Live From: 22nd MGA Carter Cup

MAMARONECK, N.Y. (August 6, 2024) -- Owen Jessop and Jack Chung set the morning pace at the 22nd Carter Cup, both firing even-par rounds of 70 on the West Course at Winged Foot Golf Club.

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Jessop, of Westhampton Beach, N.Y., had four birdies on the round, posting two early on Nos. 11 and 12 after starting on the par-3 10th and two late in his round on Nos. 8 and 9. Chung, this year's Met Junior champion who last week advanced to the semifinals of the Met Amateur, had three birdies to go along with three bogeys.

Past MGA/MetLife Boys' champion Lance Hollingshead of Basking Ridge, N.J., and past Met Junior champion John Hiller of New York City both carded 1-over rounds of 71, as did Ethan Weinberg of Marlboro, N.J. Overall, 12 players sit within four shots of the lead entering the afternoon.

The afternoon round on the East Course is underway, with the last group scheduled to tee off at 2:48 p.m. 

The Carter Cup was first played in 2003 and is named in honor of Michael P. Carter, an accomplished junior player at Baltusrol and standout member of the golf team at New Jersey’s Delbarton School who died in a car accident in 2002. Carter had won the junior club championships at both Baltusrol and Winged Foot and at the time of his death played for Penn State.

Even with its 21-year history, the Carter Cup has produced an incredible list of champions, including Morgan Hoffmann (2005), David Pastore (2010) and Cameron Young (2011) within its first 10 years and more recent winners like two-time champion Ethan Ng (2016, ’17) and two-time Long Island Amateur champion Carter Prince (2018).

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