The Charleston Tour kicked off their season in style and the newly renovated Wild Dunes Harbor Course on the Isla of Palms. The course was in tremendous shape and the weather was better than most years!!
The Championship Flight was quite the battle. The front nine played into a pretty strong wind an Michael Huh was very solid playing into the wind with a 1 over par on the outward nine. However the solid play of Phil Pfieffer on the back nine with a blistering 32 (2 Under Par) took the title with B.J. Hill and Marty Bunch fighting it out for second with BJ taking the scorecard playoff with a back nine score of 34 to Marty’s 35.
The A flight was such a battle all day that Ken Brock and Angel Velasquez decided to play extra holes!! The both fired rounds of one over par 72. In the playoff Angel bested Ken to take home the title. Gavin Genthert who lead most of the day rounded out the top 3.
The B flight top four places were separated by only three shots. With Tim Sumption and Cory Crews both tied for lead, Tim gaged a 30 footer in to surprisingly take a shot victory over Cory Crews. Phil Cala (+11) and Jason Courtney (+12) rounded out the top four
The C flight was also quite the battle as the top three were separated by 2 shots. James Simon (83) played some very nice golf, especially on the back nine to ward off Josh Wood by a single stroke and 2 over Steven Shadwick.
In the D flight, Q Richardson made sure his long drive down from Columbia wasn’t for Nault! Q had the lead after the front nine and kept the foot to the pedal to win by two strokes over steady Kent Barker!
Overall it was an excellent way to start the new year. Our next event will be at Rivertowne on 7 Feb. Sign up early as this is a limited field event.
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.