Cardinal Am: Clement holds on for the win
Justin Clement
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug 12, 2012) -- Justin Clement’s even-par 70 in Sunday’s final round was enough to hold Scott Harvey at the Cardinal Amateur. Clement, of Lexington, N.C., a former North Carolina-Greensboro golfer, finished at 2-under 208 (71-67-70) at the par-70 Cardinal Golf and Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Harvey, a mid-am from Greensboro, finished second at 1-under 209, and Davis Womble, an incoming freshman at Wake Forest, was third at 210. Harvey won the 2011 Carolinas Amateur and this year’s Carolinas Mid-Amateur.
ABOUT THE Cardinal Amateur
The Cardinal Amateur, presented by McConnell
Golf, is held at the Sedgefield Country Club, Pete
Dye Course in Greensboro, NC. 54-hole stroke
play tournament. Many former competitors are
now on the PGA, Senior PGA and Nationwide
tours. The field consists of 78 contestants,
chosen among college level and mid-amateurs.
Jay Sigel, a winner on the senior tour, has been
quoted as saying that the Cardinal Am is one of
the finest amateur tournaments in the country
and one which he wishes he had won during his
amateur career.
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