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101st Carolinas Amateur Championship Final Results
Carter Jenkins makes history in Greensboro
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Final results of the 101st Carolinas Amateur Championship from Greensboro Country Club's Farm Course on Sunday, July 12. (Course Rating: 74.1/133, Yards: 7244, Par: 35-37--72)
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The best amateur golfers in the Carolinas put on a show at Greensboro Country Club's Farm Course Sunday. In the final round, the top six finishers shot a combined 36-under-par, while making only three bogeys.
The star of the show: 19-year-old Carter Jenkins of Raleigh, NC. The two-time defending Carolinas Amateur champion started Sunday with a two stroke deficit to overcome. Showing his seven-time CGA champion skill, he shot a course record-tying 8-under 64 to win by three over David Kocher of Charlotte, N.C. and Davis Womble of High Point, N.C. With the repeat victory, Jenkins joins F.M. Laxton (1921-'23) of Charlotte, N.C. as the only golfers to win the Carolinas Amateur title three consecutive years.
Jenkins birdied both par-5s on the front nine (No. 2 & 7), then hit a 7 iron to one foot from the cup on the 208 yard, downhill par-3 8th for a tap-in birdie. "I played really well on the front side, even though I only got three under out of it," said Jenkins.
He wasn't the only golfer playing well Sunday morning. Both Kocher and Womble made four birdies with no bogeys on their opening nine holes. Local Stanhope Johnson Jr. of Greensboro, N.C. played his outward nine in 3-under-par. 17-year-old Raleigh native Doc Redman made the turn at 2-under and third round leader Henry Shimp of Charlotte, N.C., was 1-under.
The result, with nine holes to play, five golfers shared the lead at 15-under-par. "I saw that it was tight at the turn," recalled Jenkins, a rising junior at UNC Chapel Hill. "I was a little nervous."
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Nerves turned into adrenaline. Jenkins pounded his drive on the 604 yard par-5 10th and reached the green in two for an easy birdie. He would then birdie four of his next five holes, climbing to 20-under-par and his ultimate three shot victory. His four-day total of 268 set a Carolinas Amateur scoring record since the championship changed from match play to stroke play in 2010.
Kocher, a rising sophomore at the University of Maryland and Womble, a rising senior at Wake Forest University, gave Jenkins the most chase. Neither had a blemish on their final round scorecard on their way to 17-under second place finishes.
Stephen Franken of Raleigh, N.C., an incoming freshman at NC State University, matched Jenkins' round of the day with his own 64 to place 15th. Two-time Carolinas Amateur champion Paul Simson, also of Raleigh, shot a final round 5-under 67 to finish 12th overall.
In the end, Jenkins' game rose to the importance of the moment. On Sunday he hit 10 of 13 fairways, 16 of 18 greens and 30 putts on his way to hoisting the Richard S. Tufts trophy. In his two previous Carolinas Amateur victories, Jenkins also mounted a final round comeback.
"This one definitely means more than the first two did," said Jenkins. "It's pretty cool and very rewarding."
101st Carolinas Amateur Championship
Greensboro Country Club (Farm)
Greensboro, N.C.
Final Results
July 12, 2015
| Place | Player | Score | |
