18th Annual SCGA Tournament of Champions
Mother Nature Cooperates for Final Round
After playing through cold temperatures and high winds in the first round, Mother Nature decided to be nice and gave the participants of the 18th Tournament of Champions at The Tradition Club a much better January day to play golf.
It took a one hole playoff, but Kevin Roberts of Chesnee outlasted Walter Todd to capture the Men’s Club Championship division with a score of 146. Kingstree’s Bill Smunk won the Men’s Senior Club Division after shooting a two day total of 144. Greer’s Tucker MacDonald won the One Day Gross by two shots over Alex Finke. In the One Day Senior Division, Bernie Shealy of Columbia placed first with a final score of 143, the only score under par in the field. Jaelyn Tindal from Rock Hill won the Women’s division by one shot after shooting 152 for the two days. Les Bradstreet used his 19 handicap to win the One Day Net division by five shots over his nearest competitor.
The 18th Annual Tournament of Champions was played over the Tradition Golf Club layout in Pawleys Island, S.C. The field consisted 105 men & women Club and One Day tournament Champions throughout South Carolina. The Tournament of Champions is one of 20 Major Championships that the South Carolina Golf Association conducts through the year.
Final Results
| Mens Club Champion | Mens Senior Club | |||||
| 1* | Roberts, Kevin (Chesnee) | 73-73--146 | 1 | Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) | 73-71--144 | |
| 2 | Todd, Walter (Laurens) | 74-72--146 | T2 | Corn, Chris (Rock Hill) | 73-73--146 | |
| 3 | Schroder, Ron (Aiken) | 75-73--148 | Gravley, Mike (Greer) | 76-70--146 | ||
| 4 | Vandervelde, Scott (Irmo) | 76-73--149 | Hall, Bill (Rock Hill) | 75-71--146 | ||
| 5 | Hewitt, Andrew (Spartanburg) | 76-74--150 | 5 | Shimmin, Gary (Okatie) | 73-77--150 | |
| 6 | Gregory, Daniel (Mount Pleasant) | 79-72--151 | T6 | Odiorne, Walter (Columbia) | 75-76--151 | |
| T7 | Flintom, Michael (St. Matthews) | 79-73--152 | Willis, Terry (Taylors) | 77-74--151 | ||
| Hargett, Eddie (Blythewood) | 77-75--152 | 8 | Padgette, Joe (N. Charleston) | 75-77--152 | ||
| Tutterow, Winn (Mount Pleasant) | 78-74--152 | 9 | Mahoney, Mike (Greeleyville) | 74-79--153 | ||
| 10 | Wooten, Raymond (Clemson) | 82-71--153 | T10 | Evans, Jon (Hollywood) | 80-74--154 | |
| 11 | McGaha, Benji (Greenville) | 81-73--154 | Fleming, Bobby (Chester) | 78-76--154 | ||
| 12 | Byler, Marcus (Hilton Head) | 80-75--155 | T12 | Farley, Phil (Hanahan) | 75-80--155 | |
| 13 | Leslie, Bo (Simpsonville) | 75-81--156 | Tooke, Doug (Greenville) | 77-78--155 | ||
| T14 | Flack, Steven (Greer) | 81-78--159 | T14 | Haddad, Richard (Greenville) | 78-78--156 | |
| Pittman, Jon (Chester) | 78-81--159 | Moore, Bill (Charleston) | 84-72--156 | |||
| T16 | Beard, Jared (Gaston) | 80-81--161 | Smith, Monty (Orangeburg) | 79-77--156 | ||
| Watkins, Mark (Hartsville) | 79-82--161 | 17 | Bishop, Bill (Joanna) | 78-79--157 | ||
| T18 | Metz, Matt (Charleston) | 86-76--162 | 18 | Peper, Warren (Charleston) | 82-77--159 | |
