By Aidan McLaughlin
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts (August 7, 2026) – Friday marked the final day of the 108th edition of the Massachusetts Junior Amateur, powered by KOHR Golf. As the August heat continued to wear down on the final four golfers, they relied on water, gatorade and for our champion, even chocolate milk to get them through.
This year’s champion is Luke Edgar (Harmon Golf), who defeated Benjamin Ragosa (Winchester CC) in a final match that took all 18 holes. As it came down to the final green, Ragosa chipped his approach close, but Edgar did his best Rory McIlroy impression, chipping his even closer, just like McIlroy did to Justin Rose in the 2025 Masters playoff.
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Edgar earned his first Mass Golf win over Ragosa via an absolute grind, coming back from a four-hole deficit in his semifinal match and a two-hole deficit in the finals.
“I was four down through eight. I thought I was screwed honestly,” Edgar said. “And I got some chocolate milk at the turn, chugged it, and got on fire.”
Chocolate milk may have been a help for Edgar, but it didn’t swing his clubs for him. Having only 30 minutes between rounds, he got out of the sun, freshened up and eventually headed back out there to battle once more.
“I made sure to go inside, stay under the shade, drink some water, eat some food, you know?” he said. “Gotta get some energy for the next round.”
As mentioned before, Edgar battled. Other competitors may have also had the elements, but to come back and win in them, takes a special mindset.
“I was down, so I knew I needed to do something, and started firing the pins a little more. Just made way more putts than on the front.”
After winning the first hole over Ragosa, Edgar found himself down two by the eighth, this scoreline held until after the turn.
Edgar opened up the back nine winning hole 10 after his opponents tee shot found the hazard, this wouldn’t hold though as he’d bogey the downhill par-3 and Ragosa took one back. After this, Edgar stuck his approach on 12 pulling within one.
From there, Edgar capitalized on Ragosa’s errors, taking this to the 18. Ragosa didn’t go down easily though, making things interesting with a chip to apply pressure, Edgar then stayed composed, chipping his to a mere few inches to which Ragosa would concede, ending the match.
“I mean, [I feel] pretty excited, really stressful matches today, so… just relieved, honestly.”
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8-Luke Edgar def. 13-Joseph Mulvey, 2 up
In one of the best comebacks we’ve seen this summer, Luke Edgar overcame a four-shot deficit to defeat Joseph Mulvey. Mulvey came out hot, winning the first three holes. Edgar got one back on the 4th, but Mulvey stole two more on 7 and 8 before Edgar closed the 9th with a birdie, heading to the back 9 down three. As they made their way to the 12th hole, Edgar couldn’t miss, rattling off five straight hole wins. Mulvey attempted to stop the bleeding on hole 17 with a win, but Edgar shut the door on the 18th.
15-Benjamin Ragosa def. 3-Jack Carew, 3&2
In the latter of the two semifinal matches, Ragosa took down Carew in another match to remember. After exchanging the first two holes, the round remained relatively quiet until the 7th, when Ragosa won two quick holes back-to-back. Carew, before the turn, stole one back, moving to one down. On 10, Ragosa got up-and-down from the sand for birdie, extending his lead. Carew answered though, making birdie on the the downhill par-3. Ragosa began to pull away on the 14th, making birdie, and then once again getting up-and-down from the trap for three to put himself three up. Ragosa ended things on 16, winning 3&2.
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