Due to inclement weather, the final round of the HV3 Invitational was canceled and the tournament was reduced to an 18-hole event. Therefore, the first round leaders at each course became the HV3 Invitational Champions.
Alex Bock of Morganton, N.C., Griffin Tarver of Tega Cay, S.C. and Jerry Bruns of Beaufort, S.C. were crowned as the HV3 Invitational Champions today, thanks to their strong opening rounds yesterday.
Bock shot 1-under-par, 70 in his first round at Gaston Country Club. Consistency was key as he played a bogey-free round after the first hole. The high school freshman made par on every hole from No. 2 to No. 16. Then he put his foot on the gas and finished his round with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18. Only eight other players were able to birdie No. 17.
Bruns and Tarver did not find their success in consistency, but instead in aggressive play. Tarver tied with Bock at Gaston Country Club with a 1-under-par, 70 finish. With the help of three birdies on the front nine, he made the turn at 33. The back nine proved more challenging as he carded three bogeys, but birdies on Nos. 10 and 13 helped to even out his scorecard. Tarver will start his collegiate golf career in the fall at Charleston Southern University.
Bruns shot the low round of the day with a 5-under-par, 67 at Cramer Mountain Club. He fired off four birdies out of his first five holes to take a quick lead. The high school sophomore proceeded to make three more birdies on the day to secure a four stroke lead and ultimately a trophy at Cramer Mountain Club.
What made this win even sweeter? This is the first CGA Championship title that any of them have earned and Harold Varner III was there to congratulate them himself.
The CGA would like to extend a thank you to the members and staff of Cramer Mountain Club, especially Head Golf Professional Jon Meyers, and Gaston Country Club, especially Head Golf Professional Thomas Troncoso, for their hospitality in hosting the HV3 Invitational. We would also like to thank Harold Varner III and the HV3 Foundation for the support and for making this event possible.
HV3 Invitational
Cramer Mountain Club, Cramerton, N.C. and Gaston Country Club, Gastonia, N.C.
Final Results: Cramer Mountain Club
6,486 yards, par 72
Pos. | Player | City, State | Total |
1 | Jerry Bruns | Beaufort, SC | 67 |
2 | Miles Eubanks | Warrenville, SC | 71 |
3 | Robert Gefaell | Winston-Salem, NC | 72 |
T4 | Thomas Horne | Fayetteville, NC | 73 |
T4 | Luke Guthrie | Charlotte, NC | 73 |
T4 | Henry Andrews | Winston-Salem, NC | 73 |
T4 | Jeremy Voigt | Waxhaw, NC | 73 |
T8 | Kyle Haas | Winston-Salem, NC | 74 |
T8 | Jace Butcher | Wake Forest, NC | 74 |
T8 | Tyler Jones | Jacksonville, NC | 74 |
T11 | Taylor Kuehn | Asheville, NC | 75 |
T11 | Cooper Burris | Kannapolis, NC | 75 |
T11 | Chase Cline | Chapin, SC | 75 |
T11 | Jack Wieler | Waxhaw, NC | 75 |
T11 | Fisher Kennedy | Winston-Salem, NC | 75 |
T11 | Mathew McCarthy | Cary, NC | 75 |
