World Van Horn Cup 2023

Overview

Following the three-day championship, the top 20 12-year-old boys and top 12 12-year-old girls are selected to play in a one-day best ball tournament contested on Pinehurst No. 4.

Selection Procedure

Participants will be selected based on their score after 36 holes (Round 2). Once 36-hole scores are compiled, the Van Horn Cup selections and an alternate list will be published. Selected players will receive a commemorative golf bag, shirt, hat, and caddie bib patch for the competition.

Format: Team Best Ball Stroke Play

In each match, the team with the lowest score after 18 holes will win one point for his/her team.

Awards:

Awards will be presented to the winners of each match. The Van Horn Cup trophy will be presented to the winning team after the event.

The Morrison Medal:

Each year, the boys and girls pairings with the lowest rounds in the match were awarded a Morrison Medal, named in honor of the late Sir Garth Morrison, who was Lord Lieutenant for East Lothian, and his wife Lady Gill Morrison.

2023 Recap

This year, the Blue Team defeated the Red Team by a final score of 5.5-2.5.

Phannaphisar Kiatphonsiri (Thailand) and Kylie Chung (Georgia) of the Blue Team took home the Morrison Medal for the Girls division with a score of 65(-7) on Pinehurst No. 4.

Davis Petty (South Carolina) and Tyler Newsome (Georgia) of the Blue Team secured Morrison Medal honors on the Boys side with a score of 64(-8).

Past Winners:

2023, Blue Team 5.5-2.5
2022, Blue Team 4.5-3.5
2021, Red Team 5-3
2020, Blue Team 5-3
2019, United States 5.5 – 2.5
2018, United States 4.5 – 3.5
2017, United States 5 – 3
2016, United States 5.5 – 2.5
2015, United States 5.5 – 2.5
2014, United States 5 – 3
2013, United States 7 – 2
2012, United States 5.5 – 2.5
2011, United States 5.5 – 3.5
2010, United States 6.5 – 1.5
2009, United States 5 – 3
2008, United States 11 – 5
2007, United States 11.5 – 4.5
2006, United States

Morrison Medal Winners:

2023
Phannaphisar Kiatphonsiri (Thailand) & Kylie Chung (Georgia)
Davis Petty (South Carolina) & Tyler Newsome (Georgia)

2022
Riley Grimm (North Carolina) & Aphrodite Deng (New Jersey)
Jace Benson (Utah) & Ambrose Kinnare (Florida)
Keane Taino (California) & Ajalawich Anantasethakul (Thailand)
Ethan Evans (Virginia) & Christian Koehn (Florida)

2021
Lucas Gimenez (Florida) & Miles Russell (Florida)
Dresden Bounds (Texas) & Asia Young (Oregon)
Angela Zhang (Washington) & Athena Singh (Kentucky)

2020
Henry Guan (Texas) & Tyler Mawhinney (Florida)
Hadley Ashton (Colorado) & Chloe Chang (Florida)

2019
Samuel Duran (Panama) & Mykhailo Golod (Ukraine)
Madison Moman (Florida) & Haley Davis (Florida)

2018
Justin Bjornson (Canada) & Alex Long (Canada)
Trey Marrion (Virginia) & Bryant Hernandez (California)
Bonnie Zhai (Canada) & Sofia Temelo (Mexico)

2017
Rorisang Nkosi (South Africa) & Jeremy Chen (Taiwan)
Abbey Schutte (Arizona) & Sara Im (Georgia)

2016
Luke Clanton (Florida) & Ben Brogdon (Arkansas)
Karoline Tuttle (Florida) & Kynadie Adams (Tennessee)

2015
Zachary Reuland (South Carolina) & Kevin Jiang (California)
Juan Camila Vesga Solano (Colombia) & Keaton Morrison (UK)
Alexander Yang (California) & Jackson Rivera (California)
Manuela Gomez (Colombia) & Yae Eun Kim (Dominican Republic)
Elle Nachmann (Florida) & Mimi Chen (Florida)

2014
Joseph Pagdin (Florida) & Matthew Watkins (Texas)
Cordelia Lopez (Mexico) & Caitlyn Macnab (South Africa)