16-year-old holds one-shot lead after first round of Birdwood’s Jefferson Cup

Posted on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, 8:52 am

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By Jerry Ratcliffe

Preston Burton is no stranger to Birdwood Golf Course, so when the Charlottesville teenager finished atop the leaderboard at the Jefferson Cup tournament after Friday’s opening round, it was no surprise.

Burton fired a 3-under par 68 and holds a one shot lead over former Wake Forest golfer Dustin Groves heading into Saturday’s second round. AJ Stouffer and Peter Wilson are five strokes back and tied for third in the Championship Division after posting 2-over par 73’s.

UVA men’s golf coach Bowen Sargent owns a three-stroke lead in the Senior Division after firing a 4-under 67. Sargent leads Steve Serrao, who finished with a 1-under 70 and Neil Davis at even-par 71.

Tim Vigotsky holds a one-stroke lead over John Steele in the Super Senior Division, after posting a 1-under 70.

Burton is a 16-year-old rising junior at Charlottesville High School and plays for the Black Knights golf team. The youngster is enjoying quite a summer, after just finishing as runner-up in the VSGA Junior Championship last week at Roanoke Country Club.

Burton raised some eyebrows at Birdwood in June when he won the World Junior Tour event, which qualified him for the World Junior Tour Championships held at Torrey Pines in July. There, Burton competed against some of the top juniors in the world only a couple of weeks following the U.S. Open.

Groves, a former Monticello High School golfer, played for Wake Forest from 2004-2007. He recently played well in the VSGA State Amateur. Groves won the Jefferson Cup in 2018.

Results

Championship Division

Preston Burton 68
Dustin Groves 69
AJ Stouffer 73
Peter Wilson 73
Christopher Dalglish 74
John Welsh 77
Timothy Morrios 77
John McAllister 79
Sam McNamara 79
Jose Urresti 80
Kirk Bain 81
Esteban Knorr 83
Shane Torrence 85
Jeff Toms 85
Connor Green 85
John Fontaine 86
Brandon Lloyd 88
Alex Grainger 91
Max Novick 92

Senior Division (50-64 years)

Bowen Sargent 67
Steve Serrao 70
Neil Davis 71
Scott Richards 73
Scott Garrison 74
Tony Good 75
Wes Campbell 76
Brent Kaczmarek 77
Allen Barber 78
Moe Barros 79
Blair Engle 80
Greg Bales 81
Rick Malnight 82
Skip Platt 83
Steve Castro 84
Mike Wade 85
Jon Zampedro 85
Billie Batchelor 85
Adam Barrett 85
Phillip Seay 87
Greg Whitmer 88
Dick Prins 88
Inoch Arnette 89
Greg Crum 89
Bayram Sadikoglu 90
Eddie Early 90
Tony Marbury 92
John Williams 92
Brendan Fish 93
Terry Dean 95

Super Senior Division (65 and older)

Tim Vigotsky 70
John Steele 71
Jay Klingel 74
Jim Woodson75
Koti Mannem 79
Steve Cox 79
Donald Meyer 79
Wayne Smith 80
Joe Coates 82
Jimmy Casella Jr. 84
Donald Robertson 85
Bob Platt 86
Jerry Prudom 88
Jay Perry 103