25th Lefty Righty & 30th Lefthanders Championship
Sill and Yex Come Back to Capture Title
Santee, SC - The team of Robert Dargan and Brad Krapfel (Columbia) took a three shot lead into the final round of the SCGA Lefty-Righty Championship. The front nine saw their lead completely evaporate as the “birdie machine” that posted a 12 under par 60 a day earlier made the turn in even par, six stokes higher than their Saturday score.
Stan Sill and Arthur Yex from Spartanburg, the 1999 champions made a run with three birdies on the front. It was enough to catch the Dargan-Krapfel team with nine holes to play. Craig Willis(Columbia) and Steve Liebler(Irmo) moved into contention on the front with a two under par score of 34. Ryan Watford and Daniel Johnson (Lamar) also turned at two under, tied with Willis-Liebler. This left both teams one stroke back with nine holes to play.
Dargan and Krapfel kept firing blanks on the back, as putt after putt continued to miss the hole. An eagle at the final hole by Dargan seemed to be anti-climatic, but it did give them a share of second place at 15 under 129. They tied the team of Watford and Johnson who posted a final round 66. Willis-Liebler could only manage two birdies on the final nine, but finished fourth at 131.
While dargan and Krapfel were "backing up" and the other teams were holding steady, Sill and Yex kicked it into high gear on the back. Sill made birdie on four of the last five holes to move the team to 17 under par and capture the Championship for the second time in three years.
In the Lefthanders’ Championship, which was being contested at the same time, Stan Sill recorded his eleventh victory. With a final round score of 1 under par 71, Sill finished at 6 under par over the 36 holes. He held off Dargan who started one back, but closed with a 74 thanks in part to a final hole eagle. Tim Carter of Florence used a final round of 71 to move to 2 under par and take runner-up honors with Dargan.
In the third flight, the team of Dicky McCarney and Jeff Tindall came back from a first round catastrophe to tie the low score of the day, an 8 under 64. They took first place by ten strokes over Donald Thigpen and Jim Sauls of Bishopville.
Santee, SC - The team of Robert Dargan and Brad Krapfel (Columbia) took a three shot lead into the final round of the SCGA Lefty-Righty Championship. The front nine saw their lead completely evaporate as the “birdie machine” that posted a 12 under par 60 a day earlier made the turn in even par, six stokes higher than their Saturday score.
Stan Sill and Arthur Yex from Spartanburg, the 1999 champions made a run with three birdies on the front. It was enough to catch the Dargan-Krapfel team with nine holes to play. Craig Willis(Columbia) and Steve Liebler(Irmo) moved into contention on the front with a two under par score of 34. Ryan Watford and Daniel Johnson (Lamar) also turned at two under, tied with Willis-Liebler. This left both teams one stroke back with nine holes to play.
Dargan and Krapfel kept firing blanks on the back, as putt after putt continued to miss the hole. An eagle at the final hole by Dargan seemed to be anti-climatic, but it did give them a share of second place at 15 under 129. They tied the team of Watford and Johnson who posted a final round 66. Willis-Liebler could only manage two birdies on the final nine, but finished fourth at 131.
While dargan and Krapfel were "backing up" and the other teams were holding steady, Sill and Yex kicked it into high gear on the back. Sill made birdie on four of the last five holes to move the team to 17 under par and capture the Championship for the second time in three years.
In the Lefthanders’ Championship, which was being contested at the same time, Stan Sill recorded his eleventh victory. With a final round score of 1 under par 71, Sill finished at 6 under par over the 36 holes. He held off Dargan who started one back, but closed with a 74 thanks in part to a final hole eagle. Tim Carter of Florence used a final round of 71 to move to 2 under par and take runner-up honors with Dargan.
In the third flight, the team of Dicky McCarney and Jeff Tindall came back from a first round catastrophe to tie the low score of the day, an 8 under 64. They took first place by ten strokes over Donald Thigpen and Jim Sauls of Bishopville.
