Interesting storylines here:

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/11393941428410301550

Scarlett Schremmer (Aggie commit) doing awesome.

Also, Kai Trump got invited (not sure she is quite good enough for this field), and she is not doing as well. I'm wondering if the organizers just wanted her name.

Tiger is supposedly dating Kai's mom.

Yeah, I saw that. He could have got her in. It will be a learning experience for her. The top of junior golf these days is crazy talented, boys and girls.

It's pretty rare for a kid stepping up in competition to play well right away. As someone with a daughter in golf who might get here one day I'll never understand the herd mentality to hate on someone for having the guts to try.

As someone also with a daughter in golf…I'm not a fan of a lower ranking player getting into one of the bigger tournaments in junior golf simply because of her name. I'm not hating on her - she seems like a great person and she has a great swing. But a lot of girls in the top 50 in the world would love to be in her spot.

Tiger's busy sticking Charlie in tournaments he doesn't belong in.

DGrimesAg92 said:

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Tiger's busy sticking Charlie in tournaments he doesn't belong in.

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He tied or beat almost 1/3 of the field. Would he have been in without his name, probably not, but he didn't exactly get embarrassed relative to all the other kids. It's always good to experience competing against people better than you so more power to him.

That said, Kai Trump is a different story given her scores.

Charlie's scores or other kids scores who first stepped up to that level weren't great either.

Having Tiger Woods or another pro golfer is going to get you some pull. Unless something is really off, she still had to have the progression or points for them to even try to force her into this.

She may have gotten some preferential treatment, but that's not exactly unusual either based on who you know in the junior PGA administration.

There's generally a requirement to shoot minimum scores over so many tournaments to stay at any elevated level. It's that way on the prestige tour. So either she makes it or she won't.

https://www.ajga.org/player/kai-trump

If I had to guess, she had not been exposed to how crazy good the upper level of junior golf can be. I believe Kai probably has a good coach who has helped her develop a good looking swing, but she is probably more balanced with her time than the top 50 girls. Probably smart…there is not much $$ on the LPGA unless you are top 20 in the world.