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Defending champion Eric Bae of Pinehurst, NC found himself down by one heading into the final round of the 5th TYGA State Championship, but came from behind to win and secure back to back wins at Keith Hills CC in Buies Creek, NC.  Bae, a junior at Pinecrest High School, rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt to defeat Patrick Stephenson of Four Oaks, NC on the first playoff hole.  Stephenson, who shared the first round lead with Preyer Fountain of Raleigh, shot one under par 35 on the front side and had a three shot lead over Bae and Fountain with nine holes left.  Bae stayed calmed and kept playing solid golf until the sixteenth hole where he made birdie to pull within one stroke.  A final hole birdie by Bae tied Stephenson and forced the two into a playoff.  “I knew I was down at the turn, but tried to stay aggressive and was able to birdie 18 to force the playoff” stated Bae.
 
This annual junior championship is conducted by the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA), a division of the Carolinas Golf Association.  TYGA wishes to thank Campbell University, Keith Hills CC, golf course superintendent Damon Dean and head golf professional Martha Sutton for hosting the tournament and to volunteer rules officials Bob Yow, Glenn Camp, John Funk, Bob Hood and Leon Lucas who all contributed to a great event.
 
Boys' State (6,644 yards, par 72, 71.9/131)
      Place    Name                                                                Score
         1     *Eric Bae (2016), Pinehurst, NC                              70-73--143
         2     Patrick Stephenson (2016), Four Oaks, NC             69-74--143
        T3    Harrison Rhoades (2015), Raleigh, NC                    72-74--146
        T3    Preyer Fountain (2015), Raleigh, NC                        69-77--146
         5     Nicholas Lyerly (2017), Salisbury, NC                      75-73--148
        T6    Brantley Phillips (2016), Greensboro, NC                 76-73--149
        T6    Noah Edmondson (2015), Davidson, NC                 74-75--149
        T6    Reilly Erhardt (2015), Greensboro, NC                     75-74--149
        T9    Michael Wicker (2016), Rougemont, NC                  77-74--151
        T9    William Hughes (2017), Charlotte, NC                      73-78--151
       T11   Akshay Bhatia (2020), Wake Forest, NC                  73-79--152
       T11   Dalton Mauldin (2017), Sanford, NC                        73-79--152
       T11   Drew Jurs (2016), Gastonia, NC                              76-76--152
       T11   Logan Shuping (2016), Salisbury, NC                      73-79--152
       T11   Michael McMahon (2016), Raleigh, NC                    79-73--152
       T16   Blake Taylor (2016), Atkinson, NC                           77-76--153
       T16   Fulton Smith (2019), Pinehurst, NC                         75-78--153
       T16   Hardin Councill (2016), High Point, NC                    74-79--153
       T19   Brian Chen (2017), Cary, NC                                   77-77--154
       T19   Jimbo Stanley (2017), Raleigh, NC                          77-77--154
       T19   Tripp Summerlin (2016), Summerfield, NC               73-81--154
       T19   Walker Cress (2016), Concord, NC                          75-79--154
       T23   Aman Gupta (2017), Concord, NC                           75-80--155
       T23   Blake Wagoner (2016), Cornelius, NC                      76-79--155
       T23   Davis Kiger (2015), Harrisburg, NC                         78-77--155
       T23   Justin Emmons (2017), Asheboro, NC                    73-82--155
       T27   Lansdon Robbins (2018), Davidson, NC                 77-79--156
       T27   Michael Childress (2018), Salisbury, NC                  75-81--156
       T27   Viraj Garewal (2017), Raleigh, NC                            75-81--156
       T30   AJ Beechler (2018), Pinehurst, NC                          78-79--157
       T30   Dustin Blank (2017), Elon, NC                                76-81--157
       T30   Zachary Freeman (2016), Angier, NC                       76-81--157
