The Charleston and Hilton Head tours met once again in the middle at Parris Island Marine Corps Depot for their annual Military Meham tournament. Despite the rain delay and the slow start back it was a good time, the course was in super shape and easily had the best greens the Charleston tour has played on all year.
In the Champ flight, the play was just as expected as ¾ through the tournament we had 7 golfers within 2 shots of the lead. As Jeff Wongs eagle on 13 helped promote him into a tie it dropped the leader at the time Michael Huh back to third with a lost ball. Chris Bell’s stellar play left him and Jeff tied after regulation. The two both parred the first hole and then Chris hit an errant drive on the par 5 second hole to open the door for Jeff who made an easy par to secure the victory.
The A flight also saw tight play all the way through as we had 4 players with in 2 shots of the lead with 4 holes to go. Mark Duckers straight driving and steady play led him to a very nice one over par round of 73 to finish 2 shots up on Joe Combs and John Dobbins who both fired rounds of 75 while playing together.
The B flight saw two longtime Hilton Head guys playing super all the way through as Chris Novack and Scott Johnson were both 2 over par with 5 holes left. The difficult finishing hole along with the weather may have been a factor as it became a survival test with Scott hanging on for a super round of 78 to finish one shot up on Chris.
The C flight also had some outstanding play as Taylor Duncan fired a 79 for his low round of the year to edge steady Charlie Sherwood by two shots to claim the victory.
The D flight was a battle between Steve Ingram and Ted Deese both playing together and keeping an eye on each other. It was Steve’s super back nine of 42 that helped propel him to the three-shot victory over Ted.
Chris Hall took advantage of one of the many perks of the Tour. He traveled down to Mount Vintage in North Augusta to take on a great track and a field of 18. At the end of regulation, Chris was tied with Paul Gandy and preceed to an oncourse playoff where Chris used his steely nerves to prevail.
In addition to receiving back over 50% of your membership in swag from the pro-shop, the Golfweek tour gives players opportunities to play in tournaments throughout the country. Chris has played in events in three different tours along with a regional event as well. A true golfing experience, Congrats Chris!