Final Results
| Lefty-Righty Team Results | Lefthanders Championship | ||||||||
| Championship | Championship | ||||||||
| Stan Sill, Arthur Yex (Spartanburg, SC/Spartanburg, SC) | 63 | 64 | 127 | Stan Sill (Spartanburg, SC) | 67 | 71 | 138 | ||
| Robert Dargan, Brad Krapfel (Columbia, SC/Columbia, SC) | 60 | 69 | 129 | Tim Carter (Florence, SC) | 71 | 71 | 142 | ||
| Ryan Watford, Daniel Johnson (Lamar, SC/Lamar, SC) | 63 | 66 | 129 | Robert Dargan (Columbia, SC) | 68 | 74 | 142 | ||
| Craig Willis, Steve Liebler (Columbia, SC/Irmo, SC) | 63 | 68 | 131 | Frank Williams (Greenwood, SC) | 74 | 71 | 145 | ||
| Tim Carter, Steve Matthews (Florence, SC/Florence, SC) | 65 | 67 | 132 | Ryan Watford (Lamar, SC) | 74 | 71 | 145 | ||
| Jem Mott, Randy Shuler (Holly Hill, SC/Orangeburg, SC) | 68 | 68 | 136 | Jem Mott (Holly Hill, SC) | 72 | 74 | 146 | ||
| Richie Hoffman, Bobby Gause (Hilton Head, SC/Lexington, SC) | 69 | 67 | 136 | Wayne Brockington (Kingstree, SC) | 71 | 75 | 146 | ||
| Wayne Brockington, Jim Burgess (Kingstree, SC/Kingstree, SC) | 66 | 71 | 137 | Jon Evans (Hollywood, SC) | 73 | 74 | 147 | ||
| Bob Harper, Bob Dickerson (Darlington, SC/Darlington, SC) | 69 | 69 | 138 | Craig Willis (Columbia, SC) | 71 | 78 | 149 | ||
| Randy Odom, Gary Odom (New Ellenton, SC/New Ellenton, SC) | 68 | 70 | 138 | Von Wessinger (Chapin, SC) | 73 | 78 | 151 | ||
| John Chiles, Jimmy Hawkins (Irmo, SC/Irmo, SC) | 70 | 68 | 138 | Tim Smith (Sumter, SC) | 75 | 76 | 151 | ||
| David Shealy, Scott Kennedy (Columbia, SC/Blythewood, SC) | 69 | 70 | 139 | Rollis Evans (Williston, SC) | 75 | 77 | 152 | ||
| Jon Evans, Rick Dresel (Hollywood, SC/N. Charleston, SC) | 70 | 69 | 139 | Charlie Hendricks (Greenville, SC) | 72 | 80 | 152 | ||
| Rollis Evans, Bubba Bolen (Williston, SC/Williston, SC) | 68 | 71 | 139 | Mike Henderson (Spartanburg, SC) | 73 | 79 | 152 | ||
| Frank Williams, Kenneth Fish (Greenwood, SC/Greenwood, SC) | 70 | 70 | 140 | Randy Odom (New Ellenton, SC) | 75 | 77 | 152 | ||
| Shorty Tyler, Tim Tyler (Wagener, SC/Chapin, SC) | 70 | 71 | 141 | Patrick Piercy (Hilton Head, SC) | 78 | 82 | 160 | ||
| Von Wessinger, Glen Wessinger (Chapin, SC/Prosperity, SC) | 70 | 74 | 144 | David Shealy (Columbia, SC) | 72 | 88 | 160 | ||
| Wayne Gleaton, Chad Gleaton (Williston, SC/Williston, SC) | 70 | 74 | 144 | ||||||
| Ron Hoover, Chad Thomason (Rock Hill, SC/York, SC) | 70 | 76 | 146 | First | |||||
| Jamie Massalon (Charleston, SC) | 76 | 75 | 151 | ||||||
| First | Rick Hawkins (Easley, SC) | 79 | 74 | 153 | |||||
| Sam Edenfield, Rick Ingle (Winnsboro, SC/Winnsboro, SC) | 71 | 67 | 138 | John Chiles (Irmo, SC) | 80 | 74 | 154 | ||
| Wayne Sumner, Mike Burton (Taylors, SC/Taylors, SC) | 71 | 70 | 141 | Richie Hoffman (Hilton Head, SC) | 77 | 78 | 155 | ||
| Boyd Mills, Robert Phillips (Piedmont, SC/Greenville, SC) | 72 | 70 | 142 | Boyd Mills (Piedmont, SC) | 77 | 80 | 157 | ||
| Terry Garrett, Keith Olawsky (Lexington, SC/Lexington, SC) | 72 | 70 | 142 | Stan Brockington (Florence, SC) | 76 | 81 | 157 | ||
