Event: 6th Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational 

Host Site: Mimosa Hills Golf Club, Morganton, N.C. 

Playing Dates: August 23-24, 2025 

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By Damon Bennett, CGA Media Intern

MORGANTON, N.C. (August 26, 2025) – The 6th Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational (MHJI) took place this weekend, as 120 junior golfers—96 boys and 24 girls—competed over 36 holes. Three-time CGA Champion, Grayson Baucom of Hickory, N.C., took home his second CGA title of the summer (2025 Dogwood State Junior Boys' Championship) in dominate fashion winning the Boys' Division by five shots. Our 2024 Dogwood State Junior Girls' Champion, Ira Joshi of Pinehurst, N.C., took home her second CGA title with a two-shot victory at this year's MHJI. Hosted at Mimosa Hills Golf Club in Morganton, N.C., the course played to a par of 70 for the boys and to a par of 72 for the girls. 

After round one, Baucom and Joshi both led their fields by one stroke. Baucom fired a bogey-free, 6-under-par 64 and Joshi shot a 3-under, 69 in round one. Joshi was joined by Kami Caraccia of Mooresville, N.C. as the only girls to shoot under par for the entirety of the championship. 

The top of the leaderboard was packed on the boys’ side after 18 holes. John Wylie Richardson of Florence, S.C. and Bennett Scaletta of Belton, S.C. both shot 5-under-par 65 in round one, and six players shot 4-under-par 66 to trail the leaders by two strokes. 

Baucom continued his hot streak into the second round. He was six under through seven holes in round two, including an eagle on the par-5, 7th hole to record an astounding 6-under-par 29 on the front nine. His first bogey of the championship came on No. 12 in round two but he bounced back with two more birdies to beat his round one score by a stroke and shoot 13-under, 127 total for the championship.

Our 2024 Carolinas Junior Boys' Player of the Year, John John Santospago of Charlotte, N.C., also went low in round two, firing 6-under-par 64 in the second round to jump ten spots into a runner up finish. Coleman Lankford of Waxhaw, N.C. recorded a hole-in-one on the 160-yard, 17th hole to highlight his second-round score of 5-under-par 65 that catapulted him into solo third place. 

For the girls’ side, Joshi also held onto her lead through round two. Joshi and Amelia Santiago of Holly Springs, N.C. were the only two girls to shoot par or better in both rounds of the competition. Joshi shot even-par in the second round, and Santiago shot 1-under-par, 71 to capture second place. Marissa Scaletta, our 2025 S.C. Junior Girls Match Play Champion, of Belton, S.C., shot even par 70 to jump into a tie for third place with Landry Hamm of Charlotte, N.C. with a four-over-par 148 total for the championship.  

The Carolinas Golf Association would like to thank the staff at Mimosa Hills Golf Club for their hospitality, including Head Golf Professional Jimmy Piercy and Superintendent Brian Reddick, as well as the greenkeeping and pro shop staff.  

Event: 20th Carolinas Mixed Team Championship 
Host Site: Oak Point, Kiawah Island, S.C. 
Playing Dates: August 16-17, 2024 
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By Annie Grace Herman, CGA Media Intern

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (August 18, 2025) – After two days of the Carolinas Mixed Team Championship, two overall champion teams were crowned, both after an exciting playoff finish. In the Championship Division, it was Reece Hart of Winston-Salem, N.C. and Joseph Cansler of Clemmons, N.C. who won on their third playoff hole with a par against Davis and Tina Morrison of Raleigh, N.C., after both teams finished regulation play with a total score of 11-under 133 total. In the Senior Division, after finishing regulation play in a tie at 5-under 139 total, David League of Travelers Rest, S.C., and Pam Prescott of Piedmont, S.C., won their playoff on the first hole with a birdie after Pam drove the 18th green at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Oak Point Golf Course. 

The Championship Division 

In the second round, playing Modified Alternate Shot, Davis and Tina Morrison battled it out, staying tied most of the second round with Emily Rapp of Charleston, S.C., and Jeremy Moore of Mount Pleasant, S.C. However, it was the bogey-free play from Reece Hart and Joseph Cansler that pushed them ahead in the last three holes with a birdie on No. 16 to tie the Morrison and Rapp/Moore teams. Going into the final hole, the Morrison team and the Hart/Cansler team were tied. Both teams made par on the 18th hole which forced a playoff on the same hole.  

