Finals are Set
The final match of the 53rd SCGA Four Ball Championship at The Country Club of Spartanburg is set with Preston Cole & Bryce Howell facing Taylor Ingle & Chris Mitchell for the right to become 2016 Champions.
The Quarterfinal matches began on Saturday morning with the Lexington duo of Jordan Sease & Cole Thornton defeating Zack Siefert & Will Woodard in a close battle 1 up. Preston Cole & Bryce Howell held on to eliminate Garland Ferrell & Marcus Grumbles 1 up. The match stood All Square through the 15th hole until Cole & Howell made birdie on the 16th to take the lead. It took the 31st seed team of Taylor Ingle & Chris Mitchell one extra hole to defeat Yancey Johnson & Robert Lutomski 1 Up. The final match of the morning ended with a victory for Forrest Fowler & Blake Williamson defeating the 2012 Champions Walt Todd & Brandon Truesdale 2 & 1.
In the Semifinal matches, recent Furman graduate/golfer Preston Cole & current Furman golfer Bryce Howell took off and never looked back eliminating Sease & Thornton 4&3 to clinch their spot in the finals. Cole & Howell were 10 under par through 15 holes and finished off the match with a Cole eagle on the Par 5 - 15th hole. In the final match of the afternoon, Taylor Ingle & Chris Mitchell continued their Cinderella run defeating Fowler & Williamson 1 up.
The final match will begin on Sunday morning at 8.00 a.m. off of #1 tee.
For full information including detailed scoring, pairings and course statistics visit our tournament web page – 53rd Four Ball Championship
The 2016 SCGA Four Ball Championship is one of 21 major championships conducted by the South Carolina Golf Association. The 53rd Annual event is being played on the 6,509 yard, par 72 golf course at The Country Club of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC.
Quarterfinals | |||||
Seed | Seed | ||||
17 | Siefert, Zack / Woodard, Will | 9 | Sease, Jordan / Thornton, Cole | 1 up | |
13 | Ferrell, Garland / Grumbles, Marcus | 12 | Cole, Preston / Howell, Bryce | 1 up | |
31 | Ingle, Taylor / Mitchell, Chris | 19 holes | 10 | Johnson, Yancey / Lutomski, Robert | |
3 | Todd, Walt Jr / Truesdale, Brandon | 6 | Fowler, Forrest / Williamson, Blake | 2 and 1 | |
Semifinals | |||||
Seed | Seed | ||||
9 | Sease, Jordan / Thornton, Cole | 12 | Cole, Preston / Howell, Bryce | 4 and 3 | |
31 | Ingle, Taylor / Mitchell, Chris | 1 up | 6 | Fowler, Forrest / Williamson, Blake | |
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, 71 one-day contests, ten USGA qualifiers, seven 40-plus tournaments and six special events. Other Member services offered include GHIN – the USGA Handicap Computation System, a Tournament 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.
