Top Seeds Advance in SC Junior Match
Medalist Winners Warnock and Eddy Advance in 38th SC Junior Match Play Championship
Match play results from Dataw Island Club
Medalist winners Anna Eddy of Hilton Head, SC and Jordan Warnock of Roebuck, SC continued their solid play advancing through the early rounds of match play in the 38th SC Junior Match Play Championship on the Tom Fazio designed Cotton Dike course at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, SC.
Eddy, a rising high school junior, defeated Sarah Smith of York, SC 5 and 3 to move into the girls' quarterfinals. Eddy will face Jensen Castle of West Columbia, SC in the third quarterfinal match on Thursday morning. Castle, a rising high school freshman, defeated Madison Elliott of North Myrtle Beach, SC 3 and 1. Defending champion Morgan Cox of Easley, SC received a bye into her quarterfinal match against Ashley Czarnecki of Greenville, SC. Czarnecki, the top ranked junior girls in SC, advanced to the quarters by defeating Brooke Hutto of Aiken, SC 5 and 3. In the other quarterfinal matches, Hailey Cleary of Lexington, SC will face off against Kasidy Beckel of Okatie, SC and Carly Lyvers of Greenville, SC will play Jodee Tindal of Rock Hill, SC. The girls' semifinal matches will take place on Thursday afternoon with the championship match starting at 8:30 on Friday morning.
In the boys' championship, Warnock rolled in the first round of match play beating Wilhelm Elliott of Columbia, SC 9 and 7. In this second match of the day, Warnock defeated James May of Ninety Six, SC 3 and 2 to reach the round of 16. Second seed Ryan Marter of Columbia, SC won his first round match but 2014 SC Junior champion Jack Parrott of Columbia, SC won their second round match 2 and 1. The boys' round of 16 will begin at 8 am on Thursday morning with the quarterfinal matches beginning at approximately 12:30 pm on Thursday.
Boys' Championship (6,738 yards, par 72, 72.8/136)
Round of 64
Jordan Warnock, Roebuck, S.C. (2016) def. Wilhelm Elliott, Columbia, S.C. (2019), 9 and 7
James May, Ninety Six, S.C. (2017) def. Kyle Spencer, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (2017), 2 and 1
Walker Campbell, Hilton Head, S.C. (2016) def. Drew Hall, Hilton Head, S.C. (2016), 5 and 4
Levi Moody, Greenville, S.C. (2018) def. Taylor Faile, Blythewood, S.C. (2016), 7 and 6
Daniel Castleberry, Greer, S.C. (2016) def. Dixon Flowers, Sumter, S.C. (2018), 3 and 1
Coker Lowder, Mayesville, S.C. (2015) def. Logan Sowell, Kershaw, S.C. (2016), 1 up
Hudson Davis, Greenville, S.C. (2017) def. McClure Thompson, Little River, S.C. (2017), 3 and 2
Drew Weary, Bluffton, S.C. (2018) def. Ben Burton, Charleston, S.C. (2016), 3 and 2
Brandon McBride, Bluffton, S.C. (2018) def. Joshua Pifer, Graniteville, S.C. (2015), 6 and 5
Caleb Brown, Kershaw, S.C. (2016) def. Easton Ward, Sumter, S.C. (2016), 5 and 4
Cole Hargett, Blythewood, S.C. (2016) def. Mason Richardson, Murrells Inlet, S.C. (2016), 2 and 1
Hunter Dodgen, Columbia, S.C. (2016) def. Trey Salley, Pawley's Island, S.C. (2017), 19 holes
Seth Taylor, Gaffney, S.C. (2019) def. Ross Jolliff, Gaffney, S.C. (2017), 5 and 3
Ben Quinque, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (2017) def. Cal Brock, Greenwood, S.C. (2017), 19 holes
Alec Weary, Bluffton, S.C. (2016) def. John Weiss, Columbia, S.C. (2017), 4 and 3
Matt Lehman, Bluffton, S.C. (2015) def. Alex Tilley, Blythewood, S.C. (2016), 8 and 6
Ryan Marter, Columbia, S.C. (2017) def. Will Sullivan, Columbia, S.C. (2016), 2 up
Jack Parrott, Columbia, S.C. (2017) def. Drew Turner, Easley, S.C. (2017), 5 and 4
