Tolleson and Uremovich Claim South Carolina Junior Championship Crowns

Orangeburg, SC-- Never trailing in any of his first 5 matches, Clint Tolleson of Spartanburg found himself 3 down after 5 holes.  He then battled back against McCuen Elmore of Cheraw and won the tenth hole to bring the match back to all square.  Tolleson, a 17 year old rising high school junior, then won the 14th and 16th hole to take a 2 up lead.  Tolleson then won the SC Junior Match Play
when he and Elmore halved the 17th hole.  Elmore, a 17 year old rising senior, played well all week, but just could not get the ball to fall in the championship match.  Both players will be invited to be members of the Carolinas Junior team that will compete against the Virginias junior team on August 19 and 20 at Chapel Hill CC in Chapel Hill, NC.  This annual junor championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

Rachel Uremovich of Hilton Head Island captured the Jane Crum Covington championship trophy by defeating Maureen Dunnagan of Lexington, 6&4 in the finals of the S.C. Junior Girls' Match Play Championship at C.C. of Orangeburg.  Uremovich, 15 year old rising high school sophomore at Hilton Head Prep, missed one green in regulation in her championship match.  Dunnagan, a 14
year oldrising high school freshman, fought back on the early holes on the back side, but Uremovich won number 13 and then number 14 to close out the match. Both players will be invited to play on the Carolinas Junior girls team that will compete against a team of girls from Virginia and Maryland in the Mid-Atlantic Challenge, August 5 and 6 at Independence C.C. in Richmond, Virginia.