Cansler and Newton Win N.C. Four-Ball Wire-to-Wire

 

HIGH POINT, N.C. (September 18, 2022) -- Final results of the 27th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship at High Point Country Club in High Point, N.C. on September 18, 2022. The field competed at 7,045 yards (par 36-36--72).

 

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After three rounds of four-ball stroke play at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek Course, Scott Newton of Wallburg, N.C. and Joseph Cansler of Clemmons, N.C. went wire-to-wire to win the North Carolina Four-Ball Championship with rounds of 63-64-65, 24-under-par overall.


Newton and Cansler are ideal four-ball partners. Newton is the definition of consistent and can be counted on to card par all day long while Cansler is, as Newton put it, streaky. Once Cansler heats up, there is no cooling him down. A prime example is their round on Friday, in which the UNC Greensboro alumni shot 5-under on his own ball… just on the back nine.


“I am not going to make many bogeys at all. My strength is getting pars and once he (Cansler) makes one or two birdies, the floodgates just open and he just goes to town. Another strength of mine is picking good partners,” Newton said with a laugh. Cansler followed with, “It is great playing when you know your partner already has you at par. Don’t let him (Newton) sell himself short, he made a lot of birdies out there as well. It was a great time.”


Coming into the final round the side had a two stroke lead over the defending champions, Andy Knox of Apex, N.C. and Mark McMillen of Holly Springs, N.C. as well as Tim Driver and Daniel McBrien of Holly Springs, N.C. 

 

“We figured if we came out and played well with the lead we already had, the chances that somebody would catch us were kind of slim,” said Cansler.


The duo did exactly that. Newton and Cansler came out strong, just as they had for the previous two rounds with birdies on Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 7. They maintained at least a two stroke lead for the entirety of the front nine and planned to play it safe on the back nine after yet another birdie on No. 10 to avoid risking the lead they already held. However, that plan nearly backfired as others started to heat up.


“We looked at the leaderboard on No. 14 after I made about a 15-footer for birdie on No. 12 and he (Cansler) made one on No. 13. We realized we were five up and decided to just play smart and par on the way in. Then the group with us (Driver and McBrien) got hot and birdied Nos. 13, 15, 16 and 17 and almost caught us.”


14-year-old, Daniel McBrien, and past CGA Champion, Tim Driver, were just one shot off the lead after the opening round and two back heading into the final round. With rounds of 64-65-65 they were certainly a force to be reckoned with.


Driver and McBrien got off to a slow start, relative to their position on the leaderboard, in the final round making the turn at 3-under. However any missed opportunities they had on the front nine they certainly made up for on the back nine. They birdied Nos. 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17 and nearly caught the eventual champions, but fell just two strokes shy earning runner-up at 22-under-par, 194.


Cansler and Newton claimed the 27th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship with a par from Newton on No. 18. This marked Newton’s fourth CGA Championship win and Cansler’s first title.


The newly-minted champion remarked, “I have been playing in the CGA for years now and it is always so much fun, but it is such a nice feeling to be a champion in one.” Newton added, “It is an honor to be able to play in these and it is just beyond great to come back and win it.”


Ultimately, reigning U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Champion Davis Womble of Winston-Salem, N.C. and reigning N.C. Mid-Amateur Champion Dan Walters of Winston-Salem, N.C. earned third at 21-under-par, 195. They had both one of the biggest comebacks and the lowest round of the week. Womble and Walters carded 2-under-par, 70 in the opening round which put them seven shots off the lead. However with a second round of 9-under-par, 63 and the low round of the week in the final round, 10-under-par, 62, they finished just three strokes shy of the lead. The 2021 North Carolina Four-Ball Champions, Knox and McMillen finished in fourth at 18-under-par, 198.


The Carolinas Golf Association would like to thank the members and staff at High Point Country Club for graciously hosting the 27th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship. 

 

27th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship

High Point Country Club (Willow Creek), High Point, N.C.

