Pine Island Recap
July 2nd, 2018
Another Sell Out and another Hot Day on the Charlotte Tour.
116 players Teed it up on Monday morning. 11 of these players came from our neighboring tours of Central Carolina, Upstate and Columbia
This is the first event that the Charlotte Golfweek Tour has had at Pine Island and it was a success. The course conditions were great and the entire staff were tremendous the entire day.
Champ Flight.
Less than 5 days ago, Mark Hodges lost on a scorecard playoff in the Senior Amateur Tour Event held on the same course. He would not be denied today. He had gotten it to 4 under early in the round and ended with a 2 under par 69 to claim victory. Jim Aughtry was second at 1 under 70, but don't feel too bad for Jim as he claimed one of the 2 super skin payouts with a birdie on #9 for a win of $975. Third place went to our point leader Jay Barnes who beat out Dennis Reames on a scorecard playoff. Both players shooting 73. Rounding out the top 5 was Tom Chambers (75) who beat out Seth Holloman in another scorecard playoff.
A Flight
Our winner in the A Flight had a hell of a day. Not only did James Cox win with a score of (74) he claimed the other Super Skin for a nice payday of $975. Ivan Jones (Central Carolina) beat Matt Hendon for second on a scorecard playoff, both players shot 76. Michael Brandenburg claimed 4th and Tysen Sarkela (Upstate) 5th after Michael beat out Tysen on the scorecard playoff, both players shot 77.
B Flight.
Allen Hagen claims a 3 shot victory in the B flight shooting 77. 2nd, 3rd and 4th had to be settled via a scorecard playoff as Chuck Young, Xin Zhang and Caleb Clements all shot 80. Chuck claimed 2nd, Xin 3rd and Caleb 4th. Rounding out the top 5 was Andy Ricci who won the scorecard playoff for 5th beating out Cliff Sult, Greg Bentley, Vic Lawrence and Dirk Krause with all players shooting 82.
C Flight
Tony Pharr claims a 1 shot victory over 4 players by shooting 86. We again went to the scorecards to settle 2nd thru 5th. In the end, Jason Lloyd was 2nd, Chris McGee was 3rd and Eric Seibert was 4th. Shannon also shot 87 but unfortunately just missed.
D Flight
Eric Herman shoots an 84 to claim the victory. Eric Reily was two shots back at 86 and takes home 2nd place.
Again, thanks to everyone who came out and continues to support or SUTC initiative and goal for the year. Today we raised another $330 towards our goal and brings our total to over $5,000 for the year.
Our next event takes us down to Marvin to play at Firethorne. Sign up and pay to guarantee your spot.
Phil