Eight Wyoming Golfers Earn Spots on Junior America’s Cup Teams 2026

The four-person teams that will compete in the Boys and Girls Junior Americas Cup Golf Tournaments have been set following the Wyoming State Golf Association’s Junior Amateur Championships, held at the Riverton Country Club last month. The top four finishers from four events played earlier this year punched their ticket to the Americas Cup.

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On the girls' side, Kemmerer's Tazlyn Wagner won her second consecutive championship in the Junior State AM with rounds of 84-86-84. She topped Wheatland’s Haylie Nelson by two shots. Nelson finished with rounds of 86-84 & 86. The third-place finisher was Madison Brown from Evanston. She carded rounds of 83-93-86. The final spot went to Buffalo’s Addison Bettinger, who had rounds of 98-98-89. Wagner, Brown, and Bettinger were on the team last year.

Wagner won the Wyoming Class 2A State Championship in 2025 as a sophomore. Bettinger was the 3A champ last fall with Nelson in second. Brown was the 4A medalist in 2025.

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Here's who made the Boys' team

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The top four finishers for the boys after the WSGA Junior Amateur Championships were Tate Nichols from Wheatland, who won the event at 3-under par (65-72-76). Campbell County’s Jaxon Burr was second at one-under (71-73-71). Camels’ teammate Cade Peterson took the third spot after a fourth-place finish with rounds of 70-76-77. The final spot went to Brock Lehning from Laramie. He placed fifth after rounds of 71-75-84. Nichols and Peterson were part of the 2025 squad in the Junior America’s Cup.

Nichols was the Class 3A state champion in 2025 as a junior. Peterson and Burr placed second and third in the 4A state championships last fall, while Lehning tied for 18th in the 4A division.

Golfers also played in the WSGA Junior World Qualifier, and could have played in other events such as the WSGA State Amateur and WSGA Match Play, or other additional events.

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The girls' America's Cup tournament will be at Illahe Hills Country Club in Salem, Oregon, on July 19-23. The boys' tournament will be played at La Costa Golf Club in San Diego, California, on July 26-30.