Low Scores, High Heat Headline Round 1 of the Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational

 

MORGANTON, N.C. (August 28, 2021) -- The Carolinas Golf Association conducted the First Round of the 2021 Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational at Mimosa Hills Golf Club, in Morganton, N.C. on August 28, 2021. The Girls Division competed at 6,048 yards (36-36--72), while the Boys Division competed at 6,643 yards (35-35--70).

 

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The First Round of the Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational provided everything you could ask for and more. A great golf course, scenic mountain vistas, and plenty of low scores as the talented field of Juniors went to work on Saturday. 

 

In the Girls’ Division it’s a deadlock at the top, with Ella Stalvey of Blythewood, S.C. and Grace Ridenour of Raleigh, N.C. both turning in rounds of 3-under-par, 69 to sit atop the leaderboard. 

 

After an opening bogey on her first hole of the Invitational, Stalvey played a flawless next 17 holes. She recorded birdies on holes 3, 5, 7 and 14 to go bogey free after the first. Ridenour carded birdies on holes 1 and 5 to fire a 2-under-par, 34 on her opening nine. A bogey on the Par-4 11th would set her back slightly, before a strong finish by playing her next seven hotels in 2-under-par, birdieing holes 12 and 15. 

 

Just off the pace and tied for third are Annalee Caveney of Raleigh, N.C. and Macy Pate of Winston-Salem, N.C. 

 

Caveney played a wonderful round of golf Saturday, carding birdies on holes 8, 9 and 14 with her lone bogey of the day on the finishing Par-4 18th at Mimosa Hills. 

 

Pate showed why she is a three time CGA champion this summer once again, as she leads the Girls Divisions in birdies after the First Round, after making seven. She would fire equal 1-under-par, 35’s on each nine to finish solidly in contention going into Sunday. 

 

Rounding out the top five is Ella Perna of Durham, N.C. who is two back of the lead after an opening round 1-under-par, 71. Perna made her turn towards the homeward nine at 2-over-par after a front nine 38, but would go mistake free on her back nine with bridies coming on holes 12, 14, and 18 to right the ship going into the Final Round. 

 

As for the Boys’, Quinlan Polin of Cary, N.C. absolutely dazzled in his opening round at Mimosa Hills. Polin recorded nine birdies in his round en route to a fiery 6-under-par, 64 that vaulted him into first place. 

 

Polin’s start propelled him forward right away, as he recorded birdies on holes 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 to birdie five of his first seven holes. Through 15 holes Polin sat at 3-under-par for the Championship before he finished with a flurry of birdies on holes 16, 17, and 18 to spearhead the leaderboard. 

 

Jack Wieler of Waxhaw, N.C. is right on Polin’s heels after an opening 5-under-par, 65. Wieler carded six birdies and an eagle on the Par-5 14th on his day, and finished strongly playing his last five holes in 4-under-par. 

 

Sitting in third place is Jack Boyer of Greensboro, N.C. who had one of the more ridiculous back nines you’ll ever see. After playing his first 10 holes in 2-over-par, Boyer birdied holes 12 through 17 to play his back nine in 5-under-par which has him sitting at a first round score of a 4-under-par, 66. 

 

Log Jammed in a tie for fourth are Gray Mitchum of Winterville, N.C., Keenan Royalty of Raleigh, N.C., and Dallas Johnson of Mount Pleasant, S.C. The trio all fired a 3-under-par, 67 and are still firmly in the mix for Championship contention. 

 

2021 Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational

Mimosa Hills Golf Club, Morganton, N.C.

First Round Results

Girls Division

Position	Player	City, State, Graduation Year	To Par	R1
T1	Ella Stalvey	Blythewood, SC, 2023	-3	69
T1	Grace Ridenour	Raleigh, NC, 2025	-3	69
T3	Annalee Caveney	Raleigh, NC, 2024	-2	70
T3	Macy Pate	Winston-Salem, NC, 2024	-2	70
5	Ella Perna	Durham, NC, 2022	-1	71
6	Morgan Ketchum	Winston-Salem, NC, 2022	E	72
T7	Bridget Wilkie	Bluffton, SC, 2024	+1	73
T7	Nicole Nash	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+1	73
T7	Kasey McIlvaine	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+1	73
10	Maya Beasley	Pinehurst, NC, 2023	+2	74
T11	Sahana Mantha	Charlotte, NC, 2025	+3	75
T11	Shyla Brown	Matthews, NC, 2026	+3	75
13	Abby Franks	Roebuck, SC, 2023	+4	76
T14	Olivia Wilkie	Bluffton, SC, 2022	+5	77
T14	Kiera Bartholomew	Wake Forest, NC, 2023	+5	77
T14	Saia Rampersaud	Durham, NC, 2025	+5	77
T14	Lily Kate Watson	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+5	77
18	Katelyn Griggs	Lexington, NC, 2022	+6	78
19	Anna Howerton	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+7	79
20	Justine Pennycooke	Cary, NC, 2023	+9	81
T21	Mary-Paige King	Clemmons, NC, 2023	+11	83
T21	Kaitlyn Rand	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+11	83
23	Maddie Peake	Pauline, SC, 2023	+13	85
24	Katherine Dann	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+15	87
25	Brooke Sutton	Concord, NC, 2022	+17	89
26	Allie Witherspoon	Morganton, NC, 2023	+23	95
WD	Madison Dixon	Boiling Springs, SC, 2023	-	WD