| Bob Dargan, David Dargan (Columbia, SC/Columbia, SC) | 71 | 72 | 143 | Bob Harper (Darlington, SC) | 78 | 80 | 158 | ||
| Wylie Slice, David Fuentes (Florence, SC/Florence, SC) | 71 | 72 | 143 | Ty Hubbard (Darlington, SC) | 79 | 80 | 159 | ||
| Ronnie Neville, Sam Tune (Williston, SC/Williston, SC) | 73 | 70 | 143 | Ronnie Neville (Williston, SC) | 79 | 81 | 160 | ||
| Tim Smith, Mike Barwick (Sumter, SC/Sumter, SC) | 72 | 71 | 143 | Andy Langley (Abbeville, SC) | 78 | 82 | 160 | ||
| Jamie Massalon, Phil Gray (Charleston, SC/Charleston, SC) | 71 | 73 | 144 | Shorty Tyler (Wagener, SC) | 81 | 80 | 161 | ||
| Mike Henderson, Dale Godfrey (Spartanburg, SC/Spartanburg, SC) | 71 | 73 | 144 | Allen Coursey (Greer, SC) | 80 | 81 | 161 | ||
| Patrick Piercy, Michael Broadhurst (Hilton Head, SC/Hilton Head Isl, SC) | 72 | 72 | 144 | Malcolm Lucas (Pelion, SC) | 80 | 82 | 162 | ||
| Ron Clontz, Charles Patton (Greenville, SC/Greenville, SC) | 71 | 74 | 145 | Phillip Widener (Wagner, SC) | 81 | 83 | 164 | ||
| Tommy Richardson, John Travis (Winnsboro, SC/N. Augusta, SC) | 72 | 74 | 146 | Terry Garrett (Lexington, SC) | 79 | 86 | 165 | ||
| Homer Arrants, Ray Arrants (Bishopville, SC/Bishopville, SC) | 73 | 74 | 147 | Ron Clontz (Greenville, SC) | 81 | 87 | 168 | ||
| Charlie Hendricks, Ron Lynn (Greenville, SC/Easley, SC) | 71 | 77 | 148 | ||||||
| Jerry Moore, John Minor (Greenville, SC/Simpsonville, SC) | 71 | 80 | 151 | Second | |||||
| J.A. Hardin (Hilton Head, SC) | 82 | 76 | 158 | ||||||
| Second | Dicky McCarney (Camden, SC) | 84 | 75 | 159 | |||||
| Malcolm Lucas, Woody Collins (Pelion, SC/Pelion, SC) | 75 | 69 | 144 | Paul Fann (Hartsville, SC) | 82 | 82 | 164 | ||
| Phillip Widener, Tad Goodwin, Jr. (Wagner, SC/Swansea, SC) | 74 | 70 | 144 | Wayne Sumner (Taylors, SC) | 82 | 82 | 164 | ||
| Rick Hawkins, Greg Jeter (Easley, SC/Greer, SC) | 74 | 71 | 145 | Bruce Carey (Williston, SC) | 85 | 79 | 164 | ||
| Glenn Williams, Bill Hayes (Chesnee, SC/Spartanburg, SC) | 75 | 70 | 145 | Craig Schmehl (Sumter, SC) | 83 | 83 | 166 | ||
| Clyde Lane, Walter Berry (Eastover, SC/Darlington, SC) | 74 | 72 | 146 | Tommy Richardson (Winnsboro, SC) | 83 | 84 | 167 | ||
| Fort Jones, Malcolm Jones (Columbia, SC/Columbia, SC) | 74 | 72 | 146 | Cecil McClary (Swansea, SC) | 85 | 83 | 168 | ||
| Fred Stanton, Bill Stanton (Columbia, SC/Clinton, SC) | 75 | 72 | 147 | Fort Jones (Columbia, SC) | 82 | 86 | 168 | ||
| Cecil McClary, Steve Carter (Swansea, SC/Williston, SC) | 75 | 73 | 148 | Donald Thigpen (Bishopville, SC) | 87 | 82 | 169 | ||
| Andy Langley, Buddy Matthews (Abbeville, SC/Greenwood, SC) | 75 | 74 | 149 | Donald H. King (Columbia, SC) | 87 | 86 | 173 | ||
| Grady Watson, Joesph Workman (Cayce, SC/Gilbert, SC) | 74 | 75 | 149 | Rookie Moore (Darlington, SC) | 86 | 87 | 173 | ||
| Allen Coursey, Benny Timmerman (Greer, SC/Greenwood, SC) | 75 | 74 | 149 | Wayne Gleaton (Williston, SC) | 85 | 94 | 179 | ||
