Spring Starter for a New Year and a New Tour
The Charleston tour kicked off their first ever tournament at
Wild Dunes Harbor Course on the Isle of Palms on Wed March 1st. It must have pleased the golf gods because it
was a picture perfect day on a beautiful golf course.
The Champ Flight was battle all day as Rand Mendez, Jack
Stone and Mitch Marchman all finished within 2 stroke of each other. As always the 17th and 18th
holes at the Harbor course were the difference maker’s as Jack had his hand on
the trophy after 16 only to find some trouble on 17. In the end Rand fired a great 3 over par to
secure his first ever Champ Flight Victory.
The A flight had one guy shoot the round of his golfweek
life as yours truly fired his lowest round in 18 years and lowest ever round on the golfweek tour
with a 1 over par 71 for the victory and a 5-shot win over Kevin Hadlock who
fired a very smooth 76. Along with the
Victory Yours truly earned a well-deserved promotion to the Championship
flight. Third Place went to newcomer Dan
Fagley who along with James Ravenel both fired rounds of 79 with Dan taking the
scorecard playoff by virtue of his back nine score of 38 to James’ 40.
The B flight saw two friends play together all day and then
to show they couldn’t get enough of each other, Roland Hoffman and Billy Hill
decided to tie each other to play some extra holes. I should say extra hole, as after both
carding spectacular rounds of 74, Roland took care of business on the first
playoff hole to secure the victory.
Rounding out the top three by virtue of another scorecard playoff was John
Broome who tied Larry Hyman but fired a and even par back nine to secure the third-place
finish.
The C flight was also a battle as Dennis Guerriero and Terry
Lawson battled back and forth all day for the lead. Again it was the closing holes that helped
determine the winner as Dennis hung on despite Terry’s charge on the last few
holes. Terry was tied with Dennis till
he hit a bump in the road on holes 14/15 to fall six shots back. Terry tried and made up five shots but Dennis
held him off in an epic battle, 81 to 82.
Rounding out the top three was Kevin Allardice who carded a nice round
of 90.
The D flight saw Bob Hill take on Mike Miller all day and
post a very respectable 96 to take home the first place trophy.
Overall it was a great day and our next event is at the
Plantation Course @ Edisto, come on out for some more fun and competitive
golf!
