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Smith Captures the 4th Carolinian Am

 

BUIES CREEK, N.C. (May 19, 2019) -- Final results of the 4th Carolinian Amateur Championship at Keith Hills Golf Club in Buies Creek, N.C. on Sunday, May 19, 2019. 

 

Related: Championship Web Site | Full Field of Players | Starting Times | Scoring | History

 

After a day that was full of ups and downs and several lead changes, Fulton Smith of Pinehurst, N.C. came out on top after shooting a 1-over-par, 73 to win the 4th Carolinian Amateur Championship by one shot.

 

“I went in with the same game plan today,” Smith said. “Towards the middle of the round it turned into a match play tournament with me and Brett. It was really one v one. We were both playing really well in the beginning but it got sloppy towards the end. I was just trying to pick my spots. I thought I played okay today. I could have hit some better shots here or there but overall pretty satisfied.”

Smith started the final round in a three-way tie for the lead with Brett McLamb of Coats, N.C. and Mark Olbrych of Columbia, S.C. A birdie on the par 3, No. 3 gave Fulton the early lead but it didn’t last long.

On the very next hole, McLamb took his first lead of the championship when he was able to make a birdie on the par 4, No. 4 and Smith bogeyed.

That birdie was the first of three in a row for McLamb. He took a three-shot lead into the back nine but a double bogey on No. 10 led to a three-shot swing when Smith was able to make a long putt for birdie.

“It was a big birdie on ten,” Smith said. “That was a big momentum boost. Then [Brett] bounced back and I knew he would. We kind of went back and forth and I guess I was lucky enough to come out on top at the end but it was a lot of fun today.”

There was another lead change on the par 5, No. 13 when McLamb birdied and Smith bogeyed.

McLamb started No. 16 with a two shot lead but found trouble to the right. He finished the hole with a triple bogey and a one-shot deficit. Smith gave one back on the par 3, No. 17 and the players came into the final hole tied at the top.

Both McLamb and Smith were going for the par 5, 18th green in two but neither were able to reach the green. A par by Smith was good enough to capture the win.

Smith finished the championship at 7-under-par, 209 total.

Sam Echikson of Charlotte, N.C. finished in a tie for second with McLamb at 6-under-par, 210 total.

Our defending champion, Harry Reynolds of Greenville, S.C. finished in solo fourth at 5-under-par, 211 total.

Brady Hinkle of Lancaster, S.C. had the low round of the day at 6-under-par, 66. He finished in fifth place with a 4-under-par, 212 total for the championship.

This is Smith’s third CGA championship win with victories at 2016 and 2017 Dogwood State Junior Boys’ Championship.  

The CGA wishes to thank the members and staff at Keith Hills Golf Club, especially Director of Golf, Martha Sutton, Golf Course Superintendent, Damon Dean and General Manager, Kenneth Jones.

4th Carolinian Amateur Championship
Keith Hills Golf Club, Buies Creek, N.C.
Final Results

Pos.

Player

City, State

To Par

R1

R2

R3

Total

 

1

Fulton Smith

Pinehurst, NC

-7

61

75

73

209

 

T2

Brett McLamb

Coats, NC

-6

66

70

74

210

 

T2

Sam Echikson

Charlotte, NC

-6

70

69

71

210

 

4

Harry Reynolds

Greenville, SC

-5

69

73

69

211

 

5

Brady Hinkle

Lancaster, SC

-4

76

70

66

212

 

6

Tim Bunten

Concord, NC

-2

70

72

72

214

 

7

Mark Olbrych

Columbia, SC

-1

71

65

79

215

 

8

Trey Capps

Garner, NC

E

66

77

73

216

 

T9

Jack Massei

Pinehurst, NC

+1

70

74

73

217

 

T9

Spencer Oxendine

Fayetteville, NC

+1

68

76

73

217

 

T11

Ike Joy

Denver, NC

+2

74

69

75

218

 

T11

Jake Herring

Wilson, NC

+2

71

72

75

218

 

