Jang and Gross Capture 3rd Hope Valley Junior

 

DURHAM, N.C. (August 6, 2020) -- Final results of the 3rd Hope Valley Junior Invitational at Hope Valley Country Club in Durham, N.C. on August 6, 2020. The Boys’ division competed at approximately 6,720 yards, par 70. The Girls’ division competed at approximately 5,834 yards, par 70. 

 

The CGA will be conducting this championship under the new COVID-19 Tournament Protocols. Learn more here. 

 

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Girls’ Division

 

Hyo Joon Jang of Bluffton, S.C. has done it again and captured her second CGA championship in a row after claiming the 3rd Hope Valley Junior Invitational this afternoon. Carding 1-over-par, 71 today, Jang finished with a four stroke lead at 4-over-par, 214 total.

 

Jang started off with a seemingly steady round of straight pars, but on the first three holes Jang missed opportunities for birdie. 

 

“I didn’t start very well, most of my putts weren’t going in,” said Jang. “I had a long par save on No. 4 and that was a big turning point. It changed my whole atmosphere going forward. I think that really helped me on the front nine.”

 

That momentum pushed her to a clutch birdie on the eighth hole to make the turn 1-under on the day. That was quickly thwarted with a tough double bogey on No. 10. 

 

Jang said, “I made a double bogey on No. 10 that did me some pretty bad damage. Even though I knew I had a pretty solid lead, it still made me nervous after that. I was just trying to forget it and look forward to finishing strong. I think that tested my mental toughness and I feel proud of myself for finishing well after that.” 

 

Jang certainly did finish well after that with a birdie on No. 12, a bogey on No. 13 and then cruising to another CGA championship just two weeks after her first at the Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship. 

 

“After winning in Asheville, I felt great,” said Jang. “Then I had a week to turn around before this tournament. I was trying to not get too excited after that one and instead focused on bringing that same performance here. Consistency is so important in golf and keeping focus too helped me win this week.”

 

Nicole Adam of Pinehurst, N.C. finished runner-up with an 8-over-par, 218 total. Adam sank the only eagle of the week in the girls’ division on No. 15 today, but her push down the final stretch was not enough to secure the title. 

 

Adrian Anderson of Murrells Inlet, S.C. claimed solo third just one shot back from Adam with a 9-over-par, 219 total. There was a tie for fourth between Grace Ridenour of Raleigh, N.C. and Kiera Bartholomew of Wake Forest, N.C. both finishing 15-over-par, 225 for the week.

 

Boys’ Division

 

Nicholas Gross of Downington, Pa. won his first CGA championship by a nail-biting one stroke lead finishing 3-under-par, 207 total. 

 

Gross said, “It was a long, tough grind today, but that is to be expected in a final round. I played well coming out of the gates and made some good pars. I didn’t make anything happen, but you can’t be upset with that when you have the lead.” 

 

Gross made it through the first seven holes with little to no mistakes. However he began to lose ball control towards the turn. That cost him two unforced bogeys on Nos. 8 and 10 that caused him to sweat as runner- up, Caden Baker of Mebane, N.C. sank birdie putts on Nos. 8 and 9 to close the gap. 

 

That scare kicked Gross back into gear and he managed a birdie on No. 12 and finished with 6 straight pars to close out the final round. 

 

“I don’t think I ever knew that I was going to win,” said Gross. “I knew that Caden was going to keep on pushing it and he burned the edge on Nos. 16 and 17 and birdied No. 18 so he wasn’t far away from catching me. I never got too comfortable with that lead.”

 

1-over-par, 71 was just enough for Gross to walk away with the win today and he was a gracious champion to say the least. “It is a great honor. I didn’t even know I would be in the field until about a month ago so I was just happy to be here and happy to play. To win today is just something else,” he said. 

 

Caden Baker had an impressive round today right on the heels of Gross and finished 2-under-par, 208 total to claim runner-up. Bryan Fang of Raleigh, N.C. claimed solo third after an even-par, 210 finish for the week.  

 

The CGA would like to extend a thank you to the members and staff of Hope Valley Country Club, specifically to Tournament Chairman Allen Smith, Director of Golf Bob Byrnes and Course Superintendent Chad Buchman for their hospitality in hosting the 3rd Hope Valley Junior Invitational. We would also like to thank the players and spectators for their understanding and adherence to the new COVID-19 tournament protocols.

