The Charleston Golf week amateur tour ventured down old
highway 61 to Legend Oaks to play the Summerville shoot out after having to
postpone the military tribute at Paris Island.
The course was in very good shape, the weather was perfect
and there was some outstanding golf played.
The Championship flight tackled the course from the tips
measuring just over 7000 yards and newcomer Jack Ellis showed how best to play
the course, steady and true as he had two bogies and one birdie to take home
top honors by two shots over Mike Cobb, Chris Asbell and B.J. Hill who all
posted very nice rounds of 75. Mike took
home second place money based off the scorecard playoff.
The A flight saw 13 guys compete and all day it appeared to
be a different guy in the lead. Dan
Wanner after a couple of years without a victory returned to the form that
helped him win the National Championship in 2014. Dan fired a 6 over par 78 to
win by two shots over Glenn Powell and Eric Maland who both posted rounds of
80. Glenn edged Eric out on a scorecard
playoff to take home second place money.
The B flight saw another player return to the victory lane
as Rolland Hoffman played a very nice round and “kept everything in front of him”
to win by 4 shots over returning player Billy Klaus who recorded a nice round
of 86. Billy Hill rounded out the top
three for the B flight.
The C flight saw long time player Cleve Johnson break a two-year
victory drought with a very nice round of 86 to post a one-shot victory over
Julie Johnson and Brian Gleber who both fired rounds of 87. Julie’s back nine of 45 edged out Brian on
the scorecard playoff. CONGRATS CLEVE!!
The D flight saw Aaron Chase use his local member knowledge
and really coast to a five-shot victory.
Aaron started out on fire with a front nine of 40 and the ran into a
little trouble on the back nine but was never in trouble. Mike Miller edged Tyler Martin by a shot for
second and third place respectively.
Congrats to all and a special thanks goes out to Legend Oaks
Neil Gowan for helping us really get this tournament going after Paris Island
fell through.