T11

James Harris

Lillington, NC

+2

74

73

71

218

 

T11

McClure Thompson

Little River, SC

+2

72

72

74

218

 

T15

Chris Cassetta

High Point, NC

+3

70

74

75

219

 

T15

Clayton Holland

Greensboro, NC

+3

74

74

71

219

 

T15

Jeremy Ray

Pfafftown, NC

+3

75

72

72

219

 

T18

Jordan Smith

Summerfield, NC

+4

72

71

77

220

 

T18

Brandon Reece

Rolesville, NC

+4

76

70

74

220

 

T18

Justin Lenzini

Pinehurst, NC

+4

75

72

73

220

 

21

Quade Lukes

Chapel Hill, NC

+5

71

75

75

221

 

T22

Elliott Johnson

Beaufort, SC

+6

73

75

74

222

 

T22

Sam Davidson

Asheboro, NC

+6

72

74

76

222

 

T24

Cameron Whitney

Charlotte, NC

+7

77

70

76

223

 

T24

Connor Moore

Bluffton, SC

+7

73

75

75

223

 

T24

Noah Connor

Reidsville, NC

+7

79

74

70

223

 

T24

John O'Brien

Columbia, SC

+7

76

72

75

223

 

T28

Jack Marcotte

Apex, NC

+8

75

71

78

224

 

T28

Michael Wicker

Rougemont, NC

+8

74

71

79

224

 

T28

Nicklaus Sutton

Matthews, NC

+8

76

70

78

224

 

T28

Patrick Schweitz

Clayton, NC

+8

77

72

75

224

 

T28

Randall Hudson

New Bern, NC

+8

71

74

79

224

 

T28

Dylan Lukes

Chapel Hill, NC

+8

73

80

71

224

 

T28

Evan Boyer

Morrisville, NC

+8

73

76

75

224

 

T35

Andrew Sapp

Greenville, NC

+9

77

75

73

225

 

T35

Steven Brame

Henderson, NC

+9

72

75

78

225

 

T37

Frank Gilliam

Raleigh, NC

+10

73

77

76

226

 

T37

Stephen Lavenets

Willow Spring, NC

+10

76

78

72

226

 

T37

Billy West

Fayetteville, NC

+10

75

75

76

226

 

T37

Henry Augenstein

Columbia, SC

+10

80

72

74

226

 

T37

Michael Rials

Florence, SC

+10

74

80

72

226

 

T42

Todd Moyer

Cornelius, NC

+11

76

76

75

227

 

T42

Andrew Ward

Charlotte, NC

+11

75

75

77

227

 

T42

Will Warner

Fayetteville, NC

+11

74

76

77

227

 

T45

John Del Priore

Charlotte, NC

+12

72

74

82

228

 

T45

Anthony Conn

Raleigh, NC

+12

74

74

80

228

 

T45

Jordan Reeves

Asheboro, NC

+12

77

76

75

228

 

T48

Caden Baker

Mebane, NC

+13

71

75

83

229

 

T48

Connor Jones

Raleigh, NC

+13

77

77

75

229

 

T48

Korky Kemp

Greensboro, NC

+13

77

77

75

229

 

T48

Benjamin Buben

Charlotte, NC

+13

72

78

79

229

 

T48

Mason Tucker

Lancaster, SC

+13

76

76

77

229

 

T53

PJ Kester

Wrightsville Beach, NC

+14

75

78

77

230

 

T53

Garett Heffner

Apex, NC

+14

76

74

80

230

 

T53

Stuart Fuller

Winston-Salem, NC

+14

76

74

80

230

 

T56

Dan Sullivan

Columbia, SC

+15

76

76

79

231

 

T56

Ryan Nagy

Raleigh, NC

+15

80

73

78

231

 

T56

Jimbo Stanley

Raleigh, NC

+15

79

74

78

231

 

T59

Blake Brantley

Winston-Salem, NC

+16

77

76

79

232

 