 

3rd Hope Valley Junior Invitational

Hope Valley Country Club | Durham, N.C.

Girls’ Division Final Results

 

Pos.	Player	City, State, Affiliation	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Hyo Joon Jang	Bluffton, SC, 2022	+4	73	70	71	214
2	Nicole Adam	Pinehurst, NC, 2020	+8	74	69	75	218
3	Adrian Anderson	Murrells Inlet, SC, 2022	+9	74	74	71	219
T4	Grace Ridenour	Raleigh, NC, 2025	+15	74	79	72	225
T4	Kiera  Bartholomew	Wake Forest, NC, 2023	+15	75	73	77	225
6	Morgan Ketchum	Winston-Salem, NC, 2022	+16	74	73	79	226
7	Kayleigh Reinke	Rock Hill, SC, SC, 2021	+18	77	76	75	228
8	Melanie Walker	Burke, VA, 2022	+19	75	79	75	229
9	Anna Howerton	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+21	79	78	74	231
T10	Jaclyn Kenzel	Southern Pines, NC, 2020	+22	79	77	76	232
T10	Mia Gray	Conway, SC, 2023	+22	78	81	73	232
T12	Regina  Plascencia	Bluffton, SC, 2022	+23	79	78	76	233
T12	Hannah Lydic	Ocean View, DE, 2022	+23	81	80	72	233
14	Hannah Altman	Lake City, SC, 2022	+25	76	76	83	235
15	Rachel Carlson	Bradenton, FL, 2022	+29	76	81	82	239
16	Gracie Song	Waxhaw, NC, 2026	+30	79	78	83	240
17	Emerson B. Dever	Durham, NC, 2025	+31	78	82	81	241
18	Ella Perna	Durham, NC, 2022	+33	78	87	78	243
19	Kennedy Noe	Knoxville, TN, 2021	+37	84	80	83	247
20	Parker Perry	Durham, NC, 2020	+51	88	86	87	261

 

3rd Hope Valley Junior Invitational

Hope Valley Country Club | Durham, N.C.

Boys’ Division Final Results

 

