Myrtle Beach, SC – Woody Greene of Columbia, the South Carolina Golf Association’s Player 2000 of the Year, captured the 43rd edition of the Seniors’ Championship with a final round 71, even par score, over the 6335 yard, par 71 Heathland Course at the Legends Resort in Myrtle Beach. His 4 under par scor of 210 left him four strokes in front of his nearest competitor.
Greene began the day with a two stroke lead over first round leader, Bob Stringer of Blythewood. Greene made birdie at the par four second hole to increase his lead to three. A double bogey at the long par 4 sixth saw his lead shrink to one over Bobby Gause of Lexington, but consecutive birdies at holes 7 and 8 and a par at 9 left him three strokes in front of the field heading to the final nine.
A birdie at the par five 13th and a bogey at the long par 3 -17th gave Greene the cushion he needed to coast home with a bogey at the final hole and claim the championship by four strokes.
Stringer joined Dick Horne, the 1999 Champion at second place with a score of even par – 214. Gause finished in fourth place with a score of 215.
The Championship also featured an “Old Friends” Division of players playing a shorter yardage. Floyd Eilber of Pawleys Island made par on the first playoff hole to capture the title over Chuck Zeigler of Columbia.
Full Results follow:
| Overall Results | ||||
| Championship | ||||
| Woody Greene (Columbia) | 71 | 68 | 71 | 210 |
| Bob Stringer (Blythewood) | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 |
| Dick Horne (Mt. Pleasant) | 72 | 71 | 71 | 214 |
| Bobby Gause (Lexington) | 72 | 70 | 73 | 215 |
| Gerard Maxfield (Aiken) | 72 | 74 | 70 | 216 |
| Randy Mahaffey (Spartanburg) | 71 | 72 | 74 | 217 |
| Vic Hannon (Camden) | 73 | 74 | 71 | 218 |
| R.F. Taylor (Lexington) | 75 | 70 | 73 | 218 |
| Urquit Morris (Charleston) | 77 | 70 | 72 | 219 |
| Thomas Ulmer (Cameron) | 72 | 74 | 74 | 220 |
| Ned Johnson (Seneca) | 76 | 72 | 72 | 220 |
| Bob Taylor (Greenville) | 72 | 74 | 75 | 221 |
| Steve Pachol (Columbia) | 76 | 72 | 73 | 221 |
| Carl Brock (Greer) | 72 | 79 | 71 | 222 |
| Heyward Sullivan (Greenville) | 76 | 73 | 73 | 222 |
| Robert Armstrong (Hilton Head) | 77 | 70 | 75 | 222 |
| Scoot Sheriff (Westminster) | 77 | 74 | 72 | 223 |
| William Wood (Taylors) | 76 | 74 | 73 | 223 |
| Julius Aiken, Jr (Greenville) | 76 | 73 | 74 | 223 |
| Thomas Ford (Mt Pleasant) | 73 | 76 | 75 | 224 |
| Buck Leigh (Columbia) | 76 | 72 | 76 | 224 |
| Carl Wilkerson (N. Charleston) | 73 | 76 | 75 | 224 |
| Tim McBride (Callawassie Is) | 79 | 74 | 72 | 225 |
| Gene Barber (Marion) | 76 | 72 | 78 | 226 |
| Phil McDilda (Georgetown) | 79 | 73 | 75 | 227 |
| Bob Gifford (Columbia) | 72 | 76 | 79 | 227 |
| Joe Hourihan (Clover) | 73 | 77 | 77 | 227 |
| Bill Barber (Pawley's Is) | 74 | 76 | 77 | 227 |
| Ben Shadoan (Taylors) | 75 | 77 | 75 | 227 |
