The 2012 Season Is Off To A Great Start!
Posted: 1/17/2012 6:56:50 PM

The 2012 Golfweek Amateur Tour got its season started this past weekend at the annual Westin Ice Breaker Open in Hilton Head, South Carolina. A total of 96 players representing 15 different tours took part in this two day tournament at the Palmetto Hall Plantation courses. A special mention goes out to the Upstate tour for bringing 24 members and the Hilton Head-Savannah Tour for having 19 members playing this weekend.

Though there was no ice/frost this year, the temperature was still chilly; especially on Saturday at the very difficult Arthur Hills course. With upgrades made to the course earlier in the week, new sand in the greenside bunkers, and the cold/windy conditions that Mother Nature tossed at the golfers, scores were elevated. Only one player was able to score in the 70’s on Saturday, Mark Ducker from the Charleston Tour fired the low round of the day with a 79 in the A flight.

Sunday was no cake walk. Though the temperature was a little warmer and the wind was not as strong, the golfers were still playing on the Robert Cupp course. The Cupp course is one of the hardest courses on Hilton Head Island and from the tips it is in the top three in the state of South Carolina. Jody Clary from the Upstate Tour and Mike Peters from the Hilton Head-Savannah Tour were the low rounds of the day on Sunday with 78’s on the card.

When it was all said and done, the 2012 Westin Ice Breaker Open was not without drama. In the Championship Flight a critical ruling was the deciding factor between Jody Clary and Mark Macejko. It all came down to a "drop" that was made in the round. On one ball Mark makes birdie, on the other he makes bogey. When the players came in from 18, they asked for a ruling from the local pro at the course. After about a 30 minute debate, it was decided that the drop was a one stroke drop and in turn giving Jody Clary the first place win.

Mark Ducker from the Charleston Tour was able to follow up his impressive 79 on Saturday with an equally impressive 81 on Sunday to take the top spot in the A flight. Mark edged out Art Arns of the Hilton Head-Savannah Tour by 3 strokes and Danny Garrison of the Upstate Tour by 5 strokes to secure his victory. Mark has been a very solid player on the Charleston for a few years now. He is always in contention at every tournament and is usually the one to beat on the Charleston Tour. Congratulations Mark on an impressive weekend.

The B flight was the only flight that needed a playoff to decide the winner. And what a playoff it was. It took 3 holes before David Aussicker of the Charlotte tour was able to edge out Rich Daniel of the Charlotte tour. The two players went back and forth for two days and for 3 extra, making for some very exciting golf. Denny Miller of the Charleston tour rounded out the top three by finishing one stroke out of the playoff.

The C flight had its own share of drama and tense moments. A very impressive 85 by Lee Sanders of the Charleston Tour had secured him a 6 stroke lead going into Sunday. Lee as the only player to score in the 80’s on Saturday. For the rest of the C flight, it was time to buckle down and make a run if they wanted to finish in the top spot. Michael Hawkins of the Triad Tour made the best run of the day with an 84 to pull out the 1 stroke win over Steve Daniels of the Charlotte Tour. Michael battled all round long and kept his cool long enough to pull out the impressive comeback after being 12 strokes back after Saturday’s round.

The D flight saw Brad Morris of the Charleston Tour pull off a 6 stroke win over the weekend. Brad was able to hold off hard charging and fellow Charleston Tour member Cowboy. Cowboy improved his Saturday round by 16 strokes to secure second place over the weekend. An very impressive feat in any flight over a two day tournament.

We would like to thank all the players who participated in the 2012 Westin Ice Breaker Open. We wish everyone a great 2012 season on your respective tours. We also look forward to seeing everyone at the 2012 National Championship in October.

Tour News Archive...


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12-28-07: CHARLESTON TOUR FINISHES 2007 AT KIAWAH ISLAND

02-10-08: Matt Metz Fires a 31 on Back Nine To Secure Victory!

02-29-08: Turtle Point Course Created A Challenge For All Flights

03-15-08: Cowboy Breaks Thru With First Win In 2008!

04-14-08: 2008 Low Country Masters Huge Success!

04-30-08: Mark Ducker Captures First Win Of 2008!

07-03-08: First Annual EGOLF Southern Major Was A Huge Success!

09-22-08: egolf Amateur Tour National Championship Brings Record Field to Hilton Head, Oct. 25-26

09-22-08: egolf Amateur Tour National Championship Brings Record Field to Hilton Head, Oct. 25-26

09-28-08: 2008 Charleston Tour Ends Season at Charleston National!

01-02-09: 2009 Charleston Egolf Amateur Tour

01-06-09: Roger Mitterling

01-20-09: Kane, McNamara, Tobias, Turner & Miller claim first victories of 2009!

02-02-09: Rivertowne Provides A Tought Test For Players!

02-24-09: Lizzarga cards 83 in Wild Dunes Victory

03-10-09: Rob Simmons Fires A 69 To Capture Low Country Masters!

03-25-09: Congratulations To All The Winners At Crowfield Plantation!

04-06-09: Edisto Plantation Results

04-27-09: 2009 Low Country US Open Results!