Pos.	Player	City, State, Graduation	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Nicholas Gross	Downingtown, PA, 2024	-3	69	67	71	207
2	Caden Baker	Mebane, NC, 2021	-2	68	69	71	208
3	Bryan Fang	Raleigh, NC, 2023	E	72	70	68	210
T4	Harris Barth	Atlanta, GA, 2022	+2	68	74	70	212
T4	Tyler Dechellis	Clayton, NC, 2021	+2	72	69	71	212
T4	Luke Walmet	Mt. Pleasant, SC, 2023	+2	68	72	72	212
7	Josh Lendach	Raleigh, NC, 2021	+4	75	69	70	214
8	Andrew Gregory	Inman, SC, 2023	+5	72	70	73	215
T9	Clayson Good	Durham, NC, 2020	+6	75	71	70	216
T9	Garrett Risner	Holly Springs, NC, 2020	+6	67	79	70	216
T9	Austin Scott	Charleston, SC, 2021	+6	74	71	71	216
T9	Charlie Barr	Salisbury, NC, 2021	+6	72	71	73	216
T9	Griffin Tarver	Tega Cay, SC, 2021	+6	73	70	73	216
T9	Ashton Harper	Roanoke, VA, 2023	+6	70	72	74	216
T9	Ben Jordan	Greensboro, NC, 2022	+6	70	67	79	216
T16	Nick Norman	Gastonia, NC, 2022	+7	75	72	70	217
T16	Adam Hunt	Columbia, SC, 2023	+7	74	72	71	217
T18	Hampton  Roberts	Cary, NC, 2023	+8	71	76	71	218
T18	Davis Adams	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+8	74	72	72	218
T18	Carter Loflin	Duluth, GA, 2022	+8	72	72	74	218
T18	Oliver Rotermund	Daniel Island, SC, 2021	+8	73	71	74	218
T22	Matt Moloney	Vienna, VA, 2024	+9	76	74	69	219
T22	Ike Joy	Denver, NC, 2021	+9	75	71	73	219
T22	Thomas Henderson	Cincinnati, OH, 2021	+9	73	71	75	219
T22	Andrew Plate	Greensboro, NC, 2021	+9	74	69	76	219
T26	Branden Boyce	Spring Lake, NC, 2022	+10	73	77	70	220
T26	Alan Van Asch	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+10	70	78	72	220
T26	Sam Davidson	Asheboro, NC, 2020	+10	75	75	70	220
T26	Ian Glanton	Metter, GA, 2021	+10	75	75	70	220
T26	Eli Schmidly	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+10	73	74	73	220
T31	Bo Maradik	Nashville, TN, 2022	+11	75	74	72	221
T31	Walker Isley	Oak island, NC, 2020	+11	76	72	73	221
T31	Owen Kose	Holly Springs, NC, 2022	+11	80	69	72	221
T31	Daniel Boone	Fuquay-Varina, NC, 2023	+11	75	75	71	221
T31	Spencer Turtz	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+11	77	70	74	221
36	Zach Roberts	Holly Springs, NC, 2020	+12	73	74	75	222
T37	Josh Buxbaum	Wake Forest, NC, 2021	+13	73	75	75	223
T37	Kyle Kushnir	Raleigh, NC, 2021	+13	78	73	72	223
T37	Luke Sullivan	Columbia, SC, 2022	+13	75	80	68	223
T40	Collin Adams	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+14	79	70	75	224
T40	Colin Salema	Matthews, NC, 2024	+14	71	80	73	224
T40	Pake June	Florence, SC, 2022	+14	78	68	78	224
T43	William Grasty	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+15	74	75	76	225
T43	Turner Edwards	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+15	72	76	77	225
T43	Quinlan Polin	Cary, NC, 2023	+15	71	77	77	225
T43	Jennings  Glenn	Raleigh, NC, 2021	+15	71	76	78	225
T43	Jack Boyer	Greensboro, NC, 2022	+15	72	75	78	225
T43	Fisher  Kennedy	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+15	76	75	74	225
T49	Ayush Bodhale	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+16	76	76	74	226
T49	Timmy Gannon	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+16	79	75	72	226
T51	John Logan	Wilmington, NC, 2023	+17	73	75	79	227
T51	Rowan Sullivan	Charleston, SC, 2023	+17	74	79	74	227
T51	Jonathan Honeywell	Whispering Pines, NC, 2022	+17	79	76	72	227
T54	Daniel Adkins	Holly Springs, NC, 2021	+18	77	74	77	228
T54	Mack Edwards	Charlotte, NC, 2025	+18	76	75	77	228
T54	Charles O’Donnell	Pacific Palisades, CA, 2022	+18	79	73	76	228
T54	Vijay  Powell	Midlothian, VA, 2023	+18	79	77	72	228
T58	Ford Reynolds	Columbia, SC, 2020	+19	73	76	80	229
T58	Thomas Stafford	Beaconsfield, CN, 2021	+19	73	78	78	229
T58	Andrew Swanson	Bluffton, SC, 2021	+19	78	73	78	229
T58	Ryan Macri	Wake Forest, NC, 2021	+19	78	77	74	229
T62	Preston Howe	Winston-Salem, NC, 2025	+20	80	73	77	230
T62	Kyle Haas	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+20	83	71	76	230
T64	Nick Rubino	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+21	78	71	82	231
T64	Josh Newman	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+21	82	75	74	231
T66	Ryan Jahr	Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 2022	+22	71	80	81	232
T66	Bradley  Davis, Jr.	Pilot Mountain, NC, 2022	+22	78	77	77	232
T68	Davis Spradling	Clayton, NC, 2021	+24	78	79	77	234
T68	Tyler Partee	Thomasville, NC, 2021	+24	80	81	73	234
70	Aidan Browning	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+25	85	74	76	235
71	Nick Goellner	Apex, NC, 2023	+27	83	78	76	237
72	Zach  Watterson	Beattyville, KY, 2023	+28	79	75	84	238
73	Cayden  Bryner	Winston Salem, NC, 2022	+29	88	74	77	239
74	Maddox Whittington	Lenoir, NC, 2022	+33	80	88	75	243
WD	Narayan Mohan	Charlotte, NC, 2021	-	WD			WD
WD	Tyler Jones	Jacksonville, NC, 2023	-	WD			WD

 

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