Final Results

 

Pos.	Team	City, State	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Joseph Cansler  +  Scott Newton	Clemmons, NC, Wallburg, NC	-24	63	64	65	192
2	Timothy Driver  +  Daniel McBrien	Holly Springs, NC	-22	64	65	65	194
3	Davis Womble  +  Dan Walters	Winston-Salem, NC	-21	70	63	62	195
4	Andy Knox  +  Mark McMillen	Apex, NC, Holly Springs, NC	-18	66	63	69	198
5	Sean Snell  +  Hayes Brown	Charlotte, NC	-17	69	63	67	199
T6	Jake Clodfelter  +  Josh Spell	Trinity, NC, Archdale, NC	-16	66	70	64	200
T6	Stephen Lavenets  +  Mark Olbrych	Willow Spring, NC, Raleigh, NC	-16	65	70	65	200
T6	Tully Coyle  +  Matt Schall	Charlotte, NC, Matthews, NC	-16	66	65	69	200
9	Joe Poole  +  Eric Brady	Pinehurst, NC	-15	66	68	67	201
T10	Hampton Roberts  +  Kayden Roberts	Cary, NC	-14	71	66	65	202
T10	Sam Traxler  +  Paul Fitzgerald	Charlotte, NC	-14	68	64	70	202
12	Alex Goss  +  Ryan Foster	Wilmington, NC, Leland, NC	-13	68	68	67	203
T13	Nicholas Baker  +  James Bass	Raleigh, NC, Asheboro, NC	-12	70	66	68	204
T13	Curtis Brotherton  +  Bryan Colquitt	Pfafftown, NC, High Point, NC	-12	65	69	70	204
T15	Ken Knowles  +  Daniel  Walsh	Mooresville, NC, North Wilkesboro, NC	-11	72	65	68	205
T15	Reid Clark  +  Bryce Aronson	Raleigh, NC	-11	70	70	65	205
T17	Jeff Jamieson + Sherrill Britt	Cary, NC, West End, NC	-9	67	70	70	207
T17	Matthew McIntyre  +  Russell Burke	Garner, NC, Raleigh, NC	-9	69	71	67	207
T17	Trevor Mitchell  +  Seth Moore	Oak Ridge, NC, Stokesdale, NC	-9	71	69	67	207
T20	Robert Beasley  +  Andrew Carter	Greensboro, NC	-8	69	69	70	208
T20	Dan Gossin  +  Brady Eckard	Cary, NC, Raleigh, NC	-8	71	69	68	208
T20	Michael Cosentino  +  Eric Shriver	Cary, NC	-8	66	73	69	208
23	Wil Brown  +  James Glenn	Winston-Salem, NC	-7	69	71	69	209
24	Kyle Brown  +  Jimmy Vassil	Indian Trail, NC, Waxhaw, NC	-6	68	71	71	210
T25	Ryan Kerns  +  John Moheyer	Cornelius, NC, Huntersville, NC	-5	68	71	72	211
T25	Andrew Wilmoth  +  Will Hanna	Raleigh, NC	-5	67	72	72	211
T25	Richard Youden  +  Jonathan Jenkins	Winston-Salem, NC	-5	71	68	72	211
T25	Matthew Younts  +  Nate Cook	Summerfield, NC, Raleigh, NC	-5	71	69	71	211
29	Carter Boulia  +  Alex Huml	Cary, NC	-3	71	65	77	213
30	Bryan Pendergraft  +  Whit Howard	Raleigh, NC	-2	71	69	74	214
The following teams did not make the cut
CUT	Robert Rechner  +  Jonathan McCorkle	Charlotte, NC, Matthews, NC	-3	70	71		141
CUT	Brandon Dembowiak  +  Stephen Dooley	Kernersville, NC, Greensboro, NC	-3	70	71		141
CUT	Kyle Stockton  +  Jake Lowder	Biltmore Lake, NC, Greensboro, NC	-3	71	70		141
CUT	Todd Grear + Daniel Welborn	Mooresville, NC, Charlotte, NC	-3	67	74		141
CUT	Jeff Manley  +  Marshall Newman	Raleigh, NC	-2	74	68		142
CUT	Kenny Flynn  +  Mark Harper	Winston-Salem, NC	-2	72	70		142
CUT	Brantley Moore  +  Luke Michael	Wilmington, NC, Trinity, NC	-2	73	69		142
CUT	Chris Cassetta  +  Thomas Bonney	High Point, NC, Greensboro, NC	-2	73	69		142
CUT	Colton Grow  +  Eli Gary	Charlotte, NC	-1	72	71		143
CUT	Jeremy Ray  +  Daniel Neveu	Pfafftown, NC, Pinehurst, NC	-1	72	71		143
