Pinecrest ends the year on top for the first time in the four-year history of the HighSchoolOT boys golf rankings. The Patriots were N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state champions, shooting an incredible 14-under par as a team over two days of championship competition, setting a new NCHSAA record.

HSOT uses handicap differential based on championship performance to determine the rankings.

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In total, 17 teams in the preseason top 25 also made it in the final 25, with No. 3 New Hanover the highest of those who began the year unranked. Pinecrest was also No. 1 in the preseason. Seven teams from the preseason top 10 also finished in the final top 10.

Terry Sanford, last year’s No. 1 team, was second this year as it won the NCHSAA 3A title again. Seaforth, the 2A champ, was 12th after winning a playoff with No. 13 Pine Lake Prep. Due to handicap differential, 1A champ Mitchell was unranked.

All three N.C. Independent School champions — O’Neal School (Division III champ, 10th), Cary Christian (Division II champ, 16th), and Charlotte Latin (Division I champ, 17th) — were also ranked.

Final HSOT Statewide Top 25: Boys Golf

Note: Rankings were calculated by handicap differential based on championship scores in order to even out disparities in course rating and slope. Each team is listed with their championship finish, total strokes, to-par scores, and HCD.

1. Pinecrest — 4A champ, 562 (-14) -1.83
2. Terry Sanford — 3A champ, 567 (-9) -1.31
3. New Hanover — 2nd in 4A, 576 (E) -0.41
4. J.H. Rose — 2nd in 3A, 581 (+5) 0.19
5. (tie) Broughton & Green Hope — T3rd in 4A, 584 (+8) 0.41
7. Marvin Ridge — 5th in 4A, 596 (+20) 1.63
8. Charlotte Catholic — 6th in 4A, 599 (+23) 1.93
9. Stuart Cramer — 3rd in 3A, 601 (+25) 2.33
10. O’Neal School — NCISAA D3 champ, 217* (+1) 2.33
11. Oak Grove — 4th in 3A, 610 (+34) 3.3
12. Seaforth — 2A champ, 594 (+18) 3.32
13. Pine Lake Prep — 2nd in 2A, 594 (+18) 3.32
14. Hough — 7th in 4A, 613 (+37) 3.35
15. Northwest Guilford — 8th in 4A, 615 (+39) 3.56
16. Cary Christian — NCISAA D2 champ, 590 (+14) 3.58
17. Charlotte Latin — NCISAA D1 champ, 296** (+8) 3.62
18. Forsyth Country Day — 2nd in NCISAA D2, 596 (+20) 4.24
19. Wesleyan Christian — 2nd in NCISAA D1, 299** (+11) 4.28
20. Kings Mountain — 5th in 3A, 621 (+45) 4.47
21. Hoggard — 9th in 4A, 624 (+48) 4.47
22. St. David’s — 3rd in NCISAA D3, 600 (+24) 4.68
23. (tie) Greensboro Day & Cape Fear Academy — T3rd in NCISAA D2, 602 (+26) 4.9
25. Ardrey Kell — 10th in 4A, 629 (+53) 4.98

*-the NCISAA D3 tournament only takes the top three players’ scores and was shortened to one day due to weather

**-the NCISAA D1 tournament was shortened to one day due to weather

Source: highschoolot.com