Clayton Clinches Top Seed, NC Junior Boys' Championship

ROARING GAP, N.C. (June 22, 2021) --  Stroke play qualifying results of the 54th North Carolina Junior Boys’ Championship at Roaring Gap Club in Roaring Gap, N.C. from June 22 - 25, 2021. The entire field competed in the same division and played from 6,348 yards.

 

 

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Jake Clayton’s opening round of the NC Junior Boys’ Championship got off to an up and down start. Clayton of Burlington, had just picked up his birdie putt from the center of No.10’s cup as the rules officials blew the air horn that suspended play due to inclement weather. It wouldn't be until two hours later in the afternoon when play would resume. 

 

Clayton was 1-under through his first hole and said after his round that the weather delay did not affect the rest of his round, “[On No.11, his second hole] I hit an okay drive and had about 250 out. Then I hit a 3-wood down there to about six or seven feet, and made the putt.”

Clayton was now 3-under-par through his first two holes and rain slowly began to dissipate to clear a path to find another birdie on the par-4 No.12. 

“Consistency,” Clayton said was the key to his success on Tuesday. “I was hitting most of the fairways, most of the greens, and I managed to make a couple of good putts.” 

Clayton would drop a shot after a missed par putt on No. 14 but would find an equalizing birdie on the par-5 No.16. However, Clayton signed off on a bogey, bogey finish on Nos. 17 and 18 to bring his front-nine score to 34, 2-under-par. 

Following the turn Clayton would drop his third consecutive shot on the par-4 No.1. Unphased with a sway of momentum in a negative direction, Clayton responded excellently with his second eagle of the day on the par-5, fourth hole holing out from 120 yards. 

“I was 120 yards, down wind, I couldn't see it, and it was blind. Then two of the guys ahead of us had a good reaction to it. It was a knock-down pitching wedge.” 

At this time in Clayton’s round he entered a three-way tie with the leaders in the clubhouse at 3-under-par, 68. Jack Wieler of Waxhaw had signed off on one 3-under and Landon Hawley was the other. 

The field was cut at 6-over-par, 77 for the Round of 64 on Wednesday morning. Jake Clayton is entering Wednesday morning round as the No.1 seed, after receiving medalist honors after his 4-under-par, 67 performance on Tuesday. 

Round 1 Results

 

