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Kyle Bailey of Fincastle, a student at Radford University, has qualified as the No. 3 seed for match play in at the Virginia State Golf Association amateur championship.

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MIKEY MOYERS EARNS MEDALIST HONORS AT THE
96th VSGA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
SUFFOLK –– With his first round score basically assuring a place in the match play field, for Mikey Moyers the only matter unresolved in stroke play qualifying at the 96th VSGA State Am was a matter of history.
Moyers, an 18-year-old Stanardsville resident, is now a part of VSGA State Amateur lore.
Moyers delivered his second consecutive round of 66 to set the championship’s 36-hole stroke play qualifying scoring record of 12-under 132 at Cedar Point Country Club (7,109 yards, par 36-36—72). Moyers’ to-par total is also an event-best mark for 36-hole qualifying. He earned medalist honors and the top seed for match play which begins on Thursday.
Record seven-time VSGA State Am champion Vinny Giles posted a 133 (68-65) aggregate at par-70 James River Country Club in Newport News in 1993. McLean’s Peter Badawy previously posted a to-par total of nine under (135) at par-72 Lowes Island Club’s Island Course in 2007.
In second round action, Moyers made birdies at Nos. 1 and 3 before making his first two bogeys of stroke play qualifying at Nos. 4 and 5. Moyers answered by registering six birdies in an 11-hole stretch from Nos. 6-16.
For Moyers, the surge started by making a 13-foot birdie putt at No. 6 and he drained a 7-footer one hole later to turn in two under. Continuing his solid putting, Moyers rolled in his birdie attempt at the par-4 10th hole that covered 10 feet of fringe before the left to right breaking birdie chance fell in the right side. He then reeled off three straight birdies from Nos. 14-16 to complete a stretch of making 14 birdies in two days of stroke play qualifying.
Solid ball-striking set up the opportunities, but he converted the chances with timely putting.
“A few putts can change your whole round and that’s what’s happened out here,” said Moyers, a recent graduate of William Monroe High School who is bound for Virginia Tech in the fall. “I haven’t hit it any differently than I have all year. The putts started falling because the greens are perfect. When you can hit it where you’re looking, it’s pretty easy.”
Moyers, who last week won his record third straight VSGA Junior Match Play Championship by triumphing over four opponents in two days, is certainly familiar with the subtleties of match play. Successfully navigating the remaining field at the VSGA State Am is his next challenge.
Medalist honors have meant little recently as the top seed has fallen in the opening round for three straight years from 2006-08. Since 1970, only Billy Hurley, who captured the 2004 championship at Roanoke Country Club, has won the medal and gone on to capture the title.
“All 32 players can shoot under par, so you’re never going to get an easy match,” said Moyers, who also won the Virginia High School League Group AA individual title in the fall. “I hope I keep doing the same thing – I don’t want to go away from this.”
Moyers was a part of the morning wave that played in relatively benign conditions. The wind picked up in the afternoon and scores skyrocketed.
At 2-over 146 following his morning round, two-time VSGA State Am champion Keith Decker of Martinsville appeared in jeopardy of missing match play for the first time in 20-plus VSGA State Am appearances.
But mid-amateurs Jeffrey Topp of Fairfax (70) and Jason Robertson of Virginia Beach (71) carded the only two rounds in red numbers after lunch; thereafter, eight players at 3-over 147 vied for one spot in the match play field. Charlottesville’s Weston Eklund, a rising sophomore at Radford University, made an 8-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole, the par-4 10th, and will face the top-seeded Moyers in Thursday’s opening round of match play.
More than half of the remaining field – 17 players in all – is comprised of junior golfers and college players. Nine junior golfers (ages 18-and-under) and eight college players advanced to the match play portion of the championship.
Defending champion and second-seeded Brinson Paolini, 18, of Virginia Beach (73, 139) will take on Decker in the opening round of match play. Fincastle’s Kyle Bailey, a rising senior at Radford University and 17-year-old Nicholas Austin of Midlothian are seeded Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.
Central Virginia framing contractor Tim Kelley, 53, of Ashland, the recent winner of the Richmond Golf Association Amateur Championship, completes the top five seeds.
The youngest player in the match play field, 16-year-old Bryce Chalkey (Glen Allen) will face the most veteran in 55-year-old Pat Tallent (Vienna), the 2007 VSGA State Am champion.
Following Thursday’s first two rounds of match play, the quarterfinals and semifinals are Friday, June 26 and the scheduled 36-hole championship match is on Saturday, June 27.
SUFFOLK –– Scores following the second round of stroke play qualifying at the 96th VSGA Amateur Championship at Cedar Point Country Club (7,109 yards par 36-36––72) on Wednesday, June 24.

