42nd NC Junior
Championship
Henderson CC Henderson, NC
June 16-19, 2009
Henderson, NC –The story
of the 42nd NC Junior is the amount of upsets by the very talented
young junior golfers. Jack Keefe of
Fayetteville defeated Justin Clement 5&3 in the morning round and then
defeated Greg Bunner of Cherryville, 5&3. Also falling in the morning round was
hometown favorite Beau Cutts of Henderson by a 6&5 margin. 2008 runner-up Andy Knox of Cary advanced in
both rounds today defeating Daniel Brantley of Asheboro 1 up and Jonathan Miles
of Wilmington 5&4. Also advancing to
the quarterfinals are James Chapman of Gastonia, Grey Miller of Morganton, JT
Poston of Hickory, Payne McLeod of Reidsville and Jackson Spires of
Fayetteville.
In the
girls’ championship, Lizzy Bundy of Clayton and
Jessica Neese advanced to the championship
match. Bundy defeated Sarah Bae of Raleigh 1up. Bae played the quarterfinals match with a set of borrowed
clubs after her clubs were stolen on Tuesday night at her home in Raleigh. Bundy then defeated Laura Wearn
of Charlotte in the afternoon 3&1 to advance to the finals. Neese defeated
medalist Kayla Sciupider of Etowah 1 up and Megan
Burnham of
This
annual junior championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.
Girls’ Championship Quarterfinals
Upper
Bracket:
Jessica Neese, Liberty, NC def. Kayla Sciupider,
Etowah, NC, 1 up
Megan
Burnham, Gastonia, NC def. Mallory Warrick, Wilson, NC, 2&1
Lower
Bracket:
Lizzie
Bundy, Clayton, NC def. Sarah Bae, Raleigh, NC, 1 up
Laura Wearn, Charlotte, NC def. Lori Beth Adams, Burlington, NC,
3&1
Semifinals
Neese def. Burnham, 4&3
Bundy def.
Wearn, 4&3
Finals
Neese vs. Bundy #1 8:15
Boys’ Championship Round of 32
Upper
Bracket:
Jack
Keefe, Fayetteville, NC def. Justin Clement, Lexington, NC, 5&3
Greg Bunner, Cherryville, NC def. Alex Nianouris, Salisbury, NC,
3&2
Joshua
Chandler, Washington, NC, NC def. Leif Neijstrom,
Greensboro, NC, 7&6
James
Chapman, Gastonia, NC def. Mark Wright, Tabor City, NC, 1 up
Jonathan
Miles, Wilmington, NC def. Will Diianni,
Kernersville, NC, 3&2
Andy Knox,
Cary, NC def. Daniel Brantley, Asheboro, NC, 1 up
Andrew
Decker, Greenville, NC def. Jonathan Diianni,
Kernersville, NC, 19 holes
Grey
Miller, Morganton, NC def. Thomas Bass, Holly Springs, NC, 19 holes
Lower
Bracket:
Zachary Edmondson,
Morrisville, NC def. George Whiting, Charlotte, NC, 1 up
JT Poston,
Hickory, NC def. Josh Nichols, Kernersville, NC, 2&1
Trevor
Cone, Concord, NC def. Matthew Yelverton, Matthews,
NC, 3&1
Richard
Fountain, Raleigh, NC def. Beau Cutts, Henderson, NC, 6&5
Payne
McLeod, Reidsville, NC def. Cyrus Stewart, Raleigh, NC, 6&5
Noah Ratner, Asheville, NC def. Justin Runyon, Clayton, NC,
6&5
Jackson
Spires, Fayetteville, NC def. Jason Garrett, Durham, NC, 2&1
Alex
Ehlert, Raleigh, NC def. JT Thomas, Raleigh, NC, 2&1
Round of 16
Upper
Bracket:
Keefe def.
Bunner, 5&3
Chapman
def. Chandler, 3&2
Knox def.
Miles, 5&4
Miller
def. Decker, 1 up
Lower
Bracket:
Poston
def. Edmondson, 3&2
Cone def.
Fountain, 2&1
McLeod
def. Ratner, 5&4
Spires
def. Ehlert, 4&3
Friday, June 19th
Quarterfinals
Upper
Bracket:
Keefe vs.
Chapman, #1 7:30
Knox vs.
Miller, #1 7:38
Lower
Bracket:
Poston vs.
Cone, #1 7:46
McLeod vs.
Spires, #1 7:54