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Loy and Wooten Salvage the Round to Seal the Victory

 

Kinston, N.C. (AUGUST 20, 2016) – Second round results from the Tarheel Youth Golf Association’s 31^st Roy Jones Junior Invitational at Kinston Country Club located in Kinston, N.C. on August 20, 2016.

 

 

Nicholas Loy of Greenville, N.C. is no stranger to the Roy Jones Junior Invitational as he has been playing in it since he was about 10 years old.  Prior to today, he had won all of the age divisions as he has grown up.  Now he has added the 16-18 age division and overall championship to his list of titles.  Coming into the final round, Loy was two strokes off of the lead and knew he had to play well to have a shot at winning the title.  “Me and my caddy just kind of set a number, we were thinking around even or one-under-par would be the number we needed to do to clinch it.”  He felt that “it was going to be a bit more difficult of conditions today so we just tried to stay consistent throughout the day and stay level minded throughout the day.”  Staying consistent and level minded is exactly what Loy did throughout his round.  He began his round with two pars and a birdie but quickly gave it back on the fifth hole with a double bogey.  He finished his front nine with three pars and a bogey to shoot 38, two-over-par.  Loy did not let this get to him as he started his back nine the same way he started the front, with two pars and a birdie to go back to one-over-par for the day.  He went on to play the next three holes at two-over-par.  Loy knew he had to get it back together during the last three holes if he still wanted to have a chance at the title.  During his final three holes of the invitational, Loy was able to make two birdies and a par to finish his back nine at one-under-par, 34.  He finished at 72, one-over-par.  Loy stated, “that my driver did not really want to cooperate with me today so that made it a little difficult but for the first time in a while I had a really good putting day today.” In the end, Loy won the division and overall championship after a two-hole playoff against Campbell Rand after tying with a two-day total of 146.     

 

Amy Wooten of Clinton, N.C. was able to put together another solid round that was strong enough to hold off her top competitor, Sarah Funderburg, by one stroke with a two day total off 149.  Coming into today with a two-stroke lead Wooten “focused on beating the course and not focusing on what Sarah did.” She did eventually start paying attention to what Sarah was doing because Wooten’s “irons were way off today” and began to worry once Sarah made a birdie on the eighth hole.  Her irons were a “bit better” and her putter is what “saved” her today.  Wooten had a total of six pars and three bogies on the front side to shoot a score of three-over-par, 39.  She had a rough start to her back nine starting with another par followed by three bogies in a row.  Wooten began to “relax” and was able to salvage her round by making four pars and a birdie in last five holes.  She was able to drop a 30-foot putt on the eighteenth hole to save par and win to title, avoiding a playoff.  “The relief is so incredible after making that putt on eighteen know and to win,” Wooten stated. 

 

 

Boy’s 16-18 Age Division

 

Nicholas Loy of Greenville, N.C. was able to come from behind and won the title in a two hole playoff. 

 

Boy’s 14-15 Age Division

 

Will Hawley of Raleigh, N.C. played another strong round, shooting 74, to win his division.  

 

Boy’s 12-13 Age Division

 

Andrew Gallagher of Grinesland, N.C. was able to have another great day on the course to beat out his fellow competitors and win his division. 

 

Boy’s 11 & Under

 

Michael Williams Rose Hill, N.C. was able to beat out his competitors to win his division in a modified stableford format. 

 

Girl’s 14-18 Age Division

 

Amy Wooten of Clinton, N.C. was able to hold off Sarah Funderburg to toake home the title of champion. 

 

 

Results

 

