Childress moves up at Carolinas Amateur Championship
Published 8:53 pm Friday, July 12, 2019
- Richmond athletics photo/file ... Michael Childress, of Salisbury, is tied for 11th place in the 105th Carolinas Amateur Championship, being played at the Governors Club in Chapel Hill. The final round is set for Saturday.
Staff report
CHAPEL HILL — Salisbury’s Michael Childress moved into a tie for 11th place here Friday, in the second round of the 105th Carolinas Amateur Championship.
The event is being played at the Governor’s Club, a par-72 course. A cut was made after Friday’s play and 61 golfers will compete in Saturday’s third round. The tournament concludes with Sunday’s fourth round.
Childress, a rising sophomore at the University of Richmond, shot a 1-over par 73 on Friday, but moved up four spots. He was tied for 15th place after carding a 1-under par 71 during Thursday’s first round.
Another local golfer, Davis Richards, who starred at South Rowan High School and now plays at N.C. State, fell from 28th place to a tie for 51st. Richards shot a 77 in the second round, following an opening day 73, but did make the cut at 150.
Childress, who played prep golf at Cannon School in Concord, had two birdies on Friday, almost off-setting three back-nine bogeys. He played bogey-free golf on Thursday, firing the 71. Childress stands at even-par 144, eight strokes behind leader Joshua Martin.
Martin, of Pinehurst, leads the tournament at 8-under 136, shooting a 69 on Thursday and a 67 in Friday’s second round.
Martin leads by two strokes over Peter Fountain, of Raleigh, who shot 70 and 68 for a two-day total of 6-under par 138.
Ben Woodruff, of Huntersville, the first-round leader at 66, struggled to a 78 on Friday. He is tied for 11th place.
CAROLINAS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (105th)
Governors Club, Chapel Hill, N.C.
TOP 16
Joshua Martin, Pinehurst …………….. 69-67—136
Peter Fountain, Raleigh ……………….. 70-68—138
Luke Hackworth, Charlotte …………… 68-71—139
Jack Parrott, Columbia, SC ………….. 68-72—140
Will Stewart, Charlotte …………………. 70-71—141
Jamie Wilson, Mt. Pleasant, SC ……. 68-74—142
Davis Womble, Winston-Salem ……. 68-75—143
Raymond Wooten, Clemson, SC ……. 71-72—143
Walker Jones, Sumter, SC ……………. 72-71—143
Jake Carter, Aiken, SC ………………… 69-74—143
Michael Childress, Salisbury ………… 71-73—144
Paul Simson, Raleigh …………………… 76-68—144
Scott Lincicome, Pinehurst …………… 71-73—144
Matthew Crenshaw, Burlington ……. 76-68—144
Garrett Risner, Holly Springs ……….. 70-74—144
Ben Woodruff, Huntersville …………. 66-78—144