Leaderboards Tighten At Hope Valley Junior Invitational

 

DURHAM, N.C. (August 4, 2021) -- Second Round results from the 4th Hope Valley Junior Invitational at Hope Valley Country Club, in Durham, N.C. The girls’ field competed at 6,019 yards (35-35--70), while the boys’ competed at 6,720 (35-35--70). 

 

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Shining sun and an immaculate golf course set the stage for the second round of the Hope Valley Junior. 

 

In the Boys’ Division it was Will Hartman of Marvin, N.C. who climbed his way into first place after a second round 1-under-par 69 put him at 3-under-par for the tournament and one clear of the field. 

 

Hartman carded four birdies during his round Wednesday, collecting one on the front nine, before birdieing holes 10, 14 and 15 to finish one in the red. 

 

Just behind Hartman is Clark Xander Goboy of Chesapeake, VA and Andrew Gregory of Inman, S.C., who are tied for second at 2-under-par. Hope Valley has been all it is billed to be, with firm and slick greens making scoring tough on the competitors. Goboy coasted with a second round 2-over-par 72, while Gregory hung around with a 1-over-par 71. 

 

Owen Kose of Holly Springs, N.C. is sitting in solo fourth at 1-under-par for his tournament, after a second round 1-over-par 71. Kose had plenty of birdies on his round, rolling in five total on holes one, three, eight, 14 and 15. 

 

Rounding out the top five are Branden Boyce of Spring Lake, N.C. and Hampton Roberts of Cary, N.C. Boyce had the low round of the day, coming in with a 3-under-par 67 that catapulted him to even par for the Championship, on the back of six total birdies. Roberts had a solid day in his own right, with a 1-under-par 69 to stay steady through two rounds.

 

In the Girls Division it’s anyone's tournament, with five players within three shots of the lead, and eight within five shots. 

 

Leading the tournament at 4-over-par is Madison Messimer of Myrtle Beach, S.C. Messimer, the 18-hole leader in this event, continued her steady play, following up her first round 1-over-par 71 with a 3-over-par 73. 

 

Right on her heels is Kate Barber of Savannah, GA.  Barber has been incredibly consistent as well, with two 2-over-par 72’s to show through her first and second rounds, she sits in solo second at 5-over-par. 

 

Sawyer Brockstedt of Rehoboth Beach, DE, Kiera Bartholomew of Wake Forest, N.C. and Melanie Walker of Burke, VA are all tied for third at 7-over-par. Brockstedt followed up her 74 from the first round with a 3-over-par 73, a round that included a birdie on the second, and an eagle on the Par-4 fifth hole. Bartholomew carded one birdie on her day, rolling one in on the Par-4 7th. 

 

Walker had the round of the day herself, an even par 70 that saw her vault into a tie for fourth place at 7-over-par through her first two rounds. She played great golf on Wednesday, carding birdies on holes seven and 14 to highlight a very strong round moving into Thursday. 

 

Ella Perna of Durham, N.C. carded the second lowest round of the day, an impressive 1-over-par 71 to shoot her into solo sixth for the tournament. Perna was level all day, playing the last 14 holes in 1-under-par, carding her birdie on the seventh. 

 

4th Hope Valley Junior Invitational

Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, N.C.

