A true taste of The Masters??!!
The Charleston tour along with a host of players from Columbia, Hilton Head and Augusta met up at Orangeburg Country Club on Masters Sat to tackle the Challenging Greens of OCC.!!
The course was fast and the greens were faster!! It was a true test and if there were one day majors in the AGT this would have been perfect.
The Champ flight had 18 players take to the course and battle it out. Birdies were flying around and after nine holes Dan Constatino held a 1 shot lead on Mike Cobb. Mike’s steady play and superb putting helped him secure a back nine identical to his front for a 1 under 35, 2 under par 70 for the Win.The A flight also was a tough battle all day long as Gavin Genthert held the lead for much of the day. A string of Bogies let Mike Griggs, mark Ducker and Christian Champ man back in the race. Griggs back nine score of 38 was to much for the rest of them to handle as he posted a two shot victory over Mark Ducker and Christian Chapman.
The B flight almost had the round of the day as Brandon Hall played some of his best golf all year, highlighted by a chip in eagle on the par 5 eighth hole! Cory Crews had gave him a battle all day long and with two birdies on the back nine pulled to with in one-shot but the much needed birdie on 18 came up a tad short and finished one-shot behind Brandon 78-79. Rounding out the top 3 was Greg Bagwell with a very nice round of 83.
The C flight had the round of the day as Ben Hutchin’s shot his best round ever with a smooth 80 that included two great iron shots on 3 and 17 that resulted in two CTP’s! What a day. Jeff Stinet and Rob Shock, 86,87 respectively rounded out the top three.
The D Flight decided that they enjoyed it so much they wanted some extra holes! Sam Graham and Brandon Watkins both posted great rounds of 91 and took to the course for a playoff. Thankfully with the sun setting it only went one extra hole with Brandon making a par to Sam’s bogie on hole 10. Brent Westbrook finished just outside the playoff for third place.
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.