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Clayton Clinches Top Seed, NC Junior Boys' Championship
ROARING GAP, N.C. (June 22, 2021) -- Stroke play qualifying results of the 54th North Carolina Junior Boys’ Championship at Roaring Gap Club in Roaring Gap, N.C. from June 22 - 25, 2021. The entire field competed in the same division and played from 6,348 yards.
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Jake Clayton’s opening round of the NC Junior Boys’ Championship got off to an up and down start. Clayton of Burlington, had just picked up his birdie putt from the center of No.10’s cup as the rules officials blew the air horn that suspended play due to inclement weather. It wouldn't be until two hours later in the afternoon when play would resume.
Clayton was 1-under through his first hole and said after his round that the weather delay did not affect the rest of his round, “[On No.11, his second hole] I hit an okay drive and had about 250 out. Then I hit a 3-wood down there to about six or seven feet, and made the putt.”
Clayton was now 3-under-par through his first two holes and rain slowly began to dissipate to clear a path to find another birdie on the par-4 No.12.
“Consistency,” Clayton said was the key to his success on Tuesday. “I was hitting most of the fairways, most of the greens, and I managed to make a couple of good putts.”
Clayton would drop a shot after a missed par putt on No. 14 but would find an equalizing birdie on the par-5 No.16. However, Clayton signed off on a bogey, bogey finish on Nos. 17 and 18 to bring his front-nine score to 34, 2-under-par.
Following the turn Clayton would drop his third consecutive shot on the par-4 No.1. Unphased with a sway of momentum in a negative direction, Clayton responded excellently with his second eagle of the day on the par-5, fourth hole holing out from 120 yards.
“I was 120 yards, down wind, I couldn't see it, and it was blind. Then two of the guys ahead of us had a good reaction to it. It was a knock-down pitching wedge.”
At this time in Clayton’s round he entered a three-way tie with the leaders in the clubhouse at 3-under-par, 68. Jack Wieler of Waxhaw had signed off on one 3-under and Landon Hawley was the other.
The field was cut at 6-over-par, 77 for the Round of 64 on Wednesday morning. Jake Clayton is entering Wednesday morning round as the No.1 seed, after receiving medalist honors after his 4-under-par, 67 performance on Tuesday.
Round 1 Results
| Pos. | Player | City, State, Graduation Year | To Par | Total |
| 1 | Jake Clayton | Burlington, NC, 2022 | -4 | 67 |
| T2 | Jack Wieler | Waxhaw, NC, 2023 | -3 | 68 |
| T2 | Landon Hawley | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | -3 | 68 |
| 4 | Davis DeLille | High Point, NC, 2022 | -2 | 69 |
| T5 | Keenan Royalty | Raleigh, NC, 2023 | -1 | 70 |
| T5 | Bryan Fang | Raleigh, NC, 2023 | -1 | 70 |
| T5 | Davis Sayman | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | -1 | 70 |
| T8 | Daniel Boone | Fuquay Varina, NC, 2023 | E | 71 |
| T8 | Josh Buxbaum | Wake Forest, NC, 2021 | E | 71 |
| T8 | Benjamin Peters | Winston-Salem, NC, 2021 | E | 71 |
| T8 | Charlie Barr | Salisbury, NC, 2021 | E | 71 |
| T8 | Jack Boyer | Greensboro, NC, 2022 | E | 71 |
| T13 | Jeremy Voigt | Waxhaw, NC, 2023 | +1 | 72 |
| T13 | Ben Jordan | Greensboro, NC, 2022 | +1 | 72 |
| T13 | Sam Haggas | Winston Salem, NC, 2021 | +1 | 72 |
| T13 | Jonathan Honeywell | Whispering Pines, NC, 2022 | +1 | 72 |
| T13 | Will Spicer | Kings Mountain, NC, 2024 | +1 | 72 |
| T18 | Jake Conklin | Cary, NC, 2022 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Timmy Gannon | Charlotte, NC, 2021 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Branden Boyce | Spring Lake, NC, 2022 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Mack Edwards | Charlotte, NC, 2025 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Parker Cumbea | Fuquay Varina, NC, 2021 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Chase McLaughlin | Kernersville, NC, 2024 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Matthew McDougall | Waxhaw, NC, 2023 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Eli Schmidly | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Max Cranford | Newton, NC, 2022 | +2 | 73 |
| T18 | Preston Howe | Winston Salem, NC, 2025 | +2 | 73 |
