PINEHURST, N.C. (January 4, 2021) – Monday’s first-round results from the 12th Carolinas Young Amateur at Pinewild Country Club’s Magnolia Course. The Women’s Division is competing at 6,063 yards, and the Men’s Division is competing at 6,969 yards, par 36-36--72.
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The field persisted through frigid January temperatures on Monday to wrap up the opening round of the 12th Carolinas Young Amateur, with several players going low.
Anna Morgan and Grant Sellers are first-round leaders of at the Carolinas Young Amateur.
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In the Women’s Division, Anna Morgan of Spartanburg, S.C., took the lead at 3-under-par 69. The 2020 Carolinas Women’s Amateur Champion carded a bogey-free, 33 on the front nine and, with the help of birdies on Nos. 13 and 18, holds the lead by one shot entering the final round. Sophia Burnett of Bluffton, S.C., was the only other player under par, carding a 2-under 70. Notably, the freshman at Furman University played a bogey-free round to hold the second position. Morgan and Burnett are teammates at Furman.
In the Men’s Division, Grant Sellers of McBee, S.C., fired a 6-under-par 66 at Pinewild Country Club’s Magnolia Course. With seven birdies for the day, the Francis Marion University junior took the lead by one shot heading into Tuesday’s final round. Austin Duncan of York, S.C., is right on Sellers’ tail after an outstanding 5-under-par 67. The North Greenville University senior played one of the three bogey-free rounds. Nicholas Mayfield of Rock Hill, S.C., holds third position at 4-under-par 68.