Dickens IV and Donovan IV Advance to NC Amateur Match Play Final

WALLACE, NC – Rounds of 16, Quarterfinal and Semifinal match play results of the 5^th North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by River Landing (Landing) in Wallace, NC on Saturday, August 2, 2014 (3075 yards, par 27-27—54).
 
Unless your last name starts with a “D” and you are the fourth generation in a family name then you had no chance to advance to the North Carolina Amateur Match Play championship finals.
 
Al Dickens, IV of Charlotte will face David Donovan, IV of Hampstead on Sunday morning at River Landing.
 
Dickens, IV a redshirt junior at East Carolina cruised past Stanhope Johnson, Jr. of Greensboro 5 and 3 in the quarterfinals. Then he faced rising College of Charleston freshman Philip Oweida of Charlotte in a tight semifinal match-up. Dickens, IV held a narrow 1 up lead from holes 4 thru 15. Oweida holed a birdie on #16 to square the match. Hole 7 halved with par threes. Both players had long birdie putts on the 18^th hole. Oweida was first to play but narrowly missed his birdie attempt leaving Dickens, IV a putt to win. Dickens, IV rolled in his 30-foot putt to win the match.
 
On the other side of the bracket, Donovan, IV, a rising senior at Lenoir-Rhyne University, needed all 18 holes to slip past Jonathan Jackson of Chapel Hill by a 1 up score. Donovan, IV faced Wake Forest University senior Cyrus Stewart of Raleigh in the semifinal. It was a see-saw battle that had three lead changes. Donovan, IV took command of the match by winning holes 12 thru 15 to secure a 4 and 3 win.
 
More rain fell in the Wallace area overnight and throughout the day forcing tournament officials to continue playing the course as a 3075 yard 18-hole par 54 course.
 
For more information on the North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship including hole-by-hole scoring please visit: https://www.carolinasgolf.org/championship/home/14ncmatch/year/2014
 
This championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association which in its 105^th year of serving amateur golf in the Carolinas.
 
Match Play Results
Round of 16 (Completed This Morning)
Stanhope Johnson Jr, Greensboro, N.C.  (16) def. Jacob Hicks, Mebane, N.C.  (1), 2 and 1
Al Dickens IV, Charlotte, N.C.  (8) def. Thomas Walsh, High Point, N.C.  (9), 4 and 3
Andy Simmons, Charlotte, N.C.  (20) def. Gray Townsend, Winston Salem, N.C.  (29), 1 up
Philip Oweida, Charlotte, N.C.  (28) def. Daniel Brantley, Asheboro, N.C.  (21), 2 and 1
David Donovan IV, Hampstead, N.C.  (18) def. Garrett Smith, Hillsborough, N.C.  (31), 1 up
Jonathan Jackson, Chapel Hill, N.C.  (10) def. David Kocher, Charlotte, N.C.  (26), 1 up
Cyrus Stewart, Raleigh, N.C.  (3) def. Zach Seabolt, Raleigh, N.C.  (14), 3 and 2
Miller Capps, Denver, N.C.  (11) def. Bryce Hendrix, Greenville, N.C.  (6), 5 and 4
 
Quarterfinals
Al Dickens IV, Charlotte, N.C.  (8) def. Stanhope Johnson Jr, Greensboro, N.C.  (16), 5 and 3
Philip Oweida, Charlotte, N.C.  (28) def. Andy Simmons, Charlotte, N.C.  (20), 1 up
David Donovan IV, Hampstead, N.C.  (18) def. Jonathan Jackson, Chapel Hill, N.C.  (10), 1 up
Cyrus Stewart, Raleigh, N.C.  (3) def. Miller Capps, Denver, N.C.  (11), 4 and 3
 
Semifinals
Al Dickens IV, Charlotte, N.C.  (8) def. Philip Oweida, Charlotte, N.C.  (28), 1 up
David Donovan IV, Hampstead, N.C.  (18) def. Cyrus Stewart, Raleigh, N.C.  (3), 4 and 3
 
Championship Match
7:30am Al Dickens IV, Charlotte, N.C.  (8) vs. David Donovan IV, Hampstead, N.C.  (18)