UNC Golfer Kenan Poole Wins North Carolina Amateur

Posted Jun 19, 2022
Kenan Poole, a rising senior at UNC, made a 15-foot putt for birdie on the first playoff hole to win the 2022 North Carolina Amateur Sunday afternoon at the Greensboro Country Club. Poole is the fourth UNC men's golfer to win the North Carolina Amateur in the last decade, joining Josh Martin in 2014, Carter Jenkins in 2015, and Peter Fountain in 2020. (GoHeels.com)

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