Boys All-State Teams
Boys First Team
Tyler Watts, 2026, of Huntsville, is a senior in high school who is homeschooled. Tyler’s victory at the Sunnehanna Amateur in June and his top six finishes in the North & South Amateur (second; June) and Northeast Amateur (tied sixth; June) as well as his T17 finish at the Western Amateur in late July led Watts to the 2025 Elite Amateur Cup Champion Title. Victory in the Elite Amateur Cup Standings provides Tyler with one (1) PGA Tour exemption and 2026 exemptions into Final Qualifying for the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open as an amateur. Tyler advanced to the Round of 16 in USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas and qualified for the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in California in August. In addition, Tyler earned top twenty finishes in four AJGA events, including tied fourth in the Rolex Tournament of Champions (November 2024). Watts continues to represent the United States Golf Association as a member of the National Development Team and has committed to continue his golf career at University of Tennessee upon graduation. Tyler is the number one ranked junior in the State of Alabama and the 2025 Alabama Golf Association Junior Boys Player of the Year.
Bailey Sutter, 2026, of Vinemont, is a senior at West Point High School. Bailey won the 109th Alabama State Amateur at the Robert Trent Jones Trail’s Senator Course at Capitol Hill by a four-shot margin in early June with rounds of 65-68-68-70 (271). Sutter’s victory earned an exemption to the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club (California) in August. Sutter also earned victory in the 2025 Southern Junior (Dataw Island Club, St. Helena, SC) in a sudden-death playoff. Completing a “hot” month of play, Bailey finished second in the Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Sutter made the cut in the Southern Amateur in July at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bailey finished inside the top seventeen in six different AJGA events, including a T4 finish in the Justin Thomas Junior and tied seventh in the Junior Players Championship (both August 2024). Bailey has committed to continue his golf career at University of Alabama upon graduation.
Rawlin Sutter, 2027, of Vinemont, is a junior at West Point High School. Rawlin won the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior Championship at WynLakes Golf & Country Club by one stroke over his older brother, Bailey. Rawlin’s win at the Alabama Boys State Junior earned an exemption into the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Rawlin earned top five finishes in the AJGA’s Huntsville Junior (second; July) and Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (tied second; July) and in five SJGT events. Rawlin finished T11 in Dothan Country Club’s Future Masters in late June. Rawlin has committed to continue his golf career at the University of Alabama after high school.
JP Groat, 2026, of Fort Payne, is a senior at Fort Payne High School. JP earned victory in the 24th Alabama State Match Play Championship in August at Terrapin Hills Country Club. Saving his best for last, Groat won the final match in 19 holes after taking his semifinal opponent to 21 holes. JP had top ten finishes in the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes (tied ninth) and the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior (tied third) in June. Groat qualified for the USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Groat earned a two-stroke victory at the JGA Tour Final presented by Smylie Kaufman at Vestavia Country Club in November 2024. JP represented the victorious Team Alabama in the 2025 Southern Junior Cup.
Andrew Hinson, 2025, of Huntsville, is a recent graduate of the Randolph School in Huntsville. Andrew qualified for and earned a place in the Round of 64 at the USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Andrew finished fourth at the AJGA’s Visit Tuscaloosa Junior Championship in July. Hinson earned medalist honors at 24th Alabama State Match Play Championship in August. Andrew will continue his golf career at the University of Alabama.
Boys Second Team
Jack Lowery, 2026, of Birmingham, is a senior at Homewood High School. Jack earned a four-shot victory at the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June. As a result, Jack earned a spot in August’s PGA Junior Championship in West Lafayette, Indiana. Lowery earned top ten finishes in the AJGA’s Mizuno Junior in Arkansas (tied third; June) and the Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (tied second; July). Jack earned a victory at the AJGO Musgrove event in February and eighth place at the Gator Invitational in Jackson, Mississippi (August 2024). Jack has committed to continue his golf career at Troy University after graduation.
