Amari Avery, was one of eight junior golfers featured in the 2013 Netflix documentary, “The Short Game.” Today, the four-time Rolex All-American and the No. 2 ranked senior in Golfweek’s rankings, joins the Trojans golf team at the University of Southern California (USC) as a 2022 spring semester freshman and will immediately compete for playing time.
Avery, age 18, is from Riverside, Calif., and already has an impressive biography. She has played on some of the game’s biggest stages, including the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and at the 2021 Women’s U.S. Open. The homeschooled student’s resume includes medalist honors at the 2019 California Women’s Amateur, a 3-0 record playing for the 2021 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup team and playing in the 2021 LPGA Founder’s Cup.
Avery was co-medalist at the Brentwood C.C. to make the U.S. Open and captured The John Shippen Shootout to earn her berth in the Founder’s Cup. She tied for ninth at both the 2021 Girls’ Junior PGA Championship and the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. The 5’6” player ranked second by Golfweek in the 2022 Class, won a 2020 Cactus Tour event as an amateur and also played in the 2021 Symetra Tour’s Garden City Charity Classic.
She reached the round of 32 in the 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur, was a semifinalist in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball and reached the Round of 16 of the 2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior. Avery finished at 3-under to win the girls division of the inaugural 2021 Mack Champ Invitational at Memorial Park G.C. in March 2021 and won her first four Toyota Tour Cup events in 2017. The standout athlete was second alternate at her 2017 U.S. Open qualifying site and was the 2019 SCGA Majoring in communications at USC, Avery strives to be her best in every aspect.
