The Charleston Tour headed to Orangeburg for their annual “Orangeburg masters” and the course did not disappoint. Orangeburg Country Club was in outstanding shape and the greens were rolling true and fast.
The Championship flight saw Chase Sturkie use his vast local knowledge of OCC to fire a smooth 1 over par round of 73 to take home top honors in the Championship flight. Mike Cobb and David Dodgen tied for second with Mike taking the scorecard playoff with his back nine of even par.
The A flight had Burns McBride edging out John Dobbins by a single shot. Burns fired a very nice round of 77 to outdistance John by a shot (78) with Mike Griggs, Joe Combs, and Sean kenneck all finishing tied for third with rounds of 79 but Mike took home the bacon on the strength of a scorecard playoff.
The B flight saw Glenn Roschezky pick up his first ever win by a single shot over Cory Crews, 83 to 84. Glenn had no idea he won till he got a call on his way home. Congrats Glenn. Coming in third with an 86 was Shane Lee.
The C flight saw Tony Eubanks pick up his first victory of the year with a 4 shot victory over Charlie Sherwood, 82 to 86. Coming in third was T.J. James of Augusta with a smoot 87.
The D flight saw another first time winner as Jonathan Blackwell played some of his best golf this year to take home top honors with very nice round of 94 for a three shot victory over Ted Deese (97) who finished one shot up on Danny Alexander.
The next event up is Wedgefield Country Club on April 26, this is a fun trac with a ton of challenging shots. Sing up now to enjoy this fine Georgetown treasure.
Chris Hall took advantage of one of the many perks of the Tour. He traveled down to Mount Vintage in North Augusta to take on a great track and a field of 18. At the end of regulation, Chris was tied with Paul Gandy and preceed to an oncourse playoff where Chris used his steely nerves to prevail.
In addition to receiving back over 50% of your membership in swag from the pro-shop, the Golfweek tour gives players opportunities to play in tournaments throughout the country. Chris has played in events in three different tours along with a regional event as well. A true golfing experience, Congrats Chris!