The Charleston Tour ventured up north a little bit to tackle
Santee Cooper Country Club. The early
tee times helped avoid the major heat and some good golf was on display.
The Championship Flight was won by Steven Kauble who fired a
78 to finish two shots in front of John Ashmore. Steven had a comfortable 6 shot lead till the
last three holes where he had a little hiccup and made things interesting.
Speaking of interesting; In the A flight Fred Dixon birdied
hole 17 to forge a two way tie with Ed Borja as the two both posted very nice
rounds of 77. The took to hole 18 for a
sudden death playoff. Ed left his chip
shot on the lip and settled for par. Fred had a 12 footer for birdie that
lipped out. The two then went to hole
one where Ed managed the short par four for a par to secure his first ever
Golfweek Amateur Tour title. Glenn
Powell posted an 81 for third place in the flight.
The B flight had some interesting events take place as well,
albeit for second place. Hilton Heads
Paul McGee continued his hot play of late and fired a 79 to take home first
place honors. Second place was won by
jerry Mast who chipped in for Birdie to tie Rolland Hoffman with 81’s. Jerry won the scorecard playoff for second
place money by way of his 39 on the back nine to Rolland’s 40.
The C flight was a battle all day as the lead changed hands
numerous times. In the end it was Casey
Sullivan who prevailed on the strength of his birdie on hole 18. Casey posted an 85 to Vince Ackerman’s 87. “Crooked Hat” Ravenel had the lead most of
the day but faltered down the stretch and let Jason Courtney slide into third
place.
The D flight produced our second “Sudden Death” playoff as
Julie Johnson and Chris hill both posted rounds of 90 to tie for first
place. Chris found trouble on the first
hole and Julie was able to three putt for her second consecutive victory.
Overall it was a great day, the course is fun to play with
numerous dogleg’s and just enough tuff holes to make it fun. The next event up on the schedule is our
Summer breezer event at Seabrook’s Ocean Winds Course on Jul 7th.
Shoot me an email if you would like to play or just sign up online.