Hallie Wilson of Lewisville birdied the 18th hole Wednesday to shoot 5-under-par 67 at Pinehurst No. 6 to win the North and South Junior Girls’ championship.
Wilson, who shot 7-under 209 for the 54-hole tournament, rallied from a six-shot deficit entering the final round to beat Zoe Cusack of Potomac, Maryland, by one stroke. Wilson opened with 76 at Pinehurst No. 2 then fired 66 and 67 at No. 6.
Cusack shot 74 Wednesday after starting with an impressive 68 at No. 2 and following with another 68. Macie Rasmussen of Chesapeake, Virginia, was third at 216 in the 80-player tournament.
Wilson trailed by one stroke on the 17th tee, but pulled even when Cusack bogeyed the hole. Cusack parred the final hole.
Wilson claimed the CGA North Carolina Junior Girls’ Championship and an exemption into the U.S. Junior Girls’ Championship (photo above) with three rounds of 73 the previous week at Brook Valley Country Club in Greenville. Ellen Yu of Greensboro tied for sixth at 220.
The girls played No. 2 at 5,988 yards and No. 6 at 6,123.
Trey Marrion of Chesapeake, Va., won the North and South Boys’ title with 9-under 205, five shots better Bryson Hughes of Saint Johns, Florida, in the 89-player bracket. Will Gordon of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was third at 213. T
The boys played No. 2 at 6,818 and No. 7 at 6,942 in the last two rounds.
The North and South amateur events conclude with men’s and women’s seniors tournaments on Aug. 12-14
