Oxendine Leads the Pack at the N.C. Amateur

 

RALEIGH, N.C. (June 17, 2021) -- First round results of the 61st North Carolina Amateur Championship at Lonnie Poole Golf Course at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. on June 17, 2021. The field is competing at 7,228 yards (par 36-36--72).

 

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Lonnie Poole Golf Course at North Carolina State University is in pristine condition for the 61st North Carolina Amateur Championship, but the firm fairways and fast greens provided a challenge for the field today in the opening round. Spencer Oxendine of Fayetteville, N.C. took advantage of the conditions and fired off a 3-under-par, 69 in the opening round.


Oxendine is a rising junior on the North Carolina State University men’s golf team, which means Lonnie Poole Golf Course at N.C. State is his home course during the school year. He is very comfortable with this track and it showed on his scorecard.

 

Oxendine started his round on No. 10 with a birdie that got his momentum going early. He carded a train of pars until two consecutive birdies on Nos. 15 and 16 catapulted him atop the leaderboard. “I played pretty solid the first 12 holes, kind of limped coming in, but it was a really good day overall and I hit a lot of greens,” he said. “The ball striking was there, but I didn’t really have the putter going today.”

After making the turn at 3-under-par, 33, the 2018 Creed Junior Boys’ Champion carded another birdie on No. 3 to solidify his seat on top of the leaderboard entering the second round. “I put myself in a good position. You can’t win it on the first day, but you can certainly lose it so I just put myself in a good position today.”


Second position is held by a three-way-tie between Clayson Good of Durham, N.C., Columb Knight of Raleigh, N.C. and Timothy Driver of Holly Springs, N.C. just one stroke off the lead at 2-under-par, 70.


A birdie on No. 1 set the tone for Good’s strong opening round. Carding only one bogey and two more birdies on Nos. 7 and 13, consistency was key for him throughout the day. The reigning North Carolina Junior Boys’ Champion remarked, “I'm a good par-5 player and there’s three par-5s on the front. I went 2-under on the par-5s today. I didn’t make too many bogeys or mistakes, I just played pretty well.”


Knight and Driver had more dynamic opening rounds that landed them towards the top of the leaderboard. Knight started off his round with a birdie on No. 10 (he started his round on the back nine), which led to three more birdies on the day. While Driver fired off an outstanding six birdies to finish the day one shot off the lead.


There are nine players that carded 1-under-par, 71 and seven players that finished with an even-par, 72, so the leaderboard is incredibly tight at the top. With 54 holes left to be played, it is anybody’s game at this point. However, the battle to make the cut is sure to bring exciting competition tomorrow. After the second round, the field will be cut to the low 60 scores and ties for the weekend. 

 

The second round will begin tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. with starting times until 2:14 p.m. off of Nos. 1 and 10. Stay tuned to our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for live coverage of the second round of the 61st North Carolina Amateur Championship. 

 

61st North Carolina Amateur Championship

Lonnie Poole Golf Course at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.

First Round Results

 

