Zeigler Lights Up Home Course in Carolinas Junior Boys' Opening Round

 

FLORENCE, S.C. (July 28, 2020) -- The results from the first round of the 71st Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship at Florence Country Club in Florence, S.C. on July 28, 2020. (6,429 yards, par 34-36--70)

 

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Gene Zeigler of Florence, S.C. lit up his home course on Tuesday at the 71st Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship. The member of Florence Country Club shot the low round of the day, a 7-under-par, 63, to come in as the leader after the first round.

 

“Today I finally put everything together,” Zeigler said. “I’ve been struggling for a while and having been doing a lot of work on my swing. Everything just came together. I hit it decently. I putted well. My putter really kept the round going. Overall, it was a really, really good round.”

 

The South Carolina Gamecock commit and No. 2 ranked golfer in the Carolinas Junior Boys’ Rankings carded eight birdies during his opening round. For Zeigler, things really got going on No. 3.

 

“This is my home course and I feel like you can make a birdie on any hole out here. You just have to play it the right way,” Zeigler said. “No. 3 is probably the toughest hole on the course, and I made birdie there. That got me going, and I felt that if I could birdie No. 3, I could birdie any hole out here today.”

 

Zeigler kept his foot on the gas and continued the momentum with birdies on Nos. 4 and 6, before making birdies on five of the final nine holes. His bogey on No. 17 was his lone score over par on the day.

 

“It felt like a long time coming,” Zeigler said about his round. “You always expect the most out of yourself with every new round that you play. With all the work that I’ve been putting in, this is a confidence booster. I knew I had it in me, but a round like this hasn’t happened in a while. I think it’s the first time that I’ve broken 70 all summer in a tournament. To do it with a 63, not just a 69 or 68, that makes it pretty sweet.”

 

Zeigler, who is the reigning Carolinas Junior Boys’ Player of the Year, said that he wants to see his short iron game improve to put less pressure on his putting tomorrow. He and his group mates, Carter Busse of Davidson, N.C., Trey Crenshaw of Lancaster, S.C. and Adam Hunt of Columbia, S.C., will get things going in the morning as the first players to tee off. 

 

Griffin Tarver of Tega City, S.C. sits in solo-second after firing a 4-under-par 66, while Max Green of Hilton Head Island, S.C. and Elliott Pope of Lugoff, S.C. finished their opening rounds at 3-under-par, 67 total tied for third entering Wednesday. In total, 12 players finished under par and are all within six strokes of the lead.

 

Second Round action at the 71st Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship begins Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. Starting times run through 2:00 p.m. and following the second round, the field of 141 will be cut to the low 60 and ties.

 

71st Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship

Florence Country Club, Florence, S.C.

First Round Results

 