| 1 | Carter Jenkins, Raleigh, NC | 66-69-69-64--268 (-20) | $750.00 |
| T2 | David Kocher, Charlotte, NC | 68-72-66-65--271 (-17) | $475.00 |
| T2 | Davis Womble, High Point, NC | 70-70-65-66--271 (-17) | $475.00 |
| T4 | Doc Redman, Raleigh, NC | 66-67-70-69--272 (-16) | $412.50 |
| T4 | Stanhope Johnson Jr, Greensboro, NC | 69-68-68-67--272 (-16) | $412.50 |
| T6 | Carson Young, Pendleton, SC | 68-70-70-65--273 (-15) | $362.50 |
| T6 | Henry Shimp, Charlotte, NC | 70-67-65-71--273 (-15) | $362.50 |
| T8 | Thomas Eldridge, Raleigh, NC | 69-69-70-67--275 (-13) | $287.50 |
| T8 | Alex Smalley, Wake Forest, NC | 71-71-65-68--275 (-13) | $287.50 |
| T8 | Seth Gandy, Durham, NC | 70-68-70-67--275 (-13) | $287.50 |
| T8 | Victor Wiggins, Gastonia, NC | 68-64-72-71--275 (-13) | $287.50 |
| 12 | Paul Simson, Raleigh, NC | 68-69-72-67--276 (-12) | $240.00 |
| T13 | JD Lehman, Okatie, SC | 68-67-70-72--277 (-11) | $225.00 |
| T13 | Kevin O'Connell, Raleigh, NC | 67-73-71-66--277 (-11) | $225.00 |
| 15 | Stephen Franken, Raleigh, NC | 67-72-75-64--278 (-10) | $210.00 |
| T16 | Will Blalock, Gastonia, NC | 71-68-69-71--279 (-9) | $190.00 |
| T16 | Jacob Hicks, Mebane, NC | 73-71-68-67--279 (-9) | $190.00 |
| T16 | Keenan Huskey, Greenville, SC | 68-73-70-68--279 (-9) | $190.00 |
| T19 | Noah Edmondson, Davidson, NC | 69-69-72-70--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T19 | Joe Jaspers, Huntersville, NC | 73-71-68-68--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T19 | Eric Mitchell, Winston-Salem, NC | 69-73-69-69--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T19 | Paul Tucker, Waxhaw, NC | 75-68-70-67--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T19 | Nick Eberhardt, Lake Wylie, SC | 70-67-72-71--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T19 | Matt Elliott, Wilkesboro, NC | 71-72-68-69--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T19 | Justin Tereshko, Greensboro, NC | 71-72-70-67--280 (-8) | $144.29 |
| T26 | Michael Murray Jr, Greensboro, NC | 68-72-74-67--281 (-7) | $117.50 |
| T26 | Parks Price, Taylorsville, NC | 71-73-69-68--281 (-7) | $117.50 |
| T28 | Joshua Martin, Pinehurst, NC | 73-69-70-70--282 (-6) | $107.50 |
| T28 | William Rainey, Charlotte, NC | 69-71-71-71--282 (-6) | $107.50 |
| T30 | Matt Kilgo, Charlotte, NC | 71-71-71-70--283 (-5) | $20.00 |
| T30 | Preston Cole, Greer, SC | 71-71-75-66--283 (-5) | $20.00 |
| T30 | Christian Park, Charlotte, NC | 71-69-68-75--283 (-5) | $20.00 |
| T30 | Charlie Niland, Charlotte, NC | 72-66-69-76--283 (-5) | $20.00 |
| T30 | Dwight Cauthen, Columbia, SC | 68-71-69-75--283 (-5) | $20.00 |
| T35 | Thomas Todd III, Laurens , S.C. | 69-74-69-72--284 (-4) | |
| T35 | David Germann, Clayton, N.C. | 67-73-73-71--284 (-4) | |
| T35 | Blake Kennedy, Campobello, S.C. | 71-69-73-71--284 (-4) | |
| T35 | Peyton White, Davidson, N.C. | 70-68-77-69--284 (-4) | |
| T39 | Gary Pugh, Asheboro, N.C. | 67-74-73-71--285 (-3) | |
| T39 | Sherrill Britt, West End, N.C. | 66-72-76-71--285 (-3) | |
| T39 | Miller Capps, Denver, N.C. | 72-71-72-70--285 (-3) | |
| 42 | Philip Oweida, Charlotte, N.C. | 69-75-74-68--286 (-2) | |
| 43 | Jarrett Grimes, Columbia, S.C. | 70-72-71-74--287 (-1) | |
| T44 | Todd Hendley, Greer, S.C. | 68-71-77-72--288 (Even) | |
| T44 | John Blackwell, Wilmington , N.C. | 71-71-75-71--288 (Even) | |
| T44 | Robert Lutomski, Mauldin, S.C. | 71-73-76-68--288 (Even) | |
| T47 | Chris Cassetta, Winston-Salem, N.C. | 73-71-71-74--289 (+1) | |