SJ Thomas, 2029, of Birmingham, is a ninth grade student at Mountain Brook Junior High School. Thomas won the AJGA’s Visit the Shoals Junior All-Star in a sudden-death playoff in June and July’s Nemacolin Junior All-Star in Pennsylvania by two strokes. SJ qualified for the 109th State Amateur at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator) and the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club, earned top five finishes in two additional AJGA junior events, and top ten finishes in four SJGT events between October 2024 and July 2025. Thomas was a member of the victorious 2025 Southern Junior Cup team and earned an undefeated record in Four-Ball and Foursomes play for Team Alabama.
Jackson Skinner, 2025, of Birmingham, is a recent graduate of Mountain Brook High School. Top fifteen finishes in the 80th Alabama Boy’s State Junior (eighth place) and tied 14th at the 109th Alabama State Amateur highlighted Jackson’s summer. Jackson had two top ten finishes in AJGA events – tied eighth in the Atlanta Classic (August 2024) and solo second place at Burningtree in Decatur (April 2025) – as well as a T3 finish in the Future Masters in Dothan in July. Jackson will continue his golf career at Mississippi State University.
Buddy Fleming, 2026, of Mobile, is a senior at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. In early June at the 109th Alabama State Amateur, Buddy finished tied seventh at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator) with scores of 71-68-70-74 – a third-place finish among junior golfers in the event – and, two weeks later, at the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior, Fleming earned a T9 finish at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Buddy also finished tied fourth in the AJGA’s Moon Junior Championship at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in early July. Fleming has committed to play golf at the University of South Alabama after graduation.
Thomas Crane, 2025, of Mobile, is a recent graduate of UMS-Wright Preparatory School. Thomas will continue his golf career at Troy University after impressive finishes in two Alabama Golf Association State Championships in June. In the 109th State Amateur at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator), Thomas finished tied ninth after shooting 70-71-70-73 (284). Two weeks later at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club, Thomas finished tied for third, firing rounds of 70-67 in a rain-shortened event.
Boys Third Team
Andrew Turner, 2026, of Tuscaloosa, is senior at American Christian Academy. Andrew earned a T3 finish at the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in June and a victory in the December 2024 Holiday Junior Classic. Turner had six other top ten finishes, including tied third in November 2024’s JGA Tour Final presented by Smylie Kaufman at Vestavia Country Club, tied fourth in the AJGO’s Bud Burns Junior (September 2024), and solo sixth in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June.
Blake Cornell, 2025, of Daphne, is a recent graduate of Daphne High School. With scores of 71-70-68 (209), Blake finished T6 in the 53rd Southern Junior at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, South Carolina in June. One week later, Cornell finished tied 15th at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Blake found the winner’s circle in three SJGT events: Patton Kizzire (Aug 2024); UGA Invitational (Sept 2024); and the Tournament of Champions (December 2024). Blake will continue his golf career with the University of West Florida’s golf team.
Denton Brooks, 2027, of Birmingham, is a junior at Mountain Brook High School. A tied fifth finish in the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in June and a third place finish in the AJGA’s Babygrande Atlanta Classic in July highlighted Denton’s season. Denton finished tied fourth in the AJGA’s New Orleans Classic in May and tied 37th at the 53rd Southern Junior at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, South Carolina in early June.
Michael Heaton, 2026, of Fairhope, is a senior at Bayshore Christian School. Starting 2025 with a victory in the JGA’s Lakewood Junior Amateur in January at the Lakewood Golf Club, Michael earned a T5 finish at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in mid-June. June continued to treat Michael well as he also finished tied third in the Future Masters at Dothan Country Club and third in the SJGT event at Magnolia Grove. Heaton had two top ten finishes in the SJGT’s Reunion Junior Classic (tied fifth; November 2024) and Gulf Shores Junior Classic (tied seventh; February). Michael has committed to continue playing golf at the University of South Alabama upon graduation.
