Boys All-State Teams
Boys First Team:
Tyler Watts, 2026, Huntsville — Watts is a Class of 2026 homeschool high school graduate. In early July, Watts earned a place on the 2026 Walker Cup Team, which will compete against Team Great Britain & Ireland at Lahinch Golf Club in early September. Tyler’s victory in the Northeast Amateur in late June and quarterfinal finish in the Western Amateur in late July led to a fourth-place finish in the 2026 Elite Amateur Cup Championship and earned him an exemption into 2027 Final Qualifying for the U.S. Open as an amateur. As the Elite Amateur Series Champion, Tyler earned exemptions into two PGA Tour events in fall 2025, finishing 53rd in the Procore Championship at Silverado Resort in Napa, California, and tied for 58th in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda. Tyler advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2026 U.S. Amateur at Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia in August. In addition, Tyler earned top 20 finishes in March’s Junior Invitational at Sage Valley (second) and the Sunnehanna Amateur in mid-June (tied for 18th). Watts represented the United States Golf Association as a member of the National Development Team through graduation and will continue his golf career at the University of Tennessee. Tyler is the No. 1-ranked junior in the state of Alabama and the 2026 Alabama Golf Association Junior Boys Player of the Year.
Rawlin Sutter, 2027, Vinemont — Sutter is a senior at West Point High School. For the second consecutive year, Rawlin won the Alabama State Boys Junior Championship. In the 81st edition of the Boys Junior, Rawlin prevailed by four strokes, earning a place in the 78th U.S. Junior Amateur at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he advanced to the Round of 64. Rawlin also won the Granny Junior Invitational in early August and the Golfweek Junior at Harmony Landing in March 2026. He secured top 15 finishes in two AJGA events, including the Elite Invitational in December 2025, as well as two additional Golfweek Junior events. Rawlin went undefeated in Four-Ball, Foursomes, and Singles play as a member of Team Alabama in the 2026 Southern Junior Cup in Missouri. Rawlin will continue his golf career at the University of Alabama after high school.
SJ Thomas, 2029, Birmingham — Thomas is a sophomore at Mountain Brook High School. SJ finished second in the 110th Alabama State Amateur at The Country Club of Birmingham (West) in early June, shooting rounds of 68-67-68-75 (278), and tied for second (72-70-66—208) in the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in late June. At the 108th Western Junior in Illinois, SJ finished tied for second, earning a place in the 124th Western Amateur in late July. The winner of the AJGA’s Butterfield Bermuda Junior Championship in mid-February, SJ also earned top 10 finishes in two other AJGA events, as well as a tied-for-fourth finish at the Notah Begay III Junior National and a tied-for-seventh finish at the Pete Dye Junior Invitational.
Bailey Sutter, 2026, Vinemont — Sutter is a 2026 graduate of West Point High School. In defense of his 2025 title, Bailey finished 12th (70-75-71-71—287) in the 110th Alabama State Amateur at The Country Club of Birmingham (West) in early June. Bailey also qualified for a second consecutive U.S. Amateur, held in August 2026 at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania. In Elite Amateur Series events, Bailey made the cut at the Sunnehanna Amateur in June (tied for 56th), the Trans-Mississippi Amateur in July (tied for 40th), and the 120th Southern Amateur (tied for 43rd). Bailey also played in the North & South Amateur in June at Pinehurst Resort and finished tied for 21st in April’s Terra Cotta Invitational in Naples, Florida. Bailey will continue his golf career at the University of Alabama.
Clark Browne, 2026, Vestavia Hills — Browne is a 2026 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School. Clark finished tied for sixth in the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville in late June, shooting 74-69-67 (210). In August at Goose Pond Colony Resort, Clark qualified for the Round of 16 in the 25th Alabama State Match Play Championship. In mid-June at The Country Club of Birmingham (West), Clark finished tied for 24th in the 110th Alabama State Amateur with rounds of 73-69-72-78 (292). Clark also finished tied for 18th at the AJGA’s Team TaylorMade Invitational in May and tied for 51st at the Western Junior Amateur in mid-June. Clark will continue his golf career at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Boys Second Team
JP Groat, 2026, Fort Payne – Groat is a 2026 graduate of Fort Payne High School. Following on his first Alabama Golf Association title in the 2025 State Match Play Championship, JP finished tied twenty-first in the 110th Alabama State Amateur held at The Country Club of Birmingham (West) in mid-June with rounds of 74-67-70-80 (291) and tied sixteenth at the 54th Southern Junior Championship in Athens, Georgia (72-67 – 139). In July’s Alabama State Open hosted by the Alabama-Northwest Florida PGA Section, JP secured a tied thirty-sixth finish with rounds of 82-73-74 (229). JP earned 2.5 points in Four-Ball, Foursomes, and Singles play as a member of Team Alabama in the 2026 Southern Junior Cup in Missouri to help lead Alabama to its tenth consecutive title. JP will continue his golf career at the University of West Georgia.
