The FCWT Faces of the Future award was established in 2005 to recognize the up and coming talent on the Future Collegians World Tour.  Many players who have received this award are named to an All-FCWT team in the future. The FCWT congratulates this season’s honorees who represent 14 FCWT wins for the 2012-2013 season:

FCWT All-Academic Team

In 2004, the FCWT began recognizing the Academic achievements of its members.  Each subsequent season the selected players have met or exceeded the standard of Academic excellence set by the original team.   Four of the players on this team scored 98^th percentile or better on the PSAT, three had a total SAT score in the 97^th percentile or better compared to other students nationally, one young man scored a perfect 800 on the writing part of the SAT, two players had a 98^th percentile or higher on the ACT PLAN test and five players had a 98^th percentile or higher on the ACT test.  Congratulations players for being so committed to your studies. This season’s FCWT Academic recipients are:

Jim McLean Boys 13-15 Third Team All-FCWT

Each member of the FCWT Boys 13-15 division 3^rd Team All-FCWT had at least one tournament win during the 2012-2013 season.  Collectively they represent 18 wins.  This year’s recipients of the FCWT Jim McLean Boys 13-15 division 3^rd Team All-FCWT Award are:

Jim McLean Boys 13-15 division Second Team All-FCWT

Each member of the Boys 13-15 2^nd Team All-FCWT had a win and at least one other Top 3 finish during the 2012-2013 season.  Collectively they earned 17 wins and more than 35 Top 3 finishes.  These players have demonstrated their ability to consistently play with the best.  This year’s recipients of the FCWT Jim McLean Boys 13-15 division 2^nd Team are:

Jim McLean Boys 13-15 division 1^st Team All-FCWT

Each member of the Boys 13-15 1^st Team All-FCWT had more than one win at the 13-15 level during the 2012-2013 season.  Collectively, this team represents 7 wins, 15 Top 3 finishes and 18 Top 5 finishes. This year’s recipients of the FCWT Jim McLean Boys 13-15 division 1^st Team All-FCWT Award are:

Laura Diaz Girls 13-19 division 3^rd Team All-FCWT

Each member of the Laura Diaz Girls 3^rd Team All-FCWT had at least one win this season.  The sophomores, juniors and seniors on this team are from across the country and around the world.  The recipients of the Third Team All-FCWT award in the Laura Diaz Girls 13-19 division are:

Laura Diaz Girls 13-19 division 2^nd Team All-FCWT

Each member of the FCWT Laura Diaz 2^nd Team All-FCWT had a win and at least one other Top 3 finish during the 2012-2013 season.   Collectively, this team represents 14 wins and more than 30 Top 3 finishes.  The recipients of the Second Team All-FCWT award in the Laura Diaz 13-19 Girls division are:

Laura Diaz Girls 13-19 division 1^st Team All-FCWT

During the 2012-2013 season, each young lady selected to the FCWT Laura Diaz Girls 1^st Team All-FCWT had more than one win.  Collectively, this team represents 15 wins and over 20 Top 3 finishes. The recipients of the First Team All-FCWT award in the Laura Diaz 13-18 Girls division are:

 Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division Honorable Mention

At this time the FCWT would like to recognize a group of young men who demonstrated excellent skill in the game of golf, but did not make it to the winner’s circle during our regular season.  This group of young men had twelve Top 5 finishes and many more Top 10 finishes during the 2012-2013 season.  The FCWT gives honorable mention to:

Peng Yan, Corey Eddings, Nathan Zhao and Brandon Raine

Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division THIRD TEAM All-FCWT

The junior golfers selected to the FCWT Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division THIRD TEAM All-FCWT each won a tournament during the 2012-2013 season. Players on this team represent all four years of high school, plus an 8^th grader.  The recipients of the THIRD TEAM All-FCWT award in the Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division are:

Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division SECOND TEAM All-FCWT

Each member of the FCWT Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division SECOND TEAM All-FCWT won a regular season tournament as well as earning an additional Top 3 finish during the 2012-2013 season.  The recipients of the SECOND TEAM All-FCWT award in the Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division are:

Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division FIRST TEAM All-FCWT