Jon Ed Steed, 2025, of Enterprise, is a recent graduate of Enterprise High School. Jon Ed will continue his college golf career at Vanderbilt University after a strong showing in the 109th Alabama State Amateur Championship at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator). At the State Amateur, Steed fired rounds of 68-70-66-72 (276). Jon Ed played in three AJGA events and qualified for the 119th Southern Amateur at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Tyler Watts, 2026, of Huntsville, is a senior in high school who is homeschooled. Tyler’s victory at the Sunnehanna Amateur in June and his top six finishes in the North & South Amateur (second; June) and Northeast Amateur (tied sixth; June) as well as his T17 finish at the Western Amateur in late July led Watts to the 2025 Elite Amateur Cup Champion Title. Victory in the Elite Amateur Cup Standings provides Tyler with one (1) PGA Tour exemption and 2026 exemptions into Final Qualifying for the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open as an amateur. Tyler advanced to the Round of 16 in USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas and qualified for the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in California in August. In addition, Tyler earned top twenty finishes in four AJGA events, including tied fourth in the Rolex Tournament of Champions (November 2024). Watts continues to represent the United States Golf Association as a member of the National Development Team and has committed to continue his golf career at University of Tennessee upon graduation. Tyler is the number one ranked junior in the State of Alabama and the 2025 Alabama Golf Association Junior Boys Player of the Year.
Bailey Sutter, 2026, of Vinemont, is a senior at West Point High School. Bailey won the 109th Alabama State Amateur at the Robert Trent Jones Trail’s Senator Course at Capitol Hill by a four-shot margin in early June with rounds of 65-68-68-70 (271). Sutter’s victory earned an exemption to the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club (California) in August. Sutter also earned victory in the 2025 Southern Junior (Dataw Island Club, St. Helena, SC) in a sudden-death playoff. Completing a “hot” month of play, Bailey finished second in the Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Sutter made the cut in the Southern Amateur in July at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bailey finished inside the top seventeen in six different AJGA events, including a T4 finish in the Justin Thomas Junior and tied seventh in the Junior Players Championship (both August 2024). Bailey has committed to continue his golf career at University of Alabama upon graduation.
Rawlin Sutter, 2027, of Vinemont, is a junior at West Point High School. Rawlin won the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior Championship at WynLakes Golf & Country Club by one stroke over his older brother, Bailey. Rawlin’s win at the Alabama Boys State Junior earned an exemption into the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Rawlin earned top five finishes in the AJGA’s Huntsville Junior (second; July) and Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (tied second; July) and in five SJGT events. Rawlin finished T11 in Dothan Country Club’s Future Masters in late June. Rawlin has committed to continue his golf career at the University of Alabama after high school.
JP Groat, 2026, of Fort Payne, is a senior at Fort Payne High School. JP earned victory in the 24th Alabama State Match Play Championship in August at Terrapin Hills Country Club. Saving his best for last, Groat won the final match in 19 holes after taking his semifinal opponent to 21 holes. JP had top ten finishes in the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes (tied ninth) and the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior (tied third) in June. Groat qualified for the USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Groat earned a two-stroke victory at the JGA Tour Final presented by Smylie Kaufman at Vestavia Country Club in November 2024. JP represented the victorious Team Alabama in the 2025 Southern Junior Cup.
Andrew Hinson, 2025, of Huntsville, is a recent graduate of the Randolph School in Huntsville. Andrew qualified for and earned a place in the Round of 64 at the USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Andrew finished fourth at the AJGA’s Visit Tuscaloosa Junior Championship in July. Hinson earned medalist honors at 24th Alabama State Match Play Championship in August. Andrew will continue his golf career at the University of Alabama.
Boys Second Team
Jack Lowery, 2026, of Birmingham, is a senior at Homewood High School. Jack earned a four-shot victory at the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June. As a result, Jack earned a spot in August’s PGA Junior Championship in West Lafayette, Indiana. Lowery earned top ten finishes in the AJGA’s Mizuno Junior in Arkansas (tied third; June) and the Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (tied second; July). Jack earned a victory at the AJGO Musgrove event in February and eighth place at the Gator Invitational in Jackson, Mississippi (August 2024). Jack has committed to continue his golf career at Troy University after graduation.
