As we have concluded our state and national high school golf rankings for the 2017-2018 season, I wanted to take a moment to congratulate and recognize our top 25 high school boys golfers from across the country for their exceptional play.
Our National Rankings are run on a calendar school year basis. Rankings are compiled using our best accurate benchmark of all the high school state golf tournaments. Currently we ONLY use state tournament scores since tracking and scoring at the regional and local level is not systematic. Since some states run one-day tournaments and other states sanction two-day events we calculate all rankings on a per round basis. https://www.highschoolgolf.org/how-we-develop-the-nhsga-high-school-golf-rankings/#more-183
2017-2018 Top 25 High School Golfers – Boys
- Senior, Zach Gordon from Gaffney High School in South Carolina. Zach will be playing golf for Clemson University this fall – won the 2018 NHSCA Boys’ Golf Athlete of the Year . He won the state championship by shattering the state scoring record that was previously held by current PGA Tour golfer Bill Haas. Gordon shot a 66 and 62 to capture the state title
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 159
Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 148
College Committed to: Clemson University
- Senior, Tommy Kuhl from Morton High School in Illinois. Tommy will be playing golf for the University of Illinois this fall – 2 Time state champion as a freshman and a senior – Set the all-time state HS golf scoring record this past fall with a 129 over two days
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 62
AJGA/Polo Rank: 172
Golfweek/Sagarin: 95
College Committed to: University of Illinois
- Junior, Seth Taylor from Gaffney High School in South Carolina. Seth is verbally committed to Coastal Carolina University. Finished second at the 5A state finals this spring with rounds of 66-65 to finish at 13 under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 359
Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 225
College Committed to: Colorado Christian University
- Senior, Ryan Hall from Knoxville Halls High School in Tennessee. Ryan will be playing golf for the University of South Carolina this fall. Won the TN Large Class State finals last fall with rounds of 66-65 to finish at 13-under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 26
AJGA/Polo Rank: 27
Golfweek/Sagarin: 14
College Committed to: University of South Carolina
- Senior, Michael Barnard from Beech High School in Tennessee. Michael will be playing golf for Middle Tennessee State University this fall. Finished second in the TN Large Class State finals last fall with rounds of 68-64 to finish 12-under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 45
AJGA/Polo Rank: 67
Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 39
College Committed to: Middle Tennessee State University
- Junior, A. Jacks Green from Christ Presbyterian Academy in Tennessee. A. Jacks is verbally committed to Lipscomb University. Won the TN 2A State finals last fall with rounds of 67-66 to finish at 11 under par for 2 days
Junior Golf Scoreboard: 462
AJGA/Polo Rank: 586
Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 544
College Committed to: Lipscomb University
- Junior, Matthew Riedel from Houston Stratford high school in Texas. Matthew is verbally committed to Vanderbilt University. Won the TX 6A state finals this spring with 68-67 to finish at 9 under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 55
AJGA/Polo Rank: 99
Golfweek/Sagarin Rank: 85
College Committed to: Vanderbilt University
- Junior, Tripp Carter from Highland Park high school in Texas. Tripp won the Texas 5A state finals this spring with rounds of 68-66 to finish at 10 under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 476
AJGA/Polo Rank: 229
Golfweek/Sagarin: 238
- Junior, Gabriel Hunter from Alcoa high school in Tennessee. Gabriel won the Tennessee Small Class state championship last fall with rounds of 69-65 to finish at 10 under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 450
AJGA/Polo Rank: 797
Golfweek/Sagarin: 543
- Junior, Cole Ponich from Davis High School in Utah. Cole is verbally committed to BYU. Cole won the UT 6A State Finals last fall with rounds of 65-68 to finish at 11 under par
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 23
AJGA/Polo Rank: 44
Golfweek/Sagarin: 34
College Committed to: Brigham Young University
- Senior, Blake Lorenz from Sunrise Mountain High School in Arizona
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 90
AJGA/Polo Rank: 121
Golfweek/Sagarin: 166
College Committed to: University of Oklahoma
T12. Senior, Tommy Boone from Plano Senior High School in Texas
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 257
AJGA/Polo Rank: 330
Golfweek/Sagarin: 367
College Committed to: University of Missouri
T12. Junior, Matthew Denton from Westlake High School
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 136
AJGA/Polo Rank: 156
Golfweek/Sagarin: 111
College Committed to: Texas A&M
- Junior, Jake Goode from Catalina Foothills High School in Arizona
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 610
AJGA/Polo Rank: 641
Golfweek/Sagarin: 559
- Senior, Garrett Barber from Pine School in Florida
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 2
AJGA/Polo Rank: 6
Golfweek/Sagarin: 11
College Committed to: LSU
- Junior, Ryggs Johnston from Libby High School in Montana
AJGA/Polo Rank : 297
Golfweek/Sagarin: 121
College Committed to: Arizona State
T17. Senior, Pierceson Coody from Plano West High School in Texas
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 31
AJGA/Polo Rank: 9
Golfweek/Sagarin: 24
College Committed to: University of Texas
T17. Senior, Andre Jacobs from League City Clear Springs High School in Texas
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 93
AJGA/Polo Rank: 163
Golfweek/Sagarin: 80
College Committed to: Arkansas Tech
T19. Junior, Jake Hall from Knoxville Halls High School in Tennessee
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 125
AJGA/Polo Rank: 394
Golfweek/Sagarin: 34
College Committed to: Middle Tennessee State
T19. Sophomore, Jansen Preston from Lexington Christian High School in Kentucky
Junior Golf Scoreboard: 219
AJGA/Polo Rank: 91
Golfweek/Sagarin: 133
T19. Freshman, Michael Winslow from Overland Park-st. Thomas Aquinas High school in Kansas
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank: 1020
AJGA/Polo Rank: 1001
Golfweek/Sagarin: 1082
- Senior, Joey Moore from Billings West High School in Montana
AJGA/Polo Rank: 1524
Golfweek/Sagarin: 212
College Committed to: San Diego State
T23. Junior, William Wann from Mountain Brook High School in Alabama
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank:202
AJGA/Polo Rank: 265
Golfweek/Sagarin: 221
T23. Freshman, Gordon Sargent from Mountain Brook High School in Alabama
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank:80
AJGA/Polo Rank: 42
Golfweek/Sagarin: 44
T23. Junior, Austyn Reily from Pottsboro High School in Texas
Junior Golf Scoreboard Rank:334
AJGA/Polo Rank: 73
Golfweek/Sagarin: 259