Pos.	Player	City, State, Graduation Year	To Par	Total
1	Jake Clayton	Burlington, NC, 2022	-4	67
T2	Jack Wieler	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	-3	68
T2	Landon Hawley	Charlotte, NC, 2023	-3	68
4	Davis DeLille	High Point, NC, 2022	-2	69
T5	Keenan Royalty	Raleigh, NC, 2023	-1	70
T5	Bryan Fang	Raleigh, NC, 2023	-1	70
T5	Davis Sayman	Charlotte, NC, 2023	-1	70
T8	Daniel Boone	Fuquay Varina, NC, 2023	E	71
T8	Josh Buxbaum	Wake Forest, NC, 2021	E	71
T8	Benjamin Peters	Winston-Salem, NC, 2021	E	71
T8	Charlie Barr	Salisbury, NC, 2021	E	71
T8	Jack Boyer	Greensboro, NC, 2022	E	71
T13	Jeremy Voigt	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+1	72
T13	Ben Jordan	Greensboro, NC, 2022	+1	72
T13	Sam Haggas	Winston Salem, NC, 2021	+1	72
T13	Jonathan Honeywell	Whispering Pines, NC, 2022	+1	72
T13	Will Spicer	Kings Mountain, NC, 2024	+1	72
T18	Jake Conklin	Cary, NC, 2022	+2	73
T18	Timmy Gannon	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+2	73
T18	Branden Boyce	Spring Lake, NC, 2022	+2	73
T18	Mack Edwards	Charlotte, NC, 2025	+2	73
T18	Parker Cumbea	Fuquay Varina, NC, 2021	+2	73
T18	Chase McLaughlin	Kernersville, NC, 2024	+2	73
T18	Matthew McDougall	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+2	73
T18	Eli Schmidly	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+2	73
T18	Max Cranford	Newton, NC, 2022	+2	73
T18	Preston Howe	Winston Salem, NC, 2025	+2	73
T28	Davis Adams	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	WIlson Thrift	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	Steven Shea	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+3	74
T28	Turner Edwards	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	Gray Mitchum	Winterville, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	Lawson Harkey	Crouse, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	Luke Crouse	Reidsville, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	Brad Grajzar	Elon, NC, 2022	+3	74
T28	Dylan Takenaga	Durham, NC, 2025	+3	74
T28	Freddy Ortmann	Greensboro, NC, 2024	+3	74
T28	Hank Johnson	Morganton, NC, 2026	+3	74
T39	James Rico	Cary, NC, 2022	+4	75
T39	Owen Kose	Holly Springs, NC, 2022	+4	75
T39	Michael La Sasso	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+4	75
T39	Hampton Roberts	Cary, NC, 2023	+4	75
T39	Ethan Paschal	Fayetteville, NC, 2024	+4	75
T39	Will Tharin	Rocky Mount, NC, 2023	+4	75
T39	Spencer Turtz	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+4	75
T39	Luke McCorquodale	Fayetteville, NC, 2022	+4	75
T39	Connor Warren	Spruce Pine, NC, 2024	+4	75
T48	Owen Pearce	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+5	76
T48	Christian Conway	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+5	76
T48	Kareem Elkassem	Raleigh, NC, 2023	+5	76
T48	Pearse Lucas	Charlotte, NC, 2021	+5	76
T48	Will Jordan	Greensboro, NC, 2024	+5	76
T48	Aidan Browning	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+5	76
T48	Alex Bock	Morganton, NC, 2024	+5	76
T48	Cayden Bryner	Winston-Salem, NC, 2022	+5	76
T48	Maddox Whittington	Lenoir, NC, 2022	+5	76
T48	Tyler Jones	Jacksonville, NC, 2023	+5	76
T48	Cole Wright	Wake Forest, NC, 2022	+5	76
T48	Peter Nusbaum	Pittsboro, NC, 2022	+5	76
T48	R.Cooper Diaz	Winston-Salem, NC, 2024	+5	76
T48	Luke Tisdale	Winston-Salem, NC, 2025	+5	76
T48	Will Conway	Weddington, NC, 2021	+5	76
T63	Fisher Kennedy	Winston Salem, NC, 2023	+6	77
T63	Holland Giles	Pinehurst, NC, 2023	+6	77
T63	Luke Ward	Arden, NC, 2021	+6	77
T63	Ryan Macri	Wake Forest, NC, 2021	+6	77
T63	Cornell Beans	Charlotte, NC, 2024	+6	77
T63	Cameron Hardison	Greenville, NC, 2022	+6	77
T63	Charlie Fetter	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+6	77
T63	Matteo Blanchfield	Mooresville, NC, 2023	+6	77
T63	Tyler Dorsey	Charlotte, NC, 2023	+6	77
T63	Brandon Spinks	Huntersville, NC, 2021	+6	77
Projected Cut +6 Resolve Ties
CUT	Ryan McCarthy	Cary, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Benjamin Hays	Cary, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Alan Van Asch	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Garrison Welborn	Waxhaw, NC, 2025	+7	78
