but that didn’t stop keep him from eclipsing a feat that Charlie’s dad, Tiger, accomplished. The 18-year-old high school senior from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., was named the AJGA Rolex player of the year for a third time. Russell was one of six boys, including Woods, to have won the honor twice (2023, 2025). Now he joins Phil Mickelson as the only three-time winners. Russell’s 2026 résumé includes a second-straight win at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, a runner-up finish at the U.S. Junior and a semifinal showing at the Western Amateur while also finishing T-37 at the U.S. Open.

Another phenom-in-the-making claimed the AJGA girls POY honors: 17-year-old Asterisk Talley. The Clovis, Calif., native won twice on the junior circuit in 2026 (giving her 12 national junior wins) while also claiming the U.S. Women’s Amateur title and finishing T-22 at the U.S. Women’s Open. This is the first time the Stanford commit has won POY honors but the fifth year that she’s earned AJGA All-American honors.

Russell and Talley will receive their awards Nov. 21 in San Antonio at the AJGA’s annual Rolex Junior All-America Awards Banquet. You can see the complete list of boys and girls first-team AJGA All-Americans here, along with links to the second and third team and honorable mention honorees.