Player: Carter Jenkins

• Ranked No. 74 in the World Amateur Rankings (as of 8/16/15)


• Has won eight Carolinas Golf Association titles, including three consecutive (2013-15) Carolinas Amateurs and the 2015 North Carolina Amateur


• Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Amateur by winning the sectional qualifier (65-69–134) by two strokes


• Shot a course-record tying 64 at the Farm Course at the Greensboro Country Club to win his third consecutive Carolinas Amateur, becoming the first to accomplish that feat since 1923


• Made seven birdies in a nine-hole stretch in the final round


• Runner-up at the 2015 Porter Cup at the Niagara Falls Country Club after forcing a playoff by shooting a 5-under 30 on the final nine holes


• Won the 2013 Carolinas Amateur at the Ocean Course in Kiawah and 2014 at the Chanticleer Course at the Greenville (S.C.) Country Club


• Eagled the 17th hole in the final round to cap a come-from-behind win at the 2015 North Carolina Amateur at the Country Club of Landfall’s Jack Nicklaus Course


• Shot a 68 in the final round of the NC Amateur


• North Carolina Amateur Match Play champion in 2013


• Won the Rex Hospital Junior and earned a spot in the Web.com Tour Rex Hospital Open in 2012


• 2012 North Carolina Junior Player of the Year

Honored Soldier: Army Staff Sgt. Eric R. Vick