Player: Lucky Cruz

6’ 165lbs, 16yrs old. Jr. Committed to the Univ. of Houston. (Big-12) Top 100 Class of 2024. Pete Dye Inv. Selection, nominated for the Presidental Leadership Award (AJGA), 2023 US Open Qualified as (Alternate) Lucky is prepping to play professional golf while making his way through the Jr. Rankings. 2023 goals include qualifying for the US Open, USGA AM and Jr. AM while finishing Top 10’s on a Mini-Tour. Lucky completd his 1st international 3 day event tieing 1st place and losing in a play-off in Abu Dhabi. (65,70,71) Lucky completed his season with a scoring average of 70.4 (-1.5) while maintaining his index of +4.4. Lucky is the “Curry Cup” 2023 Champion coming back from even par, in a Fed-X style tournament with the leader at 5 under at based on the Tour Season Point Total. Lucky shot 5 under, a 10-shot swing to capture the championship. (Underrated Tour). The Lucky is the NB3 Jr. National Champion and overall, Champion shooting 11 under par at Koasati Pines, Golf Course at 7,053yds.

The current ranking systems is designed for Jr. Golfers who have the financial backing to play in multiple events. The more you play the better the ranking, which is very unfortunate on identifying who truly is the top rank Jr. golfers. Which is why events like NB3 are so important, identifying the world’s best Jr. Golfers and utilizing a qualifying system, that provides the field with equal playing field.

Major: Business Minor: Architecture GPA 4.0 SAT 1300 (DUAL DIPLOMA PROGRAM)

HIGHLIGHTS 2022/2023 (Score Average 68.53)

2023 US Open Q - NMSU 7,200 USGA Event (-1) 4th (Winner Playoff) 2023 Regional Notah Begay (-2) Runner-Up 2023 Notah Begay National Champion (-11) 2023 Curry Cup Champion (-5) 2023 APT 4 Wins 2022 Moon Light Tour (Mini-Tour T-9) 7,300yds (+1) 2022 UNDERRATED TOUR - Curry Cup 4th 2022 FALDO INTERNATIONAL 65,70,71 T-1. 2022 FALDO USA CHAMPIONION 70, 73 2022 FALDO REGIONAL CHAMPION 68,73 2022 APT LOCAL CHAMPION 2022 USGA Q (ALT) JR-AM (-1) T-4. No Play-off