Northstone CC - Recap

99 players from 4 regional tours + 4 guests came out and took part in the event at the P.B Dye designed course in Huntersville on Saturday.  Based on scoring, all flights came down to the last hole or in some cases the 19th hole in order to decide the winner.

In the Championship Flight is was Joe Jaspers who birdied hole 18 to secure the victory.  Joe's 1 over par 73 was 1 shot better than John Heffernan and Dennis Reames who both shot 74.  Dennis had the lead most of the day but an untimely double bogie on 18 cost him the title.  In the scorecard playoff, John took home second and Dennis 3rd. Rounding out the top 4 was Jim Aughtry with a 3 over par 75.

In the A flight, it took 1 extra hole to decide a winner today.  Tom Chambers trailing by one coming into his 18th hole, the par 3 5th hole, knowing he needed birdied, took dead aim and knocked it to 6 feet 11 inches and sank the birdie putt to put him in a tie with Chad Hagerman who still had to play the 5th.  Chad made par which forced the playoff.  On the first playoff hole (18), It was Chambers who once again came thru under the pressure with a solid par to win.  Both players shot 4 over par 76 to force the playoff.  Matt Hendon was 3rd with 78 and Ian Eidy (Central Carolina) shot a 79 and won a scorecard playoff for 4th place over myself.

In the B flight, again it was a tie at 81 after 18 holes between Kirk Tatge and Dan Ahlers.  Again both players went back out to the difficult 18th hole to settle the score.  It only took one and Kirk came out on top.  Dale Ambrose came in 3rd with an 82, but had the tournament title within his grasp until an untimely shot that shall not be named happened on his second shot on #10 (his last hole) and went out of bounds.  Dale ended up with a double bogie and 1 shot out of the playoff shooting 82.  Terry Upright rounded out the top 4 with an 83.

In the C flight, it appeared that we were going to another playoff when Northstone Member, Scott Cain double bogied his final hole putting him in a Tie with Larry Hinson, who still had the same hole to play.  Unfortunately, Larry came up with the same result on the hole and Scott secured the victory with a score of 86.  Larry was solo second with 88.  Glen Nutting and Tony Pharr tied for 3rd with 89, but it was Glen taking the larger prize using the scorecard playoff method of tiebreaker.

In the D flight is was Will Anderson from the Central Carolina tour that came home victorious on this day.  Will started out strong but the heat and the difficulty of the course finally caught up with him and he held on for 1 shot victory shooting 94.  Toby Strickland finished solo second with a 95.  3rd place went Richard Zonjic due to his final hole.  Richard did what needed to be done on his 18th hole (the difficult 17th par 3).  He knocked it stiff winning the closest to the pin, then proceeded to make the putt, winning him a flight skin and finally his final total of 96 put him in a Tie for 3rd which won over Mark Stone on the scorecard playoff, Using the Scorecard playoff, it took 3 holes and the score on 16 to decide the winner as both Mark and Richard had tied on 18 and 4.

The big news of the day was that we had 2 carry overs in our skins pots.  There were no winners in the Champ and A flight skins due to the Tom Chambers birdie on #5.  With the live scoring, it appeared that Hole #5 was going to hold up for the only Flight and Super skin on the day, but with Toms last hole birdie, we now have a $430 carry over into our next event (Cabarrus) and an $820 Super Skin Carryover for Cabarrus.

The 4 closest to the pins today were worth $92 each and like most events this year have been won by members of different flights.  Today we had a winner from Champ Flight, A Flight, B Flight and D Flight.  Only C Flight was shut out on this day.

As always, thanks for all your support and be sure to sign up and pay for Cabarrus CC for the 26th of August.  We have a limited field for this event (96) due to cart restrictions at the course. With the Skin pot carry overs, I'm certain that we will sell out and start a waiting list.  Due to this, I will require payment for the event when the entry is submitted (no exceptions).  This is the only way to guarantee your spot. 

Phil