| Eugene Hunt (Pawleys Isl) | 74 | 77 | 77 | 228 |
| Bobby Carpenter (Charleston) | 79 | 72 | 77 | 228 |
| Stew Butler,Sr. (Orangeburg) | 76 | 75 | 77 | 228 |
| Peter Cotton (Mt. Pleasant) | 76 | 72 | 80 | 228 |
| Jerry Woodruff (Greenville) | 83 | 71 | 74 | 228 |
| Wayne Marchant (N. Augusta) | 76 | 75 | 77 | 228 |
| Jack Pfeiffer (Columbia) | 73 | 76 | 79 | 228 |
| Chris Pinckney (Charleston) | 76 | 76 | 77 | 229 |
| David Henderson (Spartanburg) | 74 | 78 | 77 | 229 |
| Bruce Williams (Myrtle Beach) | 80 | 74 | 76 | 230 |
| Mike Ridgeway (Inman) | 74 | 76 | 80 | 230 |
| Randolph Hayes (Anderson) | 76 | 78 | 76 | 230 |
| Charlie Bradshaw (Spartanburg) | 76 | 75 | 80 | 231 |
| Danny Dean (Hollywood) | 78 | 75 | 78 | 231 |
| Don Phillips (Cameron) | 75 | 78 | 79 | 232 |
| James Merritt (Piedmont) | 79 | 75 | 78 | 232 |
| Tom Oakley (Seneca) | 79 | 75 | 79 | 233 |
| John Garrett (Bishopville) | 74 | 80 | 82 | 236 |
| Bob Murray (Piedmont) | 78 | 76 | 83 | 237 |
| Tom Dorsel (Florence) | 79 | 74 | 89 | 242 |
| Gary Furr (Murrells Inl) | 81 | 73 | WD | |
| Jay Caldwell (Blythewood) | 78 | 76 | DNS | |
| Old Friends | ||||
| Floyd Eilber (Pawley's Isl) | 72 | 81 | 77 | 230* |
| Charles Zeigler (Columbia) | 77 | 78 | 75 | 230 |
| Jack Cochrane (Florence) | 80 | 78 | 74 | 232 |
| Howard Coman (Woodruff) | 78 | 75 | 80 | 233 |
| Roy Childs (Seneca) | 78 | 77 | 78 | 233 |
| Hal Kelly (Orangeburg) | 73 | 80 | 80 | 233 |
| Joe Baker (Cross Anchor) | 79 | 80 | 76 | 235 |
| Lee Lambright (Easley) | 77 | 83 | 75 | 235 |
| Rufus Hackney (Florence) | 76 | 83 | 76 | 235 |
| David Horton (Bamberg) | 82 | 80 | 74 | 236 |
| Phil Hubacher (Aiken) | 79 | 78 | 81 | 238 |
| Dave Grady (Dataw Island) | 80 | 82 | 78 | 240 |
| Eugene Mealey (Anderson) | 81 | 81 | 78 | 240 |
| Dallah Forrest (Greenville) | 78 | 85 | 79 | 242 |
| Scott Moore (Seneca) | 79 | 85 | 79 | 243 |
| Ed Phillips (Hartsville) | 85 | 78 | 81 | 244 |
| Roger Byrd (Charleston) | 82 | 82 | 80 | 244 |
| Philip Croft (Charleston) | 84 | 80 | 83 | 247 |
| Ellis Drew, Jr. (Anderson) | 81 | 80 | 88 | 249 |
| Dick Sears (Irmo) | 78 | 81 | 92 | 251 |
| Age Division Winners - 36 Holes | ||||
| Championship Division | ||||
| Age 55-59 | ||||
| Woody Greene (Columbia) | 71 | 68 | 139 | |
| Bob Stringer (Blythewood) | 68 | 73 | 141 | |
| R.F. Taylor (Lexington) | 75 | 70 | 145 | |
| Thomas Ulmer (Cameron) | 72 | 74 | 146 | |
| Vic Hannon (Camden) | 73 | 74 | 147 | |
| Bob Gifford (Columbia) | 72 | 76 | 148 | |
| Steve Pachol (Columbia) | 76 | 72 | 148 | |
| Gene Barber (Marion) | 76 | 72 | 148 | |
| Thomas Ford (Mt Pleasant) | 73 | 76 | 149 | |
| Julius Aiken, Jr (Greenville) | 76 | 73 | 149 | |
| Bill Barber (Pawley's Is) | 74 | 76 | 150 | |
| Joe Hourihan (Clover) | 73 | 77 | 150 | |
| William Wood (Taylors) | 76 | 74 | 150 | |
| Mike Ridgeway (Inman) | 74 | 76 | 150 | |
| Scoot Sheriff (Westminster) | 77 | 74 | 151 | |