Pos.	Player	City, State	To Par	R1
1	Gene Zeigler	Florence, SC	-7	63
2	Griffin Tarver	Tega Cay, SC	-4	66
T3	Max Green	Hilton Head Island, SC	-3	67
T3	Elliott Pope	Lugoff, SC	-3	67
T5	Trey Crenshaw	Lancaster, SC	-2	68
T5	Ford Reynolds	Columbia, SC	-2	68
T5	Waymon Thomas	Mount Pleasant, SC	-2	68
T8	Grady Newton	Wallburg, NC	-1	69
T8	Carter Busse	Davidson, NC	-1	69
T8	Tip Price	Greenville, SC	-1	69
T8	Andrew Gregory	Inman, SC	-1	69
T8	Josh Buxbaum	Wake Forest, NC	-1	69
T13	Max Jacobson	Charlotte, NC	E	70
T13	Nicholas Smith	Pickens, SC	E	70
T13	Daniel Adkins	Holly Springs, NC	E	70
T13	Zach Adams	Charleston, SC	E	70
T13	Sam Davidson	Asheboro, NC	E	70
T13	Tyler DeChellis	Clayton, NC	E	70
T13	Matthew Hutto	Blythewood, SC	E	70
T13	Austin Scott	Charleston, SC	E	70
T21	Garrett Hauk	Burlington, NC	+1	71
T21	Trey Howard	Woodruff, SC	+1	71
T21	Caden Baker	Mebane, NC	+1	71
T21	Charlie Barr	Salisbury, NC	+1	71
T21	Luke Sullivan	Columbia, SC	+1	71
T21	Braeden Barnett	Galivants Ferry, SC	+1	71
T21	Kareem Elkassem	Raleigh, NC	+1	71
T21	Andrew Plate	Greensboro, NC	+1	71
T21	Daniel Coker	Hartsville, SC	+1	71
T21	Jackson Brimfield	Chapel Hill, NC	+1	71
T31	Colin Salema	Matthews, NC	+2	72
T31	James Rico	Cary, NC	+2	72
T31	Ryan Jahr	Ocean Isle Beach, NC	+2	72
T31	Sam McMillan	Mount Pleasant, SC	+2	72
T31	Cornell Beans	Charlotte, NC	+2	72
T31	Lukas Pokrzywinski	Charlotte, NC	+2	72
T31	Daniel Brasington	Woodruff, SC	+2	72
T31	Adam Hunt	Columbia, SC	+2	72
T31	Jackson Bode	Pinehurst, NC	+2	72
T31	Casey Osiecki	New Bern, NC	+2	72
T31	Austin Alexander	Rutherfordton, NC	+2	72
T31	Jerry Bruns	Beaufort, SC	+2	72
T31	Palmer Mason	Irmo, SC	+2	72
T31	Turner Edwards	Charlotte, NC	+2	72
T31	William Jennings	Greenville, SC	+2	72
T31	Walker Jennings	Greenville, SC	+2	72
T31	Luke Walmet	Mount Pleasant, SC	+2	72
T31	Simon Wright	Lancaster, SC	+2	72
T31	Ben Jordan	Greensboro, NC	+2	72
T50	Daniel Boone	Fuquay Varina, NC	+3	73
T50	Jack Roberts	Greenville, SC	+3	73
T50	Branden Boyce	Spring Lake, NC	+3	73
T50	Gray Mitchum	Winterville, NC	+3	73
T50	AJ Shaffer	Horse Shoe, NC	+3	73
T50	Mason Tucker	Lancaster, SC	+3	73
T50	Andrew Swanson	Bluffton, SC	+3	73
T50	Pearse Lucas	Charlotte, NC	+3	73
T50	Mack Edwards	Charlotte, NC	+3	73
T50	Eric Nord	Blythewood, SC	+3	73
T50	Mavrick Mullinax	Lexington, SC	+3	73
T61	Burch Harrison	Columbia, SC	+4	74
T61	Jay Smith	Florence, SC	+4	74
T61	Sullivan Hooper	Leesville, SC	+4	74
T61	Colin Dutton	Foxfire, NC	+4	74
T61	Chase Cline	Chapin, SC	+4	74
T61	Sean Finan	Winston-Salem, NC	+4	74
T61	Will Hartman	Marvin, NC	+4	74
T61	William Phipps	Florence, SC	+4	74
T61	WIlson Thrift	Charlotte, NC	+4	74
T61	Pake June	Florence, SC	+4	74
T61	Alex Campbell	Charlotte, NC	+4	74
T61	Drew Harrill	Spartanburg, SC	+4	74
T61	Rowan Sullivan	Charleston, SC	+4	74
T61	Oliver Rotermund	Charleston, SC	+4	74
T61	Zander Briggs	Simpsonville, SC	+4	74
T76	Blake Weinbach	Columbia, SC	+5	75
T76	Jake Clayton	Burlington, NC	+5	75
T76	Holt Allison	Conover, NC	+5	75
T76	Ford Morrow	Winston-Salem, NC	+5	75
T76	Brodie Perry	Trinity, NC	+5	75
T76	Kyle Kushnir	Raleigh, NC	+5	75
T76	Andrew Propes	Charleston, SC	+5	75
T83	Thomas Davis	Darlington, SC	+6	76
T83	Drew Jeffords	Florence, SC	+6	76
T83	Zach Phillips	Inman, SC	+6	76
T83	Jace Butcher	Wake Forest, NC	+6	76
T83	Ryder Massey	Wake Forest, NC	+6	76
T83	Davis Clawson	Charlotte, NC	+6	76
T83	Ashton Eubanks	Lexington, SC	+6	76
T83	Collin Adams	Charlotte, NC	+6	76
T83	Nick Rubino	Charlotte, NC	+6	76
T83	Jake Conklin	Cary, NC	+6	76
T83	Logan Lutz	Mount Pleasant, SC	+6	76
T83	Quinlan Polin	Cary, NC	+6	76
T83	Columb Knight	Raleigh, NC	+6	76
T83	Timmy Gannon	Charlotte, NC	+6	76
T97	Bradley Parker	Isle of Palms, SC	+7	77
T97	Jay Wilkins	Simpsonville, SC	+7	77
T97	Jacob Hoyle	Simpsonville, SC	+7	77
T97	Harris Holstein	Orangeburg, SC	+7	77
T97	Bradley Davis, Jr.	Pilot Mountain, NC	+7	77
T97	Kenny Walter	Concord, NC	+7	77
T97	William Webb	Raleigh, NC	+7	77
T97	Jack Burris	Greensboro, NC	+7	77
T97	Todd Moyer	Cornelius, NC	+7	77
T97	Colin Browning	Charlotte, NC	+7	77
T97	Jennings Glenn	Raleigh, NC	+7	77
T97	Barrett Josey	Moore, SC	+7	77
T97	Andrew Gallagher	Grimesland, NC	+7	77
T110	Ryan Curran	Charlotte, NC	+8	78
T110	Narayan Mohan	Charlotte, NC	+8	78
T110	Evan Prickett	North Augusta, SC	+8	78
T110	Hank Robins	Salisbury, NC	+8	78
T114	Tristen McKay	Florence, SC	+9	79
T114	Ian Podziewski	Waxhaw, NC	+9	79
T114	William Grasty	Charlotte, NC	+9	79
T114	Lleyton Renner	Simpsonville, SC	+9	79
T114	Andrew Graham	Asheville, NC	+9	79
T119	John Logan	Wilmington, NC	+10	80
T119	Anthony Clark	Fort Mill, SC	+10	80
T119	James Potter	Florence, SC	+10	80
T122	David Oliver	Pageland, SC	+11	81
T122	Cheney Connell	Blythewood, SC	+11	81
T122	Landen Seiffert	Florence, SC	+11	81
T122	Keenan Royalty	Raleigh, NC	+11	81
T122	Ayush Bodhale	Huntersville, NC	+11	81
T122	Luke Shamblin	Matthews, NC	+11	81
T122	Luke Perrino	Mooresville, NC	+11	81
T122	Eston Lee	Four Oaks, NC	+11	81
T130	Zach Murrow	Gastonia, NC	+12	82
T130	Davis Sayman	Charlotte, NC	+12	82
132	Chase Cheatham	Lincolnton, NC	+13	83
T133	William Melvin	Charlotte, NC	+14	84
T133	Brycen Swain	Durham, NC	+14	84
T133	Andrew Haarlow	Greensboro, NC	+14	84
136	Brandon Spinks	Huntersville, NC	+19	89
WD	Jack Slomkowski	Colfax, NC	-	WD
WD	Spencer Turtz	Charlotte, NC	-	WD
WD	Jack Dockrill	Elon, NC	-	WD

 

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.     

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