Earning multiple wins in the FCWT Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division FIRST TEAM All-FCWT during the 2012-2013 season was quite a challenge. Strong competition allowed only 6 young men to achieve that level of performance.  These six young men represent 13 tournament wins, 20 Top 3 finishes, and 36 Top 10 finishes.  The recipients of the FIRST TEAM All-FCWT award in the Jim McLean Boys 16-19 division are:

“For the Good of the Game” Award

In 2004 the FCWT began selecting a player or players who represent the game of golf well under a variety of circumstances.  The FCWT has presented these players with the “For the Good of the Game Award”.  Each year the FCWT staff reviews the nominees and then selects the young people who have consistently shown demeanor that has been fitting of a Champion.  The players chosen this season have played in 23 FCWT tournaments over the last four seasons.
It gives the FCWT great pleasure to announce this year’s recipients of the FOR THE GOOD OF THE GAME award:

Kari Bellville from Granger, IN (2014)

And

Priyanshu Singh of Delhi, India (2014)

Players of the Year (13-15 Boys division)

The Boys 13-15 division saw a lot of regional play this season, with many players participating in multiple events in the same region of the country.  For the 2012-2013 season the FCWT has selected two regional Players of the Year.  The young man selected from the East Region won twice at the 13-15 division and then won a tournament at the 16-19 division.  The young man selected from the West Region earned two wins.  This year’s recipients are:

Players of the Year (Girls 13-18 division)

Play in the Laura Diaz Girls 13-19 division this season was strong across the country.  Three young ladies excelled in their region of the country.  Collectively they have 11 wins for the 2012-2013 season.  The FCWT is pleased to award the Girls Player of the Year awards to :

Players of the Year (Boys 16-19)

The Boys 16-19 division First Team was especially strong this year, making the process of selecting a Player of the Year quite a challenge.  The young men selected this season have demonstrated excellent consistency in their golf performance.  Our East Region Player of the Year had two wins and finished in the Top 10 in all 8 of his FCWT tournament appearances.  The Central Region Player of the Year had three wins and finished in the Top 3 in all 5 of his FCWT tournaments.  The West Region Player of the Year won the 2012 FCWT Tour Championship and then won two regular season tournaments during the 2012-2013 season, plus another Top 3.  This year’s winners of the Boys 16-19 Player of the Year award are:

David Snyder of McAllen, TX (2016)

Gary Daoust of Belgium (2014)

and

Corey Pereira of Cameron Park, CA (2013)

Ryoto Furuya and his dad

The Boys 16-19 division was led by Ben Albin after Saturday’s Round One.  Ben, a sophomore from Santa Fe, NM, fired an opening round of one under par.  The 16-year-old was playing in his fifth FCWT season-ending Championship.  On Sunday, Camilo Mexsen of Gomez Palacio, MEXICO (2016) fired a round of 69 to take over the lead.  At the end of 36-holes of play the Boys 16-19 division was cut from 160 players to 70 and ties.  Monday’s final round proved difficult with the continued windy conditions.  Erick Alonso of Haworth, NJ (2014) fired a two under par 70 to earn the Low Round Honors and finish tied for 4th.  The second best score on Monday was from Tony Jiang of Lake Mary (2016).  Jiang posted a one under par and finished T11.  Won Jun Lee of Seoul, South Korea (2017) also posted a one under par which allowed the 14-year-old to finish tied for 7th.  But the top honors went to Ryoto Furuya of Guam (2016).  Ryoto had a final round of even par after two consecutive rounds of 73, allowing him to finish at 218 for the tournament and five shots ahead of David Snyder of McAllen, TX (2016) and Cristian DiMarco of Longwood, FL (2014).  Second Round leader, Camilo Mexsen, finished tied for 4th with Haworth and Robin Wang of Lake Mary, FL (2017).

Fazio Course

The 2013 FCWT Tour Championship is now in the books.  Though the field did not battle rain over the weekend as in some previous years, the winds played a significant factor, gusting 20 to 25 mph during each of the three rounds of play.