| Wayne Marchant (N. Augusta) | 76 | 75 | 151 | |
| Bobby Carpenter (Charleston) | 79 | 72 | 151 | |
| Carl Brock (Greer) | 72 | 79 | 151 | |
| Chris Pinckney (Charleston) | 76 | 76 | 152 | |
| David Henderson (Spartanburg) | 74 | 78 | 152 | |
| Tim McBride (Callawassie Is) | 79 | 74 | 153 | |
| Danny Dean (Hollywood) | 78 | 75 | 153 | |
| Don Phillips (Cameron) | 75 | 78 | 153 | |
| Tom Dorsel (Florence) | 79 | 74 | 153 | |
| Randolph Hayes (Anderson) | 76 | 78 | 154 | |
| Jerry Woodruff (Greenville) | 83 | 71 | 154 | |
| Jimmy Bradham (Sumter) | 74 | 81 | 155 | |
| Bill Hayes (Spartanburg) | 79 | 76 | 155 | |
| Vince Gilroy (Clover) | 81 | 74 | 155 | |
| Jamie Frazier (Winnsboro) | 77 | 78 | 155 | |
| Ronald Callahan (Columbia) | 78 | 77 | 155 | |
| Wally Lasher (Myrtle Beach) | 80 | 75 | 155 | |
| Jerry Heinz (Sullivan's Is) | 80 | 76 | 156 | |
| Jess D. Bryant (Hilton Head) | 78 | 78 | 156 | |
| Hal Thomas (Columbia) | 76 | 80 | 156 | |
| George Forrest (Hilton Head) | 77 | 79 | 156 | |
| Steve Saine (Blythewood) | 77 | 80 | 157 | |
| Mick Colella (Hilton Head) | 81 | 76 | 157 | |
| Bachman Smith, III (Charleston) | 80 | 78 | 158 | |
| Scott Schwarz (Summerville) | 82 | 76 | 158 | |
| David Humphreys (Charleston) | 82 | 78 | 160 | |
| Greg Schachner (Elgin) | 82 | 78 | 160 | |
| Marion King (Catawba) | 83 | 78 | 161 | |
| Jack Bridge (Walterboro) | 83 | 79 | 162 | |
| Richard Cousar (Bishopville) | 80 | 82 | 162 | |
| Bill Ziegler (Orangeburg) | 83 | 79 | 162 | |
| Jack Flintom (Orangeburg) | 84 | 79 | 163 | |
| Jim Long (Fort Mill) | 81 | 82 | 163 | |
| W. Arthur Smith (Mt Pleasant) | 81 | 82 | 163 | |
| Dick Tolson (Blythewood) | 84 | 79 | 163 | |
| Bob Potter (N. Charleston) | 82 | 82 | 164 | |
| Louis Ridinger (York) | 84 | 80 | 164 | |
| Charles Moran (N. Charleston) | 82 | 83 | 165 | |
| Bill Ross (Mt Pleasant) | 91 | 77 | 168 | |
| Marco Lardi (Pawleys Isl) | 88 | 80 | 168 | |
| Syd McDaniel (Spartanburg) | 85 | 84 | 169 | |
| Don McClain (Greenville) | 85 | 84 | 169 | |
| Steve Carter (Williston) | 81 | 88 | 169 | |
| Randy Clarke (Aiken) | 88 | 83 | 171 | |
| Robert Segars (Florence) | 87 | 88 | 175 | |
| Eddie Clark (Abbeville) | 86 | 92 | 178 | |
| Ron Fitts (Charleston) | 89 | 93 | 182 | |
| A.J. Villani, Jr. (Myrtle Beach) | NC | |||
| Ed Hardee (Murrells Inl) | NC | |||
| R. Dauer Stackpole (Sullivan's Is) | NC | |||
| Age 60-64 | ||||
| Bobby Gause (Lexington) | 72 | 70 | 142 | |
| Dick Horne (Mt. Pleasant) | 72 | 71 | 143 | |
| Randy Mahaffey (Spartanburg) | 71 | 72 | 143 | |
| Robert Armstrong (Hilton Head) | 77 | 70 | 147 | |
| Urquit Morris (Charleston) | 77 | 70 | 147 | |
| Buck Leigh (Columbia) | 76 | 72 | 148 | |
| Ned Johnson (Seneca) | 76 | 72 | 148 | |
| Peter Cotton (Mt. Pleasant) | 76 | 72 | 148 | |
| Heyward Sullivan (Greenville) | 76 | 73 | 149 | |
| Jack Pfeiffer (Columbia) | 73 | 76 | 149 | |
