On a cool, wet day, 113 golfers braved the elements and competed at the DMV Battle of the Tours @ Augustine Golf Club. From Tee-off to finish, it rained, but the Par 71 Course was in near perfect season condition and the greens were unforgiving. With players from the three Virginia Tours, (Richmond, Tidewater and DC Metro), the level of competition was high with two sudden-death playoffs to determine the winner in C & D Flights. Players from the host tour, DC Metro sent a strong message and won four of the five flights with Tidewater winning the other. The support from the course staff was awesome. Thanks to each of you for the positive feedback on tour events to-date.

TOURNAMENT WRITE UP:

In Champ Flight, DC Metro's Ryan Schlueter carded an even par 71 (0), to hold off Tidewater's Terrance Bordley, 72 (+2) by 2-strokes for his second tour win. Tidewater's Steve Satore, 76 (+5) finished 5-strokes back and Thomas Sutterfield, 81 (+10) finished 10-strokes back with Richmond's Adam Clary, 83 (+12) rounding out the Top-5 for Champ flight.

In A-Flight, DC Metro's Scott Facello, carded a 74 (+3), to take the win win over DC Metro's Ben Devine, 77 (+6) by 3-strokes who finished in second-place.. Three Tidewater Tour players tied for third-place, Bill Turnbull, Bradley Miller, and Jose Gomez carding a score of 79 (+8), with Bill receiving 3rd place payout, Bradley the 4th-place payout and Jose the 5th-place payout on the tie-breaker, Tidewater's Jason Hall, 80 (+9) finished in 6th-place to finish in the money.

In B-Flight, DC Metro Newcomer, Thomas Choi, 78 (+7) won his first-ever tour tournament by 5- strokes over Tidewater's Mike Hale, Gary Sutterfield, Mike Murphee and Richmond's Stephen Abernathy who all shot an 83 (+12). Mike took the 2nd-place payout, Gary the 3rd-place payout, Stephen, the 4th-place payout and Mike the 5th-place payout. DC Metro's Matthew Foreman, 84 (+13) finished in solo 6th-place to close-out the payout for B-Flight.

In C-Flight, DC Metro Veteran, Louis Lafayette and Richmond Tour Member Chris Toone finished tied at 84 (+13). Louis took the win in a 1-hole sudden playoff. Tidewater's Dale Chue, 86 (+15), Tim Sayles and Dre Beaufort, 88 (+17), finished in 3rd, 4th, and 5th-place respectively. Tim finished in 4th-place for the payout over Dre on the tie-breaker.

In D-Flight, Tidewater's Wayne Blaasch and Franklin Harrison finished at 90 (+19). Wayne won on the 1st hole in sudden-death playoff. Richmond's Melvin Herndon, 92 (+21) finished in 3rd-place, 2-strokes back; DC Metro's Zak Thompson, 93 (+22) finished in 4th-place, 3-strokes back; Richmond Veteran, Ken Mutzabaugh, 96 (+25) and Tidewater Veteran Will Spittle, 97 (+26) finished in 5th and 6th-place and in the money respectively.