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Stewart Wins Carlton Woods Invitational Wire-to-Wire at 10-Under 206

Kade Stewart closes with a 4-under 68 to win the Carlton Woods Invitational at 10-under 206, holding off Garrett Driver by four on the Nicklaus Course in The Woodlands, Texas.

Kade Stewart of Magnolia, Texas, the 2025 Texas Mid-Amateur champion, won the Carlton Woods Invitational with a final-round 4-under 68 to finish at 10-under 206 on the Nicklaus Course at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. Stewart led wire-to-wire after opening with a 5-under 67, taking a three-shot lead into Round 2 and a one-shot cushion into Wednesday's finale, then pulled away to win by four. Garrett Driver of Humble, Texas, closed with a 1-under 71 for solo second at 6-under 210. John Hunter of Spring, Texas, the 2022 champion and 2025 Valentine Invitational winner, and Bobby Massa of Dallas, currently No. 75 overall on amateurgolfinfo.com, share third at 5-under 211. Full results can be found on the Carlton Woods Invitational tournament hub here.

Mitchell Ford of Little Rock, Ark., finished alone in fifth at 3-under 213, with Charlie Holland of Dallas sixth at 1-under 215. Austen Christiansen was alone in seventh at even-par 216, and Travis Woolf finished eighth at 1-over 217. Adam Condello fired a 3-under 69 to climb into a tie for ninth at 2-over 218 with Tucker Jenkins and Coy Dobson of Austin, Texas. Two-time Carlton Woods champion Colby Harwell of San Antonio, Texas, who entered the final round alone in third at 4-under after a second-round 68, shot 79 and finished T12 at 3-over 219 alongside Rafael Abad. Adam Harrington matched Stewart's 4-under 68, the low round of the day, to finish T28 at 10-over 226. Defending champion Robert Gwin of Montgomery, Texas, closed with a 72 to finish T32 at 11-over 227. Past champions Justin Kaplan (2017) finished T28 at 10-over, Joseph Deraney (2018) T20 at 7-over and Shane Heise (2024) T51 at 18-over. midamgolfHQ congratulates Kade Stewart on his Carlton Woods Invitational title.