The Girls division, as well as the Boys 13-15 division and the Boys 11-13 division, played the 2013 Tour Championship on the newly renovated Fazio Course (previously the Haig) at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.  Dylan Kim of Winter Garden, FL (2015), who was named the FCWT Girls Player of the Year for the East Region on Friday night at the Tour’s Annual Awards dinner, took the first round lead on Saturday with a round of 74.  On Sunday, Miss Kim held her lead by posting a second consecutive round of 74.  In Monday’s final round, Miss Kim, who won five times during the regular season, fired a one under par 71 to win by seven shots over Yuanru Yin of China (2016). Miss Kim led the Girls division in pars for the tournament with 40 for 54 holes.  Miss Yin, who earned her third Top 2 finish of the season at the Championship, led the Girls division in birdies with 7.  Miss Yin was also named the Girls 2nd team All-FCWT on Friday night for her win at Metro West and her 2nd place finish at World Woods. Finishing in third place was Luiza Altmann of Brazil (2016).  Miss Altmann won twice during the regular season:  World Woods and Saddlebrook.  Radi Sauro of Lake Worth, FL (2014), carded the only eagle in the girls division for the tournament, and finished in 4th place.  Annika Espino of Honolulu, HI (2016) and Chelsea Dantonoi of Lancaster, NY (2015) finished tied for 5th.

The Boys 13-15 division saw much more movement at the top of their leaderboard over the course of the weekend.  After Saturday’s opening round Daulet Tuleubayev of Kazakhstan (2017) led by two strokes.  Tuleubayev won the FCWT at Red Tail in March.  On Sunday, Jake Holt of Palm Beach, FL (2016) carded a round of one over par 73 to move into a tie with Daulet for the lead.  Daulet and Jake entered the final round with a one shot advantage over Sachin Kumar of Trinidad & Tobago (2017).  Fourteen-year-old Kumar entered the Championship having won the Inverrary tournament at the 13-15 level and finishing T14 overall at Inverrary.  On Monday, Sachin posted the Low Round in the Boys 13-15 division, a 73, and won by three shots over Jake Holt who finished at 226.  Jorge Villar of Mexico (2017) finished in 3rd at 227.  Round One leader Daulet finished at 229 and in 4th place, followed by M. Tyler Carlson of Los Angeles, CA (2017) at 230 and in 5th.  Kyle Morris of San Jose, CA (2015) carded the only eagle for the tournament in this division.  During Monday’s final round Kyle made a 2 on the par 4, 3rd hole.  Thomas Alkins of Canada (2017) led the Boys 13-15 division in birdies with 10 for the tournament, while Sachin Kumar led in pars with 36.

In the Boys 11-13 division, Callum Davison of Canada (2018) took the first round lead with a round of 75 and continued to build on that lead through rounds two and three.  Callum carded a round of even par on Sunday and finished with a 73 on Monday.  His 220 total was 11 strokes better than second place finisher Carter Dalili of Vero Beach (2020).  Dalili edged out Jake Kuwitzky of McKinney, TX (2018).  Kuwitzky took 3rd place after making a run on Sunday with a 73, but Carter’s final round of 74 was enough to capture 2nd place all alone.  Callum led the Boys 11-13 division in both birdies with 7 and pars with 37 for the 54-hole tournament. The 12-year-old had a perfect FCWT season, winning every tournament he entered.

Boys 11-13 division

Callum Davison of Duncan, Canada (2018) continues to lead the Boys 11-13 division of the 2013 FCWT Tour Championship.  Davison, who opened with a 75 on Saturday, posted a solid round of even par 72 on Sunday and has a 5 shot advantage over Jake Kuwitzky of McKinney, TX (2018) heading into the final round.  Kuwitzky made up a lot of ground on the leaderboard with his Sunday round of 73.  Carter Dalili of Vero Beach, FL (2020) and David Morgan of Naples, FL (2018) will start in a tie for 3rd on Monday at + 13.  Davison has 5 birdies so far for the tournament to lead that category.  He also leads the division in pars with 24.  Twelve-year-old Davison will look to remain undefeated in FCWT tournaments as he goes for the Tour Championship title on Monday.

