HOUGH’S COVER WINS PLAYOFF FOR MEDALIST; BROUGHTON TOPS TEAMS IN NCHSAA 4-A BOY’S GOLF

SANFORD—Patrick Cover of Cornelius W.A. Hough birdied the first playoff hole to take top individual honors on Tuesday in the 79th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s golf championships at Carolina Trace Country Club.

Cover had a 68 on Monday and an even par 72 in the final round for a 140 total. Raleigh Millbrook’s Stephen Franken climbed into a tie after 36 holes for the individual title with a 68 on Tuesday, setting the stage for the playoff.

The championship was contested on a par-72 layout set at 6,698 yards for the NCHSAA event.

Raleigh Broughton captured the team championship by eight shots over defending champ Southern Pines Pinecrest with a winning total of 592. Broughton captured its sixth NCHSAA championship since 1998 and it was also gave a Wake County school the men’s 4-A team golf title for the 19th time in the last 28 years, including five of the last six.

Pinecrest is the last non-Wake County school to win, taking the title in 2008 and last year.

Hough and Charlotte Myers Park were tied for third at 609.

Prior to 1986, all NCHSAA schools competed for a single title in an open tournament. Play went to three classifications in 1986 and then to four classes beginning with the 1998 tournaments.

A total of 84 golfers began play in the two-day tournament.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2014 MEN’S 4-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Carolina Trace Country Club, Sanford

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Raleigh Broughton                292     300     592
Southern Pines Pinecrest         297     303     600
Cornelius W.A. Hough             301     308     609
Charlotte Myers Park             303     306     609
Raleigh Millbrook                306     307     613
Cary Green Hope                  321     313     634
Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds      324     325     649
Wilmington Laney                 328     321     649
Northwest Guilford               313     338     651
Charlotte Providence             336     316     652
West Forsyth                     324     329     653
Greenville D.H. Conley           337     343     680