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Roberts Rushes Out To Round 1 Lead
GAFFNEY, S.C. (July 20, 2021) -- First round results from the 65th Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship at Cherokee National Golf Club in Gaffney, S.C. on July 20, 2021. The field competed at 6,104 yards (par 36-36--72).
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On a day that began with storm clouds and rain and ended with the sun peeking its head out, Sydney Roberts of Chesnee, S.C., rose above the pack to take a two shot lead in the first round of the 65th Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship.
Roberts fired a mark of 3-under-par 69 at the Par-72 Cherokee National Golf Club and made the turn in 1-under-par. Eight consecutive pars on the back nine saw her deadlocked in a tie for first, before a chip in eagle on the Par-5 18th hole vaulted her to the top of the leaderboard all by herself.
Roberts showed impressive poise as well, after sitting at 1-over-par through her first six, she clawed back with back-to-back birdies on the seventh and eighth holes, and after adding that eagle on the 18th wound up playing her last 12 holes in 4-under-par.
In the hunt and tied for second are Emily Mathews of Mebane, N.C., and Macy Pate of Winston-Salem, N.C. Both players sit two shots back after carding 1-under-par 71’s.
Mathews got off to a hot start, collecting three birdies to just one bogey on her opening nine to turn in 2-under-par. Pate made her turn at even par, and would cruise to a 1-under-par back nine spurred on by birdies at the 10th, 12th, and 15th at Cherokee.
Rounding out the top five are Ella Perna of Durham, N.C., who sits in solo fourth at even par, while Maria Atwood of Holly Springs, N.C., Anna Howerton of Winston-Salem, N.C., Madison Messimer of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sophie Lauture of Charlotte, N.C., and Grace Holcomb of Wilmington, N.C., all sit in a tie for fifth at 1-over-par.
65th Carolinas Junior Girls' Championship
Cherokee National Golf Club, Gaffney, S.C.
Round 1 Results
| Position | Player | City, State, Graduation Year | To Par | R1 |
| 1 | Sydney Roberts | Chesnee, SC, 2022 | -3 | 69 |
| T2 | Emily Mathews | Mebane, NC, 2023 | -1 | 71 |
| T2 | Macy Pate | Winston-Salem, NC, 2024 | -1 | 71 |
| 4 | Ella Perna | Durham, NC, 2022 | E | 72 |
| T5 | Maria Atwood | Holly Springs, NC, 2022 | +1 | 73 |
| T5 | Anna Howerton | Winston-Salem, NC, 2023 | +1 | 73 |
| T5 | Madison Messimer | Myrtle Beach, SC, 2025 | +1 | 73 |
| T5 | Sophie Lauture | Charlotte, NC, 2024 | +1 | 73 |
| T5 | Grace Holcomb | Wilmington, NC, 2021 | +1 | 73 |
| T10 | Adrian Anderson | Murrells Inlet, SC, 2022 | +2 | 74 |
| T10 | Sarah Boteler | Greenville, SC, 2021 | +2 | 74 |
| T10 | Elizabeth Rudisill | Charlotte, NC, 2025 | +2 | 74 |
| T13 | Morgan Ketchum | Winston-Salem, NC, 2022 | +3 | 75 |
| T13 | Leah Edwards | Greensboro, NC, 2025 | +3 | 75 |
| T13 | Kennedy Gooding | Lexington, SC, 2022 | +3 | 75 |
| T13 | Kennedy McGaha | Honea path, SC, 2021 | +3 | 75 |
| T17 | Katherine Brictson | Raleigh, NC, 2024 | +4 | 76 |
