‘You All Look like Hogwarts’: Fans Are Wowed as Friendship Between Finalists of the WGC Event Showcased in a Selfie Nine Years Ago

The PGA and the LPGA Tours host some of the most lucrative and well-contested golf tournaments across the world. While the two giant bodies already have some of the best golfing talents in the world, there is a streamlined junior circuit in place for the next wave of golfers. These youngsters are also accustomed to playing major tournaments against their age group, with an important one being the Junior Ryder Cup. Recently, a group selfie of the 2014 edition came to light, of which certain players have made it to the top of the game.

Ryder Cup photo keeps fans guessing

They played the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup at the Blairgowrie Golf Club in Scotland, where Team USA won by a scoreline of 16 to 8. The teams consisted of six boys and six girls, all under the age of 18.

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Upon their victory, the team full of youngsters decided to take a selfie to capture the moment. One of the young golfers, who went by the name of Sam Burns, captured a memorable camera selfie. The picture recently appeared in the golf community, with netizens playing their guessing game to recognize the players.

Which players from the iconic selfie have made it big in their careers?

The selfie captures all members of Team USA, of which quite a few have made a name for themselves. For starters, the photographer of the picture, Burns, is none other than the PGA Tour winner and winner of the recently concluded WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

After graduating from Louisiana State University, Burns turned professional in 2017 and made an immediate impact on the golf circuit. 2021 was a breakthrough year for the golfer, as he won both the Valspar Championship and the Sanderson Farms Championship. Burns holds the 15th rank in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).

As luck would have it, his selfie also featured Cameron Young, who was a budding golfer at that time. Who would have thought that two of the golfers from that selfie, Burns and Young, would go head-to-head in a WGC event final nine years later? But that’s exactly what happened on Sunday when the pair clashed against each other for top honors at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, where Burns triumphed with a score of 6&5.

Amongst the women’s golfers, Kristen Gillman made a name for herself in the amateur circuit. She won the prestigious U.S. Women’s Amateur twice, in 2014 and 2018.

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Elsewhere, Andrea Lee was also a dominant force in the field, spending a total of 17 weeks as world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. She turned professional in 2020 and has an LPGA Tour win, at the 2022 Portland Classic.