Pos.	Player	City, State	To Par	Total
1	Spencer Oxendine	Fayetteville, NC	-3	69
T2	Clayson Good	Durham, NC	-2	70
T2	Columb Knight	Raleigh, NC	-2	70
T2	Timothy Driver	Holly Springs, NC	-2	70
T5	Justin Morgan	Denver, NC	-1	71
T5	Colin Browning	Charlotte, NC	-1	71
T5	Joe Jaspers	Huntersville, NC	-1	71
T5	Grayson Wotnosky	Wake Forest, NC	-1	71
T5	Patrick Stephenson	Four Oaks, NC	-1	71
T5	Kurtis Grant	Southern Pines, NC	-1	71
T5	Nicholas Mathews	Mebane, NC	-1	71
T5	Ben Woodruff	Huntersville, NC	-1	71
T5	Jake Herring	Wilson, NC	-1	71
T14	AJ Shaffer	Horse Shoe, NC	E	72
T14	Bryson Boyette	Wilson, NC	E	72
T14	Caleb Keck	Concord, NC	E	72
T14	Collin Adams	Charlotte, NC	E	72
T14	Kevin O'Connell	Apex, NC	E	72
T14	David Sargent	Cornelius, NC	E	72
T20	Grady Anderson	Greenville, NC	+1	73
T20	Tyler Jones	Jacksonville, NC	+1	73
T20	Jay Roberts	Concord, NC	+1	73
T20	Connor Jones	Raleigh, NC	+1	73
T20	Garrett Risner	Holly Springs, NC	+1	73
T20	Keenan Royalty	Raleigh, NC	+1	73
T20	Nolan Mills IV	Charlotte, NC	+1	73
T20	Graham Chase	Charlotte, NC	+1	73
T20	Connor Brown	Cherryville, NC	+1	73
T20	Jake Scruggs	Shelby, NC	+1	73
T20	Grady Newton	Wallburg, NC	+1	73
T20	Stuart Fuller	Winston-Salem, NC	+1	73
T20	Stephen Carroll	Concord, NC	+1	73
T20	Anthony Conn	Raleigh, NC	+1	73
T20	David Gies	Pineville, NC	+1	73
T20	Jason Gabriel	Claremont, NC	+1	73
T20	Nick Lyerly	Salisbury, NC	+1	73
T37	Maddox Whittington	Lenoir, NC	+2	74
T37	Jake Conklin	Cary, NC	+2	74
T37	Chad Wilfong	Charlotte, NC	+2	74
T37	Jack Heath	Charlotte, NC	+2	74
T37	Carter Busse	Davidson, NC	+2	74
T37	Walker Taylor	Wilmington, NC	+2	74
T37	Christopher Sperrazza	Raleigh, NC	+2	74
T37	JD McNeill	Raleigh, NC	+2	74
T37	Kenan Poole	Raleigh, NC	+2	74
T37	Randall Hudson	New Bern, NC	+2	74
T37	Nic Brown	Wendell, NC	+2	74
T37	Matthew Younts	Greensboro, NC	+2	74
T37	Tim Bunten	Concord, NC	+2	74
T37	Cyrus Stewart	Raleigh, NC	+2	74
T51	Holt Allison	Conover, NC	+3	75
T51	Andy Knox	Apex, NC	+3	75
T51	Joe Brooks	Franklin, NC	+3	75
T51	Charlie Fetter	Charlotte, NC	+3	75
T51	Noah Bumgarner	Lenoir, NC	+3	75
T51	Pearse Lucas	Charlotte, NC	+3	75
T51	Justin Guilford	Davidson, NC	+3	75
T51	Spencer Roberts	Cary, NC	+3	75
T51	Brandon Reece	Rolesville, NC	+3	75
T51	Noah Connor	Reidsville, NC	+3	75
T51	Thomas Bonney	Greensboro, NC	+3	75
T51	Symon Balbin	Pinehurst, NC	+3	75
T51	Mark Olbrych	Raleigh, NC	+3	75
T51	Connor Armistead	Charlotte, NC	+3	75
T51	A.J. Beechler	Pinehurst, NC	+3	75
T51	Attie Giles	Pinehurst, NC	+3	75
T51	Wade Boteler	Burlington, NC	+3	75
T51	Zac Lewis	Winnabow, NC	+3	75
T69	Harcourt Settle	Raleigh, NC	+4	76
T69	William Locey	Charlotte, NC	+4	76
T69	Jim Aughtry	Concord, NC	+4	76
T69	Will Tharin	Rocky Mount, NC	+4	76
T69	Andrew Ward	Charlotte, NC	+4	76
T69	Daniel Neveu	Pinehurst, NC	+4	76
T69	Ryan Blair	Charlotte, NC	+4	76
