Drew McElveen, 17, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., sank a birdie putt from 20 feet on the third playoff hole to defeat CGA points leader Andy Knox, 17, of Cary and win the boys title at the 20th annual Carolinas PGA Charles Tilghman Junior Championship on Sunday in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"It was a shootout all day between Andy and me," McElveen said in a CGA news release. "We were back and forth all day, and I knew the playoff wasn't going to be easy. I had been playing really solid golf all day, so I knew I had a good shot at it, and I came away with this one."
McElveen had rounds of 72 and 70 for a 2-under-par 142 on the Surf Golf and Beach Club course.
Knox didn't win the title, but he did secure his place on top of the CGA Carolinas Player of the Year standings.
"I really wanted this one, and obviously it meant something to me," Knox said. "I just couldn't put it together."
Patrick Sawry of Smithfield tied for fifth at 144, and Michael Hocker II of Chapel Hill shared 15th at 147.
A full field of 96 of the Carolinas' best junior boys and girls ages 13-18 competed in the 36-hole stroke-play event. Complete results are at share.triangle.com/play.
Area swimmers place at national meet
Victoria Mitchell of Cary swam to three top-15 finishes during the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals swim held Dec. 10-13 in Columbus, Ohio.
Competing for the Marlins of Raleigh-Wolfpack Aquatics, Mitchell was 15th in Friday's 400 individual medley in a time of 4:21.71, and she dropped 23 seconds to finish 12th in Saturday's 1,650 in 16:36.08, Marlins coach Paul Silver said.
Mitchell was 15th in Saturday's 500 freestyle in 4:50.54 and 24th in the 200 IM in 2:04.46. She also was 24th in Friday's 200 freestyle 1:50.93 and was 23rd in Saturday's 200 back in 2:00.51.
More than 1,300 swimmers competed, and the top 30 advanced from morning preliminaries to the evening finals in each event. With 29 points, MOR finished in 49th place out of more than 300 teams.
Other area swimmers who placed
The Marlins of Raleigh's Nicole Giamber, 13th in the 200 breaststroke in 2:18.74.
YMCA of the Triangle's Sabrina Benson, 25th, 50 free, 23.73.
YOTA's Matt Taylor, 27th, 500 free, 4:33.56.
Duke Aquatics girls 400 medley relay, 14th, 3:51.40.
Complete meet results are at www.usaswimming.org.
HOW TO PLAY!
Print calendar: Type "PLAY!" in subject field and send requests by 5 p.m. Thursday to play@newsobserver.com.
Photos: Team photos printed in the Play! report are chosen from those posted by coaches at share.triangle.com/playpics. Be sure to send contact information to play@newsobserver.com.
News and announcements: Post at share.triangle.com/play (in middle of page, find green "News & results" bar and click "Post").
Phone: Teri Boggess 919-829-4831 after 6 p.m. Fax: 919-829-4888
Mail: Play! Editor, The News & Observer Sports Dept., 215 S. McDowell St., Raleigh, NC 27601
