HAMILTON'S BIRDIE WINS GOLFWEEK TOUR PLAYOFF
Posted: 4/3/2011 5:07:33 PM
Southern Pines, NC (April 2, 2011) - High Point's Jim Goulding and Kevin Hamilton of Fayetteville posted 77s in A Flight competition during the Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour event held at Southern Pines GC today. That score was the class of the field, and as is customary in Tour play, they headed back out to Hole #1 to commence their sudden-death playoff. Hamilton made the most of the opportunity, knocking in a birdie putt on that 1st hole to secure the victory. His win allowed Hamilton to widen his 1st place lead in the season-long Points Standings race for the Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour and move him one step closer to qualifying for the season-ending Tour Championship in Hilton Head which closes the Tour season in October.
All you had to do to finish "in-the-money" in the D Flight Saturday was break 100. Led by Raleigh's Mike Gwinn with a 90, two other golfers - Whispering Pines' Eric Friar (97) and Cary's Tony Jenkins (99) - were able to "cash" as well. This is the 1st year of D Flight competition on-Tour and scores have been very reasonable. Last week's winning score was 100.
A visiting Tour member from the DownEast Tour, Roger Sullivan, took top honors in the B Flight with a 78. Tour veteran Rus Rilling of Madison was 2nd with an 82.
Youngsville's Johnny Brooks blitzed the C Flight with an 81 and a 5-shot win over 3 players - Raleigh's Shirral Davis, Durham's Lanny Ealey, and Kernersville's Brett Simon. "We may see some movement up in flight from these guys after today's scores" said Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.
Mark Macejko of Vass always seems to do well in Pinehurst area events and today was no different. He fired an even-par 72 for a 1-stroke win over Raleigh's Rob Clarke in the Championship Flight. "Mark played very well today", said Hallenbeck. "Winds were steady and were gusting up to 30 mph which didn't help scoring, but the perfect condition of the course - particularly the greens - helped keep scoring on-track".
THE GOLFWEEK AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
SOUTHERN PINES GOLF CLUB EVENT
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6,265 yards) Mark Macejko, Vass 72 Rob Clarke, Raleigh 73 Kevin Miller, Clayton 75 Ed Gregory, Cary 76 Tracey King, Selma 76 Jim McDowell, Winston-Salem 76 Todd Hunsucker, Asheboro 76
A FLIGHT (6,265 yards) Kevin Hamilton, Fayetteville 77 Jim Goulding, High Point 77 Will Gwinn, Raleigh 78 Dan Anthony, Thomasville 78 Hollis Peery, Fayetteville 81
B FLIGHT (6,265 yards) Roger Sullivan, Rocky Mount 78 Rus Rilling, Madison 82 Mike Hindmarsh, Ramseur 84 Bob Sheahan, Apex 84 Daren Green, Durham 85 Donald Pate, Whitsett 85 Bob Ubbing, Columbia, SC 85
C FLIGHT (6,265 yards) Johnny Brooks, Youngsville 81 Shirral Davis, Raleigh 86 Lanny Ealey, Durham 86 Brett Simon, Kernersville 86 Michael Doak, Cary 87 Doug Tompkins, Linden 87
D FLIGHT (6,265 yards) Mike Gwinn, Raleigh 90 Eric Friar, Whispering Pines 97 Tony Jenkins, Cary 99 Ty Hale, Hope Mills 100 John Tucker, Greensboro 101