Richmond Hill's Ledger Conley, a senior at Richmond Hill High School who has signed to play college golf at Jacksonville University, is T7 after one round of the prestigious Elite Invitational being played December 16-18 on the Ocean Course at Ponte Vedra Inn & Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Conley was Even par through 16 holes and in the top five on the leaderboard before a double bogey on the difficult 17th hole. Conley is only four strokes behind first round leader Braden Forte from Aurora, Colorado, and only Forte managed to break par for the first round in cold, windy conditions.
Savannah's Bear Dollander, a junior at Benedictine Military School signed to play college golf at the University of Alabama, is also in the field at the Elite Invitational and is T38 after a first round score of 6-over par 76.
The Elite Invitational was founded in 2020 and is one of junior golf's premier events. The 54-hole event features more than 60 players who have committed to play at 43 different NCAA institutions, including Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Jacksonville, Miami, North Florida, Princeton, and Stanford.
Go to Elite Invitational Leaderboard to follow live scoring at the tournament.
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