Photo credit: Pure Insurance/First Tee
The First Tee and PGA TOUR Champions are proud to announce the 80 exceptional teens selected to compete in the 2025 PURE Insurance Championship Impacting First Tee, to be held September 19–21 at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course.
The annual tournament is hosted by PURE Insurance and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and broadcast internationally on Golf Channel. It uniquely pairs First Tee participants with PGA TOUR Champions professionals and amateurs from the business world for a week of competition and mentorship. The teens, ages 15 to 18, represent 48 First Tee chapters nationwide and will compete for the male and female pro-junior titles.
Participants were chosen based on both their golf skills and personal growth through First Tee’s youth development programs. This year’s class boasts an average GPA of 3.89 and nearly seven years of involvement with First Tee.
The field (Northern California in bold)
| First Name: | Last Name: | Chapter: |
| Thomas | Mankowski | First Tee — Canton |
| Alina | Amos | First Tee — Central Carolina |
| Ava | Fehring | First Tee — Central Florida |
| Paige | McKenna | First Tee — Connecticut |
| Khai | deSpretter | First Tee — Contra Costa |
| Krish | Veluthakkal | First Tee — Contra Costa |
| Anna | Firko | First Tee — Delaware |
| Elisa | Hernandez Gil | First Tee — Florida Gold Coast |
| Marley | Pedrique | First Tee — Florida Gold Coast |
| Jordan | Reyes | First Tee — Florida Gold Coast |
| Avery | Glanzer | First Tee — Fort Worth |
| Maggie | Pham | First Tee — Fort Worth |
| Naomi | Phan | First Tee — Fort Worth |
| Steven | Suges | First Tee — Fort Worth |
| Karsten | Hansen | First Tee — Fresno |
| Sophia | Peters | First Tee — Fresno |
| William | Mangione | First Tee — Greater Austin |
| Emmy | Yang | First Tee — Greater Austin |
| Caitlyn | Navaleza | First Tee — Greater Baltimore |
| Kaylee | Nguyen | First Tee — Greater Charlotte |
| Carson | Valeroso | First Tee — Greater Chicago |
| Nihaar | Kanukolanu | First Tee — Greater Dallas |
| David | Pyle | First Tee — Greater Dallas |
| Aryaan | Zaveri | First Tee — Greater Dallas |
| Margaret | Kerr | First Tee — Greater Houston |
| Emma | Poffinbarger | First Tee — Greater Houston |
| Victoria | Routzong | First Tee — Greater Houston |
| Ali | Abu Rayyan | First Tee — Greater Pasadena |
| Elizabeth | Clark | First Tee — Greater Pasadena |
| Jake | Smaron | First Tee — Greater Philadelphia |
| Cash | Joyce | First Tee — Greater Richmond |
| Paavni | Behl | First Tee — Greater Sacramento |
| Jack | Harrison | First Tee — Greater Sacramento |
| Bella | Ransi | First Tee — Greater Sacramento |
| Anthony | Stouder | First Tee — Greater Sacramento |
| Sakura | Watanabe | First Tee — Greater Sacramento |
| Jules | Mahan | First Tee — Greater San Antonio |
| Jack | Polansky | First Tee — Greater San Antonio |
| Lucas | Kornylo | First Tee — Greater Seattle |
| Charles | Liu | First Tee — Greater Seattle |
| Isaak | Tschekunow | First Tee — Greater Wilmington |
| Josh | Lichty | First Tee — Hampton Roads |
| Aidan | Szentanai | First Tee — Idaho |
| Jack | Nolan | First Tee — Jersey Shore |
| Sydney | Socha | First Tee — Lake Erie |
| Julio | Rodas-Rhim | First Tee — Metropolitan New York |
| Veronika | Niklin | First Tee — Metropolitan New York |
| Lily | Patel | First Tee — Metropolitan New York |
| Dylan | Hughes | First Tee — Minnesota |
| Max | Perez | First Tee — Monterey County |
| Brandon | Sweeney | First Tee — Naples/Collier |
| Gavin | Hardee | First Tee — North Florida |
| Alyssa | Hardy | First Tee — North Florida |
| Jessi | Tantog | First Tee — Oregon |
| Mason | Danninger | First Tee — Phoenix |
| Caroline | Hoang | First Tee — Phoenix |
| Malakai | Jazayeri | First Tee — Phoenix |
| Ashley | Shaw | First Tee — Phoenix |
| Michael | Quallich | First Tee — Pittsburgh |
| Justin | Hsieh | First Tee — Raritan Valley |
| Mason | Gilliland | First Tee — Roanoke Valley |
| Joel | Park | First Tee — San Diego |
| Kelley | O’Keefe | First Tee — San Joaquin |
| Alexis | Chu | First Tee — Silicon Valley |
| Walton | Li | First Tee — Silicon Valley |
| Brian | Yu | First Tee — Silicon Valley |
| Sarah | Gilman | First Tee — Tampa Bay |
| Ashton | Washington | First Tee — Tampa Bay |
| Zach | Barrett | First Tee — Tennessee |
| Arianna | Beverly | First Tee — Triangle |
| Barron | Beinke | First Tee — Tri-Valley |
| Callie | McLoughlin | First Tee — Tri-Valley |
| Hunter | Chen | First Tee — Tucson |
| Kallum | De Guia | First Tee — Tucson |
| Kason | Shotwell | First Tee — Tucson |
| Riley | Stidham | First Tee — Tucson |
| Luke | Chang | First Tee — Tulsa |
| Paul | Ancona | First Tee — Upstate South Carolina |
| Henry | Seufert | First Tee — West Michigan |