Clyburn advances at 100th Georgia Amateur Championship

Cartersville’s R.B. Clyburn fired a pair of 2-over-par 73s and is tied for 46th place at the Georgia State Golf Association’s 100th Amateur Championship being conducted July 8-11 on the par-71, 7,105-yard North Course of Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta.

Clyburn carded a pair of birdies Thursday to offset four bogies in an opening round 73. Friday he made four birdies to go with four bogies and one double bogey.

The starting field of 144 players earned spots in the championship by exemptions from previous U.S.G.A. or G.S.G.A. tournaments or they qualified at one of a dozen qualifying sites competed May 25-June 21.

William Love of Atlanta, a rising senior at Westminster, holds the tournament lead at the mid-point at 9-under-par. Love, who has committed to Duke University, shot 67-66 to lead Eli Scott of Hartwell and Luke Ferrara of Atlanta by three shots as the tournament moves into the weekend. Scott is a junior at the University of Georgia and a member of the Bulldogs’ golf team. Ferrara is a 2021 graduate of The Lovett School. Deven Patel, who led Johns Creek High School to a fifth straight Class 6A title in May, along with Georgia Bulldogs’ junior Will Kahlstorf of Watkinsville and Kennesaw State sophomore Takafumi Shimoji round out the top six at 4-under-par.

In total, 16 players are under par through the first 36 holes of the 72-hole event and 76 players advanced to weekend play.

The other Cartersville golfers who qualified for the 100th Georgia Amateur Championship failed to make the 6-over-par, 36-hole cut. UGA’s Buck Brumlow shot 74-76. Dallas resident and Cartersville Country Club member Tevis Upton had rounds of 76-77. Chanc Willis of Cartersville shot 81-78 and Chad Branton withdrew due to injury after an opening round 78 and a poor start on Friday.

The tournament continues Saturday and Sunday.