GolfCarolina.com Scorecard:
41st North Carolina Amateur Championship

GolfCarolina.com Staff Report

High Point, NC (JUNE 19, 2001) - When his lead shrank to one shot Sunday, Chad Wilfong of Thomasville went back to his original game plan to execute one shot at a time.

The result was a two-shot victory in the 41st North Carolina Amateur golf championship at the Willow Creek Course at High Point Country Club for the 20-year-old rising junior at Wake Forest University.

The only player under par each day, Wilfong fired a closing 70 for a 280 total, eight under par and two ahead of Chris Logan of Winston-Salem. "I stuck to my game plan until the middle of the round. No one in the groups ahead of us was pushing us, and I started playing match play with Chris," Wilfong said. "That was a mistake."

Wilfong's three-shot lead at the turn became a one-shot lead after 15 holes. "Then I went back to my game plan and tried to play one shot at a time," he said.

Wilfong had five birdies and three bogeys Sunday. But it was a Logan bogey at the par-five 17th hole that gave Wilfong his final margin.

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Wilfong became the seventh Wake Forest golfer to claim the title and the youngest since PGA Tour star Scott Hoch won in 1976.

Wilfong shared or held the lead each day of the championship while shooting 69-70-71-70.

Logan shot 70--282. Scott McClellan of Cary took third place with 71--285.

This championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

Final round results of the 41st North Carolina Amateur Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by High Point Country Club, Willow Creek Course, in High Point, NC on Sunday, June 17, 2001. Par 72, 6,900 yards.

Chad Wilfong, Thomasville 69-70-71-70--280
Chris Logan, Winston-Salem 75-69-68-70--282

Scott McClellan, Cary 73-71-70-71--285
Dirk Fennie, Greensboro 69-71-75-71--286
Zack Byrd, Calabash 69-74-69-75--287
Glenn Quintana, Concord 69-76-67-76--288
Skip Taylor, Flat Rock 77-68-73-70--288
Clay Kilgore, Nebo 72-70-74-72--288
Brian Corn, Hendersonville 73-73-73-70--289
Walker Taylor IV, Wilmington 73-73-73-70--289
Mitch Adams, Cary 70-75-70-75--290
Mark Hedberg, Asheville 74-71-73-72--290
Steve Harwell, Mooresville 73-70-75-72--290
David Strawn, Charlotte 74-69-74-73--290
Rob Beasley, Greensboro 70-76-72-73--291
Daniel Hendrickson, Charlotte 75-71-72-73--291
Thomas Riley, Kinston 74-72-74-71--291
Herb Lohr, Lexington 72-72-71-76--291
Bill Boles, Jr., Wilson 76-72-74-70--292
Joe Jaspers, Charlotte 76-71-73-72--292
Wynn Solle, Pinehurst 72-77-72-72--293
Bubba Aughtry, Charlotte 75-73-71-74--293
JD McNeill, Pinehurst 75-68-76-74--293
Frank Adams III, Greenville 74-75-72-73--294
Keith Harris, Concord 74-73-74-73--294
Gregg Cox, Greensboro 73-70-77-74--294
Jason Martin, Lenoir 74-76-71-74--295
Bill Smith, Raleigh 70-79-74-72--295
Danny Gurley, Chapel Hill 71-77-71-76--295
Keith Waters, Raleigh 71-76-75-73--295
Derek Brown, Walnut Cove 72-74-73-76--295
Jimmy Simmons, Elon 77-68-76-74--295
Preston Edmondson, Morrisville 74-76-73-73--296
Andrew Smith, High point 79-71-73-73--296
Mike Wilson, Raleigh 73-77-73-73--296
Jim Hillard, Greenville 74-75-74-73--296
Terry Mills, Mayodan 73-73-76-74--296
Johnny Crumpler, Jacksonville 73-72-76-75--296
Sumner Alford, Fuquay-Varina 71-73-75-77--296
Patrick Brady, Reidsville 70-74-76-76--296
Will Pope, Wilson 74-75-74-74--297
Brian Joyce, Wilson 73-75-70-79--297
Joe Stepp, Hickory 75-73-77-72--297
Garland Yates, Asheboro 71-73-77-76--297
Banks Wood, Jr., Charlotte 76-71-77-74--298
Ray Womack, Burlington 72-74-75-77--298
Pat Thompson, Asheville 75-74-77-73--299
Steve Sharpe, Greensboro 73-72-72-82--299
John Pitt, Wilmington 77-73-79-72--301
Patrick Smith, Lumberton 72-77-75-77--301
Rand Williams, Raleigh 75-75-71-81--302
Dan Aycock, Clinton 77-71-77-77--302
Jeremy Elliott, Chapel Hill 74-74-80-74--302
Richard Giles, Winston-Salem 73-76-77-79--305
Michael Hough, Winston-Salem 72-77-73-83--305
John Carter III, Thomasville 72-75-76-82--305
Toby Hole, Walnut Cove 72-78-81-75--306
Bob Cherry III, Wilmington 78-72-79-78--307
Ron Moore, Pinehurst 77-72-83-75--307
Carter Counts IV, Wilmington 72-76-83-76--307
Jeff Wishart, Lumberton 74-74-78-84--310