2023 Boys’ Junior Player of the Year

The 2023 RDGA Boys’ Junior Player of the Year: Brody Burgess

The Rochester District Golf Association began its Junior Player of the Year Award in 2006 as a way to honor the year’s top junior players – Boys AND Girls ages 12 through 18 – based on points earned from local, regional and national junior tournaments throughout the season.

Now in its 17th season, the RDGA Junior Player of the Year Award has been presented to several outstanding Junior players who have since gone on to become top amateurs at the national level – such as Yarik Merkulov – as well as professional tour golfers, including Dominic Bozzelli and Gavin Hall.

In 2018, a separate category was created for an annual RDGA Girls’ Player of the Year Award, thus making the previous Junior Player of the Year the annual RDGA Boys’ Junior Player of the Year Award. Any junior girls who had previously won the Junior Player of the Year still appear on the past winners list.

In another extremely close race for Player of the Year, the 2023 RDGA Boys’ Junior Player of the Year Award was decided by a mere 20 points – with Brody Burgess of Cobblestone Creek Country Club finishing just ahead of 2022 Boys’ Junior Player of the Year honoree, Owen Corby of Monroe Golf Club. Burgess won the 2023 RDGA Boys Junior Championship in July – and in August, joined Corby, Connor Kiel of Midvale and Alex Hill of Cobblestone on the Williamson Cup-winning RDGA team. By the end of the season, Burgess led all point-winners with 770, followed by Corby, with 750.

To see the final 2023 RDGA Boys’ Junior Player of the Year Points standings, CLICK HERE.