Category: Roman Solomon

Cisco Junior Series presented by APGA TOUR and Cameron Champ Foundation Roman Solomon

Solomon Punches Ticket to Torrey Pines

Post author By Charlie Hanger
Post date November 18, 2024

Solomon with Montrele Wells, Director of Player Performance for the APGA.

Roman Solomon is heading to one of the most famous golf courses in America in January to compete against the pros of the APGA Tour.

He earned his spot in the APGA Farmers Insurance Invitational at Torrey Pines with consistent play in the 2024 Cisco Junior Series presented by the APGA and the Cameron Champ Foundation. Solomon, a senior from Sarasota, FL, has played in all four Mack Champ Invitationals and was the tournament’s first boys champion in 2021.

He is a senior at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL, and has committed to play college golf at the University of South Florida. His father is Bobby Bonilla, who played for eight different Major League Baseball teams from 1986 to 2001.

Torrey Pines, famous for its cliffside views of the Pacific Ocean, was the site of Tiger Woods’s 2008 U.S. Open victory, when he played with a torn ACL and a double stress fracture of his tibia. The course also hosted the 2021 U.S. Open.

The Cisco Junior Series features promising junior golfers from around the country. It is designed to nurture the next generation of junior golf talent while giving them a true professional tour experience. Learn more about this year’s series here.

Rock-Solid Parmar Takes MCI Title

Post author By Charlie Hanger
Post date March 19, 2023

Shiv Parmar is the first Texas player to win 13-18 boys division at the Mack Champ Invitational.

Shiv Parmar is the first Texas player to win the 13-18 boys division at the Mack Champ Invitational.

Shiv Parmar held off defending champ KJ Ofahengaue to win the third annual Mack Champ Invitational on Sunday.

Parmar, a member of the class of 2025 from Selma, TX, was incredibly consistent over the weekend, making five birdies and just one bogey over his last 36 holes. His three day total of 4-under 212 was good enough to beat Ofahengaue by a shot in the 13-18 division.

In the 12-and-under division, Houston native Isaiah Diaz won with a final round 65, the low round of the tournament.

Ofanhengaue was trying to become the second family member to win at Memorial Park Golf Course this season. His cousin Tony Finau won the PGA Tour’s Cadence Bank Houston Open on the same course in November.

Trey Rusthoven of St. Peters, MO, shot 70 on Sunday to finish third at 2 under. Roman Solomon, who won the inaugural Mack Champ Invitational in 2021, was fourth at 1 over, and Awesome Burnett rounded out the top five at 2 over after shooting 69, the lowest final round score in the 13-18 division.

Both of the seniors in the top 5 will be playing college golf next year, Ofahengaue at Utah Tech and Rusthoven at Central Michigan.

This was the third year in a row the Mack Champ Invitational was held at Memorial Park in Houston, but it was the first time that it was an all-boys event. The Mack Champ Invitational for Girls will be played April 13-15 in The Woodlands, TX, at The Club at Carlton Woods, site of The Chevron Championship, the first major of the LPGA Tour season.

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Solomon Wins Boys Division by Three Shots

Post author By tournamentsiteadmin
Post date March 21, 2021

Cameron Champ with Roman Solomon, who won the boys 15- to 18-year-old division.

Roman Solomon, a member of the class of 2025 from Sarasota, FL, won the boys division of the inaugural Mack Champ Invitational at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston with an even-par total.

Solomon was remarkably consistent, shooting 72 both days with three birdies and three bogeys in both rounds. Ian Davis (class of 2022) from Howey in the Hills, FL, and Xavier Bighaus (class of 2021) from McKinney, TX, tied for second at three over par.

One of the most impressive rounds of the tournament came from 10-year-old Axel Monssoh, who won the 9- and 10-year-old division with a final round 68 for a total of two over par. Aadi Parmar from Selma, TX, won the boys 11- and 12-year-old division with a two-day total of seven over par.