2021 Iowa PGA Awards Junior Players of the Year

2021 Iowa PGA Junior Tour Players of the Year

Boys 16-18 Player of the Year Jack Winkel

Jack Winkel of Ankeny, Iowa won the 2021 Boys 16-18 Player of the Year Award with 2,027.33 points. Winkel appeared in 11 Iowa PGA Junior events this summer finishing 10 of them in the top-12 including 2 victories this season. Girls 16-18 Player of the Year Saffire Sayre Saffire Sayre of West Des Moines, Iowa won the 2021 Girls 16-18 Player of the Year Award with 3,656 points. Sayre appeared in 13 Iowa PGA Junior events this summer finishing all of them in the top-6 including 4 vicoties this season.

Winkel was victorious at the Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Westwood Golf Course and Okoboji Junior Open hosted by Brooks Golf and Okoboji View Golf Course. Sayre was victorious at the Iowa PGA Spring Junior Open hosted by Eagle Ridge Resort-North, Principal Charity Classic Junior Open hosted by Wakonda Club, Des Moines Junior hosted by Willow Creek Golf Course and Iowa PGA Junior Championship hosted by A.H. Blank Golf Course.

Boys 14-15 Player of the Year Evan Smith

Evan Smith of Knoxville, Iowa won the 2021 Boys 14-15 Player of the Year Award with 4,054 points. Smith appeared in 15 Iowa PGA Junior events this summer finishing 16 in the top-8 including 3 victories this season. Girls 14-15 Player of the Year Morgan Rupp

Morgan Rupp of Marion, Iowa won the 2021 Iowa PGA Junior Girls 14-15 Player of the Year with 4,540 Player of the Year points. Rupp appeared in 15 events on the Iowa PGA Junior Tour this season. She won 8 events in 2021. She was

Smith was victorious at the Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Bright Grandview Golf Course, Principal Charity Classic Junior Open hosted by Wakonda Club and Western Junior Open hosted by Lakeside Municipal Golf Course. victorious at the Iowa PGA Spring Series hosted by Ames Golf & Country Club, Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Westwood Golf Course, Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Muscatine Municipal Golf Course, Greater Cedar Rapids Junior hosted by Hunters Ridge Golf Course, Iowa PGA Cedar Rapids Junior hosted by Gardner Golf Course, Junior Tour Mid-Summer Classic 18-hole Divisions hosted by Briarwood Golf Club, Iowa Junior Open hosted by Blue Top Ridge and Iowa PGA Waterloo Junior Classic hosted by Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course. She was the Girls 13 & Under Player of the Year in 2020.

Boys 12-13 Player of the Year Braeden Nelson Braeden Nelson of West Des Moines, Iowa won the 2021 Boys 12-13 Player of the Year Award with 5,160 points. Nelson appeared in 15 Iowa PGA Junior Tour events this summer finishing all of them in the top-6 including 9 victories this season.

Nelson was victorious at the Iowa PGA Spring Series hosted by Ames Golf & Country Club, Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Muscatine Golf Course, John Deere Classic Junior Open 13 & Under Division hosted by TPC Deere Run, 2021 Iowa Junior Boys/Girls Amateur Championship hosted by Coldwater Golf Links, Cedar Valley Junior Tour Championship hosted by Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, Junior Tour Team Event & Stroke Play hosted by Bos Landen Golf Course, Iowa PGA Cedar Rapids Junior hosted by Gardner Golf Course, Iowa PGA Junior Championship hosted by A.H. Blank Golf Course and Junior Tour Mid Summer Classic-18 hole division hosted by Briarwood Golf Club.

Girls 13 & Under Player of the Year Saleah Vivanh-Vong Saleah Vivanh-Vong of Des Moines, Iowa won the 2021 Girls 13 & Under Player of the Year Award with 5,040 points. Vivanh-Vong appeared in 11 Iowa PGA Junior Tour events this summer finishing in first place in all of the 11 events that she competed in this summer.

Vivanh-Vong was victorious at the Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Bright Grandview Golf Course, Iowa PGA Spring Junior Open hosted by Eagle Ridge Resort-North, Iowa PGA Spring Series hosted by Ames Golf & Country Club, Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Westwood Golf Course, Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Muscatine Golf Course, John Deere Classic Junior Open hosted by TPC Deere Run, Cedar Valley Junior Tour Championship hosted by Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, 45th Iowa Girls Junior PGA Championship hosted by Talons Golf, Eastern Iowa Junior hosted by Oakwood Country Club, Iowa Junior Open hosted by Blue Top Ridge and Iowa PGA Junior Tour Fall Classic hosted by Thunder Hills Country Club.

Boys 11 & Under Player of the Year Michael Koury, Jr.

Michael Koury Jr. of Bettendorf, Iowa won the 2021 Boys 11 & Under Player of the Year Award with 4,313.33 points. Koury Jr. appeared in 14 Iowa PGA Junior events this summer finishing all of them in the top-3 including 8 victories this season.

Koury Jr. was victorious at the Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Bright Grandview Golf Course, Iowa PGA Spring Junior Open hosted by Eagle Ridge Resort-North, Iowa PGA Junior Spring Series hosted by Muscatine Municipal Golf Course, Jerry Smith Junior Tour Summer Kickoff hosted by Edmundson Golf Course, Iowa PGA Cedar Rapids Junior hosted by Gardner Golf Course, Eastern Iowa Junior hosted by Oakwood Country Club, Iowa Junior Open hosted by Blue Top Ridge and Junior Tour Classic hosted by Wildcat Golf Course. Boys 16-18 Player of the Year

1. Jack Winkel..............2,027.33 2. Will Simpson............1,645.33 3. Gannon Hall..............1,562.67

Girls 16-18 Player of the Year

1. Saffire Sayre..............3,656 2. Addison Berg............2,620 3. Paige Hoffman..........2,180

Boys 14-15 Player of the Year

1. Evan Smith..................4,054 2. Roman Roth...............3,099 3. Ethan Blomme...........2,497

Girls 14-15 Player of the Year

1. Morgan Rupp.............4,540 2. Lauren Briggs............4,300 3. Jane Petersen.............3,310

Boys 12-13 Player of the Year 1. Braeden Nelson..........5,160 2. Lucas Laffoon.............3,555 3. Vaugh Roseman........3,300

Girls 13 & Under Player of the Year 1. Saleah Vivanh-Vong.......5,040 2. Jaylee Shaffer.....................3,480 3. Mehar Julka.........................2,720

Boys 11 & Under Player of the Year

1. Michael Koury, Jr......4,313.33 2. Rylan Weaver.............3,480 3. Palmer Hansen..........2,613.33