CUT	Mark Bawden  +  Jayson Jennings	Cary, NC, Fuquay-Varina, NC	-1	73	70		143
CUT	Mark Nieters  +  John Nieters	Winston-Salem, NC, Bermuda Run, NC	-1	70	73		143
CUT	Patrick Horneman  +  Hunter Peak	Gastonia, NC	-1	71	72		143
CUT	Aaron York  +  Britt Mitchell	Durham, NC, Hurdle Mills, NC	E	71	73		144
CUT	Gary Pugh  +  Tanner Gross	Asheboro, NC, Trinity, NC	E	72	72		144
CUT	Chad Beasley  +  Michael Hedrick	Holly Springs, NC, Lexington, NC	E	70	74		144
CUT	Daniel Jackson  +  Scott Patnode	Indian Trail, NC, Belmont, NC	+1	71	74		145
CUT	Mike Oliverio  +  Marais Lombard	Charlotte, NC	+1	75	70		145
CUT	Sumner Alford  +  Craig Welton	Fuquay-Varina, NC	+1	73	72		145
CUT	Matt Hudson  +  Max Weinstein	Fayetteville, NC	+1	71	74		145
CUT	Skip Corneliussen  +  Jeff Montgomery	Summerfield, NC, Greensboro, NC	+1	72	73		145
CUT	Bill Moyer  +  Robbie Perry	Fuquay Varina, NC, Fuquay-Varina, NC	+2	73	73		146
CUT	Brian Urban  +  David Stepp	Holly Springs, NC	+2	76	70		146
CUT	Sumner Tate  +  Patrick Merritt	Raleigh, NC	+2	71	75		146
CUT	Chad Parris  +  Brian Weaver	Charlotte, NC	+2	71	75		146
CUT	Stephen Dunn  +  Samuel Uberseder	Boonville, NC, Lewisville, NC	+2	73	73		146
CUT	William Carter  +  Duff Meyer	Laurinburg, NC, Pinehurst, NC	+2	74	72		146
CUT	Joe  Arnone + Thomas Messenheimer	Raleigh, NC, Morganton, NC	+3	73	74		147
CUT	Zach Caudill  +  David Griffin	Wilkesboro, NC, Asheville, NC	+3	74	73		147
CUT	Chris Dayton  +  Joe Dennen	Charlotte, NC, Winston-Salem, NC	+3	74	73		147
CUT	Dave Koster  +  Shawn Prophet	Clemmons, NC	+4	74	74		148
CUT	Jake Benfield  +  Tom Cullen	Lenoir, NC, Hickory, NC	+4	72	76		148
CUT	Ernest Young  +  Michael Cloer	Huntersville, NC, Cornelius, NC	+4	76	72		148
CUT	Kevin Stimberis  +  Scott Goodelle	Mooresville, NC	+5	74	75		149
CUT	Wes Vance  +  Drew Steffens	Raleigh, NC	+5	77	72		149
CUT	Stuart Augustine  +  Trenton Reid	Fayetteville, NC	+5	77	72		149
CUT	Matt Michel  +  Ralph Bozzini	Charlotte, NC	+6	74	76		150
CUT	Jay McGhee  +  Brad Coleman	Greensboro, NC, Jamestown, NC	+6	76	74		150
CUT	Andrew Blum  +  Mike Kee	Stanley, NC, Kannapolis, NC	+7	77	74		151
CUT	Brian Sowinski  +  Kevin Sowinski	Charlotte, NC, Greensboro, NC	+7	78	73		151
CUT	Thomas Lineberger  +  Pete Lineberger	West End, NC, Pinehurst, NC	+8	78	74		152
CUT	William Franzen  +  Justin Miller	Raleigh, NC	+8	76	76		152
CUT	Kevin Logan  +  Sutton Slawter	Rural Hall, NC	+8	75	77		152
CUT	Christopher Berry  +  Thomas Berry	Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh, NC	+9	75	78		153
CUT	David Moore  +  Aaron Dittman	Wagram, NC, Concord, NC	+9	74	79		153
CUT	Joshua Pierce  +  David Register	Southport, NC	+10	79	75		154
CUT	Justin Lang  +  Jake Lang	Winston-Salem, NC	+12	79	77		156
CUT	Brendan Galloway  +  Frank Buyna	Charlotte, NC, Cornelius, NC	+12	82	74		156
CUT	Jonathan Beam  +  Matthew Bologna	Fuquay-Varina, NC, Cary, NC	+17	80	81		161
WD	Tyler Johnson  +  Jack Taylor	Lenoir, NC	-	75	WD		WD

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