Salisbury’s Elliott Gealy had one of the best rounds of his playing career recently during the Michelob Light Classic of Wilmington.
Gealy, playing on the Hooters Tour, finished tied for seventh in the event but shot a third-round 63, which had him second going into the final round. He shot 72 on the fourth day.
His first two rounds were 68-70.
But the third round was a birdiefest for Gealy, whose father, Sam, is the Catawba College golf coach.
The 63 included birdies on four of the first five holes. After knocking in a birdie putt on 13, he did the same on 16, 17 and 18. He also had 10 pars during the round.
Gealy’s money total in 13 events is $22,319 after his $3,650 check in Wilmington. He has 13 starts and has made the cut in 11.
Gealy is playing this week at Bay Tree in Myrtle Beach.
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SUPER SEAN:South Rowan’s rising junior Sean Kramer will be an alternate in the 54th annual USGA Junior Amateur at Oak Hill Country Club in San Antonio, Texas July 24-28.
Kramer, of China Grove, finished fourth in a qualifying tournament at the 6,519-yard, par-71 Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem. Kramer shot 71-74-145, six strokes off the top score.
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MCCANLESS JUNIORS: Age-group results from the junior golf tournament at McCanless on Thursday:
10-under: 1. Caleb Allen; 2. Tyler Buckwell.
11-14: 1. Kevin McMillan; 2. Jason Trexler.
15-17: 1. Cameron Spencer; 2. Drew Davis.
A total of 27 golfers participated.
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MORE JUNIORS: The Kannapolis Country Club had a junior club championship June 25-26.
John Dyer (75-70) and Jay Phillips (82-81) were 1-2 in the 15-17 age group.
Kenneth Mesimer and Ryan Perkins were first and second in the 13-14 age group.
Billy Lamb and Stephen Hubbard led the 11-12 age group while Nicholas Buckwell and John Tuttle were 1-2 in the 10-under.
And then, there was Sara Tuttle, who shot an 85 in five holes to take the 7-under division.
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CORBIN LADIES: The winning team during Corbin Hills Ladies Day last week consisted of Jane Medley, Virginia Saintsing, Marie Pugh, and Marian Harter.
Harter stayed busy. She was part of the second-place team, also consisting of Wanda Sanders, Dot Errante and Yvonne Kayes.
The third-place team was Mary Seaford, Avice Bost, Karla Swanson and Jean Wray while Team No. 4 was Jean Wray, Betty Jean Britton, Nina Burton and Marjorie Karabatsos.
Closest to the pin was Susan Morris. The longest putt went to Saintsing.
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HOLES-IN-ONE: Dale Perry had an ace on McCanless’ par-3, 180-yard No. 15. He was using a 5-wood. Witnessing the event were Johnny Walker and Chris Davis.
Ben Chewning had a hole-in-one at The Tillery Tradition Country Club in Mount Gilead on June 23. He aced No. 12, using an 8-iron from 156 yards.
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