Knox and McMillen Take Home the N.C. Four-Ball Title

 

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. (October 3, 2021) -- Final results of the 26th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship at The Club at 12 Oaks in Holly Springs, N.C. on October 3, 2021. The field competed at 6,999 yards (par 36-36--72).

 

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A breezy fall day at The Club at 12 Oaks set the perfect stage for the final round of the 26th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship. Andy Knox of Apex, N.C. and Mark McMillen of Holly Springs, N.C. captured the title with an overall 19-under-par, 197 finish.

 

Knox and McMillen are first-time four-ball partners, so reaching the final pairing was already beyond any expectations they had set for themselves this week. However, they had a strategy set for the final round in hopes of taking home the title. 

 

“We just wanted two looks at each green. Having two putts on each green just gives you a whole lot of confidence in four-ball and that is what we wanted,” said Knox. “That has been our game plan all weekend.”

 

The duo got off to a steady start with a string of pars until their first birdie on No. 5. McMillen sank that putt, which was then followed by two more on Nos. 7 and 9 to maintain their one stroke lead over Zach Roberts and Owen Kose of Holly Springs, N.C.

 

“I carried Andy (Knox) a bit on the front nine, but once we hit that back nine, he really fired up,” said McMillen. Then Knox remarked, “Mark (McMillen) shot 3-under on his own ball on the front, it was great. I wasn’t firing on all cylinders on the front, but then we ham and egged it really well on the back.”

 

After the turn, Knox got the momentum rolling with a birdie on No. 10 and McMillen carded another on No. 12. However, Kose fired off birdies on Nos. 11 and 12 to keep the pressure on. It wasn’t until a clutch par putt on No. 15 that Knox and McMillen earned some breathing room on the leaderboard. 

 

“We haven’t played competitive golf since college, so this was just as fun as it was nerve-wracking,” said Knox. “Mark made a great putt on No. 14 to fire us up. Then we both got a little nervous over our 6-footers on No. 15 and when they went in we were all hype about it.”

 

With a two-stroke lead, the side cruised down the stretch to capture the title with a 3-under-par, 69 final round. This is Knox’s third CGA Championship title as he won the 2006 North Carolina Junior Boys’ 13 and Under Championship and the 2009 North Carolina Junior Boys’ Championship. McMillen is now a two-time CGA Champion after winning the 2009 North Carolina Amateur Championship. 

 

The gracious champions remarked, “We are both members at 12 Oaks and there are a lot of great members and good friends that we play a lot of golf with. It was really nice to have 50 or 60 people out here watching us, it really meant a lot. We had so much fun out here and we can’t thank the CGA and 12 Oaks enough for putting this on.”

 

Alex Nianouris of Raleigh, N.C. and David Sargent of Cornelius, N.C. finished in a three-way-tie for second position with Ryan Nagy and Trey Broome of Raleigh, N.C. and JD McNeill of Raleigh, N.C. and Jerry Richardson of Cary, N.C. at 17-under-par, 199. Notably, Nianouris and Sargent carded the low round of the day, a 6-under-par, 66 to tie for runner-up. Kose and Roberts claimed fifth with an overall score of 15-under-par, 201.
 

The Carolinas Golf Association would like to thank the members and staff at The Club at 12 Oaks for graciously hosting the 26th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship. 

26th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship

The Club at 12 Oaks, Holly Springs, N.C.

