Fifteen-year-old Rivera shines on links for Falcons (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Apr 6, 2018 7:31:40 PM

Should one call Torrey Pines freshman golfer Jackson Rivera a prodigy? Let’s examine some of the evidence. He got his first golf lesson at age 4 and later played his first round of golf at Heartwell Park in Long Beach (the same course where Tiger Woods started), was in the Junior World Championships at San Diego’s Colina Park at age 6, won the U.S. Kids World Championship three years later—at storied Pinehurst, no less—and last year posted a seven-stroke victory at the Golfweek West Coast Junior Invitational at Mesa Country Club in Arizona. (more)