05-13-09: Legend Oaks Tournament Results

05-29-09: Charleston National Tournament Results!

06-09-09: Santee National Tournament Results

06-23-09: 2009 Southern Regional Tournament Results!

08-04-09: Links at Stono Ferry Results (2009 PGA Champ)

09-08-09: Dunes West Tournament Results!

09-21-09: Shadowmoss Tournament Results!

10-11-09: 2009 Comes To An End At Wescott Plantation!

12-16-09: 2010 Charleston Tour Kicks Off January 24 at Coosaw Creek!

01-17-10: Charlotte/Pinehurst Team Takes Home The Mitterling Cup!

01-26-10: Charleston Tour Opens With A Bang At Coosaw Creek!

02-08-10: Wild Day at Wild Dunes!

12-17-10: Goodbye 2010!

01-18-11: Ice Breaker Indeed!

02-01-11: Great Course + Great Weather = Good Scores!

02-14-11: Sunny Day Plus Great Course Equals Great Scores!

03-01-11: Tour Conquers Coosaw Creek!

03-14-11: Penny Branch; Easy or Hard?

03-27-11: Playoffs and Send-Offs At Berkeley!

04-17-11: Blown Away At Crowfield!

05-01-11: Island West Yields Low Scores

06-28-11: Santee Turns Into A Long Drive!

07-19-11: Playoffs Are The Norm At Charleston National!

07-31-11: High Temperatures Leads to Low Scores at Lake Marion

08-16-11: Legend Oaks Provides Test For Players!

09-18-11: Charleston & Hilton Head-Savannah Tours Try To Conquer Stono Ferry!

01-17-12: The 2012 Season Is Off To A Great Start!

02-05-12: Beautiful Weather and Great Play At Links at Stono Ferry!

02-20-12: Weather Shows It's Teeth at Wild Dunes!

03-19-12: We Finally Got It In!

04-04-12: Crowfield= Tough Test!

04-17-12: Slick Greens Make Hillcrest A Challenge

04-29-12: Tight Lies & Tought Greens At Pine Forest CC

05-06-12: Excitement At Coosaw!

05-13-12: Charleston Tour Takes On Shadowmoss!

06-07-12: Charleston Tour Tackles Santee!

06-18-12: Stone Mountain GC Provides Strong Test For Southern Regional

07-03-12: Heat Takes Its Toll At Legend Oaks

07-16-12: Great Day at Charleston National!

07-28-12: The Course That Fought Back.

08-19-12: Savannah Harbor, Wow.

09-12-12: LAKE MARION PROVES A TOUGH TEST

09-30-12: Berkeley decides it!

01-30-13: 2013 Icebreaker Tournament Recap

02-11-13: And The 2013 Season Begins!

03-11-13: Coosaw Creek Puts Up A Fight

04-08-13: Charleston & Augusta Tours Team Up In Penny Branch!

04-22-13: Charleston & Columbia Tours Invade Hillcrest GC

05-13-13: An Ace Of A Time At Shadowmoss

06-03-13: Big Field At Houndslake!

06-17-13: Legend Oaks Recap

07-02-13: Successful Southern Regional Tournament!

07-22-13: Low Scores Rule The Day

08-28-13: True Blue Combo= Success

09-15-13: Shhot-Out At Berkeley!

09-30-13: 2013 Season Ends At Legend Oaks

02-09-14: Season Kicks Off At Osprey Point

02-19-14: Wild Day At Wild Dunes

03-04-14: Combo at Stono Ferry!

03-16-14: Coosaw Creek Gives Low Scores!

03-30-14: Lake Marion Was A Blast

04-13-14: Crowfield Provides Hard Test!

04-29-14: Orangeburg CC = Best Course We Have Played!

05-12-14: Shadowmoss Tournament Recap

06-02-14: Seabrook Hosts Golfweek Tour For The First Time!

06-16-14: Dunes West Provides Excitement

07-15-14: Patriot's Point Provides Tour A Challenge

08-11-14: Rivertowne Combo

08-24-14: Three Tours Invade True Blue!

09-16-14: Legends at Legend Oaks

09-30-14: Santee National Ends Year With A Bang!

01-19-15: 2015 Icebreaker Recap

02-10-15: 2015 War By The Shore Recap!

02-24-15: Wild Dunes Shootout!

03-11-15: Links at Stono Ferry Recap:

04-15-15: Legend Oaks Battle

04-27-15: Battle of I-26

05-11-15: Shadowmoss Invasion!

05-31-15: Seabrook (Crooked Oaks) Recap

06-14-15: Pine Forest Tournament Recap

07-29-15: Combo at Seabrook (Ocean Winds)

08-10-15: Rivertowne Battle

09-01-15: TPC Combo

09-13-15: Tour Ends Season With A Bang!

