Cisco Series Gives Juniors a Tour Experience

The fourth and final event in the 2024 Cisco Junior Series presented by the APGA and the Cameron Champ Foundation was played in December at Fleming Island Golf Club just south of Jacksonville, FL.

Myla Robinson, a ninth-grader from Eastvale, CA, finished +1 to win the tournament, and Koa Seymour, a senior from Valley Village, CA, took home the series title to earn a spot in the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open Pro-Am, which will be played at iconic Torrey Pines in San Diego in late January.

The final boys event was played in mid-November at Tustin Ranch Golf Club in Tustin, CA. Ryan Nana Tanke, a high school freshman from Palm Beach Gardens, FL, shot 74-72 (+2) to beat Roman Solomon, a senior from Sarasota, FL, by a shot. Solomon’s cumulative effort in the series earned him a chance to compete against the pros in the APGA’s Farmers Insurance Invitational, which will also be held at Torrey Pines in January.

The Cisco Junior Series, which features 12 promising junior golfers from around the country, all of whom have played in the Mack Champ Invitational, is designed to nurture the next generation of junior golf talent while giving them a true professional tour experience. The junior tournaments are played alongside APGA Tour events at world class courses.

This year’s series kicked off in August at the APGA Tour Championship at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, GA, and moved on to the second tournament in the APGA Farmers Insurance Fall Series, which was held at Seaview Golf Club in Galloway, NJ, in early October.

Koa Seymour with Montrele Wells, Director of Player Performance for the APGA.
Myla Robinson won the final girls event.
Seymour and Robinson were joined at Fleming Island by Staci Pla, second from right, and Ariel Collins.
Roman Solomon was the overall winner in the boys series.
The competitors at Tustin Ranch: Tye Treadwell, Solomon, Seymour, Collins, Ryan Nana Tanke and Toa Ofahengaue.
Wells with Seymour, who won the girls event at Tustin Ranch.
Cameron Champ Foundation Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Champ, far left, and Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Daniel Bryant, with Seymour, Solomon and Ofahengaue.
Ryan Nana Tanke shot 74-72 for a 2-over total.