GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — By the time the gold jacket ceremony rolled around Saturday, the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley had seen a number of firsts for the event.
For the first time in the tournament’s history a playoff was required to decide a champion. If that wasn’t enough, both boys and girls fields went to one-hole playoffs. Indian Trail, North Carolina product Caleb Surratt took the gold jacket for the boys and Denmark native Amalie Leth-Nissen secured the girls’ title.
This was Surratt’s first start in the Junior invitational and his last, as the University of Tennessee commit will be heading to college in the fall.
