Stiles Leads Brick Capital By 2 Shots After Round One

Courtney Stiles of Pinehurst fired a 4-under par 67 to take the lead after round one of the 45^th Annual Brick Capital Classic at Sanford Golf Club.   Stiles, who works with the 1^st Tee of Pinehurst, carded 5 birdies to offset one bogey and turned in nines of 33-34 to take the lead early Saturday.   After becoming the 1^st woman to compete in the Championship Flight in 34 years in 2020 – and went on to finish 3^rd – Stiles will attempt be the first to win the coveted Brick Capital Classic title.   Stiles leads Paul Jett, Dalton Mauldin, Kenny Stewart, and Stephen Salmon by 2 after all four carded 69s and another group of four are one back at 70.

Jett, the 2016 Champion, birdied his first 3 holes and stayed 3-under par most of the day, until a final hole 3-putt brought him in at 69.   Mauldin played in the morning, as did Jett, and will start Sunday’s round 2 shots back.   Stewart and Salmon both finished late in the day, Stewart also 3-putting late in his round for 69.

2002 Champion Jordan Pomeranz leads a group at 70 that includes Steve Pippen of Pinehurst, AJ Johnson of Sanford and last year’s runner-up Jonathan Hockaday.  Pomeranz holed a difficult pitch from the rough behind #9 green for an eagle and was 3-under for much of the round, before a few late bogeys brought him in at 70.  Hockaday posted 5 birdies in his up-an-down round and the 70s will start Sunday’s round 3 shots back.

Defending Champion Press McPhaul shot even par 71 as did Jeremy Milton of Buies Creek.  McPhaul is hoping to be the 1^st player to win 5 Brick titles and will start 4 shots behind the lead on Sunday.     Former Champions David Wicker (73) and Gerald Harrington (72) also have 4 Brick titles.  

Championship Flight play will begin at 1:30 Sunday afternoon and WFJA will update the action all afternoon Sunday every 30 mins to bring our listeners LIVE updates on 105.5 FM and streaming online at: www.wfjawwgpradio.com.

Championship Flight Scores

Courtney Stiles………………………..67

Paul Jett…………………………………..69

Dalton Mauldin……………………….69

Kenny Stewart…………………………69

Stephen Salmon………………………69

Steve Pippen……………………………70

Jonathan Hockaday…………………70

Jordan Pomeranz……………………70

AJ Johnson……………………………..70

Press McPhaul………………………..71

Jeremy Milton…………………………71

Jim Love………………………………….72

Gerald Harrington………………….72