Second Round Results

Boys' Division

Position	Player	City, State, Graduation Year	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Will Hartman	Marvin, NC, 2025	-3	68	69	137
T2	Andrew Gregory	Inman, SC, 2023	-2	67	71	138
T2	Clark Xander Goboy	Chesapeake, VA, 2024	-2	66	72	138
4	Owen Kose	Holly Springs, NC, 2022	-1	68	71	139
T5	Branden Boyce	Spring Lake, NC, 2022	E	73	67	140
T5	Hampton Roberts	Cary, NC, 2023	E	71	69	140
T7	Ryan Macri	Wake Forest, NC, 2021	+2	70	72	142
T7	Trey Marrion	Chesapeake, VA, 2024	+2	69	73	142
T7	Daniel McBrien	Holly Springs, NC, 2026	+2	69	73	142
T10	Jackson Brimfield	Chapel Hill, NC, 2021	+3	74	69	143
T10	Samir Davidov	Roanoke, VA, 2022	+3	75	68	143
T10	Luke Walmet	Daniel Island, SC, 2023	+3	75	68	143
T13	Jonathan Honeywell	Whispering Pines, NC, 2022	+4	73	71	144
T13	Mack Edwards	Charlotte, NC, 2025	+4	73	71	144
T13	Tyler Mawhinney	Fleming Island, FL, 2026	+4	72	72	144
T13	Ian Glanton	Metter, GA, 2021	+4	71	73	144
T17	Samuel Mace	Connelly Springs, NC, 2022	+5	71	74	145
T17	Tyler Jones	Jacksonville, NC, 2023	+5	69	76	145
19	Davis DeLille	High Point, NC, 2022	+6	76	70	146
T20	Jackson Bode	Pinehurst, NC, 2022	+7	75	72	147
T20	Jack Wieler	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+7	74	73	147
T20	Ryan Slonaker	Penn Laird, VA, 2024	+7	73	74	147
T20	Calvin Hawkins	Lexington, NC, 2023	+7	75	72	147
T20	David  Zhang	Blacksburg, VA, 2022	+7	75	72	147
T20	Will Tharin	Rocky Mount, NC, 2023	+7	73	74	147
T20	Parker Claxton	Claxton, GA, 2022	+7	73	74	147
T20	Michael La Sasso	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+7	77	70	147
T20	Keenan Royalty	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+7	70	77	147
T29	Nick Norman	Gastonia, NC, 2022	+8	74	74	148
T29	Nicholas Gross	Downingtown, PA, 2024	+8	76	72	148
T29	Charles Howden	Asheville, NC, 2022	+8	72	76	148
T29	Eli Schmidly	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+8	78	70	148
T29	Colin Salema	Matthews, NC, 2024	+8	71	77	148
T29	Drew Greene	Greenville, NC, 2023	+8	70	78	148
T29	Colt Ingram	Aiken, SC, 2021	+8	80	68	148
T36	Jace Butcher	Kennesaw, GA, 2023	+9	74	75	149
T36	Daniel Boone	Fuquay Varina, NC, 2023	+9	75	74	149
T36	Cameron Hardison	Greenville, NC, 2022	+9	75	74	149
T36	Smith Summerlin	Raleigh, NC, 2026	+9	73	76	149
T36	Ben Jordan	Greensboro, NC, 2022	+9	77	72	149
T41	Cornell Beans	Charlotte, NC, 2024	+10	75	75	150
T41	Alan Van Asch	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+10	75	75	150
T41	Wilson Thrift	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+10	74	76	150
T44	Spencer Turtz	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+11	75	76	151
T44	Maddox  Whittington	Lenoir, NC, 2022	+11	78	73	151
T46	Lucas Acevedo	Charleston, SC, 2023	+12	74	78	152
T46	Josh Buxbaum	Wake Forest, NC, 2021	+12	76	76	152
T46	Jake Conklin	Cary, NC, 2022	+12	80	72	152
T49	Ryan Curran	Charlotte, NC, 2024	+13	79	74	153
T49	Jack Dannemann	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+13	80	73	153
T51	Landon Hawley	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+14	74	80	154
T51	Aidan Browning	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+14	75	79	154
T51	John Logan	Wilmington, NC, 2023	+14	82	72	154
T54	Charles O'Donnell	Pacific Palisades, CA, 2022	+15	73	82	155
T54	Bradley Davis, Jr.	Pilot Mountain, NC, 2022	+15	77	78	155
T54	Jack LaPiana	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+15	80	75	155
T54	Ross Anderson	Lake Charles, LA, 2023	+15	80	75	155
T54	William Chapman	Chapel Hill, NC, 2023	+15	80	75	155
T59	Rich Wills	Cramerton, NC, 2024	+16	75	81	156
T59	Grant Miller	Richmond, VA, 2022	+16	75	81	156
T59	Turner Edwards	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+16	83	73	156
T62	Cole Wright	Wake Forest, NC, 2022	+18	79	79	158
T62	Owen Pearce	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+18	82	76	158
T64	Steven Shea	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+20	82	78	160
T64	Derek Gutierrez	Cranford, NJ, 2023	+20	86	74	160
66	Tate Duensing	Durham, NC, 2026	+21	79	82	161
67	Liam Harris	Wake Forest, NC, 2022	+23	78	85	163
68	William Grasty	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+25	73	92	165
WD	Bryan Fang	Raleigh, NC, 2023	-	WD		WD