| Vance Hines, Bill Gee (Gaffney, SC/Chesnee, SC) | 74 | 75 | 149 | Ron Hoover (Rock Hill, SC) | 84 | 95 | 179 | ||
| Johnny Bryant, Paul Brunson (Darlington, SC/Darlington, SC) | 74 | 76 | 150 | Jerry Moore (Greenville, SC) | 87 | 93 | 180 | ||
| Stan Brockington, Jerry Guy (Florence, SC/Hartsville, SC) | 75 | 75 | 150 | Fred Stanton (Columbia, SC) | 86 | 97 | 183 | ||
| Philip Kelly, Johnny McGee (Rock Hill, SC/Rock Hill, SC) | 75 | 76 | 151 | Bob Dargan (Columbia, SC) | 84 | 100 | 184 | ||
| Fred Otterbein, Cody Cutino (Mt Pleasant, SC/Mt. Pleasant, SC) | 74 | 78 | 152 | ||||||
| Gordon Bell, Larry Bigham (Rock Hill, SC/Rock Hill, SC) | 74 | 78 | 152 | Third | |||||
| Butch Gaskins (Summerville, SC) | 89 | 81 | 170 | ||||||
| Third | Philip Kelly (Rock Hill, SC) | 88 | 82 | 170 | |||||
| Dicky McCarney, Jeff Tindall (Camden, SC/Camden, SC) | 76 | 64 | 140 | Wylie Slice (Florence, SC) | 88 | 85 | 173 | ||
| Donald Thigpen, Jim Sauls (Bishopville, SC/Bishopville, SC) | 77 | 73 | 150 | Glenn Williams (Chesnee, SC) | 90 | 84 | 174 | ||
| Rookie Moore, Bubba DeMaurice (Darlington, SC/Darlington, SC) | 76 | 75 | 151 | Grady Watson (Cayce, SC) | 89 | 87 | 176 | ||
| Paul Fann, Al Borkenhagen (Hartsville, SC/Hartsville, SC) | 78 | 73 | 151 | Chubby Baker (Charleston, SC) | 90 | 88 | 178 | ||
| Ty Hubbard, Jimmy Harrell (Darlington, SC/Darlington, SC) | 76 | 76 | 152 | Johnny Bryant (Darlington, SC) | 92 | 87 | 179 | ||
| Craig Schmehl, Cliff Morris (Sumter, SC/Sumter, SC) | 78 | 75 | 153 | Vance Hines (Gaffney, SC) | 90 | 91 | 181 | ||
| J.A. Hardin, Joe Larkin (Hilton Head, SC/Hilton Head, SC) | 79 | 76 | 155 | Fred Otterbein (Mt Pleasant, SC) | 92 | 89 | 181 | ||
| Bruce Carey, John Tune, Jr. (Williston, SC/Williston, SC) | 80 | 76 | 156 | Marion Ross (Greer, SC) | 89 | 92 | 181 | ||
| Butch Gaskins, Scott Gaskins (Summerville, SC/Summerville, SC) | 80 | 77 | 157 | Gerald Pope (Darlington, SC) | 88 | 95 | 183 | ||
| Tony Bryan, Rick Anderson (Leesville, SC/Leesville, SC) | 80 | 77 | 157 | Tony Bryan (Leesville, SC) | 100 | 87 | 187 | ||
| Chubby Baker, Barney Henderson (Charleston, SC/Charleston, SC) | 79 | 79 | 158 | Harold Casstevens (Hartsville, SC) | 97 | 94 | 191 | ||
| Tony Anderson, Donald Patrick (Darlington, SC/Darlington, SC) | 80 | 78 | 158 | Tony Anderson (Darlington, SC) | 97 | 95 | 192 | ||
| Gerald Pope, Jimmy Watkins (Darlington, SC/Darlington, SC) | 81 | 78 | 159 | Clyde Lane (Eastover, SC) | 104 | 91 | 195 | ||
| Harold Casstevens, Bob Snow (Hartsville, SC/Hartsville ., SC) | 83 | 78 | 161 | Gordon Bell (Rock Hill, SC) | 101 | 100 | 201 | ||
| Donald H. King, D.L. Dimery (Columbia, SC/Lexington, SC) | 81 | 83 | 164 | Homer Arrants (Bishopville, SC) | 118 | 114 | 232 | ||
| Marion Ross, Barry Mitchell (Greer, SC/Lyman, SC) | 82 | 85 | 167 | ||||||
| Chubby Baker, Barney Henderson (Charleston, SC/Charleston, SC) | 79 | 79 | 158 | ||||||
| Donald H. King, D.L. Dimery (Columbia, SC/Lexington, SC) | 81 | 83 | 164 | ||||||
| Marion Ross, Barry Mitchell (Greer, SC/Lyman, SC) | 82 | 85 | 167 |
