13th Annual Tournament of Champions
SCGA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
The Tradition Club, Pawley's Island, SC
January 24-25, 2009
Champions Declared in TOC
There was no rain but temperatures in the low 40’s made conditions tough for a second straight day in the 13th Annual Tournament of Champions. Participants battled their way through the elements and helped complete another successful event at the Tradition Golf Club in Pawleys Island.
Young Caleb Sturgeon managed to shoot the low score of the event with consecutive 69’s. Sturgeon’s two day total of 138 won the fifteen year old first place in the One Day Gross Division. In the Men’s Club Championship Division, Columbia’s Brent Roof held onto to his first round lead with a second round score of 73 for a two day total of 141. Bernie Shealy of Columbia took a three shot victory in the Men’s Senior Club Division with an even par score of 144. Cecelia Barksdale claimed first place among the women with a total of 164. In the One Day Senior Division Frank Williams took top honors after an under par round of 71 and a two day total of 145. Steven Swier used a 6 handicap for a net total of 142 and a one shot victory in the One Day Net Division.
The 2008 Tournament of Champions was conducted over the Tradition Golf Club layout in Pawleys Island, S.C. The field consisted 117 men & women Club and One Day tournament Champions throughout South Carolina. The Tournament of Champions is one of 19 Major Championships that the South Carolina Golf Association conducts through the year.
Full Results
| Men's Club Champion | |||||
| 1st | Roof, Brent (Columbia) | 68 | 73 | 141 | |
| 2nd | Tucker, Paul (Pageland) | 74 | 71 | 145 | |
| t-3rd | Queen, Dalon (Gaffney, SC) | 75 | 72 | 147 | |
| t-3rd | Chamberlin, Chris (Rock Hill) | 76 | 71 | 147 | |
| t-3rd | Roberts, Kevin (Boiling Springs) | 74 | 73 | 147 | |
| t-3rd | Edens, Adam (Travelers Rest) | 73 | 74 | 147 | |
| t-3rd | Schroder, Ron (Aiken) | 74 | 73 | 147 | |
| Scruggs, Kyle (Gaffney) | 72 | 77 | 149 | ||
| Hargett, Eddie (Blythewood) | 76 | 73 | 149 | ||
| Sheppard, Tre (Mt. Pleasant) | 77 | 72 | 149 | ||
| Simpson, Scott (Daniel Island) | 81 | 69 | 150 | ||
| Postal, Damon (Blythewood) | 77 | 74 | 151 | ||
| Milner, Kyle (Spartanburg) | 76 | 75 | 151 | ||
| Wood, Matt (Charleston) | 73 | 78 | 151 | ||
| Hirsch, Mike (Pawleys Island) | 75 | 77 | 152 | ||
| Wooten, Raymond (Clemson) | 76 | 76 | 152 | ||
| Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) | 75 | 77 | 152 | ||
| Rogers, Wayne (Easley) | 75 | 77 | 152 | ||
| Belair, Billy (Myrtle Beach) | 75 | 78 | 153 | ||
| Gianoukos, Andy (Charleston) | 74 | 79 | 153 | ||
| Harlow, Brooks (Summerville) | 79 | 75 | 154 | ||
| Todd, Walter (Laurens) | 81 | 74 | 155 | ||
| Newman, Bobby (Roebuck) | 79 | 76 | 155 | ||
| McClellan, Luke (Springdale) | 79 | 76 | 155 | ||
| Hayes, Clarke (Pawleys Island) | 79 | 78 | 157 | ||
| Mullane, Jonathan (Mt. Pleasant) | 80 | 78 | 158 | ||
| Hightower, Art (Hanahan) | 81 | 77 | 158 | ||
| Dollenberg, Eric (Hilton Head) | 79 | 80 | 159 | ||
| Davies, Paul (St. Helena Island) | 82 | 77 | 159 | ||
| Meldrum, Chad (Aiken) | 78 | 83 | 161 | ||
| Patterson, Olin (Campobello) | 79 | 84 | 163 | ||
| Wilcox, David (Mauldin) | 85 | 80 | 165 | ||
| Loebs, Gary (Conway) | 87 | 78 | 165 | ||
| Morelli, Tony (Charleston) | 85 | 82 | 167 | ||
| Hourihan, Joe (Clover) | 86 | 82 | 168 | ||
| Henson, Marty (Taylors) | 83 | 86 | 169 | ||
| Hinson, Chad (Hodges) | 89 | 82 | 171 | ||
| McDonald, Jonathan (Tega Cay) | 82 | 95 | 177 | ||
| Phillips, Bud (Pawleys Island) | 96 | 88 | 184 | ||
| Stockton, Clyde (Columbia) | 91 | 0 | 91 | DNS | |
| Todd, Thomas III (Laurens) | 73 | 0 | 73 | WD | |
| Men's Senior Club | |||||
| 1st | Shealy, Bernie (Columbia) | 70 | 74 | 144 | |
| 2nd | Duncan, Bill (Greenville) | 75 | 72 | 147 | |