 

Girls Division

Position	Player	City, State, Graduation Year	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Madison Messimer	Myrtle Beach, SC, 2025	+4	71	73	144
2	Kate Barber	Savannah, GA, 2025	+5	72	73	145
T3	Melanie Walker	Burke, VA, 2022	+7	77	70	147
T3	Sawyer Brockstedt	Rehoboth Beach, DE, 2025	+7	74	73	147
T3	Kiera Bartholomew	Wake Forest, NC, 2023	+7	74	73	147
6	Ella Perna	Durham, NC, 2022	+8	77	71	148
T7	Anna Howerton	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+9	74	75	149
T7	Saia Rampersaud	Durham, NC, 2025	+9	74	75	149
9	Emerson B. Dever	Durham, NC, 2025	+12	76	76	152
10	Mary Sears Brown	Pinehurst, NC, 2021	+14	74	80	154
11	Grace Ridenour	Raleigh, NC, 2025	+15	77	78	155
12	Caroline Johnson	Mooresville, NC, 2023	+16	78	78	156
T13	Kinsley Smith	Raleigh, NC, 2024	+17	78	79	157
T13	Sahana Mantha	Charlotte, NC, 2025	+17	75	82	157
T15	Raquel Walker	Burke, VA, 2026	+19	78	81	159
T15	Madison  Lehr	Mechanicsville, VA, 2024	+19	79	80	159
T15	Maya Beasley	Pinehurst, NC, 2023	+19	80	79	159
18	Garland Gould	Raleigh, NC, 2024	+20	79	81	160
19	Kasey McIlvaine	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+21	84	77	161
20	Grayson Warren	Washington, NC, 2021	+22	81	81	162
21	Madison Myers	Cary, NC, 2025	+23	78	85	163
T22	Lily Kate Watson	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+24	81	83	164
T22	Kaitlyn Rand	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+24	82	82	164
T24	Katherine Brictson	Raleigh, NC, 2024	+29	85	84	169
T24	Kennedy Noe	Knoxville, TN, 2021	+29	86	83	169
26	Caroline Gilreath	Roanoke, VA, 2023	+30	81	89	170
WD	Allison Robinson	Pinehurst, NC, 2021	-	WD		WD

 

Hope Valley Country Club was founded in 1926 and the course was designed by the world-famous golf course architect, Donald J. Ross, in coordination with landscape architect Robert Cridland. Unlike many of his projects, Ross personally supervised the planning and construction of Hope Valley. Centered around its Aymar Embury II Clubhouse, the course has hosted many significant golf events. They include the U.S. Amateur Qualifying for both Men and Women, the U.S. Senior Men’s Qualifying, the North Carolina Amateur Championship, Carolinas Junior Boys’ Championship, Women’s Western Junior National Championship and Carolinas Junior Girls’ Championship.

 

The tournament moment, of which the club members may be proudest of, took place on April 1, 1945 when Byron Nelson won the Durham Open at Hope Valley. This was his fourth victory out of winning eleven tournaments in a row, a PGA Tour record. Hope Valley membership recognizes that proud stewardship of these outstanding traditions requires that their club continue to revere the old and embrace the new in order to share their commitment to the great game of golf with upcoming generations.

 

Schedule of rounds:

 

Thursday, August 5

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Round 3 Starting Times

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tournament Lunch For Players and Parents

 

 

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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