Womble and Salerno win the Carolina Invitational Four-Ball
- Carolina Golf Club photo
Davis Womble (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and John Salerno (Charlotte, N.C.) won the Carolina Invitational Four-Ball on Sunday, shooting a two-round 8-under 134 total, one shot clear of two teams.
Despite a final-hole bogey, Womble and Salerno were able to shoot a final-round 68 to hold off the teams of David Sargent & Todd Eckstein and Kyle Bearden & Brandon Truesdale. Sargent and Eckstein shared the lead with the eventual champions after an opening-round 66, a score also shot by Jason Pool & Barry Dyche. Pool and Dyche finished in a five-way tie for fourth, two shots back.
The leaderboard was crowded, with 16 teams finishing within four shots of the lead.
The defending champions Sean Snell & Hayes Brown tied for 24th at 1 over par, as did three-time champion Joe Jaspers and his partner Jim Aughtry.
The Carolina Invitational was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the tournament was not held in 2018 due to the club hosting the U.S. Mid-Amateur.
ABOUT THE
Carolina Invitational
The Carolina Invitational attracts a strong field and
gives Carolina Golf Club the opportunity to
showcase one of the finest Donald Ross courses
in the country.
Past participants have won the US Amateur,
British Amateur, played in the Masters, have been
named NCAA All-Americans, and play on the PGA
and the Champions tours. The field of 44 teams will
be selected by
playing resume and past exemption list.
In 2023, the format changed from best-ball to two-
man modified Stableford.
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