Boys Division

Position	Player	City, State, Graduation Year	To Par	R1
1	Quinlan Polin	Cary, NC, 2023	-6	64
2	Jack Wieler	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	-5	65
3	Jack Boyer	Greensboro, NC, 2022	-4	66
T4	Gray Mitchum	Winterville, NC, 2022	-3	67
T4	Keenan Royalty	Raleigh, NC, 2023	-3	67
T4	Dallas Johnson	Mount Pleasant, SC, 2024	-3	67
T7	Davis DeLille	High Point, NC, 2022	-2	68
T7	Tyler Jones	Jacksonville, NC, 2023	-2	68
T7	Logan Lutz	Mount Pleasant, SC, 2023	-2	68
T7	Will Spicer	Kings Mountain, NC, 2024	-2	68
T7	Harris Holstein	Orangeburg, SC, 2024	-2	68
T12	Liam Harris	Wake Forest, NC, 2022	-1	69
T12	Davis Sayman	Charlotte, NC, 2023	-1	69
T12	Steven Shea	Charlotte, NC, 2023	-1	69
T12	Colin Salema	Matthews, NC, 2024	-1	69
T12	Major Lenning	Simpsonville, SC, 2023	-1	69
T12	Cornell Beans	Charlotte, NC, 2024	-1	69
T18	Ben Jordan	Greensboro, NC, 2022	E	70
T18	Andrew Gregory	Inman, SC, 2023	E	70
T18	Mason Kucia	Indian Land, SC, 2025	E	70
T18	Preston Howe	Winston Salem, NC, 2025	E	70
T18	William Webb	Raleigh, NC, 2024	E	70
T23	Burch Harrison	Columbia, SC, 2022	+1	71
T23	Sean Finan	Winston Salem, NC, 2022	+1	71
T23	James Rico	Cary, NC, 2022	+1	71
T23	Landon Hawley	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+1	71
T23	Matthew Baxley	Beech Island, SC, 2023	+1	71
T23	David Oliver	Pageland, SC, 2024	+1	71
T29	Jimmy Brewer	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Spencer Turtz	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Freddy Ortmann	Greensboro, NC, 2024	+2	72
T29	Ryan Jahr	Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Benton Leinster	Greenville, SC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Drew Van Dyke	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Michael La Sasso	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Simon Burgos	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Calvin Hawkins	Lexington, NC, 2023	+2	72
T29	Fisher Kennedy	Winston Salem, NC, 2023	+2	72
T29	WIlson Thrift	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+2	72
T29	Alex Bock	Morganton, NC, 2024	+2	72
T29	Miles Eubanks	Warrenville, SC, 2023	+2	72
T29	Hugh Faulkner	Greenville, SC, 2025	+2	72
T29	Hank Johnson	Morganton, NC, 2026	+2	72
T44	Branden Boyce	Spring Lake, NC, 2022	+3	73
T44	Owen Kose	Holly Springs, NC, 2022	+3	73
T44	Jake Clayton	Burlington, NC, 2022	+3	73
T44	Nick Norman	Gastonia, NC, 2022	+3	73
T44	William Grasty	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+3	73
T44	Robert Gefaell	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+3	73
T44	Owen Pearce	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+3	73
T44	Jeremy Voigt	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+3	73
T44	Lucas Acevedo	Charleston, SC, 2023	+3	73
T53	Jake Conklin	Cary, NC, 2022	+4	74
T53	Nicholas Smith	Pickens, SC, 2022	+4	74
T53	Holland Giles	Pinehurst, NC, 2023	+4	74
T53	Jack LaPiana	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+4	74
T53	Jay Smith	Florence, SC, 2023	+4	74
T53	Isar Joshi	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+4	74
T53	Will Tharin	Rocky Mount, NC, 2023	+4	74
T60	Max Jacobson	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+5	75
T60	Aidan Browning	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+5	75
T60	Jeremy Edmunds	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+5	75
T60	Cole Rouse	Kernersville, NC, 2024	+5	75
T60	Kareem Elkassem	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+5	75
T60	Ryan Dunn	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+5	75
T60	Max Cranford	Newton, NC, 2022	+5	75
T60	Ryan Curran	Charlotte, NC, 2024	+5	75
T68	Matthew Richardson	Ayden, NC, 2022	+6	76
T68	Nick Goellner	Holly Springs, NC, 2023	+6	76
T68	Aiken Golightly	Rock Hill, SC, 2022	+6	76
T71	Jackson Bode	Pinehurst, NC, 2022	+7	77
T71	Cameron Hardison	Greenville, NC, 2022	+7	77
T71	Drew Greene	Greenville, NC, 2023	+7	77
T71	Kyle Haas	Winston Salem, NC, 2023	+7	77
T71	Jay Wilkins	Simpsonville, SC, 2022	+7	77
T76	Maddox Whittington	Lenoir, NC, 2022	+8	78
T76	Cayden Bryner	Winston-Salem, NC, 2022	+8	78
T76	Cole Wright	Wake Forest, NC, 2022	+8	78
T76	Cameron Biddle	Aiken, SC, 2023	+8	78
T76	Eric Loftis	Canton, NC, 2023	+8	78
WD	Sam McMillan	Mount Pleasant, SC, 2023	-	WD

 

Created and designed in 1929 by Donald Ross, Mimosa Hills offers a picturesque setting on a Championship level golf course tucked in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Restored in 2002/2003, Mimosa Hills provides a worthy test of golf within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  

 

Schedule of rounds:

Sunday, August 29

Final Round Starting Times from 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

 

About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

 

The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.   

  

For more information about the CGA, visit our website.

 

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