Boys 13-15 division

Jake Holt of Palm Beach, FL (2016) carded a round of one over par 73 on Sunday in the Boys 13-15 division to move into a tie with overnight leader Daulet Tuleubayev of Kazakhstan (2017).  Holt, 15, entered the 2013 FCWT Tour Championship with two Top 10 finishes during the regular season, including a 5th place finish at TPC Sawgrass.  Daulet struggled more on Sunday especially on 3 and 4 where he made 6-8, giving 5 shots to the course.  Three birdies on the day helped him to stay in contention.  Daulet and Jake and a one shot advantage over Sachin Kumar of Trinidad & Tobago (2017).  M. Tyler Carlson will start in 4th place at 151, followed by Patrick Wu of Taiwan (2017) and Jackson Lang of Lexington, MA (2015) who are tied for 5th at 152.  Still in contention are Jorge Villar of Mexico (2017) and Manuel Girona of Windermere, FL (2017) as well as Matthew Pulgini of Middletown, DE (2018) who will start 5 strokes back of the co-leaders for Monday’s final round.

Girls division

Dylan Kim carded a second consecutive round of 74 to hold her lead in the Girls 13-19 division.  Dylan, who won 5 times during the regular season, will start the final round with a three stroke advantage over Luiza Altmann of Brazil (2016).  Miss Altmann won both the FCWT at Saddlebrook and the FCWT at World Woods tournaments.  Yuanru Yin of China (2016), who won the FCWT at Metro West, will start in third place at 152, four strokes back of the lead.

Boys 16-19 division

In the Boys 16-19 division, Saturday’s afternoon wave of players took to the Champion Course first on Sunday – playing the morning tee times.  David Snyder of McAllen, TX (2016) made significant headway on the leaderboard by firing a Sunday round of one under par 71.  David then had to wait for the afternoon wave to play to see where he would stand heading into Monday’s final round.

As the afternoon group checked in at the turn, Camilo Mexsen of Gomez Palacio, Mexico (2016) was at two under par for the day, taking the lead from Round One leader Ben Albin of Santa Fe, NM (2015).  Cristian DiMarco of Longwood, FL (2014) was at even par after 9 holes on Sunday to move into a tie for 2nd place at +2 for the tournament.  Mexsen ended up firing a 3 under par 69 on Sunday to take the lead.  Charles Sun of Bradenton, FL (2016) carded the second best round in the Boys 16-19 division, a 70, that put him in a tie for 15th place.  David Snyder’s 71 allows him to enter the final round in a tie for 4th place.  Andrew Alligood’s round of even par moved him up to T12 overall.

Ryoto Furuya of Guam (2016) will start the final round in 2nd place after two rounds of 73 put him at +2 for the tournament.  Cristian DiMarco of Longwood, FL (2014) is at +3 and in 3rd place.  Round One leader Benjamin Albin of Santa Fe, NM (2015) is tied for 4th place with David Snyder of McAllen, TX (2016).  The twosome is at 148, 4 shots back of the leader Mexsen.

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Boys 16-19 Division Morning Wave

Benjamin Albin fired a one under par 71 on Saturday to lead the morning wave of the 2013 FCWT Tour Championship in the Boys 16-19 division.  He will now wait for the afternoon wave to finish their round to see where he stands for the start of Sunday’s Round Two.  Four players are currently tied for 2nd place at 1 one par:  Harry Xue of Lake Mary (2016), Ryoto Furuya of Guam (2016), Ian Kelsey of Deerfield, IL (2014), and David Giandomenico of Boynton Beach, FL (2017).

Afternoon Wave

Ben Albin’s lead held through the afternoon wave of players.  Ben will start Round Two with a 2 stroke advantage over Harry Xue of Lake Mary (2016) and Ryoto Furuya of Guam (2016).  Cristian DiMarco of Longwood, FL (2014) and John Thompson of Jupiter, FL (2014) are tied for 4th place at 74.  Three players are tied for 6th at 75:  Daneil Luftspring of Toronto, Canada (2013), Camilo Mexsen of Gomez Palacio, Mexico (2016) and Jordan Gumberg of Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2014).  Ten players are 5 shots off the pace at +4 (76).  There will be a cut after Sunday’s Round.