        33    Seth Lomison (2016), Pfafftown, NC                       77-81--158
       T34   Anthony Perrino (2015), Mooresville, NC                 82-77--159
       T34   Tyler Kozlowski (2017), Waxhaw, NC                       74-85--159
       T36   Alex Scott (2017), Raleigh, NC                               83-78--161
       T36   Chris Kim (2019), Cary, NC                                     79-82--161
       T36   David Song (2016), Greensboro, NC                       78-83--161
       T39   Christian Todd (2015), Wake Forest, NC                  79-83--162
       T39   Grayson Wotnosky (2019), Wake Forest, NC           81-81--162
       T41   Andy Choi (2016), Cary, NC                                    81-82--163
       T41   David Cho (2016), Chapel Hill, NC                          78-85--163
       T41   Hardy Hogan (2016), Raleigh, NC                           81-82--163
       T41   Matthew Guo (2017), Clemmons, NC                       78-85--163
        45    Jay Andrew (2015), Albemarle, NC                          82-82--164
       T46   Patrick Schweitz (2016), Clayton, NC                      82-83--165
       T46   Preston Ball (2016), Raleigh, NC                             78-87--165
       T46   Thomas Deal (2018), Cornelius, NC                         82-83--165
       T49   Austin Duncan (2017), Bessemer, NC                      79-87--166
       T49   Brice Connors (2016), Garner, NC                           81-85--166
       T49   Patrick Carlin (2018), Raleigh, NC                           82-84--166
       T49   Will Straub (2016), Huntersville, NC                         81-85--166
       T53   Brandon Einstein (2018), Clemmons, NC                 85-82--167
       T53   Evan Crook (2016), Sherrills Ford, NC                     80-87--167
       T53   Grant Lewis (2016), Raleigh, NC                              86-81--167
       T53   Nicholas Loy (2017), Greenville, NC                        88-79--167
       T57   Britt Stroud (2019), Raleigh, NC                              84-84--168
       T57   Jack Heath (2020), Charlotte, NC                            84-84--168
       T57   Kaison King (2017), Whitsett, NC                            87-81--168
       T57   Stephen Carroll (2017), Concord, NC                      84-84--168
       T61   Chris Queen (2016), Salisbury, NC                          84-85--169
       T61   Connor Moore (2018), Durham, NC                         84-85--169
        63    Cameron Delahunty (2015), Cary, NC                      83-87--170
       T64   John David Morton (2016), Wilson, NC                   84-87--171
       T64   Mason Elmore (2017), Charlotte, NC                       85-86--171
        66    Zach Boatwright (2016), Concord, NC                     90-82--172
       T67   Regan Erhardt (2016), Greensboro, NC                   86-87--173
       T67   Ryan McManus (2015), Waxhaw, NC                       87-86--173
       T69   Christopher Carr (2018), Mocksville, NC                  89-85--174
       T69   Ian Craig (2017), High Point, NC                             86-88--174
       T71   Ben Rollins (2016), Salisbury, NC                           90-85--175
       T71   Cooper Daniel (2016), Waxhaw, NC                        91-84--175
       T71   Jacob Lowe (2017), Angier, NC                              83-92--175
       T71   Nicklaus Sutton (2019), Matthews, NC                     84-91--175
        75    Braxton Sapp (2015), Waxhaw, NC                         87-93--180
       T76   Alec Foster (2017), Farmville, NC                            91-90--181
       T76   Walker Beck (2017), Elon, NC                                 92-89--181
        78    William Casmus (2017), Salisbury, NC                     89-93--182
        79    Jonathan Paulson (2015), Cary, NC                         88-95--183
        80    Chris Matthews (2016), Pleasant Garden, NC           93-94--187
        81    David Valcheff (2017), Apex, NC                            97-91--188
        82    Sam Davidson (2020), Asheboro, NC                     93-97--190
        83    Thomas Hill (2017), Wilmington, NC                        89-103—192
*Winner with a birdie on the first playoff hole.