Girls' 14-18 (5328 yards, par 71, 70.9/125)
Place			Score
1	Amy Wooten (2018),  Clinton, NC		73-76--149
2	Sarah Funderburg (2018),  Wilmington, NC		75-75--150
3	Trinity Ahing (2019),  New Bern, NC		93-89--182
4	Caroline Bryant (2018),  New Bern, NC		92-95--187
Boys' 16-18 (6373 yards, par 71, 71.0/135)
Place			Score
T1	Campbell Rand (2017),  Durham, NC		74-72--146
T1	Nicholas Loy (2017),  Greenville, NC		74-72--146
3	Joseph Cook (2017),  Rocky Mount, NC		72-75--147
4	Nic Brown (2017),  Winterville, NC		74-75--149
T5	Bryce Jones (2018),  Goldsboro, NC		78-72--150
T5	Chandler Perry (2018),  Clinton, NC		77-73--150
T5	Wesley Bryant (2017),  Nakina, NC		78-72--150
8	Trey Pope (2018),  Clinton, NC		78-73--151
T9	Brantley Moore (2017),  Wilmington, NC		74-78--152
T9	Justin Poole (2017),  Wendell, NC		77-75--152
11	Thomas Hill (2017),  Wilmington , NC		78-75--153
12	Noah Kallam (2018),  Clayton, NC		79-75--154
T13	Nicholas Holanek (2017),  Cary, NC		78-77--155
T13	Tyler Spencer (2017),  Greenville, NC		74-81--155
15	Parker Eason (2017),  Greenville, NC		79-77--156
16	Seve Anfindsen (2017),  Apex, NC		82-75--157
17	Justin Kristof (2018),  Morrisville, NC		81-80--161
18	Sean O'Brien (2018),  Holly Springs, NC		83-85--168
19	Joseph Bishop (2018),  Greenville, NC		85-87--172
20	Zach Heath (2018),  Winterville, NC		91-84--175
Boys' 14-15 (6373 yards, par 71, 71.0/135)
Place			Score
1	Will Hawley (2019),  Raleigh, NC		73-74--147
2	Brady Hooks (2019),  Clayton, NC		76-73--149
3	Tyler Dechellis (2020),  Clayton, NC		76-74--150
4	Ethan Hall (2019),  Morehead City, NC		73-78--151
T5	Colton Danks (2020),  Roseboro, NC		76-77--153
T5	Jack Marcotte (2019),  Apex, NC		76-77--153
T7	Jack Towarnicky (2019),  New Bern, NC		75-79--154
T7	Joey Pritchard (2020),  Whispering Pines, NC		81-73--154
9	David Langley (2020),  Winterville, NC		78-80--158
T10	Logan Patrick (2020),  Dunn, NC		79-80--159
T10	Randall Hudson (2020),  New Bern, NC		82-77--159
12	Clay Stanley (2019),  Greenville, NC		79-81--160
T13	Eric Xing (2020),  Cary, NC		80-82--162
T13	Gus Lascola (2018),  Durham, NC		81-81--162
T15	Carter Rains (2018),  Greenville , NC		82-82--164
T15	Kristopher Jackson (2019),  Greenville, NC		83-81--164
17	Davis Fisher (2019),  Greenville, NC		79-86--165
18	Will Mitchell (2020),  Raleigh, NC		85-81--166
19	Jacob Kallam (2020),  Clayton, NC		83-85--168
20	Joey V Democko (2020),  Goldsboro, NC		96-75--171
T21	Jackson Crocker (2020),  Kinston, NC		84-91--175
T21	Owen Jenkins (2018),  Morehead City, NC		98-77--175
23	Austin Wood (2019),  Greenville , NC		98-79--177
24	Britton Laughinghouse (2019),  Greenville, NC		92-90--182
25	Jordan Sullivan (2019),  Dunn, NC		93-93--186
26	Trey Burleson (2020),  Greenville, Nc		103-97--200
27	Matthew Casad (2019),  La Grange, NC		116-117--233
Boys' 12-13 (5328 yards, par 71, 66.1/120)
Place			Score
1	Andrew Gallagher (2021),  Grimesland, NC		72-75--147
2	Matthew Richardson (2022),  Ayden, NC		84-69--153
3	Caden Baker (2021),  Mebane, NC		77-77--154
4	Colby Tant (2021),  Chocowinity, NC		82-78--160
5	Blake Hess (2021),  Greenville, NC		83-82--165
6	Henry Pate (2022),  Elizabethtown, NC		87-85--172
7	Hayes Mahoney (2022),  Greenville, NC		86-92--178
8	Jack Vick (2020),  Greenville, NC		98-92--190
Ages 10-11 Modified Stableford Scoring (4791 yards, par 71, 63.4/111)
Place		Score
1	Michael Williams (2024),  Rose Hill, NC	25-30--55
2	Bizzell Pate (2024),  Elizabethtown, NC	25-26--51
3	Sawyer Chamblee (2019),  Ahoskie, Nc	24-24--48