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NC Junior Exemptions Announced
The Carolinas Golf Association has announced the exemption criteria for the 48th NC Junior Boys’ Championship. Junior boys from across North Carolina earn their exemption through 13 different tournaments over the past 12 months. The dates for the NC Junior Boys’ Championship are June 23-26, 2015 and will be hosted by the Donald Ross designed CC of Salisbury in Salisbury, NC.
Those not exempt may gain entry through one of the two scheduled qualifiers. Cardinal CC in Selma, NC and Statesville CC in Statesville, NC will each host a qualifier on Tuesday, June 16th.
Registration for the championship opens on Monday, May 5th at 8 pm.
For more information, please visit the NC Junior Boys’ Championship home page.
Exemption Criteria
1. Top 32 from 2014 NC Junior Championship
Chris Akers, Alex Burris, Patrick Carlin, Hoke Carlton, Michael Childress, Ben Chrystler, Patrick Cover, Jonathon Davis, Blake Fiest, Preyer Fountain, John Freeman,
Harrison Frye, Austin Inman, Cole Jefferys, Drew Jurs, David Kocher, Timmy Leonard, Nicholas Lyerly, James Mishoe, Hunter Oxford, Anthony Perrino, Ashton Poole,
Avery Price, Davis Richards, Ross Robison, Michael Sanders, Will Simmons, Alex Smalley, David Song, Will Tamplin, Quinn Tardif and Jordan Vogler
2. Top 4 from 2014 NC Junior Boys’ 13 and Under Championship
Symon Balbin, Akshay Bhatia, Fulton Smith and Grayson Wotnosky
3. Top 100 on the TYGA NC Boys’ Rankings as of May 5, 2015
Chris Akers, Jay Andrew, Eric Bae, Preston Ball, A.J. Beechler, Drew Bernard, Akshay Bhatia, Dustin Blank, Jack Brea, Jonathan Brightwell, Walter Brinker, Alex
Burris, Trey Burton, Scott Campbell, Hoke Carlton, Stephen Carroll, Brian Chen, Michael Childress, Ben Chrystler, Hardin Councill, Walker Cress, Griffin Cryan, Reid
Darden, Kase Diehl, Jubal Early, Noah Edmondson, Mason Elmore, Justin Emmons, Reilly Erhardt, Blake Fiest, Preyer Fountain, Stephen Franken, John Freeman,
Michael Freeman, Joey Funderburg, Viraj Garewal, Ryan Gerard, Parker Gillam, William Gordon, Matthew Guo, Aman Gupta, Austin Harrill, Bryce Hendrix, William
Hughes, Mark Johnston, Drew Jurs, Davis Kiger, John Landers, Seth Lomison, Dylan Lukes, Quade Lukes, Nicholas Lyerly, Joshua Martin, Dalton Mauldin, Sam McGee, Chandler Metz, Nolan Mills, Will Minton, James Mishoe, IV, Colton Naslund, Anthony Perrino, Brantley Phillips, Ashton Poole, Grant Powell, Avery Price,
Jonathan Rector, Doc Redman, Harrison Rhoades, Candler Rice, Davis Richards, Krystian Romero, Stephen Saleeby, Michael Sanders, George Schmitt, Alex Scott,
Matt Sharpstene, Henry Shimp, Logan Shuping, Walker Simas, Wesley Simmons, Will Simmons, Alex Smalley, Allen Smith, Kevin Sowinski, Jack Speer, Jimbo Stanley,
Patrick Stephenson, Will Stewart, James Sugg, Tripp Summerlin, Will Tamplin, Quinn Tardif, Blake Taylor, Blake Wagoner, Aaron Walker, Thomas Walsh, Logan
Warren, Michael Wicker, Andrew Wilmoth and Corey Wilson
4. Top 3 individuals from all 2015 NC High School Championships on May 11-12, 2015
Grady Anderson, Eric Bae, Dustin Blank, AJ Boyd, Stephen Carroll, Andrew Cheek, Hardin Councill, Reilly Erhardt, Blake Floars, William Gordon, Bryce Hendrix, Cole Jefferys, Nick Lyerly, Dalton Mauldin, Michael McMahon, Isaac Nycum, Avery Price, Doc Redman, Jonathan Rector, George Schmitt, Michael Sanders, Patrick Stephenson, Kevin Sowinski, Thomas Walsh, Ian Wickline and Garrett Wickline
5. Top 5 from TYGA One Day Event at Mid Pines Inn & GC on January 19, 2015
David Baker, Brian Chen, Michael Sardinia, Patrick Schweitz, Alex Scott and Jack Sleeper
6. Top 5 from Pinewild CC Junior Shoot Out on February 15, 2015
David Baker, Kell Graham, Matthew Guo, Nicholas Loy and Cole Pridgen
7. Top 10 from North State High School Challenge on March 20-21, 2015
Eric Bae, Hoke Carlton, Walker Cress, Mason Elmore, William Gordon, Joshua Martin, Nolan Mills, Jonathan Rector, Davis Richards, Michael Sanders, Matthew Sharpstene and Henry Shimp
8. Top 10 from Jimmy Anderson Junior at Jacksonville CC in Jacksonville, NC on March 28-29, 2015
AJ Beechler, Akshay Bhatia, Dalton Mauldin, Nicholas Lyerly, Carson Ownbey and Davis Richards,
9. Top 10 from TYGA NC High School Invitational at Treyburn CC in Durham, NC on April 13, 2015
AJ Beechler, Hardin Council, Madison Duffie, Noah Edmondson, Viraj Garewal, Nicholas Lyerly, Joshua Martin, Nolan
Mills, Jonathan Rector, Alex Smalley and Blake Taylor
10. Top 5 from TYGA One Day Event at Tillery Tradition CC on April 25, 2015
AJ Beechler, Drew Bernard, Josh Bryan, Louis Lambert, Will Sleeper and Ben Woodruff
11. Top 5 from TYGA One Day Event at Bradford Creek GC in Greenville, NC on May 16, 2015
Bryson Boyette, Cooper Daniel, Cole Jordan, Nicolas Loy and Britt
12. Top 5 from 2014 NC Middle School Championship
Akshay Bhatia, Jack Heath, Chris Kim, Fulton Smith and Grant Smith
13. All that successfully qualify and compete in the 2015 NC Men’s Amateur Championship
Will be posted on June 11, 2015
*Overall results (not age divisions) are used to determine the exemptions from individual tournaments.
*Exemptions do include ties but do not go lower than the place listed for each event.
*All exempt players must register on line by the closing date.
Boys’ Qualifying:
Those not included in the above categories have the opportunity to qualify on June 16 at Cardinal CC in Pine Level, NC or at Statesville CC in Statesville, NC. A minimum of ten spots will be available at each site. The final qualifying numbers will be determined after entries have closed.