| Roberts, Jeff (Summerville) | 84-78--162 | 19 | Lesley, Dick (Heath Springs) | 80-80--160 | ||
| T20 | Macolly, Tyler (Spartanburg) | 78-85--163 | 20 | Haimes, Glemmie (Lexington) | 80-82--162 | |
| Oyervides, Derrick (Greer) | 86-77--163 | T21 | Delmer, Dave (Murrells Inlet) | 82-82--164 | ||
| 22 | Edmonston, Eddie (Simpsonville) | 80-84--164 | Minyard, Mike (Simpsonville) | 86-78--164 | ||
| T23 | Garrett, Landon (Walhalla) | 85-80--165 | 23 | Riley, David (Greenville) | 85-82--167 | |
| Hines, T.J. (Chesnee) | 82-83--165 | 24 | Hayes, Bill (Spartanburg) | 91-79--170 | ||
| 25 | Davis, Alan (Salem) | 82-84--166 | 25 | Ream, Bobby (Greenville) | 84-89--173 | |
| 26 | Spinks, William (Summerville) | 81-86--167 | 26 | Dittrich, Clifford (Myrtle Beach) | 84-93--177 | |
| T27 | Barnes, Virgil (Elloree) | 109-WD--WD | ||||
| Women's Division | Shirley, Joe (Hollywood) | 77-NC--NC | ||||
| 1 | Tindal, Jaelyn (Rock Hill) | 79-73--152 | Siconolfi, John (Walhalla) | 77-NC--NC | ||
| 2 | Poole, Makalyn (Williamston) | 78-75--153 | ||||
| 3 | Spidell, Chrissie (Greenville) | 79-79--158 | One Day Senior | |||
| 4 | Allemang, Terrie (Hilton Head) | 80-79--159 | 1 | Shealy, Bernie (Columbia) | 72-71--143 | |
| 5 | Tsurutis, Victoria (Charleston) | 87-74--161 | T2 | Dallis, Bill (New Ellenton) | 75-76--151 | |
| 6 | Hunt, Beth (Garden City) | 79-83--162 | Martin, Jimmy (Columbia) | 76-75--151 | ||
| 7 | Mayers, Taylor (Summerville) | 82-81--163 | Rollins, Lewis (Greenwood) | 75-76--151 | ||
| T8 | Huff, Natalie (Elgin) | 83-82--165 | 5 | Gosnell, Dean (Greenville) | 77-77--154 | |
| Shealy, Catherine (Columbia) | 86-79--165 | 6 | Finley, Frank (Laurens) | 82-73--155 | ||
| 10 | Charles, Barbara (Murrells Inlet) | 92-90--182 | 7 | Kennedy, Joe (Taylors) | 85-80--165 | |
| 8 | Averyhart, Darryl (Columbia) | 88-82--170 | ||||
| One Day Gross | 9 | Copeland, James (Clinton) | 88-85--173 | |||
| 1 | MacDonald, Tucker (Greer) | 79-70--149 | ||||
| 2 | Finke, Alex (Rock Hill) | 79-72--151 | One Day Net | Net Scores | ||
| 3 | Ramey, Doug (Greer) | 76-77--153 | 1 | Bradstreet, Les (Columbia) | 67-68--135 | |
| 4 | Armstrong, Brant (Gray Court) | 77-78--155 | 2 | Robinson, Mike (Greenville) | 69-71--140 | |
| 5 | Williams, Doug (Charleston) | 80-78--158 | 3 | Powell, Charles (Columbia) | 74-67--141 | |
| 6 | Liner, Mims (Irmo) | 78-83--161 | T4 | Lee, Steven (West Columbia) | 80-68--148 | |
| T7 | Erickson, Gregg (Lexington) | 84-79--163 | T4 | Larsson, Tucker (Beaufort) | 77-71--148 | |
| Whitehead, Todd (Spartanburg) | 90-73--163 | T4 | Henson, Marty (Greenville) | 76-72--148 | ||
| T9 | Jordan, Bennett (Columbia) | 87-77--164 | T7 | Adams, Dale (Joanna) | 74-75--149 | |
| O'Brien, John (Columbia) | 83-81--164 | T7 | Ziegler, John (Lexington) | 78-71--149 | ||
| Taylor, Ken (Columbia) | 85-79--164 | T7 | Oyervides, Rick (Greer) | 76-73-149 | ||
| 12 | Anderson, Ryan (Aiken) | 82-84--166 | 10 | Nichols, Jim (Sumter) | 84-76--160 | |
| 13 | Corley, George (Lexington) | 89-81--170 | 11 | Hong, Heng Heng (Columbia) | 84-82--166 | |
| 14 | Richard, Matthew (Myrtle Beach) | 77-NS--NS | 12 | Barker, Kent (Columbia) | 83-85-168 |
