Zero Teen Fatalities’ Player of the Month: Sky Pointe’s Drake Harvey

Sky Pointe golfer and three time defending Class 4A state champion Drake Harvey, 18, practices at TPC Summerlin, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. Harvey will play collegiately at BYU where his father and grandfather played. Photo by: Wade Vandervort

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Before Sky Pointe senior Drake Harvey could dominate Nevada’s high school golf scene, he first had to conquer the competition in his own living room.

Both his father and grandfather played collegiately at BYU, setting a high bar for excellence on the greens. This November, Harvey will continue the family legacy, signing with the Cougars to become a third-generation golfer at BYU.

“It isn’t even close anymore,” Harvey says with confidence about family golf outings with his dad. 

That same dominance extends to the Class 4A, where Harvey has established himself as the state’s undisputed champion.

In May, he captured his third consecutive state title in commanding fashion, firing an impressive 13-under-par over two days at Boulder City Golf Course. 

Harvey has set his sights on two ambitious targets: claiming a fourth consecutive state championship and cracking the national top-10 rankings on the junior circuit. 

The pressure doesn’t rattle him. If anything, it fuels his drive.

“I would be pretty disappointed if I didn’t win a fourth (state title),” Harvey said matter-of-factly.

His father, Bill Harvey, starred at Bonanza High in the 1990s, anchoring the Bengals’ 1996 state championship team, according to Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association records. His BYU teams were nationally ranked.

Having someone with that pedigree in his corner has been beneficial, Drake Harvey said. He can lean on his dad for advice when reading the green, course management or pointers to play out of a slump.

“My dad has definitely helped the most. He always has something to say,” Harvey said. 

The Harvey family didn’t follow the typical junior golf blueprint. While other parents enrolled their toddlers in specialized programs, Drake spent his early years kicking soccer balls and occasionally swinging clubs at the driving range in recreating.

At age 9, in his very first competitive event, Harvey stepped onto Boulder City Golf Course as a relative newcomer and walked off as champion, carding a remarkable 39 to claim the title.

Harvey has turned heads on the junior circuit this summer, ranking 29th nationally — regardless of age — in the American Junior Golf Association.

Just two weeks after claiming his third consecutive high school state title, he outlasted a field of 50 competitors to capture the AJGA Thunderbird Heather Farr Classic in Arizona.

The momentum carried him across the country to Florida, where he nearly claimed another victory with a runner-up finish among 36 golfers at the prestigious Dye Junior Invitational. He tied for first, but lost the playoff hole.

But his summer highlight came at golf’s highest stage: a fourth-place showing against 72 of the nation’s top juniors at the Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. 

Harvey saved his best for last, firing a blistering 6-under-par 64 on the same challenging layout where PGA Tour professionals annually compete.

The expectation is to carry the strong performance into BYU. He said he was also recruited by UNLV, Missouri, San Diego State and Washington — but being a Cougar is the only way of life he knows.

“That’s always been my dream school,” he said.