Palmetto Cup Matches
Professionals Capture Cup
Columbia, SC
- The 19th Annual Palmetto Cup Matches held between the best SCGA member players and the best South Carolina Chapter Professional players in the state were conducted over the newly re-furbished Spring Valley Country Club on October 29 and 30.The Amateurs took the first day foursome matches by a score of 16 1/2 to 10 1/2. Eddie Hargett-Taylor Hough and Steve Liebler-Gus Sylvan were three point winners on the first day.
The second day began well for the Amateurs in the singles matches as several of the earlier players matched or moved ahead of their professional counterparts. Sweeps by the professionals Bill Lewis, David Lamb, and Joe Jackson spurred the Professionals to a resounding win on the second day, and a win in the overall matches.
The victory avenged a defeat by the Amateurs in 1999. The series stands at 17-6-1 with the Professionals holding the edge.
|
Four-Some Matches |
||||
|
(October 29) |
||||
|
SCGA |
Pts |
vs. |
SCPGA |
Pts |
|
Walsh, Berchiatti |
1 |
|
Florence, Behr |
2 |
|
Todd, Smith |
2 |
|
Pinckney, Martin |
1 |
|
Hargett, Hough |
3 |
|
Felner, Heflin |
0 |
|
Bright, Smunk |
0.5 |
|
Foss, Lamb |
2.5 |
|
Greene, Horne |
2 |
Sr |
Lipscomb, Cauthen |
1 |
|
Krapfel, Dargan |
1 |
|
Bland, Catalano |
2 |
|
Atkinson, Ezell |
2.5 |
|
Lawrence, Jackson |
0.5 |
|
Sylvan, Liebler |
3 |
|
Seawell, Lewis |
0 |
|
Thaxton, King |
1.5 |
|
Dunlavey, King |
1.5 |
|
Day 1 Results |
16.5 |
|
|
10.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Singles Matches |
||||
|
(October 30) |
||||
|
SCGA |
Pts |
vs. |
SCPGA |
Pts |
|
Kevin Walsh (Columbia) |
1.5 |
|
Steve Behr, (Florence) |
1.5 |
|
Geno Berchiatti (Simpsonville) |
2 |
|
Jeff Pinckney (Beaufort) |
1 |
|
Walter Todd (Laurens) |
3 |
|
Steve Foss (Aiken) |
0 |
|
Taylor Hough (Spartanburg) |
1.5 |
|
Terry Florence (Charleston) |
1.5 |
|
Casey Smith (Abbeville) |
2.5 |
|
Ken Martin (N. Myrtle Beach) |
0.5 |
|
Robert Dargan (Columbia) |
0 |
|
Bill Lewis (Columbia) |
3 |
|
Brad Krapfel (Columbia) |
0 |
|
David Lamb (Easley) |
3 |
|
Terry Ezell (Rock Hill) |
0 |
|
Joe Jackson (Simpsonville) |
3 |
|
Kevin King (Hilton Head) |
2.5 |
|
Jim Felner (Myrtle Beach) |
0.5 |
|
Gus Sylvan (Columbia) |
0.5 |
|
Daniel Seawell (Columbia) |
2.5 |
|
Steve Liebler (Columbia) |
0.5 |
|
Phil Bland (Darlington) |
2.5 |
|
Bert Atkinson (Charleston) |
1.5 |
|
Mike Lawrence (Pickens) |
1.5 |
|
Mark Thaxton (Simpsonville) |
0.5 |
|
Tim Dunlavey (Spartanburg) |
2.5 |
|
Eddie Hargett (Columbia) |
1 |
|
Rocky Catalano (Mt. Pleasant) |
2 |
|
Bill Smunk (Kingstree) |
0 |
|
Dale Heflin (Mauldin) |
3 |
|
Mike Bright (Mt. Pleasant) |
1 |
|
Clem King (Columbia) |
2 |
|
Dick Horne (Mt. Pleasant) |
2.5 |
Sr |
Ronnie Cauthen (Pawley's Island) |
0.5 |
|
Woody Greene (Columbia) |
0 |
Sr |
Vic Lipscomb (Spartanburg) |
3 |
|
Day 2 Results |
20.5 |
|
|
33.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SCGA |
37 |
|
SCPGA |
44 |
Last Updated on 10/31/2000
By phil pendergrass
Email: ppendergrass@scgolf.org