A North Carolina player shot 61 Wednesday to grab the first-round lead at the Northeast Amateur, one of seven tournaments in the Elite Amateur Golf Series.
Carson Bertagnole of Pinehurst, a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina, made nine birdies and one bogey in his round on the par-69 Wannamoisett County Club course in Rumford, Rhode Island.
Bertagnole leads William Walsh of San Mateo, California, by two strokes in the 72-hole tournament. Walsh is a rising senior at Pepperdine, and finished 10th in this spring’s NCAA Championship.
