AJGA/American Junior Golf Association Results: Three tied at 3-under-par 67 at Sedgefield Country Club

Three tied atop leaderboard at Sedgefield
Osborne, Vilips and Taylor II lead at 3-under-par 67

GREENSBORO, N.C. – After the first round of the Wyndham Invitational presented by BB&T, three players are tied for the lead at 3-under-par 67 at Sedgefield Country Club’s Pete Dye Course. Charles Osborne, Karl Vilips and Troy Taylor II are tied atop the leaderboard and share the first-round lead.

The Wyndham Invitational presented by BB&T enters its 17th year in Greensboro, North Carolina, with 72 of the top boys in the country. Seventy-eight alumni of the Invitational have gone on to compete on the PGA TOUR, including Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed, along with past champions Justin Thomas and Brian Harman.

Osborne, a future Southern Methodist University Mustang, took the early clubhouse lead with four birdies and a bogey. Osborne, out of Reno, Nevada, is currently No. 51 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. Australian Karl Vilips, the top-ranked player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings, carded the only bogey-free round on the course. The Stanford verbal commit, out of Wesley Chapel, Florida, tallied birdies on Nos. 3, 13 and 15. Taylor II, an 18-year-old and future Michigan State Spartan, carded three back-nine birdies to tie the lead. The No. 43 player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings is originally from Westerville, Ohio, and has placed top three in back-to-back AJGA tournaments.

Five players sit tied for fourth at 2-under-par 68 following the first round, including: Austin Greaser of Vandalia, Ohio; Trey Davis of Plumas Lake, California; Jason Duff of Elkton, Florida; Trey Bosco of Austin, Texas; and Maxwell Moldovan of Uniontown, Ohio.

Second-round tee times will run from 7 a.m. ET to 10:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 13.

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About the AJGA

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018, the American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls, ages 12-19) of more than 6,900 members from 50 states and 60 foreign countries. Through initiatives like the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant, a financial assistance program, and Leadership Links, a service-oriented platform that teaches juniors charitable-giving skills, the AJGA fosters the growth of golf’s next generation.

TaylorMade and adidas are the AJGA’s National Sponsors, supporting the AJGA for more than 25 years. TaylorMade has served as the Official Ball of the AJGA since 2016. adidas has been the Official Apparel and Footwear of the AJGA since 2017. Rolex, in its fourth decade of AJGA sponsorship, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.

AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 900 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods, Paula Creamer, Ariya Jutanugarn, Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Anna Nordqvist, Inbee Park and Lexi Thompson.