Mikey Moyers (Stanardsville), 66-66—132
Brinson Paolini (Virginia Beach), 66-73—139
Kyle Bailey (Fincastle), 69-71—140
Nick Austin (Richmond), 70-71—141
Tim Kelley (Ashland), 71-71—142
Scott Shingler (Haymarket), 72-70—142
Jeffrey Topp (Fairfax), 72-70—142
Fielding Brewbaker (Salem), 67-75—142
Daniel Walker (Earlysville), 69-74—143
Vincent Nadeau (Penhook), 72-71—143
Allen Barber (Yorktown), 68-75—143
Bryce Chalkley (Richmond), 72-71—143
Garland Green (Tazewell), 70-73—143
Austin Gray (Midlothian), 73-71—144
Wes Smith (Virginia Beach), 72-72—144
Josh Apple (Lansdown), 74-70—144
Ji Soo Park (Centreville), 70-74—144
Lanto Griffin (Blacksburg), 69-75—144
Jordan Utley (Richmond), 70-74—144
Evan Beck (Virginia Beach), 70-74—144
Buck Brittain (Tazewell), 72-72—144
Pat Tallent (Vienna), 72-73—145
Trae Kresinske (Chesapeake), 72-73—145
Scott Huneycutt (Portsmouth), 71-74—145
Scott Marino (Fairfax), 71-74—145
Ben Keefer (Glen Allen), 72-74—146
Jason Copeland (Virginia Beach), 73-73—146
Jake Mondy (Blacksburg), 75-71—146
Keith Decker (Martinville), 75-71—146
Jerry Burton (Charlottesville), 70-76—146
Jeremy Wells (Hopewell), 73-73—146
* - Weston Eklund (Charlottesville), 72-75—147

-DID NOT QUALIFY FOR MATCH PLAY-
Jerel Whiting (Martinsville), 74-73—147
Michael Taylor (Ashland), 74-73—147
D.J. Dougherty (Glen Allen), 73-74—147
Lee Fisher (Lynchburg), 73-74—147
Garrison Fowler (Williamsburg), 76-71—147
A.J. Gerlach (Falls Church), 72-75—147
Adam Horton (Chesapeake), 71-76—147
Craig Groenendaal (Centreville), 74-73—147
Mike Redwood (Virginia Beach), 73-75—148
Tim Driver (Penn Laird), 74-74—148
Ryan Rettburg (Front Royal), 74-74—148
Robbie Phillips (Orange), 75-73—148
Tom Vlahakis (Ashland), 72-76—148
Patrick Scheil (Williamsburg), 76-72—148
Ryan Stinnett (Amherst), 71-77—148
Jeffrey Long (Centreville), 75-73—148
Sam Beach (Glen Allen), 74-74—148
Tyler Wingo (Fairfax), 73-76—149
Justin Harding (Fredericksburg), 74-75—149
Michael Shrader (Midlothian), 75-74—149
Seth Norman (Virginia Beach), 74-75—149
Adam Webb (Ridgeway), 76-73—149
John David Sanderson (Suffolk), 78-71—149
Jimmy Delp (Arlington), 76-74—150
John Phillips (Richmond), 71-79—150
Ben Lasso (Falls Church), 74-76—150
Dustin Groves (Keswick), 75-75—150
Matt Sizemore (Richmond), 73-77—150
Brendan Flatley (Charlottesville), 78-73—151
Marshall Tinsley (Amherst), 79-72—151
Daniel Hurley (Leesburg), 79-72—151
Roger Newsom (Virginia Beach), 76-75—151
Scott Bemberis (Richmond), 75-76—151
Jason Robertson (Virginia Beach), 80-71—151
Royce Kim (Yorktown), 76-76—152
Tony Good (Glen Allen), 80-72—152
Brandon Ketron (Abingdon), 73-79—152
Steve Pierce (Bristow), 77-75—152
Brian Fairbank (McLean), 73-79—152
Tim Osterbind (Midlothian), 73-79—152
Christian Martin (McLean), 79-74—153
Wesley Liu (Herndon), 79-74—153
Adam Sauls (Chesapeake), 75-78—153
Bobby Fox (South Riding), 75-78—153
Sam Williams (Midlothian), 76-77—153
James Gallagher (Yorktown), 77-77—154
Matt Pritchard (Saluda), 78-76—154
Forrest Shuford IV (Williamsburg), 79-75—154
Matthew Neely (Montpelier), 74-80—154
Gilbert Bell (Arlington), 82-73—155
Mike Kirby (Falls Church), 80-75—155
Michael Hays (Virginia Beach), 76-79—155
James Martin (Virginia Beach), 76-79—155
Andrew Tilley (Ringgold), 73-82—155
Joe Restin (Cape Charles), 78-78—156
Zack Bowman (Gloucester), 80-76—156
Brian Langley (Blacksburg), 75-81—156
Chris O’Neill (Glen Allen), 77-79—156
Alex Sleeker (Richmond), 76-80—156
Ralph Knapp (Virginia Beach), 78-78—156
Preston Leigh (Suffolk), 76-80—156
Skip Zobel (Virginia Beach), 81-76—157
Jason Pool (Dunn Loring), 79-78—157
Mark Sinder (Arlington), 76-81—157
Tim Ritter (Centreville), 79-78—157
A.J. Singh (Leesburg), 83-74—157
Michael Little (Smithfield), 74-83—157
Dan Hosek (Alexandria), 77-80—157
Brandon Baker (Virginia Beach), 77-80—157
Zack Hall (Burgess), 83-75—158
Wayne Hall (Fredericksburg), 77-81—158
Charles E. Green III (Tazewell), 81-78—159
Scott Davidson (Round Hill), 79-80—159
Brian Giles (Williamsburg), 79-80—159
Starell Cox (Chesterfield), 76-84—160
Dan Derisio (Springfield), 80-82—162
Chris Taylor (Ashland), 81-81—162
Eric Russell (Dale City), 79-83—162
David Ribeiro (Williamsburg), 80-82—162
David Corliss (Norfolk), 83-80—163
Richard Barrazotto (Arlington), 86-78—164
Jack Adkins (Martinsville), 79-85—164
Eric Neidermeyer (Glen Allen), 80-85—165
Brad Chambers (Fries), 86-79—165
Buddy Patch (Fairfax Station), 86-79—165
Aaron Eckstein (Salem), 87-80—167
Tom Wharton (Dumfries), 86-(WD-injury)
Jaymie Martino (Gainesville), 84-DNS

