Twenty-six of New South Wales’ most promising junior golfers have been named in the 2026 Jack Newton Junior Golf Development Squad, with the group already underway after a two-day training camp at Riverside Oaks Golf Resort over the weekend.
The following athletes have been selected:
Female Athletes
- Honey Kim — Concord Golf Club
- Sage Laird — St Michaels Golf Club
- Ava Prince — Bonnie Doon Golf Club
- Jessica Fog — The Lakes Golf Club
- Ming Ming Lee — Bayview Golf Club
- Tsawm Laphai — Concord Golf Club
- Milla Adamson — Bonville Golf Resort
- Sophia Chau — The Lakes Golf Club
Male Athletes
- Seb French — Royal Canberra Golf Club
- Harrison Preece — Pymble Golf Club
- Lucas Binns — Wyong Golf Club
- Zach France — Northbridge Golf Club
- Evan Nguyen — New South Wales Golf Club
- Levi Park — Kooindah Waters Golf Club
- Rory Elphick — Bathurst Golf Club
- Shaylan Bennett — Avondale Golf Club
- Rory Page — Manly Golf Club
- Reid Springett — New South Wales Golf Club
- Christian Climie — New South Wales Golf Club
- David Kang — Cowra Golf Club
- Jaydan Costello — Crookwell Golf Club
- Beau Cain — Cronulla Golf Club
- Jesse Linden — Concord Golf Club
- Joshua Park — Ryde Parramatta Golf Club
- Jayden Kim — Ryde Parramatta Golf Club
- Sam Cheoi — Wollongong Golf Club
The squad combines eight female and 18 male athletes drawn from clubs across the state, from Bonville on the mid-north coast to Royal Canberra in the ACT.
The Riverside Oaks camp gave athletes an intensive introduction to the program, covering technical coaching across all areas of the game, on-course performance challenges, athlete profiling and goal setting, and education sessions on tournament preparation, physical conditioning and mental skills. Athletes also used the two days to begin building the team culture that underpins the program’s approach.
The Development Squad is structured around a mix of camp-based group education and ongoing regional support, allowing athletes to keep developing in their local environments while accessing centralised coaching and high-performance benchmarking. The program focuses on technical, tactical and mental performance, with the broader goal of preparing athletes for state and national pathways.
Riverside Oaks is the first of several camps planned for the year, with the program also integrating key tournament opportunities throughout the season.