T59

William Herring

Lillington, NC

+16

79

73

80

232

 

T61

Clayson Good

Durham, NC

+17

83

71

79

233

 

T61

Hunter Oxendine

Fayetteville, NC

+17

72

80

81

233

 

T61

Jackson Steiner

Charlotte, NC

+17

74

77

82

233

 

T61

Ronald Otile

Charlotte, NC

+17

74

80

79

233

 

65

Kyle Kushnir

Raleigh, NC

+18

76

78

80

234

 

T66

Eston Lee

Four Oaks, NC

+19

75

76

84

235

 

T66

Michael Neece

Gastonia, NC

+19

76

76

83

235

 

T68

Joey Pritchard

Pinehurst, NC

+20

77

76

83

236

 

T68

William Sullivan

Columbia, SC

+20

76

78

82

236

 

WD

Marco Nieto

Elon, NC

-

79

74

WD

WD

 

WD

Jon Eichstaedt

Charlotte, NC

-

77

77

WD

WD

 

The following players did not make the cut

CUT

Austin Alexander

Rutherfordton, NC

+11

80

75

 

155

 

CUT

Avery Papalia

Kernersville, NC

+11

79

76

 

155

 

CUT

Benjamin Crow

Pinehurst, NC

+11

76

79

 

155

 

CUT

Chandler Perry

Clinton, NC

+11

80

75

 

155

 

CUT

Chris Bitzenhofer

Mount Olive, NC

+11

81

74

 

155

 

CUT

Ethan Hall

Morehead City, NC

+11

78

77

 

155

 

CUT

Garrett Risner

Holly Springs, NC

+11

80

75

 

155

 

CUT

Matthew Sullivan

West End, NC

+11

77

78

 

155

 

CUT

Symon Balbin

Pinehurst, NC

+11

79

76

 

155

 

CUT

John Costa

Lillington, NC

+11

81

74

 

155

 

CUT

Simon Boteler

Raleigh, NC

+11

80

75

 

155

 

CUT

Daniel Adkins

Holly Springs, NC

+12

79

77

 

156

 

CUT

Michael Coe

Morrisville, NC

+12

82

74

 

156

 

CUT

Will Lewis

Chapel Hill, NC

+12

78

78

 

156

 

CUT

Brady Moran

Greensboro, NC

+12

77

79

 

156

 

CUT

Chris Holland

Fayetteville, NC

+12

79

77

 

156

 

CUT

Deven Cerda

Charlotte, NC

+12

77

79

 

156

 

CUT

Nicholas Bublitz

Fort Bragg, NC

+12

77

79

 

156

 

CUT

Parker Truesdale

Canton, NC

+12

76

80

 

156

 

CUT

Cole Sutherland

Charlotte, NC

+13

85

72

 

157

 

CUT

Jay Jay Howard

Concord, NC

+13

78

79

 

157

 

CUT

Landon Barnes

Pilot Mountain, NC

+13

82

75

 

157

 

CUT

Nathan Hoffman

Pinehurst, NC

+13

74

83

 

157

 

CUT

Seve Anfindsen

Apex, NC

+13

80

77

 

157

 

CUT

Will Hanna

Raleigh, NC

+13

77

80

 

157

 

CUT

Ben Brodhead

Charleston, SC

+13

79

78

 

157

 

CUT

Jimmy Vassil

Indian Land, SC

+13

77

80

 

157

 

CUT

Phillip Clifton

Winston-Salem, NC

+13

80

77

 

157

 

CUT

Gray Matthews

Raleigh, NC

+14

79

79

 

158

 

CUT

Jack Hart

Charlotte, NC

+14

80

78

 

158

 

CUT

Britt Mitchell

Creedmoor, NC

+14

81

77

 

158

 

CUT

Matthew Spak

Cary, NC

+14

79

79

 

158

 

CUT

Nick Lukas

Wilmington, NC

+14

78

80

 

158

 

CUT

Solomon Park

Greensboro, NC

+14

82

76

 

