Prattville's Ellie Cook wins Bent Brook junior golf title

Prattville's Ellie Cook put her name at the front of Alabama's junior-golf summer schedule, winning the girls 14-18 division at the Bent Brook Junior Amateur with a two-day 158 at Bent Brook Golf Club in Bessemer. Her score left Gurley's Rebekkah Sobataka in second at 175 and Vestavia Hills' Elizabeth Abbott third at 195, a 17-shot cushion that made Cook the clear standard-setter in the field.

The result matters beyond one trophy. The Bent Brook Junior Amateur was the fourth event of the 2026 JGA Tour season, and Cook's victory comes as the circuit turns toward the Birmingham City Junior Amateur on July 14-15. For a Prattville golfer trying to stay visible in a statewide junior pipeline, the win gives her a strong summer marker heading into the next stop.

Junior Golf Alabama says the JGA Tour was launched in 2022 by the Alabama Golf Association and the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Section to expand junior golf opportunities across Alabama and northwest Florida. That makes each tournament part of a larger system, one that gives players regular chances to measure themselves against peers from across the state and build results that matter over the course of a season.

Bent Brook Golf Club gives the victory extra local weight. The Bessemer course opened in November 1988 and has been described as a model daily-fee facility in the Birmingham area, with a long connection to junior golf. Cook's finish added a Prattville name to that setting, and her 158 now stands as the latest proof that one of Autauga County's own is emerging as a player to watch as the summer schedule continues.