| t-3rd | Gosnell, Dean (Greenville) | 74 | 74 | 148 | |
| t-3rd | Mahaffey, Randy (Spartanburg) | 75 | 73 | 148 | |
| 5th | Shimmin, Gary (Okatie) | 75 | 74 | 149 | |
| 6th | Wise, Jim (Columbia) | 74 | 77 | 151 | |
| Calkins, Mike (Columbia) | 76 | 76 | 152 | ||
| Siconolfi, John (Walhalla) | 76 | 77 | 153 | ||
| King, Doug (Columbia) | 77 | 76 | 153 | ||
| Spencer, Gene (Blythewood) | 78 | 77 | 155 | ||
| Avery, Nick (Goose Creek) | 81 | 74 | 155 | ||
| Rollins, Lewis (Greenwood) | 80 | 75 | 155 | ||
| Metz, Mike (Summerville) | 77 | 79 | 156 | ||
| Abernathy, Mark (Rock Hill) | 83 | 75 | 158 | ||
| Hazelton, Mark (Mt. Pleasant) | 78 | 82 | 160 | ||
| Hayes, Bill (Spartanburg) | 81 | 79 | 160 | ||
| Hanrath, Mark (Huger) | 79 | 82 | 161 | ||
| Schiltz, Evan (W. Columbia) | 83 | 79 | 162 | ||
| Settle, Bo (Campobello) | 82 | 80 | 162 | ||
| Hodgin, Gary (Lexington) | 84 | 81 | 165 | ||
| Basiliere, Bernard (Simpsonville) | 86 | 80 | 166 | ||
| Montesi, Tom (Mt. Pleasant) | 85 | 82 | 167 | ||
| Ulmer, Bubber (Folly Beach) | 81 | 89 | 170 | ||
| Lancaster, Terry (Greenville) | 91 | 85 | 176 | ||
| Tamsberg, Ed (Hollywood) | 88 | 91 | 179 | ||
| Copeland, James (Clinton) | 96 | 89 | 185 | ||
| One Day Gross | |||||
| 1st | Sturgeon, Caleb (Laurens) | 69 | 69 | 138 | |
| 2nd | Liebler, Steve (Irmo) | 71 | 73 | 144 | |
| 3rd | Kennedy, Brian (Woodruff) | 76 | 74 | 150 | |
| 4th | Taylor, Ken (Columbia) | 77 | 78 | 155 | |
| Hathaway, Bill (Taylors) | 78 | 78 | 156 | ||
| Johnson, Chris (Lancaster) | 82 | 74 | 156 | ||
| Edwards, Doug (Easley) | 73 | 84 | 157 | ||
| Ross, Ben (W. Columbia) | 78 | 81 | 159 | ||
| Roddey, Mike (Rock Hill) | 81 | 82 | 163 | ||
| Rogan, Shane (Columbia) | 80 | 85 | 165 | ||
| Bishop, Bill (Clinton) | 89 | 89 | 178 | ||
| One Day Net | Net | ||||
| 1st | Swier, Steven (Lexington) | 77 | 77 | 154 | 142 |
| 2nd | Robinson, Mike (Greenville) | 81 | 80 | 161 | 143 |
| 3rd | Bradstreet, Les (Columbia) | 89 | 91 | 180 | 144 |
| 4th | Finley, Frank (Laurens) | 77 | 78 | 155 | 145 |
| Horton, Charlie (Laurens) | 86 | 87 | 173 | 151 | |
| Benjamin, Mike (Williston) | 99 | 96 | 195 | 151 | |
| Meadors, Joey (Clinton) | 87 | 89 | 176 | 152 | |
| Wilson, Rufus (Hopkins) | 90 | 92 | 182 | 158 | |
| Womack, David (Lexington) | 89 | 88 | 177 | 159 | |
| Witt, Andy (Columbia) | 81 | 91 | 172 | 160 | |
| Parades, Mike (Charleston) | 91 | 91 | 182 | 164 | |
| One Day Senior | |||||
| 1st | Williams, Frank (Greenwood) | 74 | 71 | 145 | |
| 2nd | Thaxton, Bill (Monroe) | 72 | 75 | 147 | |
| t-3rd | Giles, Mark (Columbia) | 72 | 76 | 148 | |
| t-3rd | Tooke, Doug (Greenville) | 74 | 74 | 148 | |
| Wetmore, Gene (Spartanburg) | 76 | 75 | 151 | ||
| Edwards, Daniel (Lancaster) | 77 | 86 | 163 | ||
| Westcott, Larry (Lancaster) | 82 | 81 | 163 | ||
| Harris, Richard (Lancaster) | 82 | 84 | 166 | ||
| Gober, Jack (Columbia) | 89 | 91 | 180 | ||
| Women's Division | |||||
| 1st | Barksdale, Cecelia (Murrells Inlet) | 82 | 82 | 164 | |
| 2nd | Zeip, Karen (Myrtle Beach) | 85 | 80 | 165 | |
| 3rd | Belair, Dianne (Myrtle Beach) | 90 | 79 | 169 | |
| t-4th | Loebs, Julie (Myrtle Beach) | 90 | 81 | 171 | |
| t-4th | Sheldon, Joan (Pawleys Island) | 82 | 89 | 171 | |
| Meldrum, Kadi (Aiken) | 85 | 88 | 173 | ||
| Shadoan, Chris (Taylors) | 88 | 86 | 174 | ||
| West, Stephanie (Rock Hill) | 87 | 87 | 174 | ||
| VanDine, Alexandra (Columbia) | 85 | 92 | 177 | ||
| Miller, Ellen (Pawleys Island) | 91 | 89 | 180 | ||
| Small, Anne (Lancaster) | 91 | 91 | 182 | ||
| Krivohlavek, Genon (Orangeburg) | 91 | 92 | 183 | ||
| Zankowski, Sue (St. Helena) | 93 | 92 | 185 | ||
| Livingston, Lindsay (Johns Island) | 96 | 91 | 187 | ||
| Rhodes, Pat (Chapin) | 101 | 86 | 187 | ||
| Martin, Debra (Columbia) | 98 | 107 | 205 | ||
| O'Brien, Maureen (Myrtle Beach) | 86 | 0 | 86 | WD |