Final Results
 

Pos.	Team	City, State	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Andy Knox  +  Mark McMillen	Apex, NC, Holly Springs, NC	-19	67	61	69	197
T2	Alex Nianouris  +  David Sargent	Cornelius, NC, Raleigh, NC	-17	65	68	66	199
T2	Ryan Nagy  +  Trey Broome	Raleigh, NC	-17	66	66	67	199
T2	JD McNeill  +  Jerry Richardson	Cary, NC, Raleigh, NC	-17	62	69	68	199
5	Owen Kose  +  Zach Roberts	Holly Springs, NC	-15	64	65	72	201
T6	Fisher Kennedy  +  Kyle Haas	Winston-Salem, NC	-13	68	69	66	203
T6	Will Almand  +  Will Bowman	Raleigh, NC, Cary, NC	-13	68	68	67	203
T6	Kyle Sonday  +  Michael Cosentino	Cary, NC, Raleigh, NC	-13	67	69	67	203
T6	Gary Robinson  +  Preston Edmondson	Fayetteville, NC, Morrisville, NC	-13	70	65	68	203
T10	Courtney Faircloth  +  Sumner Alford	Fuquay Varina, NC	-12	67	69	68	204
T10	Brian Urban  +  Timothy Driver	Holly Springs, NC	-12	65	70	69	204
T12	Jake Benfield  +  Justin Pennell	Lenoir, NC	-11	66	70	69	205
T12	Jonathan Jackson  +  Matthew Crenshaw	Siler City, NC, Burlington, NC	-11	68	68	69	205
14	Dean Channell  +  Jackson Bode	Pinehurst, NC	-10	70	65	71	206
15	Mickey Werenski  +  Tyler Lowman	Conover, NC, Hickory, NC	-8	69	67	72	208
T16	David Shambley  +  Will Shambley	Cary, NC, Wilmington, NC	-7	68	69	72	209
T16	Bryce Aronson  +  Reid Clark	Raleigh, NC	-7	69	68	72	209
T16	Daniel Boone  +  Tyler Jones	Fuquay Varina, NC, Jacksonville, NC	-7	67	70	72	209
T16	Hampton Roberts  +  James Mishoe	Cary, NC	-7	69	69	71	209
T16	Jeremy Ray  +  Joseph Cansler	Pfafftown, NC, Clemmons, NC	-7	65	75	69	209
T16	Brady Eckard  +  Dan Gossin	Cary, NC, Raleigh, NC	-7	71	70	68	209
T22	Eric Williams  +  Nicholas Adams	Goldsboro, NC, Dudley, NC	-6	69	69	72	210
T22	Andrew Haarlow  +  Tanner Gross	Greensboro, NC, Trinity, NC	-6	72	68	70	210
T22	Chris Cassetta  +  Thomas Bonney	High Point, NC, Greensboro, NC	-6	69	72	69	210
25	Daniel McBrien  +  Joseph Hite	Holly Springs, NC	-5	69	70	72	211
T26	Jake Lowder  +  Kyle Stockton	Greensboro, NC, Biltmore Lake, NC	-4	69	69	74	212
T26	Chris Lee  +  Patrick Bridges	Garner, NC, Clayton, NC	-4	69	69	74	212
T28	Craig Martin  +  Louis Swanson	Holly Springs, NC, Wake Forest, NC	-3	70	70	73	213
T28	Preyer Fountain  +  Russell Burke	Raleigh, NC	-3	72	69	72	213
T30	Matthew Younts  +  Nate Cook	Greensboro, NC, Raleigh, NC	-1	67	72	76	215
T30	John Bennett  +  Tom Cullen	Hickory, NC, Forest City, NC	-1	69	70	76	215
32	Jayson Jennings  +  Mark Bawden	Cary, NC, Fuquay Varina, NC	E	68	71	77	216
The following teams did not make the cut
CUT	Austin Doerr  +  Dermot McElhennon	Wake Forest, NC, Raleigh, NC	-2	71	71		142
CUT	Chad Beasley  +  David Stepp	Holly Springs, NC	-2	69	73		142
CUT	Colin McHale  +  Matthew McIntyre	Cary, NC, Garner, NC	-2	70	72		142
CUT	Duff Meyer  +  William Carter	Laurinburg, NC, Pinehurst, NC	-2	72	70		142
CUT	Eugene Riley  +  Josh Neal	Raleigh, NC	-2	71	71		142