| T47 | Eric Edwards, Salisbury, N.C. | 68-74-76-71--289 (+1) | |
| T47 | Uly Grisette, Winston Salem, N.C. | 74-69-75-71--289 (+1) | |
| T47 | Rick Cloninger, Fort Mill, S.C. | 74-68-73-74--289 (+1) | |
| T47 | Conner Lewis, Davidson, N.C. | 72-68-77-72--289 (+1) | |
| T47 | George Kilgore, Raleigh, N.C. | 69-71-77-72--289 (+1) | |
| T47 | Cameron Mackay, Bluffton, S.C. | 72-72-75-70--289 (+1) | |
| T54 | Paul Fitzgerald, Charlotte, N.C. | 71-73-75-71--290 (+2) | |
| T54 | Trey Taylor, Gaffney, S.C. | 71-73-77-69--290 (+2) | |
| 56 | Logan Harrell, Huntersville, N.C. | 71-72-72-76--291 (+3) | |
| 57 | Bradley Kauffman, Greer, S.C. | 72-71-73-77--293 (+5) | |
| 58 | Shane Rogan, Columbia, S.C. | 70-72-79-75--296 (+8) | |
| T59 | Josh Chay, Greer, S.C. | 71-72-73-81--297 (+9) | |
| T59 | Thomas Ellenburg, N. Charleston, S.C. | 72-71-75-79--297 (+9) | |
| 61 | Tyler Lail, Conover, N.C. | 68-76-74-82--300 (+12) | |
| 62 | Jonathan Jackson, Chapel Hill, N.C. | 73-67-WD (WD) | |
| Missed Cut | |||
| T63 | Joseph Cansler, Clemmons, N.C. | 71-74 (+1) | |
| T63 | Gray Townsend, Winston Salem, N.C. | 74-71 (+1) | |
| T63 | Brian Westveer, Charlotte, N.C. | 72-73 (+1) | |
| T63 | Jake Smith, Duncan, S.C. | 71-74 (+1) | |
| T63 | Jackson Bailey, Matthews, N.C. | 70-75 (+1) | |
| T63 | Joshua Stockwell, West End, N.C. | 75-70 (+1) | |
| T69 | Kenny Flynn, Winston Salem, N.C. | 74-72 (+2) | |
| T69 | Brandon Truesdale, Winnsboro, S.C. | 70-76 (+2) | |
| T69 | Brandon Twigg, Asheville, N.C. | 74-72 (+2) | |
| T69 | Hardin Councill, High Point, N.C. | 70-76 (+2) | |
| T69 | Jackson Spires, Fayetteville , N.C. | 75-71 (+2) | |
| T69 | Steve Harwell, Mooresville, N.C. | 72-74 (+2) | |
| T69 | Chad Cox, Charlotte, N.C. | 75-71 (+2) | |
| T69 | Ashton Poole Jr., Charlotte, N.C. | 75-71 (+2) | |
| T69 | Bailey Patrick, Charlotte, N.C. | 72-74 (+2) | |
| T78 | Tyler Lucas, Rock Hill, S.C. | 72-75 (+3) | |
| T78 | Blake Wagoner, Cornelius, N.C. | 75-72 (+3) | |
| T78 | Matthew Faulkner, Cape Carteret, N.C. | 73-74 (+3) | |
| T78 | Greg Earnhardt, Greensboro, N.C. | 72-75 (+3) | |
| T78 | William Register, Burlington, N.C. | 70-77 (+3) | |
| T78 | Stephen Lavenets, Rougemont, N.C. | 72-75 (+3) | |
| T78 | Jacob Kennedy, Mt. Ulla, N.C. | 77-70 (+3) | |
| T78 | Charles Spry, Winston Salem, N.C. | 75-72 (+3) | |
| T78 | Taylor Ingle, Winnsboro, S.C. | 74-73 (+3) | |
| T78 | Addison Lambeth, Browns Summit, N.C. | 72-75 (+3) | |
| T78 | Brent Hayes, Kinston, N.C. | 72-75 (+3) | |
| T78 | Jared Chinn, Fayetteville, N.C. | 75-72 (+3) | |
| T90 | Kyle Clemmons, Morganton, N.C. | 73-75 (+4) | |
| T90 | Doug Ramey, Greer, S.C. | 76-72 (+4) | |
| T90 | John Freeman, Asheville, N.C. | 73-75 (+4) | |
| T90 | Levi Kettelhut, Charlotte, N.C. | 74-74 (+4) | |
| T90 | Jordan Griggs, Charlotte, N.C. | 73-75 (+4) | |
| T90 | Drake Cassidy, Hartsville, S.C. | 72-76 (+4) | |
| T90 | Cabrick Waters, Gaffney, S.C. | 71-77 (+4) | |
| T90 | Chandler Mulkey, Johns Island, S.C. | 72-76 (+4) | |
| T90 | Blake Martin, Pinehurst, N.C. | 76-72 (+4) | |
| T90 | Spencer Ramseur, Hickory , N.C. | 74-74 (+4) | |
| T100 | Jubal Early Jr, Charlotte, N.C. | 74-75 (+5) | |
| T100 | Thomas Walsh, High Point, N.C. | 72-77 (+5) | |
| T100 | Steve Sharpe, Greensboro, N.C. | 75-74 (+5) | |
| T100 | Pat Thompson, Asheville, N.C. | 71-78 (+5) | |
| T100 | John O'Brien, Columbia, S.C. | 75-74 (+5) | |
| T100 | Matthew Laydon, Charleston, S.C. | 77-72 (+5) | |