158

 

CUT

Jack Fitzgerald

Wilmington, NC

+15

81

78

 

159

 

CUT

Coston Fogleman

Hillsborough, NC

+15

82

77

 

159

 

CUT

Douglas Bechtold

Fuquay Varina, NC

+15

79

80

 

159

 

CUT

Drew Wood

Pinehurst, NC

+15

80

79

 

159

 

CUT

Austin Northern

Blowing Rock, NC

+16

78

82

 

160

 

CUT

Allen Chisholm

Charlotte, NC

+16

80

80

 

160

 

CUT

Benjamin Selkin

Elon, NC

+16

80

80

 

160

 

CUT

Nick Howell

Laurens, SC

+16

76

84

 

160

 

CUT

Luke Ward

Arden, NC

+17

76

85

 

161

 

CUT

Branden Boyce

Spring Lake, NC

+17

80

81

 

161

 

CUT

Teddy Sluser

Pinehurst, NC

+17

83

78

 

161

 

CUT

Bo Crooks

Lillington, NC

+18

79

83

 

162

 

CUT

Faheem Amod

Raleigh, NC

+18

82

80

 

162

 

CUT

Zach Green

Asheboro, NC

+18

81

81

 

162

 

CUT

Richard Andrews

Chapel Hill, NC

+19

80

83

 

163

 

CUT

Douglas Perkins

Gastonia, NC

+19

84

79

 

163

 

CUT

Brad Coleman

Jamestown, NC

+20

82

82

 

164

 

CUT

Drew Haywood

Chapel Hill, NC

+20

82

82

 

164

 

CUT

Jacob Lucky

Raleigh, NC

+21

86

79

 

165

 

CUT

Peter  Dimassimo

Raleigh, NC

+22

82

84

 

166

 

CUT

Shaun Wixson

Fayetteville, NC

+22

79

87

 

166

 

CUT

Harrison Fisher

Angier, NC

+23

86

81

 

167

 

CUT

Jack Dockrill

Elon, NC

+24

82

86

 

168

 

CUT

Nick Agapion

Gaffney, SC

+24

88

80

 

168

 

CUT

Ezra Park

Greensboro, NC

+26

88

82

 

170

 

CUT

Jonathan Bennett

Lillington, NC

+26

86

84

 

170

 

CUT

John Bennett

Forest City, NC

+28

93

79

 

172

 

CUT

Scott Tarcy

Fort Mill, SC

+28

88

84

 

172

 

CUT

Dwayne Pope

Hope Mills, NC

+30

83

91

 

174

 

CUT

John Wood

Raleigh, NC

+31

87

88

 

175

 

CUT

Randy Poteat

Wendell, NC

+32

89

87

 

176

 

CUT

John Paul Sullivan

Belmont, NC

+33

87

90

 

177

 

CUT

Kieren Smith

Kernersville, NC

+33

86

91

 

177

 

CUT

Austin Phillips

Greenville, NC

+37

90

91

 

181

 

CUT

Ben Farmer

Knightdale, NC

+37

92

89

 

181

 

CUT

Robert Whitehurst

Raleigh, NC

+39

91

92

 

183

 

CUT

Jerry Fatkin

Oak Island, NC

+39

87

96

 

183

 

CUT

Vernon Stewart Jr.

Erwin, NC

+44

98

90

 

188

 

CUT

Tyler Gupton

Zebulon, NC

+49

95

98

 

193

 

CUT

Laurence  Cram

Bluffton, SC

+50

93

101

 

194

 

WD

Logan Patrick

Dunn, NC

-

83

WD

 

WD

 

WD

Daniel McFall

Garner, NC

-

94

WD

 

WD

 

WD

Kevin Bauer

Cary, NC

-

WD

WD

 

WD

 

DQ

Timothy Driver

Holly Springs, NC

-

DQ

DQ

 

DQ

 

NS

Colin Roth

Raleigh, NC

-

89

NS

 

NS

 


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