Zack Gordon, Gaffney, S.C. (2017) def. Jack Friedman, Mt Pleasant, S.C. (2016), 3 and 2
Jon Parker, Greenwood, S.C. (2016) def. Will Hicks, Camden, S.C. (2015), 19 holes
Nick Willis, Cowpens, S.C. (2017) def. Patrick Hall, Hilton Head, S.C. (2016), 6 and 4
Vijay Mishra, N Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2015) def. Emery Hollar, Spartanburg, S.C. (2016), 1 up
Tommy Holloway, Fripp Island , S.C. (2018) def. Evan White, Hilton Head Island, S.C. (2017), 2 up
Charles Dallery, Sumter, S.C. (2015) def. Zachery Lawter, Inman, S.C. (2019), 5 and 4
Patrick Golden, Murrells Inlet, S.C. (2017) def. Travis Mancill, Hilton Head, S.C. (2016), 1 up
Cody Transou, Gaffney, S.C. (2018) def. Bryan Edwards, Rock Hill, S.C. (2016), 8 and 7
Wyatt Reid, Rock Hill, S.C. (2016) def. Mason Sowell, Kershaw, S.C. (2019), 5 and 3
Miles Baldwin, Rock Hill, S.C. (2016) def. Luke Freeman, Florence, S.C. (2016), 3 and 1
Reed Bentley, Wellford, S.C. (2017) def. George Eubank Jr, Roebuck, S.C. (2017), 3 and 2
Jacob Bridgeman, Inman, S.C. (2018) def. Drake McAlister, Easley, S.C. (2016), 4 and 3
Zakariya Butt, Summerville, S.C. (2016) def. Walker Jones, Sumter, S.C. (2018), 1 up
Kent Lawrence Jr, Mt Pleasant, S.C. (2018) def. Nick Russell, Hilton Head, S.C. (2016), 2 and 1
Round of 32
Jordan Warnock, Roebuck, S.C. (2016) def. James May, Ninety Six, S.C. (2017), 3 and 2
Levi Moody, Greenville, S.C. (2018) def. Walker Campbell, Hilton Head, S.C. (2016), 2 and 1
Daniel Castleberry, Greer, S.C. (2016) def. Coker Lowder, Mayesville, S.C. (2015), 7 and 5
Hudson Davis, Greenville, S.C. (2017) def. Drew Weary, Bluffton, S.C. (2018), 6 and 5
Brandon McBride, Bluffton, S.C. (2018) def. Caleb Brown, Kershaw, S.C. (2016), 5 and 3
Hunter Dodgen, Columbia, S.C. (2016) def. Cole Hargett, Blythewood, S.C. (2016), 5 and 4
Seth Taylor, Gaffney, S.C. (2019) def. Ben Quinque, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (2017), 3 and 2
Matt Lehman, Bluffton, S.C. (2015) def. Alec Weary, Bluffton, S.C. (2016), 2 and 1
Jack Parrott, Columbia, S.C. (2017) def. Ryan Marter, Columbia, S.C. (2017), 2 and 1
Zack Gordon, Gaffney, S.C. (2017) def. Jon Parker, Greenwood, S.C. (2016), 3 and 2
Nick Willis, Cowpens, S.C. (2017) def. Vijay Mishra, N Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2015), 2 and 1
Charles Dallery, Sumter, S.C. (2015) def. Tommy Holloway, Fripp Island , S.C. (2018), 3 and 2
Patrick Golden, Murrells Inlet, S.C. (2017) def. Cody Transou, Gaffney, S.C. (2018), 22 holes
Wyatt Reid, Rock Hill, S.C. (2016) def. Miles Baldwin, Rock Hill, S.C. (2016), 1 up
Reed Bentley, Wellford, S.C. (2017) def. Jacob Bridgeman, Inman, S.C. (2018), 2 and 1
Zakariya Butt, Summerville, S.C. (2016) def. Kent Lawrence Jr, Mt Pleasant, S.C. (2018), 2 and 1
Girls' Championship (5,817 yards, par 72, 72.7/129)
Round of 16
Morgan Cox, Easley, S.C. (2016), bye
Ashley Czarnecki, Greenville, S.C. (2016) def. Brooke Hutto, Aiken, S.C. (2015), 5 and 3
Hailey Cleary, Lexington, S.C. (2016) def. Emily Cox, Lancaster, S.C. (2017), 19 holes
Kasidy Beckel, Okatie, S.C. (2015) def. Delanie Mortier, N. Charleston, S.C. (2017), 5 and 4
Anna Eddy, Hilton Head, S.C. (2017) def. Sarah Smith, York, S.C. (2018), 5 and 3
Jensen Castle, West Columbia, S.C. (2019) def. Madison Elliott, North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2017), 3 and 1
Carly Lyvers, Greenville, S.C. (2018) def. Whitney Carter, Rock Hill, S.C. (2016), 19 holes
Jodee Tindal, Rock Hill, S.C. (2017) def. Anna Grace Brock, Greenwood, S.C. (2019), 4 and 2
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