| T28 | Davis Adams | Raleigh, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | WIlson Thrift | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Steven Shea | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Turner Edwards | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Gray Mitchum | Winterville, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Lawson Harkey | Crouse, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Luke Crouse | Reidsville, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Brad Grajzar | Elon, NC, 2022 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Dylan Takenaga | Durham, NC, 2025 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Freddy Ortmann | Greensboro, NC, 2024 | +3 | 74 |
| T28 | Hank Johnson | Morganton, NC, 2026 | +3 | 74 |
| T39 | James Rico | Cary, NC, 2022 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Owen Kose | Holly Springs, NC, 2022 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Michael La Sasso | Raleigh, NC, 2022 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Hampton Roberts | Cary, NC, 2023 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Ethan Paschal | Fayetteville, NC, 2024 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Will Tharin | Rocky Mount, NC, 2023 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Spencer Turtz | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Luke McCorquodale | Fayetteville, NC, 2022 | +4 | 75 |
| T39 | Connor Warren | Spruce Pine, NC, 2024 | +4 | 75 |
| T48 | Owen Pearce | Winston-Salem, NC, 2023 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Christian Conway | Raleigh, NC, 2022 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Kareem Elkassem | Raleigh, NC, 2023 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Pearse Lucas | Charlotte, NC, 2021 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Will Jordan | Greensboro, NC, 2024 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Aidan Browning | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Alex Bock | Morganton, NC, 2024 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Cayden Bryner | Winston-Salem, NC, 2022 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Maddox Whittington | Lenoir, NC, 2022 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Tyler Jones | Jacksonville, NC, 2023 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Cole Wright | Wake Forest, NC, 2022 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Peter Nusbaum | Pittsboro, NC, 2022 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | R.Cooper Diaz | Winston-Salem, NC, 2024 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Luke Tisdale | Winston-Salem, NC, 2025 | +5 | 76 |
| T48 | Will Conway | Weddington, NC, 2021 | +5 | 76 |
| T63 | Fisher Kennedy | Winston Salem, NC, 2023 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Holland Giles | Pinehurst, NC, 2023 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Luke Ward | Arden, NC, 2021 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Ryan Macri | Wake Forest, NC, 2021 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Cornell Beans | Charlotte, NC, 2024 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Cameron Hardison | Greenville, NC, 2022 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Charlie Fetter | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Matteo Blanchfield | Mooresville, NC, 2023 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Tyler Dorsey | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | +6 | 77 |
| T63 | Brandon Spinks | Huntersville, NC, 2021 | +6 | 77 |
| Projected Cut +6 Resolve Ties |
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| CUT | Ryan McCarthy | Cary, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Benjamin Hays | Cary, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Alan Van Asch | Raleigh, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Garrison Welborn | Waxhaw, NC, 2025 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Connor Massey | Burlington, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Jack Dannemann | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Simon Burgos | Raleigh, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Mason Beshears | Lewisville, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Caden Hodges | Dunn, NC, 2022 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | John McCoy | Salisbury, NC, 2026 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Morgan Riley | Raleigh, NC, 2025 | +7 | 78 |
| CUT | Nick Norman | Gastonia, NC, 2022 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Samuel Mace | Connelly Springs, NC, 2022 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Tyler Partee | Thomasville, NC, 2021 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Jeremy Edmunds | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Ayush Bodhale | Huntersville, NC, 2021 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Colin Dutton | Foxfire, NC, 2021 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Max Newton | Cary, NC, 2024 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Noah Weyne | Wake Forest, NC, 2023 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Lexton Ford | Lenoir, NC, 2021 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Nick Kleu | Cary, NC, 2022 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Lucas Cron | Waxhaw, NC, 2023 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Ryan Masterton | Concord, NC, 2023 | +8 | 79 |
