Roanoke’s Samir Davidov sank a 10-foot eagle putt on the second playoff hole to outlast Lovettsville’s Logan Reilly and win the 70th Virginia State Golf Association Junior Stroke Play Championship, which concluded on Wednesday at River Bend Club.
Davidov finished with a three-day, 5-under-par aggregate total of 208 after shooting an even-par 71 on Wednesday. Reilly returned a bogey-free 5-under 66 to charge up the leaderboard and into the playoff.
Vaughn McMeans, a rising junior at Riverside High School in Leesburg, returned a three-day, 3-under 211 to finish tied for third with rising Langley High School senior Chase Nevins, who posted his second 68 of the tournament but couldn’t quite shake off the rough ending to his second round, when he went 5-over on the final three holes.
Davidov, a member at Roanoke Country Club, made a birdie on the final hole to force the playoff after Reilly had made birdie on 18 in the group ahead.
Jonathan McEwen
Ryan Leach
Grant Miller signals fore left on 5. His drive was fine, just left of the cartpath.
Jonathan McEwen chips to 5 green
Talon Dingledine escapes the bunker on 5
Xander Goboy checks his notes before putting on 5
Xander Goboy begs his putt to slow down on 5
Among the coaches in attendance were Virginia Tech's Brian Sharp, Maryland's John Phillips and Virginia's Bowen Sargent
Grant Exley
Talon Dingledine
The par-3 7th at River Bend
Ryan Slonaker
Pierce Hokenson
Peyton Spangler
Peyton Spangler watches his putt on 7
The gentleman behind the green knows Pierce Hokenson's birdie putt is good. (It was.)
Pierce Hokenson, teeing off on 8
Chase Nevins watches his chip to 7 green
Logan Reilly sets up to putt on 7
Hudson Pace eyes his putting line on 7
Logan Reilly
Hudson Pace
Samir Davidov chips to 7 green
Matt Moloney urges his putt to slow on 7
Vaughn McMeans putts on 7
Samir Davidov celebrates after getting up and down for par on 7
Vaughn McMeans
Samir Davidov
Matt Moloney gently tosses his driver after his tee shot on 8.
