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The Charleston and Hilton Head Tour’s met at their annual event at The Legend’s at Parris Island. As usual the course was in great shape, the greens were tolling extremely well but the subtle changes and grain had most scratching their heads! Some excellent golf was played and the results are as follows’
The Champ Flight was quite the battle, which was a common theme throughout the flights. Jeff Wong and john Dobbins shared the lead at the halfway mark with even par 35’s on the front 9. Michael Taylor was one shot back and three others were just two shots back. Jeff’s steady play with one birdie and one bogie on the back nine was to much for the others to overcome as he posted a 3 shot victory. Andrew Scarano and Dylan Mulvihill tied for second with Andrew taking home second place on the scorecard playoff.
The A flight was just as tough. Mike Tarleton jumped out and held the lead at the halfway mark with a smooth even par 35 with 1 bogie and 1 birdie. Gavin Genthert was a shot back at 36 and three other players at 38 including Mark Ducker. Mark fired an even par 37 on the more difficult back nine to secure a one-shot victory over Russ Gamblin and Gavin Genthert with Russ taking the scorecard playoff over Gavin for second place. Mark Harrison and Mike Tarleton tied for fourth with mark taking the scorecard playoff.
The B flight leader at the hallway mark was Tim Sumption who posted a two over par 37 with John Robinson and Brian Gregory one shot back. John kept up the steady play while Tim and Brian both had their difficulties on the back nine. John took home the prize with a very nice round of 78 and Phil Cala on the strength of a back nine 39 finished second 2 shots back, Tim and Brian tied for third with Brian taking the scorecard playoff.
The C flight enjoyed the course so much, James Simon and Steven Shadwick both decided 18 holes just wasn’t quite enough. The two posted very nice rounds of 89 to tie for first place with Mathew Nemes coming in third a couple shots back. Steven played a very nice hole one in the playoff with a nice par to secure the victory!
The D flight as always was quite the battle as well. Kenny Fender broke 90 for the first time in tournament play on the strength of a very nice front nine score of 42. Kenny’s 89 was a 3-shot victory over Kent Barker, 92 who finished one in front of Andrew Farley’s 93.
The Charleston Tour headed over to Charleston National on Sat Mar, 7th. The course was in great shape, the weather was just about perfect and there was some nice golf played.
Champ Flight saw Derek Bland and Mason Axline battle all day matching each others scorecard till the final hole. It was a solid par by Derek that proved to be the difference as he won by one shot (77-78) over Mason
The A flight saw Joshua Lail put on steady show with identical scores of 37 on the front nine and the back nine to take home a three shot victory over Mark Ducker (77)
The B flight had lead changes all day long till Wes Mahaffey decided good golf can be played on both nines.Wes fired a smooth 6 over par 78 to claim the victory by a shot over Phil Cala. Eric Hill one of the many leaders through the day rounded out the top 3 with a very nice 81
The C flight also had some great play as Steven Shadwick and James Simon both posted very nice rounds of 86. Although we prefer an on-the-course playoff, there just wasn’t enough daylight so we had to go to a scorecard playoff with James back nine score of 38 to Stevens’s 42 determined the winner. James carded three birdies on the back nine including 18 to get into the scorecard playoff.
The D flight had Pat Henry glad he made the trip down from the Columbia Tour as Pat posted a an 89 for a 7 shot victory over newcomer Ben Khenglawt.
Overall it was a great day and really is a good sign of things to come for this year as we are seeing some great battles.