| CUT | Jennings Glenn | Raleigh, NC, 2021 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | John Logan | Wilmington, NC, 2023 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | William Grasty | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | Ryan Jahr | Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 2022 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | William Melvin | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | William Chapman | Chapel Hill, NC, 2023 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | Robert Gefaell | Winston-Salem, NC, 2023 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | Sam Terry | Thomasville, NC, 2026 | +9 | 80 |
| CUT | Benjamin Bailey | Huntersville, NC, 2022 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Andrew Graham | Asheville, NC, 2021 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Jackson West | Greenville, NC, 2025 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Sean Finan | Winston Salem, NC, 2022 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Spencer Barbour | Fayetteville, NC, 2022 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Cole Rouse | Kernersville, NC, 2024 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Atley Gabriel | Claremont, NC, 2023 | +10 | 81 |
| CUT | Jackson Bode | Pinehurst, NC, 2022 | +11 | 82 |
| CUT | Walker Neal | Cary, NC, 2023 | +11 | 82 |
| CUT | Andrew Swainey | Youngsville, NC, 2021 | +11 | 82 |
| CUT | Nick Perry | Fayetteville, NC, 2023 | +11 | 82 |
| CUT | Ian Podziewski | Waxhaw, NC, 2022 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Kyle Haas | Winston Salem, NC, 2023 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Jack Burris | Greensboro, NC, 2021 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Bradley Davis, Jr. | Pilot Mountain, NC, 2022 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Ryan Dunn | Waxhaw, NC, 2023 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Braden Gay | Winston-Salem, NC, 2023 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Hudson Griffin | Clinton, NC, 2025 | +12 | 83 |
| CUT | Nick Goellner | Holly Springs, NC, 2023 | +13 | 84 |
| CUT | Ethan Boyette | Wilson, NC, 2024 | +13 | 84 |
| CUT | Will Guthrie | Charlotte, NC, 2025 | +13 | 84 |
| CUT | Jack Halloran | Pinehurst, NC, 2026 | +13 | 84 |
| CUT | Calvin Hawkins | Lexington, NC, 2023 | +14 | 85 |
| CUT | Parker Bumgarner | Oak Island, NC, 2022 | +14 | 85 |
| CUT | Taylor Kuehn | Asheville, NC, 2023 | +15 | 86 |
| CUT | Matthew Richardson | Ayden, NC, 2022 | +16 | 87 |
| CUT | Michael Currie | Charlotte, NC, 2024 | +16 | 87 |
| CUT | Warren Fesperman | Salisbury, NC, 2025 | +16 | 87 |
| CUT | Drew Greene | Greenville, NC, 2023 | +17 | 88 |
| CUT | Brodie Perry | Trinity, NC, 2021 | +17 | 88 |
| CUT | Langdon Aronson | Raleigh, NC, 2021 | +18 | 89 |
| CUT | James Owings | Elkin, NC, 2022 | +22 | 93 |
The championship format is match play with an 18 hole stroke play qualifier (Friday, June 25th) to determine the seeding for match play. The top 64 boys from the stroke play qualifier will advance to match play. Once a player loses a match they are eliminated from the tournament. Trophies are awarded to the champion, runner-up, semifinalists, quarterfinalists and the stroke play qualifying medalist.
Entry is open to any male amateur golfer ages 8-18 as of June 25, 2021, who has not started college, is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has a current USGA Handicap Index® at a CGA member club that does not exceed 18.3.
Schedule of rounds:
Wednesday, June 23
7:30 Stroke Play Qualifier Playoff Begins
8:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Round 1 Matches
11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Boxed lunch available for players
12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Round 2 Matches
Thursday, June 24
8:00 a.m. - 8:49 a.m. Round 3 Matches
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Quarterfinals
Friday, June 25
8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Semifinal Matches
12:30 p.m. Championship Match
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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