Senior Amateur Tour

High Point's Mansfield wins Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tour Championship. Brad Kroll fires a 67 at Pine Needles to miss out of a playoff by one shot!

Posted: 11/19/2009 5:30:58 PM

Charlotte Defends the team cup edging out Pinehurst by only 4 shots!

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- For the second time this decade, Kim Mansfield of High Point, N.C., is the champion of the Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tour. Mansfield shot a two-day total of even-par 143 to win the championship Wednesday. Mansfield, the 2002 champ, held off a charge by four players who finished a stroke back. He credited his opening round of 68 at National Golf Club for giving him the cushion needed in the final round at Pine Needles. "I played well both days. The difference was I made a lot of putts in the first round," said Mansfield, a former member of National Golf Club. "I knew my way around the course at National, but still you have to make the shots." A quartet of golfers finished a shot back of Mansfield in the Championship Flight. Rick Luzar of Pinehurst took second on a scorecard playoff, while Brad Kroll of Charlotte finished third after shooting the low round of the tournament, a 67. Fourth-place Denny Adkins of Myrtle Beach also closed with a 67. In the A Flight, first-round leader Tommy Lee of Knoxville hung on to post a total of 151 and a three-shot victory over Chuck Latham of Pinehurst. The B Flight winner was Orlando's Craig Stone at 156, while Lamont Ellison of Indiana took top honors in the C Flight at 173. Randall Robbins of Smithfield, N.C., made a hole-in-one in the final round. Robbins, a member of the Pinehurst tour, aced the 160-yard 12th hole at National with a 6-iron. It was his second career hole-in-one. In the battle for the team cup, Charlotte (1,276) rallied to edge Pinehurst by four shots. The Triad was third at 1,283. This was the 11th annual championship of the HT Senior Amateur Tour and it drew a record field of 210 participants. Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tour Championship National Golf Club & Pine Needles Golf Club Southern Pines, NC Final Results Championship Flight: Kim Mansfield (Triad) 68-75--143 Rick Luzar (Pinehurst) 74-70--144 Brad Kroll (Charlotte) 77-67--144 Denny Adkins (Myrtle Beach) 77-67--144 Chuck Wilkins (Pinehurst) 72-72--144 Brent Massey (Raleigh) 76-71--147 John Walters (Charlotte) 74-74--148 Jerry Sennett (Charlotte) 76-73--149 Tom Cone (Charlotte) 75-74--149 Bill Thaxton (Charlotte) 77-73--150 A Flight: Tommy Lee (Knoxville) 72-79--151 Chuck Latham (Pinehurst) 76-78--154 Sonny Rose (Pinehurst) 77-80--157 Lee Sargent (Charlotte) 77-81--158 Dale Rogers (Triad) 79-80--159 Doug Masters (Triad) 77-82--159 Larry Bouchy (Charlotte) 80-81--161 Rex Mills (Charlotte) 86-76--162 Dale Casey (Raleigh) 78-84--162 Toby Tyler (Charlotte) 81-81--162 B Flight: Craig Stone (Orlando) 79-77--156 Joe Prairie (Pinehurst) 80-80--160 Kerry Byars (Louisiana) 80-81--161 Richard Schliepsiek (Pinehurst) 85-76--161 Max Mast (Charlotte) 85-76--161 Victor Robertson (Triad) 83-78--161 Dan Whalen (Triad) 80-82--162 Carl Pilcher (Augusta) 80-82--162 Conway Powell (Charlotte) 81-82--163 Arnie Guerra (Orlando) 81-82--163 C Flight: Lamont Ellison (Indiana) 86-87--173 Ken Nichols (Louisiana) 91-83--174 Gary Graham (Charlotte) 88-89--177 Butch Barras (Indiana) 89-89--178 Chris McDonald (Raleigh) 86-93--179 Larry Hinson (Columbia) 90-90--180 Danny Keever (Triad) 86-95--181 Ray Fesperman (Myrtle Beach) 92-90--182 Greg Postlethwait (Raleigh) 93-89--182 Elby Hatfield (Triad) 95-88--183 Team Cup: Charlotte 645-631--1276 Pinehurst 638-642--1280 Triad 635-648--1283 Raleigh 657-650--1307 # # #

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