Roanoke’s Samir Davidov, who will soon move to Fairfax County to begin his college golf career at George Mason University, fired a 3-under-par 68 at River Bend Club on Tuesday, July 26 to move atop the leaderboard at the 70th Virginia State Golf Association Junior Stroke Play Championship.
Davidov, a recent Lord Botetourt High School graduate, shot a two-day aggregate 5-under-par 137 to take a one-stroke lead over Vienna’s Matt Moloney, who is competing in his final VSGA event before moving to South Carolina next week.
Those two players were the only ones to post under-par scores over the first two days of the 54-hole championship, which will conclude on Wednesday. Leesburg’s Vaughn McMeans and Lovettsville’s Logan Reilly—the first-round leader—are five strokes back after returning two-day aggregate totals of even-par 142.
Teddy Ross chips to 1 green
Vaughn McMeans
Talon Dingledine
Grant Miller
Hudson Pace
Tate Corbett hits his third after taking a penalty stroke for hitting into the penalty area on 3.
Benjamin Newfield
Aiden Patel
Luke Libbey
Jack Skinner reacts to hitting his drive to the right on 6.
Jonathan McEwen
Dan Ailor
Alex Hudak
Austin Smith urges his putt to slow down on 8.
Joe Johnson hits a long putt on 8.
Logan Reilly
Chase Nevins
Peyton Spangler
Peyton Spangler hits out of a buried lie in the bunker on 7.
Chase Nevins eyes his putting line on 7
The view down No. 9 at River Bend
Matt Moloney
Xander Goboy
Samir Davidov
Samir Davidov pitches to 9 green. He'd get up and down for birdie.
Matt Moloney chips to 9 green
Xander Goboy chips to 9 green
Pierce Hokenson
Ryan Slonaker
