The Junior Inter-City Tournament for the Enos Cup will take place June 20-21 at Wyantenuck Country Club in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. This will mark the 82nd playing of the tournament, and the first time Mass Golf has hosted since 2017.
This year, Team Mass Golf will be represented by six girls junior golfers hoping to put on a strong display of golf for the Bay State. The eldest of the group will be 18-year-old Piper Jordan (Boston Golf Club). Following her is Amy Lyon, 17, (Winchester Country Club) and Jillian Johnson, 17, (Hatherly Country Club). Rounding out the group is are a trio of younger players: Abby Zhu, 15, (Indian Ridge Country Club); Maddie Smith, 15, (Vesper Country Club); and Champa Visetsin, 14, (Youth on Course). Lyon, Smith and Visetsin all played on last year’s squad.
The event begins with practice/sweepstakes round on Day 1. A drawing will occur to formulate six threesomes with one player from each association teaming up together. The teams will then compete in stroke play with medalist (low gross) and 2nd low gross awards presented to the respective winners. Individual competitions will occur on holes 11 (Closest to the Pin) and 18 (Longest Drive). Team awards will be given to the top low grossing best-ball team and 2nd low grossing best-ball team.
On Day 2, the players will compete in a singles Nassau matches featuring one player from each state as they compete head-to-head. The points system is as follows:
Note: if any matches are halved, then a half-point is awarded.
The team with the highest number of points will be awarded the Enos Trophy and bragging rights for its state golf association.
Mass Golf
| Piper Jordan | Boston Golf Club |
| Amy Lyon | Winchester Country Club |
| Jillian Johnson | Hatherly Country Club |
| Abby Zhu | Indian Ridge Country Club |
| Maddie Smith | Vesper Country Club |
| Champa Visetsin | Youth on Course |
Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association
| Chloe Barton | Panther Valley |
| Lucy Barton | Panther Valley |
| CC Kaplan | Burning Tree |
| Elena Zreik | Sleepy Hollow |
| Sophie Travlos | Independent Member |
| Stella Travlos | Independent Member |
Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia
| Mary Dunigan | Kennett Square Golf & Country Club |
| Emilee Barkley | Moselem Springs Golf Club |
| Mia Pace | Whitford Country Club |
| Silvana Gonzalez | Apple Cross Country Club |
| Lauren Patullo | Laurel Creek Country Club |
| Rhianna Gooneratne | The 1912 Club |
The Junior Inter-City matches features a group of six females representing their state. Massachusetts, New York, and Philadelphia are the participating teams and players must be under the age of 19 years old to be eligible to compete.
The first year the Junior Inter-City matches took place was all the way back in 1934. At that time, the competition was only contested between the WMGA and the WGAP. The WMGA would win the inaugural Enos Cup, named after the “mother” of WMGA junior golf Mrs. Frank Enos, at the Englewood Club in New Jersey.
Following the early success, the WGAP would win the event for the next seven years up until 1942 when the event was not held due to the presence of WWII. The event resumed beginning in 1949 and by 1955, team Massachusetts began fielding a team as the event evolved into the tri-state matches they are now contested as today.
Massachusetts would pick up its first-ever victory in 1959 when it won the Enos Cup at St. Davids Golf Club in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The victory would mark the first of four consecutive wins for the Mass Golf group. Overall, Massachusetts has won the Enos Cup 17 times. Philadelphia leads with 39 victories, and New York sits behind them with 27 wins to their credit.
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