It was a beautiful but chilly two days of December golf in Pinehurst for the 16th playing of the Carolinas Young Amateur Championship at Pinewild Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C.
After 36 holes, Sophie Lauture of Concord, N.C. captured the Women’s Division of the championship to claim her second CGA title after carding a 1-over-par 145 total. Lauture’s first championship win came at the 4th Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational in 2023.
It took 37 holes to determine our Men’s Division champion after App State’s Alex Martin of Thomasville, N.C., and UNCG’s B.J. Boyce of Spring Lake, N.C., ended regulation play in a tie at 1-over-par, 145 total. Martin made a birdie on the first playoff hole to claim his first CGA title.