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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (May 21, 2021) -- The Tarheel Youth Golf Association will conduct the TYGA River Landing Junior Open at River Landing Country Club (River Course) in Wallace, N.C. from May 22-23, 2021. The boys field will compete from the gold tees which play at 6942 yards, par 72. The girls will compete from the yellow tees which play at  5595 yards, par 72.

 

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

Top 75 Ranked N.C Junior Boys in the Field:

• No. 2 Branden Boyce of Spring Lake, N.C. 

• No. 19 Colin Salema of Matthews, N.C.

• No. 36 Quinlan Polin of Cary, N.C.

• No. 38 Ethan Paschal of Fayetteville, N.C.

• No. 39 Ryan Jahr of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

• No. 43 Jack Boyer of Greensboro, N.C.

• No. 47 Jack Wieler of Waxhaw, N.C.

• No. 75 Sean Finan of Winston-Salem, N.C. 
   

Top 75 Ranked N.C Girls in the Field:

• No. 45 Madelyn Vogan of New Bern, N.C.

• No. 48 Eleanor Burnette of Wrightsville Beach, N.C.

• No. 54 Madison Myers of Cary, N.C.

• No. 61 Sidney Renville of Cary, N.C.

• No. 64 Sanaa Carter of Jacksonville, N.C.
   

Embracing the stunning beauty of the natural environment, the River Course runs along the Northeast Cape Fear River. This 18-hole championship course incorporates five tee boxes, Champion Bermuda on the greens and Tifway 419 Bermuda for the tees and fairways.

 

The River Landing Junior Open is a 36-hole, stroke play event played on River Landing’s River Course. 

Entry is open to any female and male amateur golfer ages 13-18 as of May 23, 2021, is a legal resident of North Carolina and has an active GHIN number. 

 

Schedule of rounds:

Saturday, May 22

Round 1 Starting Times: 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. off Nos. 1 and 10

 

Sunday, May 23

Round 2 Starting Times: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. off Nos. 1 and 10

 

About the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA)

The Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA), a division of the Carolinas Golf Association, a 501 (c) 3 organization, provides playing opportunities for its members, conducts educational seminars and events, acts as a junior golf informational clearinghouse, provides free USGA handicaps to junior golfers in North Carolina, recruits sponsor clubs that grant junior access to golf facilities in North Carolina, publishes monthly North Carolina junior rankings, and awards Junior Player of the Year and All-State awards to the top juniors in North Carolina. Membership is open to any boy or girl who are legal residents of N.C; are 18 years of age and under; and who have not started college.

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