| T17 | Sophia Martone | Holly Springs, NC, 2021 | +4 | 76 |
| T17 | Macie Burcham | Greensboro, NC, 2021 | +4 | 76 |
| T17 | Hannah Altman | Lake City, SC, 2022 | +4 | 76 |
| T17 | Lexi Bennett | Santee, SC, 2021 | +4 | 76 |
| T17 | Emily Baker | Chapin, SC, 2022 | +4 | 76 |
| T23 | Mary Kathryn Talledo | Spartanburg, SC, 2021 | +5 | 77 |
| T23 | Ava Lucas | Raleigh, NC, 2021 | +5 | 77 |
| T23 | Abby Franks | Roebuck, SC, 2023 | +5 | 77 |
| T23 | Nicole Nash | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | +5 | 77 |
| T23 | Gracie McCoy | Columbia, SC, 2021 | +5 | 77 |
| T28 | Kiera Bartholomew | Wake Forest, NC, 2023 | +6 | 78 |
| T28 | Raegan Propes | Charleston, SC, 2022 | +6 | 78 |
| T28 | Olivia Wilkie | Bluffton, SC, 2022 | +6 | 78 |
| T31 | Anna Czarkowski | Morganton, NC, 2023 | +7 | 79 |
| T31 | Claudia Winterberg | Harrisburg, NC, 2021 | +7 | 79 |
| T31 | Olivia Ireland | Inman, SC, 2023 | +7 | 79 |
| T31 | Bridget Wilkie | Bluffton, SC, 2024 | +7 | 79 |
| T31 | Mary-Paige King | Clemmons, NC, 2023 | +7 | 79 |
| T31 | Katelyn Griggs | Lexington, NC, 2022 | +7 | 79 |
| T37 | Katherine Mann | Fort Mill, SC, 2023 | +8 | 80 |
| T37 | Ava Romfo | Charleston, SC, 2021 | +8 | 80 |
| T37 | Layla Meric | Wesley Chapel, NC, 2021 | +8 | 80 |
| T37 | Heather Appelson | Wake Forest, NC, 2023 | +8 | 80 |
| 41 | Shea Smith | Charlotte, NC, 2022 | +9 | 81 |
| T42 | Albany Bock | Morganton, NC, 2021 | +10 | 82 |
| T42 | Jenna Rutledge | Beaufort, NC, 2022 | +10 | 82 |
| T42 | Eleanor Burnette | Wrightsville Beach, NC, 2023 | +10 | 82 |
| T42 | Chayse Cool | Goose Creek, SC, 2022 | +10 | 82 |
| T42 | Sahana Mantha | Charlotte, NC, 2025 | +10 | 82 |
| T47 | Lily Kate Watson | Raleigh, NC, 2023 | +11 | 83 |
| T47 | Eliza Whiteside | Landrum, SC, 2022 | +11 | 83 |
| T47 | Kinsley Smith | Raleigh, NC, 2024 | +11 | 83 |
| T50 | Gabriela Cruz | High Point, NC, 2021 | +12 | 84 |
| T50 | Lextyn Petz | Columbia, SC, 2021 | +12 | 84 |
| T52 | Madison Myers | Cary, NC, 2025 | +13 | 85 |
| T52 | Ivy Schulze | Anderson, SC, 2023 | +13 | 85 |
| T52 | Kayla Dowell | Mebane, NC, 2021 | +13 | 85 |
| T55 | Londyn Rath | Spartanburg, SC, 2025 | +15 | 87 |
| T55 | Emma Niebauer | High Point, NC, 2022 | +15 | 87 |
| T55 | Katie Kubec | Flat Rock, NC, 2022 | +15 | 87 |
| T55 | Melissa Wyman | Waxhaw, NC, 2022 | +15 | 87 |
| T59 | Paige Sidney | Clemmons, NC, 2024 | +16 | 88 |
| T59 | Olivia Roberts | Chesnee, SC, 2025 | +16 | 88 |
| T59 | Katherine Dann | Charlotte, NC, 2023 | +16 | 88 |
| 62 | Mattie Padgett | Seneca, SC, 2023 | +17 | 89 |
| T63 | Lilly Reed Black | Chapin, SC, 2025 | +18 | 90 |
| T63 | Jennifer Rials | Florence, SC, 2022 | +18 | 90 |
| 65 | Caleigh Noonan | Greenville, SC, 2021 | +19 | 91 |
| 66 | Mallory Dover | Clover, SC, 2023 | +23 | 95 |
| 67 | Monica Solis | Clemmons, NC, 2021 | +33 | 105 |
Schedule of rounds:
Wednesday, July 21
Second Round - 18 Holes of Individual Stroke Play
Thursday, July 22
Final Round - 18 Holes of Individual Stroke Play
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.
For more information about the CGA, visit our website.
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