The team of Gus Sylvan (Columbia)
and Steve Liebler (Irmo) took their first SCGA Partners’ Championship at
Northwoods Golf Club (Columbia) in record fashion. Following a first round
65 which produced a one stroke lead, the duo came out of the gate charging
on the second day. Birdies on three of the first five holes extended their
lead to three over Lanny Correll, Jr. and Thomas Kennaday (Columbia) and
Robert and David Dargan (Columbia.)
After a par at the short
par 5 sixth hole, birdies by Sylvan at 7 and 9
and one by Liebler at 8
gave them a three stoke margin heading into
the final nine. Correll
and Kennaday made birdies at 7 and 9, but lost
ground to the leaders. With
a 33 on the front nine,
Dargan–Dargan found themselves
four back heading into the back nine.
A best ball bogey at 10 by Sylvan and a birdie by the Dargans cut the margin to two. A birdie and a bogey by the Dargans, and all pars on the back nine by Correll-Kennaday left both teams fighting for second as Sylvan-Liebler closed with two birdies (16 and 17) and a par.
The 15 under par total of 129 was a new tournament record by five strokes. The previous record was held by Walter and T.D. Todd, Jr. of Laurens, who posted a two round total of 134 in 1997 over this same course.
Robin Alley and Brian Loquist (Columbia) closed with a 68 to take first place in the first flight with a score of 139. Ron Schroder and Mike Wiland (Aiken) came on even stronger with a final round 67 to capture the second flight.
The 9th Annual SCGA Partners’ Championship was held at the Northwoods Golf Club in Columbia which played at 6514 yards and a par of 72. The tournament is held each year to benefit the junior programs of the South Carolina Golf Association.
| Championship Flight | |||
| Gus Sylvan, Steve Liebler (Columbia/Irmo) | 65 | 64 | 129 |
| Robert Dargan, David Dargan (Columbia/Columbia) | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| Lanny Correll, Jr., Thomas Kennaday (Columbia/Columbia) | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| Jeff Pope, Russ Flanders (N. Augusta/Grannteville) | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| Bob Hoffman, Jim Watson (Greenville/Greenville) | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| George Kennedy, Guy Evans (Irmo/West Columbia) | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| Dan Sullivan, Todd Mattocks (Columbia/Columbia) | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| Steve Pachol, Richard Houghton (Columbia/Columbia) | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| Jimmy Hawkins, Jim Martin (Irmo/Columbia) | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| Patrick O'Connell, Ron Simpson (Columbia/Columbia) | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| Timothy Pope, Michael Gravley (Spartanburg/Simpsonville) | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| Kevin Driggers, Blake Williamson (Mt. Pleasant/Anderson) | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| Eddie Hargett, Sammy Truett (Blythewood/Surfside Beach) | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| Frank Finley, Brant Armstrong (Laurens/Gray Court) | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| Rick Ingle, Jamie Frazier (Winnsboro/Winnsboro) | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| Sonny Hardin, Jeff Burkett (Lancaster/Lancaster) | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| Frank Piccione, Gary Ramage (Summerville/Summerville) | 70 | 74 | 144 |
| Dennis Barnes, Jr., Sammy Taylor (Gaffney/Gaffney) | 70 | 76 | 146 |
| First Flight | |||
| Robin Alley, Brian Loquist (Columbia/Columbia) | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| Ken Martin, Tadd Brown (Lexington/Moncks Corner) | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| R.F. Taylor, Eddie Mirmow (Lexington/Lexington) | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| Lee Glaze, Gettys Glaze (Sumter/Charleston) | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| Lanny Correll, Sr., Robert Whetstone (Columbia/Columbia) | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| Dewey Oxner, Rob Reeves (Simpsonville/Greenville) | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| Mark Golightly, Bill Chamberlin (Rock Hill/Rock Hill) | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| Chip Driggers, John Cabaniss (Hanahan/Pinoplis) | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| Scott Morris, Todd Webber (Rock Hill/Moore) | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| Randy Adams, Chad Thomason (Rock Hill/York) | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| Mike Mahoney, Robbie Mahoney (Greeleyville/Florence) | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| Jack Swails, Gene Spencer (Columbia/Blythewood) | 71 | 74 | 145 |
| Jimmy Hamilton, Alex Hamilton (Aiken/Aiken) | 71 | 74 | 145 |
| Sammy Barnes, Davis Taylor (Batesburg-Leesville/Leesville) | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| Duff Wagner, Terry Willis (Taylors/Taylors) | 73 | 72 | 145 |
| Vic Hannon, Bobby Hathaway (Camden/Columbia) | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| Dennis Barnes, Sr., Tim Bostic (Gaffney/Gaffney) | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| Michael Hirsch, Keith Whatley (Pawleys Island/Myrtle Beach) | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| Max Jordan, Richard Barrett (York/York) | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| John Black, Ken Bogan (Chapin/Irmo) | 73 | 75 | 148 |
| Warren Finney, Bobby Smith (Clinton/Clinton) | 73 | 77 | 150 |
| David Oxner, Huey Long (Leesville/Leesville) | 73 | 82 | 155 |
| Greg Jeter, Michael Littleton (Greer/Greenville) | 71 | 84 | 155 |
| Second Flight | |||
| Ron Schroder, Michael Wiland (Aiken/Aiken) | 74 | 67 | 141 |
| Matthew Hendrix, Michael Sims (Aiken/Campobello) | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| T.D. Todd, Jr., Walter Todd (Laurens/Laurens) | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| Vince Williams, Pete Clough (Columbia/Columbia) | 76 | 70 | 146 |
| Paul Turner, Russell Smith (Columbia/Columbia) | 75 | 71 | 146 |
| Ronald Callahan, Bobby Gause (Columbia/Lexington) | 76 | 71 | 147 |
| Randy Pardee, C.R. Pardee, III (Columbia/Columbia) | 77 | 71 | 148 |
| Andy Gianoukos, Keith Hess (Charleston/Summerville) | 75 | 73 | 148 |
| Rick Hawkins, David League (Easley/Easley) | 75 | 74 | 149 |
| Gene Adkins, Rick Rogers (Ft. Mill/Fort Mill) | 74 | 77 | 151 |
| Craig Tucker, William Wood (Greenville/Taylors) | 76 | 75 | 151 |
| Rick Boone, Brett Shelley (Greenville/Marion) | 78 | 75 | 153 |
| Kent Hungerpiller, Jr., Edwin Boyd (Hartsville/Hartsville) | 79 | 74 | 153 |
| Ronnie Kidd, Danny Bell (McCormick/Ninety Six) | 77 | 77 | 154 |
| Brian Lott, Ken Roof (Charleston/Charleston) | 80 | 75 | 155 |
| Stephen Roach, Greg Horne (Easley/Easley) | 81 | 81 | 162 |
| Bob Christman, Rusty White (Rock Hill/Lancaster) | 82 | 80 | 162 |
| Marvin Huggins, Joe Gillis (Columbia/Columbia) | 78 | 84 | 162 |
| Edward Goley, Fort Jones (Irmo/Columbia) | 81 | 84 | 165 |