Carolina Golf Association

MEBANE — Future UNC Greensboro teammates Nick Lyerly, of Salisbury, and Justin Emmons, of Asheboro, shot a first-round 64 on Friday and lead the 21^st North Carolina Four-Ball Championship at Mill Creek Golf Club.

Lyerly and Emmons came into the event as the youngest team, and put on a show, shooting an eight-under par round.

“We came here to win”, Lyerly said when asked how the they felt being the youngest team in the field. Emmons and Lyerly, an East Rowan High School senior, are both committed to play golf at UNC-Greensboro and both are top ranked junior golfers in the state.

Three different teams shot 65 and trail by one-stroke in the three-day championship event.

The highlight of the day came from the 2014 champions, the brothers Gauley. On the 516-yard 16^th hole, Mark Gauley made a double eagle, holing an iron from 188 yards.  Mark and Brian Gauley shot six-under 66 and are tied for fifth place.

Half of the defending champions are in the field this year.

Lyerly and Emmons will tee off in today’s second round at 10:10 a.m.