Long Saturday at Warrior.
Staff report
CHINA GROVE – Top-seeded Brady McIntyre was one of the four golfers who survived two rounds and a rain delay on Saturday to reach the semifinals of the Rowan Masters.
Play had to be suspended for 90 minutes due to severe weather conditions.
McIntyre, a recent East Rowan graduate and Lenoir-Rhyne signee who shot 69 in qualifying, got by a challenging second-round match against 16th-seeded 2024 Rowan Masters champ Chris Owen. McIntyre won on the first hole of a playoff.
Mcintyre breezed in his quarterfinal against No. 8 seed Sean Kramer.
Cade Cranfield, a 20th-seeded former Carson standout and a 2023 Rowan Masters semifinalist, knocked out No. 4 seed Tyler Kepley and No. 12 seed William Little in two close matches on Saturday. Little had been Rowan Masters runner-up in 2024 and 2025.
Jaden Sprinkle, a 10th-seeded former East Rowan standout, had a dominant day on Saturday and advanced with two 6&5 victories.
Derek Lipe, seeded sixth, advanced by taking close matches with Chad Frye and Stephen McQuage.
Lipe, who went to high school at South Rowan and Carson, is no stranger to leaderboards. He teamed with Little to win the Labor Day 4-Ball Championship Flight in 2020 and he and Little were the runner-up team at Warrior in the Two-Man Mulligan Tournament held in March. Lipe lost to Little in the first round of the Rowan Masters last year.
In the semifinals on Sunday morning (7:52 tee time), McIntyre will play Cranfield, while Sprinkle plays Lipe.
First round (Friday)
(1) Brady McIntyre d. (32) Cam Bowers, 7 and 5
(16) Chris Owen d. (17) Griffin Robbins, 6 and 5
(8) Sean Kramer d. (25) Dustin Barnhardt, 5 and 4
(24) Jamie Phillips,. d (9) Ashton Todd, 1-up
(4) Tyler Kepley d. (29) Dan Hurd, 6 and 5
(20) Cade Cranfield d. (13) John Gaddy, 3 and 2
(5) Phil Miller d. (28) Nick Nedvesky, 2-up
(12) William Little d. (21) Justin Taylor, 3 and 1
(2) Brandon Phillips d. (31) Shane Benfield, 7 and 6
(15) Jimmy Popp d. (18) Chris Bowers, 2-up
(26) Tanner Frye d. (7) Robert Shoaf, 2-up
(10) Jaden Sprinkle d. (23) Josh Brincefield, 2 and 1
(30) Stephen McQuage d. (3) Kevin Lentz, 3 and 2
(19) Scott Goodelle d. (14) Bubba Hendren, 4 and 3
(6) Derek Lipe d. (27) Mike Elliott, 3 and 2
(11) Chad Frye d. (22) Landon Merrell, 1-up
Second round (Saturday morning)
(1) Brady McIntyre d. (16) Chris Owen, 19 holes
(8) Sean Kramer d. (9) Jamie Phillips, 1-up
(20) Cade Cranfield d. (4) Tyler Kepley, 1-up
(12) William Little d. (5) Phil Miller, 1-up
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(15) Jimmy Popp d. (2) Brandon Phillips, 1-up
(10) Jaden Sprinkle d. (26) Tanner Frye, 6 and 5
(30) Stephen McQuage d. (19) Scott Goodelle, 2 and 1
(6) Derek Lipe d.(11) Chad Frye, 2 and 1
Quarterfinals (Saturday afternoon)
(1) Brady McIntyre d. (8) Sean Kramer, 7 and 6
(20) Cade Cranfield d. (12) William Little, 2 and 1
(10) Jaden Sprinkle d. (15) Jimmy Popp, 6 and 5
(6) Derek Lipe d. (30) Stephen McQuage, 1-up
Semifinals (Sunday morning)
(1) Brady McIntyre vs. (20) Cade Cranfield
(10) Jaden Sprinkle vs. (6) Derek Lipe