| Eugene Hunt (Pawleys Isl) | 74 | 77 | 151 | |
| Stew Butler,Sr. (Orangeburg) | 76 | 75 | 151 | |
| Ben Shadoan (Taylors) | 75 | 77 | 152 | |
| Phil McDilda (Georgetown) | 79 | 73 | 152 | |
| John Garrett (Bishopville) | 74 | 80 | 154 | |
| Bruce Williams (Myrtle Beach) | 80 | 74 | 154 | |
| James Merritt (Piedmont) | 79 | 75 | 154 | |
| Bill Townsend (Aiken) | 80 | 74 | 154 | |
| Tom Oakley (Seneca) | 79 | 75 | 154 | |
| Daniel Ashenfelder (Georgetown) | 79 | 77 | 156 | |
| Steven Roach (Florence) | 79 | 77 | 156 | |
| Joe Dean (Anderson) | 80 | 77 | 157 | |
| Doug King (Columbia) | 79 | 79 | 158 | |
| Joe Cunningham (Aiken) | 81 | 77 | 158 | |
| Randy Atkins (Easley) | 77 | 81 | 158 | |
| Ty Cline (Charleston) | 83 | 78 | 161 | |
| Tony Parker (Charleston) | 83 | 78 | 161 | |
| Mackie Land (Rock Hill) | 83 | 79 | 162 | |
| Joe Carson (Florence) | 83 | 79 | 162 | |
| Jerry Weiss (Summerville) | 84 | 78 | 162 | |
| Jimmy Looper (Pelzer) | 84 | 79 | 163 | |
| George Warren, III (Isle of Palms) | 79 | 84 | 163 | |
| Harold Robinson (Camden) | 76 | 88 | 164 | |
| Al Bell (Greenville) | 80 | 84 | 164 | |
| Cleo Martin (Anderson) | 83 | 82 | 165 | |
| W.G. Sandifer (York) | 81 | 84 | 165 | |
| Tyson Hubbard (Darlington) | 83 | 83 | 166 | |
| Donald Litchford (Blythewood) | 84 | 84 | 168 | |
| Frank Ferro (Sumter) | 83 | 85 | 168 | |
| Larry Rogers (Andrews) | 82 | 87 | 169 | |
| Wayne Sumner (Taylors) | 88 | 82 | 170 | |
| Richard Emde (Hilton Head) | 83 | 87 | 170 | |
| Reggie Barker (Lexington) | 84 | 87 | 171 | |
| Gene Adkins (Ft. Mill) | 85 | 89 | 174 | |
| Ellis Caughman (Leesville) | 87 | 87 | 174 | |
| Ray VanKirk (Taylors) | 87 | 88 | 175 | |
| James Graham, Jr. (W. Columbia) | 89 | 90 | 179 | |
| Sandy Knapp (Callawassie Is) | 83 | WD | ||
| Berry Crain, Jr. (Aiken) | 85 | WD | ||
| Jim Brady (Easley) | 83 | NC | ||
| Bobby Robinson (Lexington) | 80 | NC | ||
| Joe Black (Easley) | 82 | NC | ||
| Jack Runnion (Greenville) | 84 | NC | ||
| W. Wendell Harrison (Pendleton) | 84 | NC | ||
| Ben Legare, Jr. (Charleston) | 85 | NC | ||
| Joel Duncan (Greenville) | 89 | NC | ||
| Age 65-69 | ||||
| Gerard Maxfield (Aiken) | 72 | 74 | 146 | |
| Bob Taylor (Greenville) | 72 | 74 | 146 | |
| Carl Wilkerson (N. Charleston) | 73 | 76 | 149 | |
| Charlie Bradshaw (Spartanburg) | 76 | 75 | 151 | |
| Jay Caldwell (Blythewood) | 78 | 76 | 154 | |
| Gary Furr (Murrells Inl) | 81 | 73 | 154 | |
| Bob Murray (Piedmont) | 78 | 76 | 154 | |
| LeRoy Rabon (Irmo) | 80 | 76 | 156 | |
| Nelson Raimondo (Myrtle Beach) | 82 | 76 | 158 | |
| Heyward King (Lake City) | 80 | 81 | 161 | |
| Bill Jackson (Surfside Bch) | 84 | 77 | 161 | |
| Woody Collins (Pelion) | 82 | 79 | 161 | |
| Donald Lanning (Rock Hill) | 77 | 84 | 161 | |
| Larry Parrott (Camden) | 81 | 84 | 165 | |
| Bill Elston (Spartanburg) | 82 | 83 | 165 | |
| Frank Filiatreau, Jr. (Myrtle Beach) | 78 | 90 | 168 | |