| T100 | John Pitt, Raleigh, N.C. | 74-75 (+5) | |
| T100 | Gerald Harrington, Nakina, N.C. | 73-76 (+5) | |
| T100 | Aaron Walker, Charlotte, N.C. | 74-75 (+5) | |
| T100 | Luke Haithcock, Burlington, N.C. | 72-77 (+5) | |
| T100 | Ian Locklear, Pembroke, N.C. | 72-77 (+5) | |
| T100 | Dylan Bedy, Charlotte, N.C. | 77-72 (+5) | |
| T112 | Zachary Martin, Pinehurst, N.C. | 75-75 (+6) | |
| T112 | Drew Johnson, Oak Ridge, N.C. | 78-72 (+6) | |
| T112 | Bill Phillips, Charlotte, N.C. | 75-75 (+6) | |
| T112 | Garrett Smith, Hillsborough, N.C. | 71-79 (+6) | |
| T112 | Matthew Head, Greensboro, N.C. | 75-75 (+6) | |
| T117 | Dean Channell, Cary, N.C. | 76-75 (+7) | |
| T117 | John Thatch, New Bern, N.C. | 76-75 (+7) | |
| T117 | Keegan Hoff, Charlotte, N.C. | 81-70 (+7) | |
| T117 | Nolan Mills IV, Charlotte, N.C. | 79-72 (+7) | |
| T117 | Wick Andrews, Columbia, S.C. | 76-75 (+7) | |
| T117 | Jordan Smith, Summerfield, N.C. | 78-73 (+7) | |
| T123 | Jordan Vogler, Pilot Mountain, N.C. | 72-80 (+8) | |
| T123 | Kevin McCallister, Oak Ridge , N.C. | 75-77 (+8) | |
| T123 | Josh Nichols, Kernersville, N.C. | 79-73 (+8) | |
| T123 | Alex Scott, Raleigh, N.C. | 75-77 (+8) | |
| T123 | Jake Rutter, Winston-Salem, N.C. | 78-74 (+8) | |
| T128 | Tanner Gross, Archdale, N.C. | 76-77 (+9) | |
| T128 | Bradley Helms, Winston-Salem, N.C. | 77-76 (+9) | |
| T128 | Steven Brame, Henderson, N.C. | 74-79 (+9) | |
| T128 | David Kostyal II, Wilmington, N.C. | 80-73 (+9) | |
| T128 | Grayson Bell, Piedmont, S.C. | 75-78 (+9) | |
| T128 | Hunter McCombs, Morganton, N.C. | 73-80 (+9) | |
| T128 | Matthew McDonagh Jr, Winston-Salem, N.C. | 71-82 (+9) | |
| T128 | Keaton Butler, Beaufort, S.C. | 75-78 (+9) | |
| T136 | Francis McCahill IV, Fayetteville, N.C. | 81-73 (+10) | |
| T136 | Chandler White, Clemmons, N.C. | 77-77 (+10) | |
| T136 | John Makarauskas, Summerfield, N.C. | 80-74 (+10) | |
| T139 | David Cho, Chapel Hill, N.C. | 78-77 (+11) | |
| T139 | Matthew Rogers, Huntersville, N.C. | 75-80 (+11) | |
| T141 | William Carter, Laurinburg, N.C. | 78-78 (+12) | |
| T141 | Zachary Freeman, Angier, N.C. | 75-81 (+12) | |
| 143 | Jake Colley, Holly Springs, N.C. | 81-76 (+13) | |
| T144 | Cary Phillips, Kershaw, S.C. | 79-79 (+14) | |
| T144 | Brad Dawson, Mebane, N.C. | 78-80 (+14) | |
| T144 | Tyler Brown, Waxhaw, N.C. | 76-82 (+14) | |
| T144 | Brad Coleman, Jamestown, N.C. | 79-79 (+14) | |
| T148 | Luke Farley, Durham, N.C. | 83-76 (+15) | |
| T148 | Joshua Showfety, Greensboro, N.C. | 82-77 (+15) | |
| T150 | Michael Wicker, Rougemont, N.C. | 81-79 (+16) | |
| T150 | Josh Bryan, Chapel Hill, N.C. | 79-81 (+16) | |
| T152 | Dwayne Simpson, Charlotte, N.C. | 75-86 (+17) | |
| T152 | Thomas Messenheimer, Morganton, N.C. | 78-83 (+17) | |
| 154 | David Monroe, Greenville, S.C. | 78-85 (+19) | |
| 155 | David White, Kinston, N.C. | 81-85 (+22) | |
| 156 | Jesse Putnam II, Shelby, N.C. | 90-81 (+27) | |
| 157 | Scott Erikson, High Point, N.C. | 81-WD (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.
Now in its 106th year, the CGA annually conducts 43 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 140 One-Day (net and gross) events and 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 more than $1,500,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.
For more information about the CGA, visit www.carolinasgolf.org .
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