Junior Tour of Northern California Crowns Winners During Fall Series VIII Championship at The Golf Club at Moffett Field
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (October 16th, 2025) – The 2025-2026 Junior Tour of Northern California (JTNC) hosted its eighth event of the season and crowned champions during the Fall Series VIII Championship at The Golf Club at Moffett Field in Mountain View.
Luke Swanson and Addison Claire Lee both win their respective flights, with the course playing to a par-72 for the Boys and par-73 for the Girls - 6,572 yards for the Boys and 6,112 yards for the Girls.
In the Boy’s Championship flight, Luke Swanson wins his first tournament of the 2025-2026 JTNC season, with a single shot victory over Nakul Shrivastava and Ernie Singh. Luke carded rounds of 70-67 for a total of 137, finishing at 7-under par including eleven birdies in total throughout the 36-hole event. Luke's highlight of the weekend undoubtedly was his bogey free 5-under 67 that featured a front-nine 32! A previous best finish of 4th on the JTNC at Fall Series VI, Luke looked to improved his result and did so by securing victory with a dominating second round performance at Moffett Field. Luke currently ranks T3 on the JTNC Boys Player of the Year standings with only 20 points separating himself and 2nd place Jackson Ortiz.
Runner-up was decided via card-off after Nakul Shrivastava and Ernie Singh were tied at at 6-under par 138, Shrivastava took the 2nd place medal after his second round 70 was enough to see out Singh's 73. Nakul carded rounds of 68-70 featuring ten birdies in total, almost turning in a bogey-fee first round if it weren't for a lapse in concentration as he made bogey on the first hole. Third place went to Ernie Singh of Los Altos after rounds of 65-73, Singh was the first round leader after a phenomenal 7-under where he carded eight birdies.
In the Girls’ Championship flight, Addison Claire Lee triumphs over the Girls field by four shots with rounds of 70-66 to finish at 10-under 136. Aside from the first hole of the tournament, Addison played lights out throughout the final 35 holes where she tallied up eleven birdies and twenty-four pars! A bogey free round two was the icing on the cake for Addison's championship weekend as the Cupertino local went 32-34 in winning her first tournament of the 2025-2026 season. Addison is now ranked 11th on the JTNC Girls Player of the Season standings with 31 points separating her and a top-ten ranking.
Second place needed to be settled by a card-off after Tiffany Chang and Erin Lee were tied at 6-under 140, it was Tiffany who shot the lower round of 69 versus Erin's second round of 70. Tiffany had rounds of 71-69 that included twelve birdies, her best stretch of golf being two separate instances where she carded three consecutive birdies during play of round two. Erin Lee took third place with rounds of 70-70 with a total of eight bridies throughout the 36-hole tournament, this is Erin's second medal finish of the season. Emma Wang took fourth place with rounds of 71-71 coming in at a total of 142.