12-01-15: Charleston Takes Battle Of I26 II

01-20-16: 2016 Golfweek Four Ball Championship

01-21-16: Ice breaker Kicks off 2016

03-01-16: True Blue Caledonia Wrap

03-02-16: Players signed up for Edisto

03-06-16: Ediston Island

03-06-16: Plantation Course @ Edisto

03-21-16: The Links @ Stono Ferry

04-05-16: The Masters at Legend Oaks

04-17-16: Crowfield Plantation

05-01-16: Berkeley Country Club

05-16-16: Seabrook Crooked Oaks

06-13-16: Santee national

06-26-16: Charleston National Turns Up The Heat

07-28-16: BATTLE OF I26 CONTINUES

08-16-16: Battle Of HWY 17 @ Rivertowne Country Club

09-11-16: Ocean Winds

09-28-16: LOCAL FINALS AND SEASON POINT CHAMPS

02-06-17: Wind Swept Wild Dunes!

03-07-17: Breezy Edisto proves Challenging

03-19-17: Wind continues at Oak Point

04-09-17: Orangeburg Masters

04-24-17: Legend Oaks: Battle of Summerville

04-24-17: Battle of Summerville: Legend Oaks Plantation

06-05-17: Crooked Oaks, Seabrook Island

06-19-17: Battle of Summerville II

07-09-17: Santee Shindig

08-06-17: Ocean Winds Lives up to her name!

08-22-17: Kauble Rains!

10-01-17: Stono Ferry Wraps Up The Year

02-01-18:

02-04-18: Winter Freezer at the Harbor Course

02-22-18: Charleston Runs roughshod at the Pawleys Invitational

03-06-18: March Madness....the beginning!

03-30-18: Oak Point

04-08-18: Orangeburg Master's

04-23-18: Crowfield Social

05-15-18: I26 COMBO

05-21-18: Seabrook Soriee

06-17-18: Charleston Takes on Shadow Moss

06-28-18: Santte Cooper Country Club

07-08-18: Summer Breezer

08-08-18: Charleston National

08-20-18: I17 Combo @ Rivertowne

09-26-18: Local Finals Wraps up the Year

12-24-18: 2019

02-07-19: Charleston Kicks Off the Local Schedule

02-20-19: Pawley's Invitational

03-04-19: Crowfield Spring Social

03-20-19: Oak Point

04-17-19: Golf Week Masters

05-07-19: Monday Madness

05-19-19: Seabrook Soriee

06-09-19: The Links at Stono Ferry

07-09-19: Lake Marion

09-04-19: Edisto Shootout

09-08-19: Dorian Classic (One and Only)

10-01-19: Season Final Wraps Up

01-27-20: REGISTER HERE

01-31-20: Pairings for the Harobor Course Feb 1st

02-01-20: Golfweek Four Ball

02-03-20: WINTER FREEZER LIVES UP TO ITS NAME AGAIN!

03-02-20: Challenging Seabrook Soriee

03-09-20: KIAWAH UP NEXT KIAWAH'S OAK POINTE

03-24-20: Kiawah Klash

05-15-20: Legend Oaks Sat Pairings

05-18-20: Summerville Shoot-Out

05-28-20: Lake Marion Pairings

05-31-20: Battle By The Lake

06-10-20: Stono Ferry

06-21-20: Wyboo Players Course

08-02-20: Wyboo Summer Mixer

08-09-20: Battle Of I26

09-13-20: Fall Festival @ Crowfiled Plantation

10-01-20: Charleston Finals

11-27-20: PAWLEY'S INVITATIONAL--REGISTER NOW

01-25-21: Winter Freezer Kicks of a Promising Year

02-12-21: PAWLEYS ISLAND CHAMPIONS

03-01-21: Mount Pleasant Shoot Out

03-14-21: Kiawah Klassic

03-29-21: Loggerhead Open

04-11-21: Orangeburg Masters

05-12-21: Monday madness!!!

07-15-21: CAROLINA MATCH PLAY

07-27-21: LAKE LURE INFO

08-05-21: LAKE LURE RUMBLING BALD STAMPEDE

09-20-21: Season Ender At Crowfield

01-26-22: Winter Classic

02-27-22: Rivertowne

03-14-22: Edisto Plantation

04-10-22: Orangeburg Masters

04-24-22: Tube Street Boogie!!

05-04-22: Monday Madness

05-15-22: Summerville open @ Legend Oaks

05-29-22: Semper FI Open!!

06-07-22: Wyboo Players!!

07-04-22: Stars and Stripes Open

08-21-22: Wyboo Golf Club

10-22-22: Season's over.....Damn it went fast

03-19-23: JOHNS ISLAND SOCIAL!!

05-19-23: TUESDAY'S WILD----FOR SURE!

05-29-23: Paris Island Turns into Carnoustie

07-04-23: Santee Jamboree Turns in the Battlefield!!

08-20-23: Wyboo Throw Down just threw Down

10-02-23: Season Ender @ Orangeburg

01-24-24: Winter Freezer----Yes it was!!

02-23-24: Rivertowne!! Great Course and Great Play!

02-23-24: Rivertowne, Great Course - Great Play

04-29-24: WEDGEFIELD ON A DRY DAY!!

06-02-24: Beach Boogoloo!!

06-02-24: The Beach was boogolooing!!

06-16-24: Fish Camp Frenzy!

07-07-24: Wyboo Again Produces some Exciting Golf

07-07-24: Wyboo Does It Again