Michael Childress
Michael Childress stood on the 16th green at Woodlake Country Club with a two-hole cushion and the state championship in reach. Two holes later, the Salisbury native closed out UNC Charlotte junior Alex Bock 2-up to capture the 17th North Carolina Match Play Championship.
The victory capped a dominant week for Childress, a University of Richmond graduate now pursuing his law degree at Villanova. After navigating a 36-hole stroke play qualifier to reach the match play bracket of 16, he won four consecutive matches without seeing the 18th hole.
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