Wisconsin’s McKenna Nelson joins Rolex Girls Junior Field

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (May 20, 2025) – SentryWorld is proud to announce that McKenna Nelson, the reigning Wisconsin girls golf champion, has been selected to represent the state at the 2025 Rolex Girls Junior Championship, to be held June 17–19 at SentryWorld in Stevens Point. Attendance is free and open to the public.

At just 16 years old, Nelson—a standout from Beaver Dam—has already built a profile as one of the game’s up-and-coming players. In 2024, she made history as the first Wisconsin junior golfer to win the Drive, Chip, and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club. That milestone followed a record-breaking 2023 season in which she was named Wisconsin State Golf Association Women’s Player of the Year and became the youngest-ever winner of the Wisconsin State Women’s Match-Play championship.

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The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls, ages 12-19) of more than 9,000 members from 50 states and 51 foreign countries. Through initiatives like the Liberty National ACE Grant, a financial assistance program, and Leadership Links, a service-oriented platform that teaches juniors charitable-giving skills, the AJGA fosters the growth of golf’s next generation.

TaylorMade and adidas are the AJGA’s National Sponsors, supporting the AJGA for more than 25 years. TaylorMade has served as the Official Ball of the AJGA since 2016. adidas has been the Official Apparel and Footwear of the AJGA since 2017. Rolex, in its fourth decade of AJGA sponsorship, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.

AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 1,000 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods, Paula Creamer, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang.

An unrivalled reputation for quality and expertise
Rolex is an integrated and independent Swiss watch manufacturer. Headquartered in Geneva, the brand is recognized the world over for its expertise and the quality of its products—symbols of excellence, elegance, and prestige. The movements of its Oyster Perpetual and Perpetual watches are certified by COSC, then tested in-house for their precision, performance, and reliability. The Superlative Chronometer certification, symbolized by the green seal, confirms that each watch has successfully undergone tests conducted by Rolex in its own laboratories according to its own criteria. These are periodically validated by an independent external organization.

Rick LaFrombois, Sentry
Mobile: 715-581-9396
Office: 715-346-8239
rick.lafrombois@sentry.com

Emily Kmiec, American Junior Golf Association
Mobile: 717-598-3960
ekmiec@ajga.org