Presenting the 2022 Spring Series Champions

March 26, 2026 • Southern Texas PGA

KINGWOOD, TEXAS (MAY 1, 2022) – Eleven champions were named at the 2022 Classic Chevy Sugar Land and Classic Chevy HWY 6 Spring Championship at The Clubs of Kingwood (Forest Course). With title partners Classic Chevy Sugar Land and Classic Chevy HWY 6, this year’s field featured 173 junior golfers ages 6-18 from across Southern Texas.

 

This year’s Championship took place on Saturday, April 30 – Sunday, May 1. Over the two days, players in the Little Linksters program played a total of 18-holes and the Junior Tour players competed over 36-holes.

With 5 consecutive birdies, Charlie Harpel of Helotes shot an impressive 2-under-par 34 in his first round to lead the field by 2-strokes. At an 18-hole total of even par 72, Charlie took the Little Linksters Co-Ed 6-8 Division champion title. “I would like to thank my competitors and my dad and my family,” said Charlie.

 

This year’s Little Linksters Boys and Girls 9-10 and 11-12 Division Champions earned the first spots on the 11th Texas Junior Cup team representing Team STPGA at Sand Hill Farm Golf Course on September 17-18.

 

After just one bogey and 3 birdies, Carter Hoskins of Corpus Christi shot an impressive 9-hole total of (-2) 34. In his final round, Carter scored himself an eagle to finish (-3) 69 taking the Little Linksters Boys 9-10 Division championship title. “I would like to thank hole 6 for letting me make a hole-in-one on Friday,” said Carter about his practice round.

Ellie Rieger of Brenham sat tied for second heading into her final round. After shooting even par 36 in her final round, Ellie claimed the Little Linksters Girls 9-10 Division title with an 18-hole total of (+3) 75.

 

Evan Hofferkamp of The Woodlands shot an impressive 2-under par in his first round to lead the field by two strokes heading into round two. With a tournament total of (+3) 75, Evan claimed the Little Linksters Boys 11-12 Division Champion title just one stroke ahead of the field.

 

In a bogey free first round, Ava Frazier of Round Rock sat tied for third on the leaderboard heading into her final round. With an impressive final round of 3-under-par, Ava shot an 18-hole tournament total of (-4) 68 to take the Little Linksters Girls 11-12 Division champion title.

At the Junior Tour Spring Series Championship, the STPGA saw six divisions crown new champions.

 

Frederico Montaner of Spring shot an impressive 1-under-par 71 in back-to-back rounds. Leading the Junior Tour Boys 11-12 Division by 3 strokes, Frederico took the Spring Championship title with a total score of (-2) 142.

 

With 6 birdies overall, Michelle Lee of San Antonio led the field by 16 strokes with a 36-hole total of (+8) 152. Taking the title in the Junior Tour Girls 11-12 Division, Michelle said, “I played well. I could’ve played better but I am proud of the win.”

 

After back-to-back rounds of (+1) 73, Anthony Butt of The Woodlands finished 2 strokes ahead of the field in the Junior Tour Boys 13-14 Division. He took the championship title with a 36-hole total score of (+2) 146. “I played really well and made every single putt today,” said Anthony.

In the Junior Tour Girls 13-14 Division, Carly Marshall of Temple finished just one stroke ahead of the field at (+9) 153. “On one of the holes, I hit my tee shot into the trees, punched it out and knocked a bunker shot 2 inches from the hole to make par,” said Carly.

 

Holden Kittelberger of Katy led the field after round one with even par 72. Matching his score in the final round, Holden finished five strokes ahead of the field to claim the Junior Tour Boys 15-18 Division title at even par 144.  “I drove the ball really well today, hit a lot of fairways, and had a lot of fun overall,” said Holden.

 

Bre Hoese of Round Rock sat tied for second heading into her second round. With 3 birdies in the final round, Bre won the Junior Tour Girls 15-18 Division title with a 36-hole total of (+9) 153. “I feel like I played the best that I’ve ever played today. My dad told me to just play my game and not worry about the players around me and that really helped me today,” said Bre.

 

The Southern Texas PGA Junior Golf Program would like to thank the entire staff at The Clubs of Kingwood for hosting this event for two days, as well as our title partners Classic Chevy Sugar Land and Classic Chevy HWY 6.

 

To view the full results of the 2022 STPGA Soring Series Championship, please click the links below.

 

Little Linksters Leaderboard

Junior Tour Leaderboard

 

To view the full photo gallery from the event, click here.

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