A hot and sunny morning and afternoon greeted the players from Charlotte and 6 other neighboring tours. This is a perfect example of how to take the tour wherever your travels take you. Due to the players from neighboring tours coming to visit or travel we were able to sell out another event for the 2019 season. WE had a few people on the waiting list that we were able to get in due to some withdrawals within the last 24 hours. This is not normal as usually, once we sell out, we are done adding players. We thank all those players that came out to support the tour and of course our charity of choice Stand Up to Cancer. After today’s drawings, we have now reached a total of $3000 for 2019.
In the Championship Flight, Scott Roberts returns to the winner circle firing a 1 under par 71 to win by 3. In second, we had 3 golfers tie at 74 and as a result, we went back to the scorecards to settle the tie. In the end, Wally Love takes second. Jerell Fields takes third and John Del Priore rounds out the top 4.
In the A Flight, 18 holes was not enough to determine a winner on this day. Joe Zabrecky and Ryan Scott (Eastern NC tour) headed back to the 9th hole to determine a winner after both players shot matching 77's. It only took one hole and a little revenge for Ryan after Triple Bogeying the 9th in regulation, came back with a par to edge out Zabrecky for the win. Wesley Jones takes third place after winning another scorecard playoff with Terrance Newsome (Central Carolina Tour), both players shooting 78.
In the B Flight we had over 40 golfers entered and like the A Flight, 18 holes was not enough as Ken Gallentine and Brad Greene both shot 80 on the day. Just like the A Flight, it only took one hole to crown Ken the champion on this day. Flip Flippo takes solo 3rd with a score of 81. Allen Hagen takes 4th with a score of 84, Justin Desantis edges out Russell McDonald for 5th place, both players shooting 85 and finishing in 7th was Ken White (Central Carolina Tour) winning a scorecard playoff with 7 other golfers who also shot 87 on the day.
In the C Flight, Matt Walker has 2 victories on the year, The first came in D Flight and after a promotion, he now has his first win in the C Flight. Matt shot 80 on the day and won by 4 shots over Glenn Sammons (Augusta Tour) who shot 84. Tony Pharr rounded out the top 3 by winning a scorecard playoff over Shannon Osborne, both players shot 85.
In the D Flight, Eric Herman returns to the winner circle firing an 89 on the day to win by 4 over Derek Kemp who shot 93 and won a scorecard playoff over Richard Zonjic.
Our Stand Up to Cancer winners on this day were, Paul Smith (Birmingham AL tour) who won the $275 cash prize and Cliff Sult who won the Taylor Made golf balls. Our yearly total for 2019 is now at $3000.
Our next event keeps us North of Charlotte at River Run CC in Davidson, NC. This is another weekday event for the Golfweek Charlotte Tour and as usual, these sell out quickly due to the players that come to Charlotte to play. So, please...Sign up online and make your payments to secure your spot in the field. Once it sells out.... you will go onto a waiting list. As I have told most, Tom and Randy will be running this event while I'm in Scotland till the 11th. I have no fears as Tom and Randy have be doing a lot of the registrations/checking and Validations this entire year. AS you all know, Gift cards are purchased prior to the event so that we can distribute them to the winners immediately after the event is over. In order to do this, we must get an accurate count of how many players are going to be in each flight (A-D). We will be basing our total based on those that have registered and paid by June 5th (Wednesday).
Phil