SJ Thomas, 2029, of Birmingham, is a ninth grade student at Mountain Brook Junior High School. Thomas won the AJGA’s Visit the Shoals Junior All-Star in a sudden-death playoff in June and July’s Nemacolin Junior All-Star in Pennsylvania by two strokes. SJ qualified for the 109th State Amateur at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator) and the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club, earned top five finishes in two additional AJGA junior events, and top ten finishes in four SJGT events between October 2024 and July 2025. Thomas was a member of the victorious 2025 Southern Junior Cup team and earned an undefeated record in Four-Ball and Foursomes play for Team Alabama.
Jackson Skinner, 2025, of Birmingham, is a recent graduate of Mountain Brook High School. Top fifteen finishes in the 80th Alabama Boy’s State Junior (eighth place) and tied 14th at the 109th Alabama State Amateur highlighted Jackson’s summer. Jackson had two top ten finishes in AJGA events – tied eighth in the Atlanta Classic (August 2024) and solo second place at Burningtree in Decatur (April 2025) – as well as a T3 finish in the Future Masters in Dothan in July. Jackson will continue his golf career at Mississippi State University.
Buddy Fleming, 2026, of Mobile, is a senior at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. In early June at the 109th Alabama State Amateur, Buddy finished tied seventh at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator) with scores of 71-68-70-74 – a third-place finish among junior golfers in the event – and, two weeks later, at the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior, Fleming earned a T9 finish at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Buddy also finished tied fourth in the AJGA’s Moon Junior Championship at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in early July. Fleming has committed to play golf at the University of South Alabama after graduation.
Thomas Crane, 2025, of Mobile, is a recent graduate of UMS-Wright Preparatory School. Thomas will continue his golf career at Troy University after impressive finishes in two Alabama Golf Association State Championships in June. In the 109th State Amateur at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator), Thomas finished tied ninth after shooting 70-71-70-73 (284). Two weeks later at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club, Thomas finished tied for third, firing rounds of 70-67 in a rain-shortened event.
Boys Third Team
Andrew Turner, 2026, of Tuscaloosa, is senior at American Christian Academy. Andrew earned a T3 finish at the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in June and a victory in the December 2024 Holiday Junior Classic. Turner had six other top ten finishes, including tied third in November 2024’s JGA Tour Final presented by Smylie Kaufman at Vestavia Country Club, tied fourth in the AJGO’s Bud Burns Junior (September 2024), and solo sixth in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June.
Blake Cornell, 2025, of Daphne, is a recent graduate of Daphne High School. With scores of 71-70-68 (209), Blake finished T6 in the 53rd Southern Junior at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, South Carolina in June. One week later, Cornell finished tied 15th at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Blake found the winner’s circle in three SJGT events: Patton Kizzire (Aug 2024); UGA Invitational (Sept 2024); and the Tournament of Champions (December 2024). Blake will continue his golf career with the University of West Florida’s golf team.
Denton Brooks, 2027, of Birmingham, is a junior at Mountain Brook High School. A tied fifth finish in the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in June and a third place finish in the AJGA’s Babygrande Atlanta Classic in July highlighted Denton’s season. Denton finished tied fourth in the AJGA’s New Orleans Classic in May and tied 37th at the 53rd Southern Junior at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, South Carolina in early June.
Michael Heaton, 2026, of Fairhope, is a senior at Bayshore Christian School. Starting 2025 with a victory in the JGA’s Lakewood Junior Amateur in January at the Lakewood Golf Club, Michael earned a T5 finish at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in mid-June. June continued to treat Michael well as he also finished tied third in the Future Masters at Dothan Country Club and third in the SJGT event at Magnolia Grove. Heaton had two top ten finishes in the SJGT’s Reunion Junior Classic (tied fifth; November 2024) and Gulf Shores Junior Classic (tied seventh; February). Michael has committed to continue playing golf at the University of South Alabama upon graduation.
Jon Ed Steed, 2025, of Enterprise, is a recent graduate of Enterprise High School. Jon Ed will continue his college golf career at Vanderbilt University after a strong showing in the 109th Alabama State Amateur Championship at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator). At the State Amateur, Steed fired rounds of 68-70-66-72 (276). Jon Ed played in three AJGA events and qualified for the 119th Southern Amateur at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
