Hyland Golf Club in Southern Pines was the site for this week’s Central Carolina Senior Amateur Golf Tour event. The weather was warm and the competition was fierce.

In the Champ flight, the birdies were ‘flying’! Dean Parziale carded six birdies enroute to a two under par 70 on the way to victory. Runner up Craig Sturdivant had five birdies himself while posting a one under par 71. Bryan Benton from the Jacksonville, FL Tour and Steve Lassiter finished T3 as both shot even par 72. Mike Gentry from the Charlotte Tour rounded out the top five with a score of 74. 

Eighteen holes of golf was insufficient to produce a winner in the A flight. Keith Thomas and David Beaver ended regulation play tied at one under par 71 so they returned to the course for a sudden victory playoff. Both players made par on the first hole, but Keith also made par on the second playoff hole that David was unable to match giving Keith the win. Ron Brady put five birdies and an eagle on his scorecard to finish third at even par. Chris Howington shot 75 in fourth place, while Chris Ramos rounded out the top five posting 77.

In the B flight, Steve Denton fired a one over par score of 73 to win by 4 strokes. Dan Johnson was runner up as he posted 77, while Dick Kuehl placed third with a score of 78. David Teague, Scott Hammond from the Eastern NC Tour, and Gene Jones finished the day T4 as all three players shot 80.

The C flight required extra holes of golf to determine who would win today as no less than three players returned matching scores of 82. Rich Henn from the Eastern NC Tour, Tim Willoughby, and Steven Wrenn made their way to the first tee after a brief rain shower to duke it out and decide who would take first place honors. Rich and Steven tied the first playoff hole and moved on. Rich made bogie on hole two, but Steven found trouble and could not match it as Rich got the win. Glenn Lewis posted 84 to finish in third place. Ed McNally, Patrick Warren, Wayne Ricks, and Daniel Keddie from the Charlotte Tour ended the day T5 as all posted 85’s.

In the D flight, Joe Rodriguez shot 86 enroute to his first win on tour in his first season. Congrats Joe! Sola Edwards was runner up carding three birdies to help her post a score of 87. Cal Rogers shot 89 on the way to a third place finish, while Joan Wicker posted 90 to take fourth. Neil Bleau rounded out the top five with his score of 93. 

Next stop for the Central Carolina Tour will be Forest Oaks CC, the former home of  the PGA Greensboro Open on Thursday, June 23rd. Sign up soon, you do not want to miss this event.