T69	August Lascola	Durham, NC	+4	76
T69	Caden Baker	Mebane, NC	+4	76
T69	Mitchell Tanis	Pineville, NC	+4	76
T69	Jerry Richardson	Cary, NC	+4	76
T69	Matias La Grutta	Cary, NC	+4	76
T69	Jackson Brimfield	Chapel Hill, NC	+4	76
T69	Evan Boyer	Morrisville, NC	+4	76
T83	Jake Clodfelter	Trinity, NC	+5	77
T83	Davis Spradling	Clayton, NC	+5	77
T83	Calvin Hawkins	Lexington, NC	+5	77
T83	Bruce Bevins	Matthews, NC	+5	77
T83	Carter Rains	Greenville, NC	+5	77
T83	Ben Morehead	Charlotte, NC	+5	77
T83	William Buchanan	Greensboro, NC	+5	77
T83	Brad Clark	Durham, NC	+5	77
T83	Steven Brame	Henderson, NC	+5	77
T92	Daniel Bowden	Wilmington, NC	+6	78
T92	Christopher Blum	Raleigh, NC	+6	78
T92	Josh Lendach	Raleigh, NC	+6	78
T92	Tommy Lamb	Cary, NC	+6	78
T92	Chad Fultz	Charlotte, NC, NC	+6	78
T92	Lexton Ford	Lenoir, NC	+6	78
T92	Ryan Nagy	Raleigh, NC	+6	78
T92	Addison Beam	Cherryville, NC	+6	78
T92	Davis Womble	Winston-Salem, NC	+6	78
T101	Matthew Spak	Cary, NC	+7	79
T101	Carter Boulia	Cary, NC	+7	79
T101	Alex Campbell	Charlotte, NC	+7	79
T101	Addison Lambeth	Browns Summit, NC	+7	79
T101	Blake Brantley	Winston-Salem, NC	+7	79
T101	Landon Hawley	Charlotte, NC	+7	79
T101	Michael Childress	Salisbury, NC	+7	79
T101	Austin Bonfiglio	Holly Springs, NC	+7	79
T109	Luke Nelson	Raleigh, NC	+8	80
T109	Jack Anderson	Charlotte, NC	+8	80
T109	Evan Mendyk	Summerfield, NC	+8	80
T109	Cole Sutherland	Charlotte, NC	+8	80
T109	Keith Early	Charlotte, NC	+8	80
T109	Gary Pugh	Asheboro, NC	+8	80
T115	Adam Kersey	Hickory, NC	+9	81
T115	Bobby Scarboro	Rolesville, NC	+9	81
T115	Zach Swink	Whitsett, NC	+9	81
T115	Jerell Fields	Pineville, NC	+9	81
T115	Casey Osiecki	New Bern, NC	+9	81
T115	Bob McGee	Cary, NC	+9	81
T115	Andrew Gates	Greensboro, NC	+9	81
T115	Ryan O'Neil	Waxhaw, NC	+9	81
T115	Brady Eckard	Conover, NC	+9	81
T115	Stephen Helton	Clayton, NC	+9	81
T125	Chad Parris	Charlotte, NC	+10	82
T125	Avery Papalia	Kernersville, NC	+10	82
T125	Dustin Moore	Burlington, NC	+10	82
T128	Justin Nagy	Holly Springs, NC	+11	83
T128	Jordan Smith	Summerfield, NC	+11	83
T128	Andrew Haarlow	Greensboro, NC	+11	83
T131	Daniel Jackson	Indian Trail, NC	+12	84
T131	Cole Howard	Benson, NC	+12	84
T131	Jake Clayton	Burlington, NC	+12	84
T134	Chris Bitzenhofer	Mount Olive, NC	+13	85
T134	Sam Terry	Thomasville, NC	+13	85
T136	Eli Kinlaw	Mount Holly, NC	+14	86
T136	Dexter Rice	Charlotte, NC	+14	86
T136	Austin Alexander	Rutherfordton, NC	+14	86
WD	Chase Clayton	Locust, NC	-	-
WD	Zach Roberts	Holly Springs, NC	-	-

 

Schedule of Rounds:

 

Friday, June 18

Second Round - 18 Holes of Individual Stroke Play

Cut to the low 60 scores and ties 

 

Saturday, June 19

Third Round - 18 Holes of Individual Stroke Play

 

Sunday, June 20

Final Round - 18 Holes of Individual Stroke Play

 

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