- December 4, 2025
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Mi Li, a recent graduate of The First Academy and current University of Pennsylvania golfer, finished fourth with a total score of 215(-1). (Courtesy of AJGA)
Recent Windermere High graduate Cameron Baez lined up a putt at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational. (Courtesy of AJGA)
Kai Trump, the eldest granddaughter of United States President Donald Trump, made her AJGA debut at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational. (Courtesy of AJGA)
Clark Mason, left, and Iris Lee took home the iconic Arnold Palmer umbrella trophy as the winners of the AJGA event. (Courtesy of AJGA)
The First Academy rising senior Mingbo Jiang finished tied for second, just one stroke behind the winner. (Courtesy of AJGA)
Orlando resident Iris Lee, a seventh-grader, won the 2025 Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational. (Courtesy of AJGA)
The First Academy rising senior Mingbo Jiang got in a few practice shots before the final round of the 2025 Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational. (Courtesy of AJGA)
The First Academy rising senior Mingbo Jiang finished tied for second, just one stroke behind the winner. (Courtesy of AJGA)
For the ninth consecutive year Southwest Orange’s most famous course, Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge, hosted the nation’s top junior golfers for the 2025 Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational from Monday, July 29 to Thursday, July 31.
The American Junior Golf Association’s four-day event saw 78 boys and girls golfers from around the country descend upon its lush fairways and impeccable greens to fight for the iconic Arnold Palmer umbrella trophy given to the event’s winners.
In the girls division, the trophy didn’t have to travel far as Central Florida resident Iris Lee won, shooting a 211(-5) over the 54-hole event and marking her second career AJGA win. The seventh grader sank 17 birdies throughout the tournament, carding seven birdies in the final round while going bogey-free in the back nine.
"It feels really good to get a win here,” Lee said after the win. "I came back towards the end and I worked really hard for the finish that I got. Winning here reminds me of all the work and practice I put into my game and this event and it's a really good feeling.”
Elsewhere in the girls division, Mi Li, a recent graduate of The First Academy and current University of Pennsylvania golfer, finished fourth with a total score of 215(-1). Another notable participant in the Southwest Orange event was Kai Trump, the eldest granddaughter of United States President Donald Trump, who became the first relative of a sitting U.S. President to compete in an AJGA event. The current University of Miami golfer finished 26th in her AJGA debut, shooting 251(+35).
On the boys side of the juniors event, despite bagging five birdies in the final round and 12 throughout the tournament, The First Academy rising senior Mingbo Jiang fell to tournament winner Clark Mason by one stroke. Jiang, a USC golf commit, finished the event tied for second with a total score of 216(E). Other area golfers competing were Cameron Baez, a recent graduate of Windermere High and current USC Aiken golfer, and Shawn Coultoff, a recent graduate of West Orange High and current Florida State golfer. Baez finished tied for 44th with a 239(+23) while Coultoff shot 242(+26), tying for 47th.