In the first and second playoff holes on 18, both teams made par, which took them back to play the 18th for a third time. This time, a par was enough for Hart and Cansler to be victorious over the Morrison team. Hart said after her round, “Yeah, playoffs always get the nerves going… but we decided that I’d hit the drives, and he’d [Joseph] hit the wedge shots up and just try to make a lot of pars.” Both teammates are very excited about their win and “we’re very happy about [a score of] 66 while playing alternate shot,” Cansler said after his round.  

The Senior Division 

Pam Prescott and David League took home the trophy after a playoff on the 18th hole against Lea Anne Brown and Mark Hoover of Mount Pleasant, S.C., after going 5-under after two days. Their Four Ball score from round one was a 7-under 65 while their Modified Alternate Shot score was a 2-over 74. 

The Super Senior Division 

Jerry and Karen Sennett of Stanley, N.C., won in the Super Senior Division with a score of 3-over 147 total, shooting 3-under 69 in the Four Ball and 6-over 78 in the Modified Alternate Shot round. 

The Tournament Division 

Dave Bayko of Fort Mill, S.C., and Claire Labaj of Clover, S.C., won with a two-round score of -2 142 total, shooting a 1-under 71 in both the Four Ball and the Modified Alternate Shot rounds. 

The Carolinas Golf Association would like to thank the Kiawah Island Staff for helping us host an incredibly enjoyable tournament for our players and our rules officials for helping us to run this tournament. 

About the Format 

In the Carolinas Mixed Team Championship, teams are comprised of a male amateur golfer and a female amateur golfer. There was a Championship Division, Tournament Division (shorter course), Senior Division (ages 55+ for males, ages 50+ for females), and a Super Senior Division (ages 65+ for males and females). Teams can choose to compete in any division in which they are eligible. Round 1 on Saturday was Four-Ball Stroke Play, and Round 2 on Sunday was Modified Alternate Shot Stroke Play. 

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Event: 19th Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship 

Host Site: Statesville Country Club, Statesville, N.C. 

Playing Dates: August 4, 2025 

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 By Damon Bennett, CGA Media Intern

STATESVILLE, N.C. – The 19th Carolinas Pro-Junior Tournament saw 42 pairs of golf professionals and junior golfers compete for glory at Statesville Country Club in Statesville, N.C. After 18 holes and a riveting four-hole playoff, Emerson Dever of Durham, N.C. and Robert Linville of Charlotte, N.C., were crowned champions. 

The championship was played in the Pinehurst Foursomes format. Both players on each team hit a tee shot, and then each player took their next stroke on their teammate’s ball. After that, one player’s ball was chosen, and the team alternated shots until holed. 

Dever and Linville started hot with a birdie on the first hole, and followed it up with birdies on both par-5’s in their first nine holes. The duo recorded three more birdies in their second nine, including back-to-back on Nos. 14 and 15 to shoot 66. 

Gabriel Ansley of Anchor Lodge, N.C. and Coltin Scott of Clayton, N.C. recorded the best score on the front nine by shooting 31, and a birdie on No. 15 brought them to six-under par and forced a playoff at 66. 

No. 18 was the playoff hole, which was a 398-yard par-4 from the back tees, with a dogleg right and a tight fairway. On the first attempt, both groups struggled to find the fairway, and each group got up and down for par. On the second attempt, Ansley and Scott had a chance for birdie, but did not convert the short putt. The third time playing the hole had the same result as the first, and the playoff moved to No. 10. 

On No. 10, both Ansley and Scott missed the green on their second shot, and Dever’s shot found the middle of the green. Ansley and Scott couldn’t get up and down, and Linville and Dever converted the two-putt par to win the title. 

The Carolinas Golf Association would like to thank the staff at Statesville Country Club for their hospitality, including Director of Golf Andy Zachowicz and Event and Communications Coordinator Jalyne Hanson, as well as the greenkeeping and pro shop staff.