JUNIOR PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

BOYS’ JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR - ALEX LONG

Alex Long earns Boys’ Junior Player of the Year after a terrific season. Long never finished outside the top-10 at an FSGA event this year.

The highlight of Long’s season came at the end with a victory at the 11th FJT Tour Championship. He carded rounds of 71-71-75 to grab the victory by one stroke in wire-towire fashion. Long was the only player in the field to finish the first two rounds under par.

He earned a runner-up finish at the 68th Boys’ Junior Championship, carding rounds of 72-68-71, at Seminole Legacy Golf Course in Tallahassee. Long also qualified for and competed in stroke play of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon.

GIRLS’ JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR - BAILEY SHOEMAKER

Shoemaker becomes the first player in FSGA history to be named the Women’s Player of the Year and the Girls’ Junior Player of the Year in the same season.

Shoemaker captured her second FSGA championship win and the first of her 2022 season at the 93rd Women’s Amateur Championship.

Shoemaker had quite the impressive showing at USGA championships during the 2022 season. Just weeks before winning the Women’s Amateur Championship, Shoemaker made the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in North Carolina. The Florida Junior Tour alum finished the championship in a tie for 49th.

She secured a runner-up finish at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship with partner, Kaitlyn Schroeder. Shoemaker also advanced to the Round of 32 at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.