T17 | Luke Cochran | Mt Holly, NC | 76 |
T17 | Owen Pearce | Winston-Salem, NC | 76 |
T17 | Eli Schmidly | Charlotte, NC | 76 |
T20 | Cole Rouse | Kernersville, NC | 77 |
T20 | Jamal Hutchison | Fletcher, NC | 77 |
T20 | Nick Perry | Fayetteville, NC | 77 |
T20 | Atley Gabriel | Claremont, NC | 77 |
T20 | Rich Wills | Cramerton, NC | 77 |
T20 | Colin Salema | Matthews, NC | 77 |
T20 | Kareem Elkassem | Raleigh, NC | 77 |
T20 | John Logan | Wilmington, NC | 77 |
T20 | Will Spicer | Shelby, NC | 77 |
T29 | Landon Merrell | Salisbury, NC | 78 |
T29 | Rhodes Baker | Winston-Salem, NC | 78 |
T29 | Isar Joshi | Charlotte, NC | 78 |
T29 | William Webb | Raleigh, NC | 78 |
T29 | Hunter Justice | Cornelius, NC | 78 |
T29 | Jack McCarthy | Bermuda Run, NC | 78 |
T29 | John Patrick | Spartanburg, SC | 78 |
T29 | Calvin Hawkins | Lexington, NC | 78 |
T37 | Logan Erwin | Waxhaw, NC | 79 |
T37 | Steven Shea | Charlotte, NC | 79 |
T37 | Thomas Ford | Hilton Head Island, SC | 79 |
T37 | Lucas Acevedo | Charleston, SC | 79 |
T41 | Aedan Barnes | Charlotte, NC | 80 |
T41 | Luke Mosley | Greenville, NC | 80 |
T41 | Michael Currie | Charlotte, NC | 80 |
T41 | Jack LaPiana | Charlotte, NC | 80 |
T41 | Landon Hawley | Charlotte, NC | 80 |
T41 | Will Dalton | Cornelius, NC | 80 |
T41 | Nick Goellner | Apex, NC | 80 |
T48 | Ethan Boyette | Wilson, NC | 81 |
T48 | Robert Thompson | Charlotte, NC | 81 |
T48 | Connor Warren | Bakersville, NC | 81 |
T48 | Ashton Eubanks | Lexington, SC | 81 |
T48 | Ryan Dunn | Waxhaw, NC | 81 |
T48 | Drew Greene | Greenville, NC | 81 |
T48 | Benjamin Chase | Charlotte, NC | 81 |
T55 | Ray Smith | Charlotte, NC | 82 |
T55 | Ian Doyle | Wake Forest, NC | 82 |
T55 | Davis Sayman | Charlotte, NC | 82 |
T55 | Harris Holstein | Orangeburg, SC | 82 |
T59 | Will Tharin | Rocky Mount, NC | 83 |
T59 | Ethan Wooten | High Point, NC | 83 |
T59 | Hugh Lemonds | Spartanburg, SC | 83 |
T59 | Braden Gay | Winston-Salem, NC | 83 |
T59 | Ryan Curran | Charlotte, NC | 83 |
T64 | Michael Schaal | Chapel Hill, NC | 84 |
T64 | Cameron Baker | Fort MIll, SC | 84 |
T66 | Hunter Miller | Cramerton, NC | 85 |
T66 | Ford Amerson | Greenville, NC | 85 |
T66 | Colby Moore | Advance, NC | 85 |
T69 | Brady Rowland | Charlotte, NC | 86 |
T69 | Kola Abudu | Charlotte, NC | 86 |
T69 | Jones Saylor | Bluffton, SC | 86 |
T69 | Chase McLaughlin | Kernersville, NC | 86 |
T69 | Alek McIntosh | Charlotte, NC | 86 |
T69 | William Melvin | Charlotte, NC | 86 |
T75 | Brandon T. Jones | Harrisburg, NC | 87 |
T75 | Edward Nash | Asheville, NC | 87 |
T75 | Samanyu Bedi | Charlotte, NC | 87 |
T75 | Carter Sayman | Charlotte, NC | 87 |
T75 | Aiden McCall | Mooresville, NC | 87 |
T80 | Alexander Murphy | Monroe, NC | 88 |
T80 | Fletcher Meadows | Mooresville, NC | 88 |
82 | Carson Grizer | Cary, NC | 90 |
83 | Hershal Patel | Clemmons, NC | 103 |
84 | Zackary Carr | Gastonia, NC | 107 |
HV3 Invitational
Cramer Mountain Club, Cramerton, N.C. and Gaston Country Club, Gastonia, N.C.