Girls Division

In the Girls division, Dylan Kim of Winter Garden, FL (2015) leads all scores at 74 (+2).  Miss Kim, who won 5 regular season tournaments, was honored on Friday night at the Awards Dinner with the FCWT Girls Player of the Year for the East Region.  Miss Kim led the Girls division in pars on Saturday with 15.  Three young ladies are tied for second place:  Yuanru Yin of China (2016), Luiza Altmann of Brazil (2016), Radi Sauro of Lake Worth, FL and (2014).  Kari Bellville of Granger, IN (2014), who was awarded a “For the Good of the Game Award” on Friday night, will start in 5th place at +5, three strokes back of the lead.  Miss Bellville also led the girls division in birdies on Saturday with 3.  Chelsea Dantonio, who recently won her third Section VI girls golf championship in four years, is in 6th place at +6.  Play resumes in the Girls division on Sunday morning.

Boys 13-15 Division

In the Boys 13-15 division, Daulet Tuleubayev of Kazakhstan (2017) leads by two strokes after an opening round of even par. Fourteen year old Tuleubyev won the FCWT at Red Tail in Florida in March.  Matthew Pulgini of Middletown, DE (2018), who led this division in pars on Saturday with 14, and M Tyler Carlson of Los Angeles, CA (2017) are tied for 2nd place at +2.   Sachin Kumar of Trinidad & Tobago (2017) and Patrick Wu of Taiwan (2017) are tied for 4th place at +3.  Six player are tied for 6th at + 4:  Jackson Lang of Lexington, MA (2015), Jake Holt of Palm Beach, FL (2016), Manuel Girona of Windermere, FL (2017), Thomas Alkins of Canada (2017), who led this division in birdies on Saturday with 6, Charlie Kennerly of Jupiter, FL (2016), and Bennett Perrine of West Windsor, NJ (2016).

Boys 11-13 Division

The Canadians top the leaderboard in the Boys 11-13 division.  Callum Davison of Duncan (2018) opened with a 3 over par to lead Peter MacDonald of Mississauga, ON (2018) by two shots.  Davison, 12, had two wins during the regular season:  FCWT at Grayhawk and FCWT at PGA West.  MacDonald, also 12, won the FCWT at Saddlebrook.   David Morgan of Naples, FL (2018), 13, will start in third position.  David won at TPC Tampa, Naples, and Inverrary during the regular season.  Carter Dalili of Vero Beach (2020) and Jake Kuwitzky of McKinney, TX (2018) are tied for 4th place at +7, four shots back of the lead.

Win # 3 for Sarah Burnham in the Girls Division

Sarah Burnham of Maple Grove, MN (2014) led wire-to-wire in the Girls division of the Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) Junior Golf Tournament at Whistling Straits to earn her 3rd FCWT tournament win as the regular season came to a close on Sunday.  On Saturday, Miss Burnham, who previously won at Wigwam and TPC Las Vegas, opened with a round of 74 to lead by 2 shots.  On Sunday as the players moved from the Blackwolf Run Meadow Valleys Course to the Whistling Straits Irish Course, Miss Burnham fired a one under par 71 to finish at 145, 6 shots ahead of Isabelle Kane of Winnetka, IL (2014).  Miss Burnham had 7 birdies for the tournament to lead the Girls division.  She also posted 23 pars which tied Miss Kane for the most for the tournament.  Anika Hitt of Mequon, WI (2015) finished in 3rd place at 153.

Win #2 for Will Grevlos in Boys 11-13 division

In the Boys 11-13 division, Will Grevlos of Sioux Falls, SD (2018) carded rounds of 73-75-148 to earn his second FCWT tournament win of the season.

Win # 1 for Johanson in Boys overall competition and for DeNucci in Boys 13-15 division

In the Boys 13-19 division, Luke Johanson of Chaska, MN (2014) posted two solid rounds of even par, 72-72-144, to win his first FCWT tournament by two shots over Round One leader Aaron DeNucci of Des Moines, IA (2015).

DeNucci may have finished 2nd in the overall competition, but he finished 1st in the Boys 13-15 division, and one shot ahead of Camden Nierman of Faribault, MN, who finished at 147 (+3) for the tournament. Nierman led this division in pars for the tournament with 28.  Second place for the 13-15 year olds went to Daneil Chi of Maple Grove, MN (2016) who also finished T10 overall.  Mickey Brick of Frankfort (2015) finished third among the 13-15 division players and tie for 13th overall at 158.