Ty Hester, 2028, Guntersville — Hester is a junior at Guntersville High School. In late May, Ty earned a spot in the 78th U.S. Junior Amateur at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by surviving a three-player, three-hole playoff. Ty finished tied for fourth at the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in late June with rounds of 73-65-71 (209). He competed in the 110th Alabama State Amateur at The Country Club of Birmingham (West) and Dothan Country Club’s Future Masters, both in June. Ty also recorded top two finishes in two Junior Golf Alabama Tour (JGA Tour) events, including a victory at the Hudson Junior Amateur in October 2025, as well as a victory in the Southeast Junior Golf Tour’s Hampton Cove Junior in March 2026. Ty earned a point in Foursomes as a member of Team Alabama in the Southern Junior Cup in Missouri in July, helping Alabama secure its 10th consecutive victory.
Liam Hooton, 2029, Harvest — Hooton is a sophomore at Lindsay Lane Christian School. Liam earned a tied-for-sixth finish at the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville in late June, shooting 72-69-69 (210). Hooton also finished tied for eighth in Dothan Country Club’s Future Masters in June and earned top 18 finishes in four different AJGA events between April and July, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the AJGA Junior Presented by Decatur/Morgan County Tourism. Liam won the Junior Golf Alabama Tour (JGA Tour) Bent Brook Junior Amateur in June in a scorecard playoff after rounds of 70-68 (138) and earned top eight finishes in three Southeastern Junior Golf Tour events between November 2025 and August 2026.
Lincoln Kilpatrick, 2028, Gadsden — Kilpatrick is a sophomore who is homeschooled through Liberty University’s Online Academy. Lincoln finished eighth (72-67-72—211) in the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville in June. He also won the Apex Tour’s Twin Bridges event in April and found the winner’s circle again in July at the Pensacola Junior Classic, sponsored by the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT). Lincoln recorded top 23 finishes in eight other SJGT events and finished tied for 16th in his lone AJGA start in Huntsville in June.
Cameron Reid Rockett, 2026, Hoover — Rockett is a 2026 graduate of Hoover High School. Reid finished tied for ninth in the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville, firing rounds of 69-70-73 (212). Reid qualified for and made the cut in the 110th Alabama State Amateur at The Country Club of Birmingham (West), finishing tied for 28th with rounds of 73-74-73-73 (293). In August’s 25th Alabama State Match Play Championship at Goose Pond Colony Resort in Scottsboro, Reid qualified for the Round of 16. The winner of the Magnolia Junior in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2025, Reid contributed 1.5 points to Team Alabama’s victory in the 2026 Southern Junior Cup, earning a half point in Foursomes and a 2 & 1 victory in Singles. Reid will continue his golf career at the University of West Georgia.
Boys Third Team
Cooper Pratt, 2029, Auburn — Pratt is a sophomore at Auburn High School. Cooper finished tied for second in June’s 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville. Pratt fired rounds of 72-69-67 (208) to secure a podium finish. At the Alabama-Northwest Florida Junior PGA Championship at Musgrove Country Club in Jasper in June, Cooper finished tied for fourth with rounds of 72-66 (138). In three AJGA events, Cooper finished no worse than tied for 31st, and in five Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) events, he finished inside the top 15 in each. As a member of Team Alabama, Cooper secured victories in his Four-Ball and Singles matches at the 2026 Southern Junior Cup in Missouri, helping Alabama secure its 10th consecutive victory.
William Carlson, 2028, Mountain Brook — Carlson is a junior at Mountain Brook High School. William finished 11th (71-73-69—213) in the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in June. In eight Southeastern Junior Golf Tour events, William won the Ole Miss Junior Classic in June (68-69—137), earned two second place finishes in the Magnolia Grove Junior Classic in June and the Lowell Fritz Junior Classic in July, and recorded four additional top 25 finishes. William finished tied for 11th in June’s Alabama-Northwest Florida Junior PGA Championship at Musgrove Country Club and finished third at the Apex Tour’s Highland Park event in October.
Fletcher Finch, 2028, Birmingham — Finch is a junior at Mountain Brook High School. Fletcher placed inside the top 56 in both the 110th Alabama State Amateur at The Country Club of Birmingham (West) in early June and the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville. In addition, Fletcher finished 25th in Nashville’s Granny Junior Invitational in August and tied for 40th in the 54th Southern Junior Championship at the University Golf Course in Athens, Georgia. Fletcher placed in the top 25 in each of his four AJGA starts, highlighted by a tied third finish in February’s Butterfield Bermuda Junior Championship (71-71-76—218) and a tied fourth finish in July’s Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (70-71-71—212).
Jason Couey, 2026, Athens — Couey is a 2026 graduate of Athens High School. Jason finished tied for fourth in the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville, carding rounds of 71-73-65 (209). Jason also qualified for and played in the 110th Alabama State Amateur at The Country Club of Birmingham (West) in early June. As a member of Team Alabama, Jason won his Singles match 5 & 4 to provide Alabama with a crucial point in the 2026 Southern Junior Cup in Missouri. Jason will continue his golf career at Calhoun Community College.
Denton Brooks, 2027, Birmingham — Brooks is a senior at Mountain Brook High School. Denton earned a tied 20th finish at the 81st Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville in late June, carding rounds of 75-72-74 (221). In five AJGA events, Denton finished tied for second in January’s Discover Puerto Rico Championship (74-69-69—212) and tied for fifth in April’s Callaway Junior at Canebrake Club (69-74-71—214). Denton also finished tied for 22nd in Dothan’s Future Masters and tied for 51st in the Western Junior Championship in Illinois, both in June. Denton will continue his golf career at the University of Kentucky after high school.