Final Results: Gaston Country Club
6,615 yards, par 71
Pos. | Player | City, State | Total |
T1 | Griffin Tarver | Tega Cay, SC | 70 |
T1 | Alex Bock | Morganton, NC | 70 |
3 | Davis DeLille | High Point, NC | 71 |
T4 | Jackson Bode | Pinehurst, NC | 72 |
T4 | Charlie Barr | Salisbury, NC | 72 |
T4 | Andrew Graham | Asheville, NC | 72 |
T4 | James Rico | Cary, NC | 72 |
T4 | Luke Crouse | Reidsville, NC | 72 |
T4 | Jeremy Edmunds | Charlotte, NC | 72 |
T4 | Max Jacobson | Charlotte, NC | 72 |
T4 | Ryan Jahr | Ocean Isle Beach, NC | 72 |
12 | Chase Cheatham | Lincolnton, NC | 73 |
T13 | Andrew Haarlow | Greensboro, NC | 74 |
T13 | Will Conway | Weddington, NC | 74 |
T13 | Aidan Browning | Charlotte, NC | 74 |
T13 | Davis Spradling | Clayton, NC | 74 |
T13 | Braeden Barnett | Galivants Ferry, SC | 74 |
T13 | Spencer Turtz | Charlotte, NC | 74 |
T19 | Jack Boyer | Greensboro, NC | 75 |
T19 | Jake Clayton | Burlington, NC | 75 |
T19 | Jennings Glenn | Raleigh, NC | 75 |
T22 | Charles Howden | Asheville, NC | 76 |
T22 | Keegan Brown | Tega Cay, SC | 76 |
T22 | Timmy Gannon | Charlotte, NC | 76 |
T22 | Liam Harris | Wake Forest, NC | 76 |
T22 | Max Cranford | Newton, NC | 76 |
T22 | Branden Boyce | Spring Lake, NC | 76 |
T28 | Connor Brown | Cherryville, NC | 77 |
T28 | Jake Conklin | Cary, NC | 77 |
T28 | Bryce Wittmer | Tega Cay, SC | 77 |
T28 | William Grasty | Charlotte, NC | 77 |
T32 | Nick Norman | Gastonia, NC | 78 |
T32 | Ryan McCarthy | Raleigh, NC | 78 |
T32 | WIlson Thrift | Charlotte, NC | 78 |
T32 | Sean Finan | Winston-Salem, NC | 78 |
T32 | Barrett Josey | Moore, SC | 78 |
T37 | Charlie Fetter | Charlotte, NC | 79 |
T37 | Jacob Vargosko | Charlotte, NC | 79 |
T37 | Evan Mendyk | Summerfield, NC | 79 |
T37 | Peter Nusbaum | Pittsboro, NC | 79 |
T37 | Jay Locker | Chapin, SC | 79 |
T42 | Benjamin Peters | Winston-Salem, NC | 80 |
T42 | Maddox Whittington | Lenoir, NC | 80 |
T42 | Lawson Harkey | Crouse, NC | 80 |
T42 | Justin Nagy | Holly Springs, NC | 80 |
T42 | Bradley Parker | Isle of Palms, SC | 80 |
47 | Simon Burgos | Raleigh, NC | 81 |
T48 | Andrew Swainey | Youngsville, NC | 82 |
T48 | Nolan Hawkins | Hilton Head Island, SC | 82 |
T48 | Jack Dannemann | Charlotte, NC | 82 |
T51 | Josh Buxbaum | Wake Forest, NC | 83 |
T51 | Tate Smith | Gastonia, NC | 83 |
T51 | Eli Kinlaw | Mount Holly, NC | 83 |
T51 | Xan Morris | Charlotte, NC | 83 |
T55 | Bradley Davis, Jr. | Pilot Mountain, NC | 84 |
T55 | Hayden Mincey | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 84 |
T55 | Daniel Jones | Greensboro, NC | 84 |
T58 | Wyatt Harrill | Chapin, SC | 85 |
T58 | Ian Podziewski | Waxhaw, NC | 85 |
T58 | Erik Zeppelin | Fort Mill, SC | 85 |
61 | Abraham Malik | Rock Hill, SC | 87 |
T62 | Chase Harris | Pilot Mountain, NC | 88 |
T62 | Will Carpenter | Wake Forest, NC | 88 |
WD | Samuel Mace | Connelly Springs, NC | WD |
WD | Cole Wright | Wake Forest, NC | WD |
WD | Drew Van Dyke | Charlotte, NC | WD |