Hampton Roberts sets North Carolina record en route to taking lead at Amer Ari

February 7, 2025 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Hampton Roberts (North Carolina Athletics Photo)

Roberts tied the 18-hole North Carolina record for strokes and set the UNC record for score to par at 11-under

Hampton Roberts shot an 11-under 61 to take the second-round lead at the 2025 Amer Ari Invitational at Mauna Lani Resort Golf Course, the North Course, in Kamuela, Hawaii.

Roberts recorded 12 birdies, tying the 18-hole UNC record for strokes and setting the UNC record for a scoring to par at 11-under in the second-round. He made ten birdies over his final 13 holes, including an 8-footer on the last hole to get to 16-under. He leads by two shots over Eric Doyle of Oregon, who is 14-under.

Roberts is currently ranked No. 188 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com U.S. Rankings.

Doyle opened his tournament with a 9-under 63 in the first round. Ethan Fang of Oklahoma State is in solo third place at 13-under. Tommy Morrison of Texas is in solo fourth place at 12-under, and Ratchanon Chantananuwat of Stanford is in fifth place at 11-under to round out the top five.

In the team competition, Oklahoma State holds a slim lead over North Carolina. The Cowboys are 43-under, while the Tar Heels are in solo second place at 41-under. The Cowboys have carded impressive team rounds of 262-271.

Oregon is in solo third place at 36-under, Texas is in solo fourth place at 35-under, and Arizona State is in solo fifth place at 31-under.

The low scores have been prevalent in this tournament, as Preston Stout of Oklahoma State shot a 10-under 62 in the first round this year and last year.

In just his second collegiate start at the 2024 Amer Ari, Arizona State freshman and 2022 US Junior Amateur champion Wenyi Ding shot a historic 27-under 189 with rounds of 63-64-62, becoming the first player to break 190 in collegiate competition. He beat the previously lowest-known score of 192, which several players, including fellow Sun Devil Jon Rahm, held.

Ding recorded a nine-stroke victory and was nearly 22 strokes better than the field average at Mauna Lani’s North Course.

North Carolina won the team title by five shots, and Arizona State finished in second place.

Past winners include Notah Begay, Anthony Kim, Tyler Leon, Cameron Tringale, Jonathan Moore, Nick Taylor, Jordan Niebrugge, CT Pan, Justin Suh, David Puig, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, Todd Demsey, Troy Matteson, Aaron Wise, and Matthew Wolff.

Results: The Amer Ari Invitational

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Tommy Morrison	Dallas, TX	800	67-65-63=195
2	Hampton Roberts	Cary, NC	500	67-61-67=195
3	Ethan Fang	Plano, TX	400	64-67-67=198
3	Carson Bacha	York, PA	400	68-66-64=198
5	Eric Doyle	San Diego, CA	400	63-67-69=199

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Hampton Roberts sets North Carolina record en route to taking lead at Amer Ari

The Amer Ari Intercollegiate -- hosted by the University of Hawaii-Hilo -- has brought some of the best golfers in the nation to the west side of the Big Island annually since its inception in 1992. From Tiger Woods to Jordan Spieth to Matt Kuchar, t...