U.S. Junior Amateur, which Tiger Woods won three consecutive times (1991-93), is July 21-26 at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. READ MORE‘Vardon’ Flyer sells for nearly $200KA Spalding “Vardon” Flyer golf ball that the legendary Harry Vardon used to win the 1900 U.S. Open fetched a hefty price at a recent auction. The artifact from Vardon’s lone U.S. Open victory sold for $194,259.20 on June 15. Starting with a minimum bid of $15,000, the U.S. Open-winning ball received 21 bids, culminating in the final six-figure selling price. READ MORETap-InsTrevor Gutschewski, the reigning U.S. Junior Amateur champion and son of Korn Ferry Tour pro Scott Gutschewski, won the Western Junior last Thursday in Rhodes, Iowa, finishing one stroke ahead of Cameron Kuchar, son of nine-time PGA Tour winner Matt Kuchar. READ MORETrish Johnson, a 22-time winner on the LPGA and Ladies European tours, was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the King’s Honours List for her services to women’s golf. READ MOREThe KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will fund 10 new sites for PGA Jr. League programs in past, present and future host markets of the championship, it was announced Tuesday. READ MOREFred Smith, the founder of longtime PGA Tour sponsor FedEx Corp., has died, the company said. He was 80. READ MORECompiled by Mike CullityCoverPicture ThisThe DivotRolapp begins PGA Tour mission in enviable positionCallaway Win Ad Elyte 062325Callaway Win Ad ChromeTour 062325Minjee Lee adds to family’s winning traditionOdyssey Win Ad 062325LPGA GamerLPGA 062325Lee wins in windy Women’s PGAThitikul relishes sweet home FriscoWomen’s PGA purse sends statementPic This 2PING Thank You 062325Excerpt GGP+It's Your HonorPING G440 Family 062325Tour TalkExtra HolesFiller writing her next career chapterPeter Millar 062325Range RatFootJoy 062325Titleist dials in 360-degree precision with new AIM ballsNewton Golf launches lightweight fast-motion shaftBig Cedar 062325PGA GamerBradley serves heartbreak to FleetwoodUSGA 062325Champions Tour gamerBattle for Walker Cup spots begins in earnestStout captures Northeast AmateurEAGS 062325WGA REV 062325Fang takes St George’s by stormAm GamerAM NotesStatsMasthead