Juniors for Pure Insurance field selected!

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:
ThomasMankowskiFirst Tee β€” Canton
AlinaAmosFirst Tee β€” Central Carolina
AvaFehringFirst Tee β€” Central Florida
PaigeMcKennaFirst Tee β€” Connecticut
KhaideSpretterFirst Tee β€” Contra Costa
KrishVeluthakkalFirst Tee β€” Contra Costa
AnnaFirkoFirst Tee β€” Delaware
ElisaHernandez GilFirst Tee β€” Florida Gold Coast
MarleyPedriqueFirst Tee β€” Florida Gold Coast
JordanReyesFirst Tee β€” Florida Gold Coast
AveryGlanzerFirst Tee β€” Fort Worth
MaggiePhamFirst Tee β€” Fort Worth
NaomiPhanFirst Tee β€” Fort Worth
StevenSugesFirst Tee β€” Fort Worth
KarstenHansenFirst Tee β€” Fresno
SophiaPetersFirst Tee β€” Fresno
WilliamMangioneFirst Tee β€” Greater Austin
EmmyYangFirst Tee β€” Greater Austin
CaitlynNavalezaFirst Tee β€” Greater Baltimore
KayleeNguyenFirst Tee β€” Greater Charlotte
CarsonValerosoFirst Tee β€” Greater Chicago
NihaarKanukolanuFirst Tee β€” Greater Dallas
DavidPyleFirst Tee β€” Greater Dallas
AryaanZaveriFirst Tee β€” Greater Dallas
MargaretKerrFirst Tee β€” Greater Houston
EmmaPoffinbargerFirst Tee β€” Greater Houston
VictoriaRoutzongFirst Tee β€” Greater Houston
AliAbu RayyanFirst Tee β€” Greater Pasadena
ElizabethClarkFirst Tee β€” Greater Pasadena
JakeSmaronFirst Tee β€” Greater Philadelphia
CashJoyceFirst Tee β€” Greater Richmond
PaavniBehlFirst Tee β€” Greater Sacramento
JackHarrisonFirst Tee β€” Greater Sacramento
BellaRansiFirst Tee β€” Greater Sacramento
AnthonyStouderFirst Tee β€” Greater Sacramento
SakuraWatanabeFirst Tee β€” Greater Sacramento
JulesMahanFirst Tee β€” Greater San Antonio
JackPolanskyFirst Tee β€” Greater San Antonio
LucasKornyloFirst Tee β€” Greater Seattle
CharlesLiuFirst Tee β€” Greater Seattle
IsaakTschekunowFirst Tee β€” Greater Wilmington
JoshLichtyFirst Tee β€” Hampton Roads
AidanSzentanaiFirst Tee β€” Idaho
JackNolanFirst Tee β€” Jersey Shore
SydneySochaFirst Tee β€” Lake Erie
JulioRodas-RhimFirst Tee β€” Metropolitan New York
VeronikaNiklinFirst Tee β€” Metropolitan New York
LilyPatelFirst Tee β€” Metropolitan New York
DylanHughesFirst Tee β€” Minnesota
MaxPerezFirst Tee β€” Monterey County
BrandonSweeneyFirst Tee β€” Naples/Collier
GavinHardeeFirst Tee β€” North Florida
AlyssaHardyFirst Tee β€” North Florida
JessiTantogFirst Tee β€” Oregon
MasonDanningerFirst Tee β€” Phoenix
CarolineHoangFirst Tee β€” Phoenix
MalakaiJazayeriFirst Tee β€” Phoenix
AshleyShawFirst Tee β€” Phoenix
MichaelQuallichFirst Tee β€” Pittsburgh
JustinHsiehFirst Tee β€” Raritan Valley
MasonGillilandFirst Tee β€” Roanoke Valley
JoelParkFirst Tee β€” San Diego
KelleyO’KeefeFirst Tee β€” San Joaquin
AlexisChuFirst Tee β€” Silicon Valley
WaltonLiFirst Tee β€” Silicon Valley
BrianYuFirst Tee β€” Silicon Valley
SarahGilmanFirst Tee β€” Tampa Bay
AshtonWashingtonFirst Tee β€” Tampa Bay
ZachBarrettFirst Tee β€” Tennessee
AriannaBeverlyFirst Tee β€” Triangle
BarronBeinkeFirst Tee β€” Tri-Valley
CallieMcLoughlinFirst Tee β€” Tri-Valley
HunterChenFirst Tee β€” Tucson
KallumDe GuiaFirst Tee β€” Tucson
KasonShotwellFirst Tee β€” Tucson
RileyStidhamFirst Tee β€” Tucson
LukeChangFirst Tee β€” Tulsa
PaulAnconaFirst Tee β€” Upstate South Carolina
HenrySeufertFirst Tee β€” West Michigan