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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (October 29, 2021) -- The Tarheel Youth Golf Association will conduct the 5th Bill Harvey Memorial Junior at Bryan Park Golf Club in Greensboro, N.C. from October 30 - 31, 2020. 

 

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The Bill Harvey Memorial Junior was created in memory of the late Bill Harvey who left a lasting mark on golf in the Carolinas during his long and distinguished amateur career. Mr. Harvey spent more than 40 years playing tournament golf, amassing more than 300 titles and earning places in both the Carolinas Golf and Guilford County Sports halls of fame. Mr. Harvey won eight CGA championships including three Carolinas Amateur titles (1964, ‘65, ‘73), three Carolinas Four-Ball wins (1960, ‘64, ‘66), Carolinas Senior Amateur (1990) and the North Carolina Amateur (1966). He also played in 18 U.S. Amateur Championships and won the following tournaments during his career: North Carolina Open, American Amateur Classic, Dixie Amateur, Porter Cup, Dogwood Invitational, National Tournament of Champions (six times) and the Rice Planters (twice). Mr. Harvey spent a lifetime sharing his love of the game with countless others keeping golf fun for all to enjoy.

 

Top 75 Ranked North Carolina Junior Girls In The Field:  

• No. 34 Annalee Caveney of Raleigh, N.C.

• No. 41 Gracie Song of Waxhaw, N.C.

• No. 53 Emma Niebauer of High Point, N.C.

• No. 60 Mary Elizabeth Harrison of Cary, N.C.

 

Top 50 Ranked North Carolina Junior Boys In The Field: 

• No. 7 Branden Boyce of Spring Lake, N.C.

• No. 8 Davis DeLille of High Point, N.C.

• No. 11 Jack Wieler of Waxhaw, N.C.

• No. 18 Jonathan Honeywell of Whispering Pines, N.C.

• No. 25 Simon Burgos of Raleigh, N.C.

• No. 27 Samuel Mace of Connelly Springs, N.C.

• No. 30 Jake Clayton of Burlington, N.C.

• No. 33 Cayden Bryner of Winston Salem, N.C.

• No. 37 Sean Finan of Winston Salem, N.C.

• No. 39 Jack Boyer of Greensboro, N.C.

• No. 41 Bryan Fang of Raleigh, N.C.

• No. 44 Owen Pearce of Winston Salem, N.C.

• No. 45 Jack LaPiana of Charlotte, N.C.

• No. 47 Jeremy Edmunds of Charlotte, N.C.

• No. 48 Calvin Hawkins of Lexington, N.C.

 

Bryan Park Golf Club has hosted the Bill Harvey Memorial Junior every year since the event’s creation in 2017. Bryan Park offers two golf courses and the field will take on The Players Course this week. With Bentgrass greens and Bermuda fairways, the course is in excellent condition for this weekend’s event. The Bill Harvey Memorial Junior is a 36-hole, stroke play event.

 

Schedule of rounds:

 

Saturday, October 30

Round 1 Starting Times: 8:00 a.m. to 12:57 p.m. off #1 only

 

Sunday, October 31

Final Round Starting Times: 8:00 a.m. to 12:57 p.m. off #1 only

 

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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