SHELTON GOES LOW FOR
SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR WIN
Sanford, NC
(August 14 , 2014) - Everything worked out perfectly today for
Graham's Wilson Shelton in the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at Carolina
Trace (The Lake Course). Not only was the course in superlative condition with
sunny skies and mid-70s temperatures, but in addition to that Shelton was able
secure his first A Flight win of the 2014 campaign. Not that Shelton
hadn't tasted victory before "on-Tour' - he had 4 top finishes under his
belt going into this year, but this one was special as he recorded his lowest
Tour score ever with a 71.
"The key to today
was my irons", said Shelton. "I was hitting it close all
day. On one par 3 I was about 5 feet away and on another it was slightly
more than 7 feet". (The second held up for a closest-to-the-pin
prize). "My putting was pretty good too".
Creedmoor's Cecil
Lockley fired a 73 for solo second place. A total of six A Flight members
broke 80, but in the B Flight, Columbus, Ohio's Bob Ubbing was the only player
to surpass that mark with a 79. Ubbing was 3 strokes clear of Sanford's
Dick Kuehl, who was literally playing in his backyard as a resident of Carolina
Trace.
It took three extra
holes to determine a C Flight Champion as Pinehurst's Marty Carpenter outlasted
Pittsboro's Dwight Davis in a playoff after both had posted 85s during
regulation play. Greensboro's Mike Hunter was 2 back of the duo.
Once again the
Championship Flight played from tees that were almost 400 yards longer than that
of their lower flight counterparts. "Those guys were playing a
different golf course", stated Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. High
Point's Joey Moffitt emerged as the victor over Sanford's Craig Sturdivant by
one shot - 75 to 76.
Next week the Tour will
play the season's 4th and final Major Championship at Anderson Creek GC in
Spring Lake. Limited spots are still available for that event.
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF
TOUR
CAROLINA TRACE EVENT
(LAKE COURSE)
TOP FIVE SCORES BY
FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6283
yds)
Joey Moffitt, High
Point 75
Craig Sturdivant,
Sanford 76
Johnny Adams, Cary
77
Doug Michal,
Raleigh 78
Steve Lambert,
Greensboro 80
Bob Kober, Colfax
80
A FLIGHT
(5873 yds)
Wilson Shelton,
Madison 71
Cecil Lockley,
Creedmoor 73
Homer Baker, High
Point 75
Rick LaFata,
Raleigh 76
Twig Avent,
Pinehurst 77
B FLIGHT
(5873 yds)
Bob Ubbing, Columbus,
OH 79
Dick Kuehl,
Sanford 82
Tom Olson,
Hillsborough 83
Jack Reaume,
Durham 83
Tim Mosher,
Greensboro 84
Daniel Floyd,
Graham 84
Neil Bleau, Durham
84
C FLIGHT
(5873 yds)
Marty Carpenter,
Pinehurst 85
Dwight Davis,
Pittsboro 85
Mike Hunter,
Greensboro 87
George McKean,
Raleigh 88
James Eatmon, Sims
89
