These Colorado Junior Golfers Got Next

Several Colorado Junior Golfers Saw Success This Summer on a Local & National Stage

By Jim Bebbington

Castle Rock’s Ella Scott, a junior at Valor Christian, shot 2-under to win the girls 14–15 division at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf Regional Final in August.

She is currently Colorado’s top-ranked AJGA girls’ golfer at No. 193. Scott’s summer also included a tie for 65th at the U.S.  Girls’ Junior, where she narrowly missed advancing to match play in a nine-for-four playoff.

Earlier in the season, she captured the 5A state championship in May and the CGA Junior Championship in June, solidifying herself as one of the state’s brightest young talents.

On the boys’ side, Boulder’s Ash Edwards, a sophomore at Fairview High School and son of CU men’s coach Roy Edwards, emerged as the state’s top-ranked AJGA junior at No. 91. Edwards won the Mizuno Colorado Junior PGA at Pelican Lakes in July and finished runner-up at the AJGA Junior at Copper Valley in California after falling in a two-hole playoff. He also leads the CGA boys’ points list, with Aurora’s Bryan Forte close behind after winning the CGA State Junior Championship in June.

Manitou Springs junior Addison Dorsey, ranked No. 226 in the AJGA, also enjoyed a strong summer. She placed third at the AJGA Junior Open at The Bridges and, along with Columbine Valley’s Sophia Lee, qualified for the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at Daniel Island Club in Charleston, S.C. Dorsey, ranked second in Colorado, recorded six top-three finishes since spring, including runner-up efforts at both the 2A state championship and the CGA Women’s Stroke Play. She and Scott hold the top two spots on the CGA girls’ points list.

Parker’s Nicholas Brooks, a senior at Lutheran High School, also impressed nationally. Brooks advanced to the round of 64 at the U.S. Junior Amateur in Dallas, earning his spot with rounds of 73–70 in stroke play. Ranked No. 117 in the AJGA, he began his summer by winning the AJGA Colorado Springs Junior in June and has verbally committed to play college golf at Butler University.

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