The top Tennessee juniors descend on GreyStone for 2025 TGA Junior and Girls’ Junior Championships
DICKSON, Tenn. — The rolling hills and stone-lined fairways of GreyStone Golf Club will once again take center stage as Tennessee’s top young golfers descend on Dickson for the 2025 Tennessee Junior and Girls’ Junior Championships, set for June 16-18. The storied venue will provide a test across its championship layout, playing at 6,815 yards for the boys’ division and 6,039 yards for the girls.
Among the headliners in the boys’ field is defending champion Maddox Crowder. Crowder outlasted Billy Boroughs in a two-hole playoff, showcasing his skillset under pressure following the rain-shortened 2024 Tennessee Junior Amateur. Now, with a target on his back and a field full of well-accomplished challengers, Crowder returns in search of a rare repeat victory, a feat that has only been accomplished six times in the tournament’s 44-year history.
GreyStone is no stranger to championship-caliber play. Over the years, the Mark McCumber-designed layout has hosted the First Stage Qualifying for the PGA TOUR, multiple Tennessee State Opens (men’s and women’s), the USJGT Tour Championship, and other high-profile amateur events. Its inclusion in “Top 100 Public Courses” rankings speaks to its pedigree—and its capacity to demand the very best.
GreyStone's layout is not just built with beautiful scenery, but also features significant elevation changes and exposed rock walls. The course doesn’t just reward length—it demands strategy.
Nowhere is that challenge more evident than on Hole 17, a par 5 playing 517 yards for the boys and 446 yards for the girls. It has humbled even the most skilled players. From the tee, players are greeted with an intimidating view: water running down the entire left side of the fairway up to the green, native grass coming into play not far off the fairway and the iconic __ tree in the middle of the fairway forcing golfers to navigate around it to get ot the green in two.
As the 2025 field prepares to take on GreyStone, one thing is certain: the eventual champions will not only have conquered their peers but one of the state’s toughest and most storied layouts. The road to the trophy runs through GreyStone, and it promises to challenge every shot along the way.
Even more is on the line next week as the winners of the Junior and Girls’ Junior Championships have the potential to earn exemptions into the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships. If they meet the eligibility requirements, their win in Tennessee will punch their ticket to the respective USGA Championships later this year.
Players to Watch
Boys:
Jake Eickhoff - Arrington
Eickhoff, a member of the Inaugural Team Tennessee, has built a robust resume on the junior and amateur circuit. Last year, Eickhoff advanced to the final match at the 2024 Tennessee Match Play Championship as one of the youngest players in the field. In addition, the Arrington native won the Sneds Tour Tournament of Champions in a playoff at Belle Meade Country Club. This year, he has notched a T6 finish at the Scott Robertson Memorial with rounds of 71-69-72. His 2024 season includes three runner-up finishes and three additional top 10s on the Sneds Tour circuit.
Walker Webb - Brentwood
Webb’s was named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Division II-A All-State Team earlier this year. Also a member of the inaugural Team Tennessee, GreyStone is a place Webb is quite familiar with. In 2023, he was one of the youngest players to qualify for the Tennessee State Open at GreyStone. In 2024, he made the cut and finished T33 among the field of amateurs and professionals. Additionally, he finished 3rd at the Sneds Tour Elite event at GreyStone, carding a 6-under-par 138.
Carter Graham - Brentwood
Graham, a University of Chattanooga commit, has elevated his play during the 2025 season. He earned a T10 finish at the AJGA’s Will Lowery Junior Championship in March and competed in two premier events – the Scott Robertson Memorial and the Pete & Alice Dye Junior Championship. Before that, Graham captured the 2024 TSSAA Division II-AA Boys’ Individual Championship, helping Brentwood Academy win the Team Championship as well.
Will Pinson - Franklin
Pinson, a future member of the MTSU Blue Raider men’s golf program and current Team Tennessee member, was the 2022 Tennessee PGA Junior Champion. The win earned him a coveted spot in the 46th Junior PGA Championship at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Palos Park, Illinois. He will look to build some momentum as he prepares for his first season of college golf this fall.
Maddox Crowder - Lafayette
Crowder earned the crown at the Tennessee Junior Amateur last season and now has cemented his status as one of the best junior golfers in Tennessee. Also a member of Team Tennessee, he now looks to go back-to-back at GreyStone, the first player to do that since William Nottingham in 2015-2016.
Jake Sheffield - Knoxville
Sheffield put his name on the map in 2023 when he won the Drive, Chip and Putt National Championship at Augusta National in the Boys 14-15 age group. In 2024, Sheffield won the 2024 Tri-Star Boys’ Championship, helping further solidify his name as one of the rising stars in Tennessee. He opened his 2025 campaign with a strong showing at the Sneds Elite Event at GreyStone, finishing T7 among the field of 48 players. He continued to put on solid performances at Sneds Elite at Harrison Bay, finishing T6.
Girls:
Catherine Bowie - Memphis
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Bowie created notice around her name with an impressive title-winning performance at the Sneds Elite event earlier this year at GreyStone. She also etched her name in the record books for Hutchinson Collegiate Prep last fall as the first TSSAA Division II-AA State Champion in program history.
Isabella Coughlin - Knoxville
Coughlin, the Western Kentucky University women’s golf commit and member of Team Tennessee, has stacked on the accomplishments recently. Coughlin left victorious at the Belle Meade Country Club Sneds Tournament of Champions event. She was also named the 2024 Knoxville Girls’ Junior Player of the Year. This year, she’ll look to improve on her 11th-place finish from last year’s Tennessee Girls’ Junior Championship.
Sophia Gambini - Maryville
Ending her senior season as a TSSAA State Champion at Heritage High School, Gambini’s high school success has landed her as the best golfer in Blount County. As she gets set to begin her collegiate career at East Tennessee State University, Gambini is one of the tournament’s favorites after her Top 5 finish a year ago at the Tennessee Girls’ Junior.
Aliezah Robinson - Kingsport
Another ETSU women’s golf commit and member of Team Tennessee, Robinson has had a formidable start to the 2025 season, winning the Sneds Tour Open Series at Warriors’ Path by eight strokes. She’ll be another name to watch following a T8 performance in the 2024 Tennessee Girls’ Junior.
Carlee Rogers - Hixson
Soon to be a member of the University of Miami women’s golf team, Rogers is gaining national recognition. She has had a stellar 2025 season, headlined by her victory at the Tennessee Girls Junior PGA Championship, earning her a spot in the PGA Junior Championship at Brick Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana. Carlee has posted strong finishes with a T16 at the Callaway Junior at Canebrake Club and the AJGA Junior at Burningtree and is prepared to put her skills to the test with the best.
Claire Todd - Lakeland
Todd is gearing up to play her freshman season for the University of Memphis and is currently ranked 7th in the state of Tennessee according to The Universal Golf Rankings. After a Top 10 performance at last year’s Tennessee Girls’ Junior Championship, the Team Tennessee member is poised to make a run at the title.