CUT	Brad Mangum  +  Nick Brown	Lenoir, NC, Iron Station, NC	-1	74	69		143
CUT	Daniel Brantley  +  James Bass	Asheboro, NC, Advance, NC	-1	73	70		143
CUT	Jack Hoover  +  Joshua Husovich	Fayetteville, NC	-1	72	71		143
CUT	Jeremy Sigmon  +  Jon Eichstaedt	Charlotte, NC	-1	72	71		143
CUT	Anthony Conn  +  Brandon Reece	Raleigh, NC, Rolesville, NC	-1	70	73		143
CUT	Justin Harvey  +  Michael Swiger	Raleigh, NC, Holly Springs, NC	-1	74	69		143
CUT	Patrick Merritt  +  Sumner Tate	Raleigh, NC	-1	69	74		143
CUT	Hunter Howell  +  Joe Poole	Pinehurst, NC, Raleigh, NC	E	74	70		144
CUT	Aaron York  +  Hunter Freeman	Raleigh, NC, Durham, NC	+1	70	75		145
CUT	Eric Sayer  +  Jake Conklin	Cary, NC	+1	69	76		145
CUT	Chris Holland   +  Matt Hudson	Fayetteville, NC	+1	74	71		145
CUT	Dustin Moore  +  Greg Earnhardt	Burlington, NC, Greensboro, NC	+1	73	72		145
CUT	Jeff Manley  +  Marshall Newman	Raleigh, NC	+1	74	71		145
CUT	Michael Lower  +  Sean Sosonko	Raleigh, NC	+1	73	72		145
CUT	Peter Melvin  +  William Melvin	Pinehurst, NC, Charlotte, NC	+1	73	72		145
CUT	Brandon Grzywacz  +  Nathan Hoffman	Sanford, NC, Pinehurst, NC	+2	74	72		146
CUT	Brian Sowinski  +  Kevin Sowinski	Charlotte, NC, Greensboro, NC	+2	74	72		146
CUT	Bryan Pendergraft  +  Whit Howard	Raleigh, NC	+2	71	75		146
CUT	Drew Davis  +  Kerney Black	Lexington, NC, Rural Hall, NC	+2	75	71		146
CUT	Joe Burns  +  Nathan Kohl	Greensboro, NC	+2	72	74		146
CUT	Stuart Augustine  +  Trenton Reid	Fayetteville, NC	+2	72	74		146
CUT	Kenny Flynn  +  Mark Harper	Winston-Salem, NC	+4	75	73		148
CUT	Jordan Ford  +  Pete Luster	Chapel Hill, NC, Morrisville, NC	+4	74	74		148
CUT	Drake Kane  +  Simon Cagle	Raleigh, NC	+5	76	73		149
CUT	Aubrey Wilkerson  +  Brad Landschoot	Charlotte, NC, Winston-Salem, NC	+5	75	74		149
CUT	Clark Jeffreys  +  Todd Prichard	Holly Springs, NC	+5	74	75		149
CUT	Brian Hayes  +  Matthew Hammond	Winston-Salem, NC, Holly Springs, NC	+6	73	77		150
CUT	Christian Gardner  +  Michael Gardner	Goldsboro, NC	+6	74	76		150
CUT	Bob McGee  +  Ilan Szulik	Cary, NC, Durham, NC	+7	76	75		151
CUT	Seve Anfindsen  +  Stacey Anfindsen	Apex, NC	+8	77	75		152
CUT	Christopher Berry  +  Thomas Berry	Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh, NC	+8	77	75		152
CUT	Dan Harding  +  Kevin Atamian	Raleigh, NC, Apex, NC	+8	75	77		152
CUT	Ryan Blair  +  Trevor Mitchell	Charlotte, NC, Oak Ridge, NC	+8	74	78		152
CUT	Hunter Nestor  +  Ryan Turley	Clemmons, NC, Hickory, NC	+9	74	79		153
CUT	Andrew Blum  +  Mike Kee	Kannapolis, NC, Stanley, NC	+9	77	76		153
CUT	Eric Parziale  +  John Zoppi	Southern Pines, NC, Pinehurst, NC	+9	76	77		153
CUT	Christopher Leroux  +  Michael Kerley	Asheboro, NC, Clemmons, NC	+10	78	76		154
CUT	Pete Lineberger  +  Thomas Lineberger	Southern Pines, NC, Pinehurst, NC	+11	77	78		155
CUT	Mark Lassiter  +  Scott Benton	Lumberton, NC, Fairmont, NC	+12	75	81		156

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