* - Denotes qualified in extra holes, eight players for one spot.

SUFFOLK –– Groupings and starting times for the first round of match play at the 96th VSGA Amateur Championship at Cedar Point Country Club (7,109 yards par 36-36––72) on Thursday, June 25 (stroke play qualifying score indicated in parentheses).

Thursday (June 25), Hole No. 1

8:30 a.m.: (1) Mikey Moyers (Stanardsville), 132 vs. (32) Weston Eklund (Charlottesville), 147
8:38 a.m.: (16) Lanto Griffin (Blacksburg), 144 vs. (17) Josh Apple (Lansdown), 144
8:46 a.m.: (8) Scott Shingler (Haymarket), 142 vs. (25) Scott Huneycutt (Portsmouth), 145
8:54 a.m.: (9) Bryce Chalkley (Richmond), 143 vs. (24) Pat Tallent (Vienna), 145
9:02 a.m.: (4) Nick Austin (Richmond), 141 vs. (29) Ben Keefer (Glen Allen), 146
9:10 a.m.: (13) Vincent Nadeau (Penhook), 143 vs. (20) Austin Gray (Midlothian), 144
9:18 a.m.: (5) Tim Kelley (Ashland), 142 vs. (28) Jerry Burton (Charlottesville), 146
9:26 a.m.: (12) Daniel Walker (Earlysville), 143 vs. (21) Buck Brittain (Tazewell), 144

Thursday (June 25), Hole No. 10

8:30 a.m.: (2) Brinson Paolini (Virginia Beach), 139 vs. (31) Keith Decker (Martinsville), 146
8:38 a.m.: (15) Wes Smith (Virginia Beach), 144 vs. (18) Ji Soo Park (Centreville), 144
8:46 a.m.: (7) Fielding Brewbaker (Salem), 142 vs. (26) Jason Copeland (Virginia Beach), 146
8:54 a.m.: (10) Allen Barber (Yorktown), 143 vs. (23) Scott Marino (Fairfax), 145
9:02 a.m.: (3) Kyle Bailey (Fincastle), 140 vs. (30) Jake Mondy (Blacksburg), 146
9:10 a.m.: (14) Jordan Utley (Richmond), 144 vs. (19) Evan Beck (Virginia Beach), 144
9:18 a.m.: (6) Jeffrey Topp (Fairfax), 142 vs. (27) Jeremy Wells (Hopewell), 146
9:26 a.m.: (11) Garland Green (Tazewell), 143 vs. (22) Trae Kresinske (Chesapeake), 145

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