Harlan County High School golfer Brayden Casolari competed for the second consecutive year in the Atlantic Coast Conference Junior Amateur Tournament at the University of North Carolina. This elite-level event features some of the best players from around the country.
In 2021, Casolari struggled the entire tournament and experienced his worst finish of his season with a last-place effort. This year was a different story. A solid three-over par 75 on the opening day put him tied with several golfers in sixth place, four strokes off the leader.
Casolari played a solid one-under par front nine on day two, keeping himself in contention, however he dropped two strokes through the next three holes, dropping him down the leaderboard at one-over par on the day. He managed a birdie and two pars through the next three holes, and with only three holes to play the battle for a podium finish was a log jam of 12 golfers.
The final three holes belonged to Casolari as he drove the 313-yard par four 16th and made the eagle putt followed by a birdie on the par five 17th. A par on the finishing hole topped off an impression finish, playing the final three holes at three-under par and securing a third-place finish.
Casolari will continue playing tour events all around the southeastern United States throughout the spring and summer before teeing it up for the Black Bears in July.