Bristol resident and Kickemuit Middle School student Tommy Beauregard picked up the most significant title of his burgeoning career after winning the Under-14 Division of the 2026 Rhode Island Golf Association Junior Amateur Championships held July 27-31 at Pawtucket Country Club.

Beauregard, who plays out of Montaup in Portsmouth, won four matches en route to the trophy, ending with a 7-and-6 victory over Wanumetonomy's Ben Fenster in the final.

He began match play with a 5-and-3 win over Lawrence LaFauci III in the Round of 16, then beat Benjamin Bianco, 3-and-1, in the quarterfinals and Camden Fontaine, of host Pawtucket CC, 5-and-4, in the semis.

Beauregard just turned 13 in early July and was one of the youngest players in the U-14 division. He became the first golfer associated with Montaup to win a RIGA championship of any kind at the junior level since 1983 when Scott Borden claimed the overall tournament title. The win was not only Beauregard's most notable to date, it also came in his first-ever RIGA competition.

"It was great. I did really well with my putter," Beauregard said of his week at Pawtucket. None of his matches reached the 18th hole.

In stroke play, he shot an 80 on  the par 69, Donald Ross design, good enough to earn the fourth seed in the match play bracket. In the Round of 16, he found himself down two holes early, "then I came back strong, and I finished it on the 15th hole." In the quarters, Beauregard said, "I was up two going into 17. We tied the hole so that was 3-and-1."

In the semis, Beauregard took control of the match on the fifth hole and never relinquished his advantage. And then in the final, he jumped into the lead and cruised to the seven-hole win.

"That was just the whole round. I was doing really good," Beauregard said of the 7-and-6 victory for the title. "My wedge game from like 80 yards and in was just really accurate."

The 107th playing of the Junior Am featured four divisions, three boys and one girls. The event is open to players ages 18-and-under leading up to the start of the tournament. Players qualified for match play via 18 holes of stroke play. The top 16 players earned spots into championship division for males and females. The next 16 males played in the first division. The 16 players under-14 played for the title in that age grouping.

In an all-Ledgemont Country Club dual, Joey Iaciofano won the 2026 Junior Amateur championship, 3-and-2, over Ishaan Catone. Wannamoisett's Drew MacLeod claimed the first division title with a 6-and-4 victory over another Ledgemont player, Brayden Huoth. And Adriana Eaton of Kirkbrae defeated Claire McTaggart of Rhode Island CC, 4-and-3, for the girls junior am crown.

Beauregard, who has been playing the game for six years, has some terrific results in other events over the last year. He won his division of the state Drive, Chip & Putt contest held at Buttonhole in Providence then finished third in the regional event held at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass., the former site of a PGA Tour event and which this week is hosting the LPGA Tour's FM Championship.

Drive, Chip & Putt is the kids competition created by the United States Golf Association and Augusta National Golf Club, where the championship is held annually the weekend before The Masters Tournament in April.

More recently, he followed up his victory in the RIGA Junior championships with a second-place finish in 13-and-under division of the Challenge Cup Ocean State Shootout tournament held last week at Triggs in Providence, another Ross design. The Challenge Cup is a local junior circuit with tournaments held around Rhode Island and southern New England.

"It's my main sport," Beauregard, a 7 handicap for 18 holes, said of golf. While he's pretty proficient tee-to-green, Beauregard said at the moment "probably my short game" is where he excels the most.

Entering the eighth grade at KMS, Beauregard intends to attend Mt. Hope High School next fall where he'll be joining a golf program on the rise. Among the leaders of the Huskies is incoming sophomore Logan Ferreira, who enjoyed a superb freshman campaign this past spring and whose brother, Cam, is one of Beauregard's good friends. The younger Ferreira has also taken up the game.

As for the immediate future, Beauregard will play more Challenge Cup and U.S. Kids Golf aligned events throughout the rest of the year and into next before heading to MHHS.

Down the road, Beauregard aspires to continue playing into the upper levels of the game, maybe even compete against his favorite current player  Ludwig Åberg on the PGA Tour. If he managed the latter, he'd be the first tour pro from town since Billy Andrade, whom he also admires and would like to meet someday.

"I'd like to play as long as I can," Beauregard added. "I'd like to play in college and professional if I can."