2020 SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship – First Round Results
40th SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship
Florence Country Club
Florence, SC
October 2-4, 2020
Two Tied Atop Leaderboard After Mid-Am Opening Round
Florence, S.C. – Blue skies and sunshine greeted players at the opening round of the 40th edition of the SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship at Florence Country Club. Despite the beautiful day, a deceptive and alluring wind combined with a fierce rough and wet conditions due to rainfall over the last week proved to be quite a tough task for all involved during the first round.
Two players are tied at the top of the leaderboard after the first round as Limestone Men’s Golf Coach, Zach Siefert (Simpsonville), and Cally Bell (Bishopville) lead the way after both players shot an opening round score of 3 under par 67. Siefert and Bell provided quiet the opposite rounds with the same result as Siefert compiled three birdies to complement fifteen pars, while Bell recorded four bogies, nine pars, three birdies, and two eagles on Par 5’s.
Finishing the first round just one shot off the lead is Jon Mathias after an opening round of 1 under par 69. A plethora of other players lurk three shots behind the lead including the 2019 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion and SCGA Player of the Year, Jordan Sease of Lexington who finished with an even par round of 70.
The Second round of the Championship will begin at 8.00 a.m. off the #1 tee at Florence Country Club.
For more information about the SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship including detailed scoring, pairings, and results – 40th SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship
The 2020 SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship is being conducted on the par 70 ~ 6,413 Florence Country Club layout. The field consists of 120 players from around the State of South Carolina and will be cut to the low 60 and ties after 36 holes.
The SCGA, founded in 1929, is the governing body for amateur golf in South Carolina. As a non-profit organization, the SCGA’s purpose is to promote, preserve and serve the game of golf. Made up of more than 270 member clubs and more than 50,000 individual members, the SCGA annually conducts 21 SCGA statewide championships, 59 one-day contests, eight USGA qualifiers, seven 40-plus tournaments and six special events. Other Member services offered include GHIN – the USGA Handicap Computation System, Golf Genius Tournament Management Software System and support, Rules of Golf and Handicap education, USGA Course/Slope Ratings and Course measuring, Amateur Status information, the Palmetto Golfer Magazine and the SC Golf Hall of Fame. The SCGA also houses the offices of the SC Junior Golf Foundation and SC Junior Golf Association in a combined effort to support junior golf and grow the game’s initiatives.
First Round Results