CUT	Connor Massey	Burlington, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Jack Dannemann	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Simon Burgos	Raleigh, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Mason Beshears	Lewisville, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	Caden Hodges	Dunn, NC, 2022	+7	78
CUT	John McCoy	Salisbury, NC, 2026	+7	78
CUT	Morgan Riley	Raleigh, NC, 2025	+7	78
CUT	Nick Norman	Gastonia, NC, 2022	+8	79
CUT	Samuel Mace	Connelly Springs, NC, 2022	+8	79
CUT	Tyler Partee	Thomasville, NC, 2021	+8	79
CUT	Jeremy Edmunds	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+8	79
CUT	Ayush Bodhale	Huntersville, NC, 2021	+8	79
CUT	Colin Dutton	Foxfire, NC, 2021	+8	79
CUT	Max Newton	Cary, NC, 2024	+8	79
CUT	Noah Weyne	Wake Forest, NC, 2023	+8	79
CUT	Lexton Ford	Lenoir, NC, 2021	+8	79
CUT	Nick Kleu	Cary, NC, 2022	+8	79
CUT	Lucas Cron	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+8	79
CUT	Ryan Masterton	Concord, NC, 2023	+8	79
CUT	Jennings Glenn	Raleigh, NC, 2021	+9	80
CUT	John Logan	Wilmington, NC, 2023	+9	80
CUT	William Grasty	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+9	80
CUT	Ryan Jahr	Ocean Isle Beach, NC, 2022	+9	80
CUT	William Melvin	Charlotte, NC, 2022	+9	80
CUT	William Chapman	Chapel Hill, NC, 2023	+9	80
CUT	Robert Gefaell	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+9	80
CUT	Sam Terry	Thomasville, NC, 2026	+9	80
CUT	Benjamin Bailey	Huntersville, NC, 2022	+10	81
CUT	Andrew Graham	Asheville, NC, 2021	+10	81
CUT	Jackson West	Greenville, NC, 2025	+10	81
CUT	Sean Finan	Winston Salem, NC, 2022	+10	81
CUT	Spencer Barbour	Fayetteville, NC, 2022	+10	81
CUT	Cole Rouse	Kernersville, NC, 2024	+10	81
CUT	Atley Gabriel	Claremont, NC, 2023	+10	81
CUT	Jackson Bode	Pinehurst, NC, 2022	+11	82
CUT	Walker Neal	Cary, NC, 2023	+11	82
CUT	Andrew Swainey	Youngsville, NC, 2021	+11	82
CUT	Nick Perry	Fayetteville, NC, 2023	+11	82
CUT	Ian Podziewski	Waxhaw, NC, 2022	+12	83
CUT	Kyle Haas	Winston Salem, NC, 2023	+12	83
CUT	Jack Burris	Greensboro, NC, 2021	+12	83
CUT	Bradley Davis, Jr.	Pilot Mountain, NC, 2022	+12	83
CUT	Ryan Dunn	Waxhaw, NC, 2023	+12	83
CUT	Braden Gay	Winston-Salem, NC, 2023	+12	83
CUT	Hudson Griffin	Clinton, NC, 2025	+12	83
CUT	Nick Goellner	Holly Springs, NC, 2023	+13	84
CUT	Ethan Boyette	Wilson, NC, 2024	+13	84
CUT	Will Guthrie	Charlotte, NC, 2025	+13	84
CUT	Jack Halloran	Pinehurst, NC, 2026	+13	84
CUT	Calvin Hawkins	Lexington, NC, 2023	+14	85
CUT	Parker Bumgarner	Oak Island, NC, 2022	+14	85
CUT	Taylor Kuehn	Asheville, NC, 2023	+15	86
CUT	Matthew Richardson	Ayden, NC, 2022	+16	87
CUT	Michael Currie	Charlotte, NC, 2024	+16	87
CUT	Warren Fesperman	Salisbury, NC, 2025	+16	87
CUT	Drew Greene	Greenville, NC, 2023	+17	88
CUT	Brodie Perry	Trinity, NC, 2021	+17	88
CUT	Langdon Aronson	Raleigh, NC, 2021	+18	89
CUT	James Owings	Elkin, NC, 2022	+22	93

The championship format is match play with an 18 hole stroke play qualifier (Friday, June 25th) to determine the seeding for match play. The top 64 boys from the stroke play qualifier will advance to match play.  Once a player loses a match they are eliminated from the tournament.  Trophies are awarded to the champion, runner-up, semifinalists, quarterfinalists and the stroke play qualifying medalist.

 

Entry is open to any male amateur golfer ages 8-18 as of June 25, 2021, who has not started college, is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has a current USGA Handicap Index® at a CGA member club that does not exceed 18.3. 

 

Schedule of rounds:

 

Wednesday, June 23

7:30 Stroke Play Qualifier Playoff Begins

8:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Round 1 Matches

11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Boxed lunch available for players

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Round 2 Matches

 

Thursday, June 24

8:00 a.m. - 8:49 a.m. Round 3 Matches

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Quarterfinals 

 

Friday, June 25

8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Semifinal Matches

12:30 p.m. Championship Match 

 

 

About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.     

For more information about the CGA, visit our website.

 

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