34th Annual SCGA Senior Better Ball
Santee Cooper Country Club – Santee, SC
September 8-9, 2007
Williams and Rollins Hold On For Victory
Frank Williams and Lewis Rollins shot a second round of 67 and a two day total
of 132 for a two shot victory in the 2007 SCGA Senior Better Ball Championship.
Finishing in second place were Defending Champions Randy Johnson and Joe Padgett
at 134.
Williams and Rollins, both from Greenwood, were steady throughout the round
taking advantage of key shots and minimizing mistakes. The tandem combined for a
total of 6 birdies on the day and only one bogey, which came on the difficult
par four 6th hole. Two close approach shots from Williams on both 7 and 8 for
birdie negated that error and the team went on cruise control through the rest
of the round to clinch their first Senior Better Ball Championship.
In the first flight JD Siconolfi and Danny Woodward from Walhalla won with a
score of 138. Columbia natives, Bucky Grice and Lee Jordan, shot a two day total
of 142 to capture the Second Flight.
The 2007 SCGA Senior Better Ball Championship was played on the par 72 – 6,413
yard, Santee Cooper Country Club in Santee, S.C. The field consisted of 64
two-man teams playing Best Ball format conducted over thirty six holes. The
Senior Better Ball Championship is one of 18 Major Championships conducted
annually by the South Carolina Golf Association.
Full Results:
| Championship Flight | |||||
| 1st | Rollins, Lewis (Greenwood) - Williams, Frank (Greenwood) | 65 | 67 | 132 | $300.00 |
| 2nd | Johnson, Randy (Goose Creek) - Padgette, Joe (N. Charleston) | 67 | 67 | 134 | $220.00 |
| 3rd | Guise, Keith (Callawassie Island) - Knapp, Sandy (Calawassie Island) | 67 | 68 | 135 | $160.00 |
| 4th | Hannon, Vic (Camden) - Stringer, Bob (Blythewood) | 66 | 70 | 136 | $120.00 |
| t-5th | Gause, Bobby (Lexington) - Varn, Bob (Orangeburg) | 68 | 69 | 137 | $90.00 |
| t-5th | Graham, Johnny (Lake City) - Jordan, Bernie (Lynchburg) | 68 | 69 | 137 | $90.00 |
| LOM | Peper, Warren (Charleston) - Ulmer, Bubba (Folly Beach) | 70 | 68 | 138 | $50.00 |
| Tinder, Alan (Blythewood) - Wise, Jim (Columbia) | 68 | 70 | 138 | ||
| Dawson, Koot (Blythewood) - Edwards, Linnwood (Spartanburg) | 68 | 72 | 140 | ||
| Bacon, Robert (Charleston) - Pruet, Earl (N. Charleston) | 67 | 73 | 140 | ||
| Derrick, Butch (Columbia) - Renfroe, Robert (Lexington) | 69 | 71 | 140 | ||
| Alchermes, Brian (Columbia) - Williams, Vince (Columbia) | 70 | 70 | 140 | ||
| McMahan, Bobby (N. Charleston) - Wood, Oren (Charleston) | 68 | 73 | 141 | ||
| Bower, Steve (Columbia) - Sease, Jr, John (Columbia) | 70 | 71 | 141 | ||
| Truluck, Ken (Irmo) - White, Tommy (Columbia) | 68 | 73 | 141 | ||
| Collar, Bob (Hilton Head) - Hambly, Dave (Bluffton) | 70 | 71 | 141 | ||
| Baker, Neal (Charleston) - Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) | 69 | 72 | 141 | ||
| Spencer, Gene (Blythewood) - Swicord, John (Pinopolis) | 70 | 72 | 142 | ||
| Kinsey, Bob (Murrells Inlet) - Raimondo, Nelson (Murrells Inlet) | 69 | 73 | 142 | ||
| Arrants, Ray (Bethune) - Bradham, Jimmy (Sumter) | 69 | 75 | 144 | ||
| Correll, Sr., Lanny (Pawleys Island) - Hogan, Al (Conway) | 69 | 75 | 144 | ||
| First Flight | |||||
| 1st | Siconolfi, J.D. (Walhalla) - Woodward, Danny (Walhalla) | 71 | 67 | 138 | $250.00 |
| 2nd | Martin, James (Columbia) - Whetstone, Robert (Columbia) | 72 | 67 | 139 | $220.00 |
| t-3rd | Hightower, Bubba (Moncks Corner) - York, Mo (Isle of Palms) | 71 | 69 | 140 | $126.00 |
| t-3rd | Hardy, Donald (Manning) - Hawkins, Jimmy (Irmo) | 72 | 68 | 140 | $126.00 |
| t-3rd | Hamilton, Jimmy (Aiken) - Hardy, Bill (Aiken) | 71 | 69 | 140 | $126.00 |
| 6th | Mavrogordato, Michael (Bluffton) - Thiess, Albert (Bluffton) | 72 | 69 | 141 | $80.00 |
| Blanchard, Monty (Woodruff) - Pfeiffer, Jack (Spartanburg) | 73 | 69 | 142 | ||
| Foster, Linwood (Pawleys Island) - Moss, Mickey (Florence) | 71 | 71 | 142 | ||
| Cowley, Bruce (Spartanburg) - Moore, Dana (Spartanburg) | 72 | 71 | 143 | ||
| Buie, Bob (Columbia) - Sim, John (Columbia) | 71 | 73 | 144 | ||
| Reese, Robert (Mt. Pleasant) - Smith, Arthur (Sullivans Island) | 71 | 73 | 144 | ||
| Schirippa, Dick (Florence) - Welker, John (Florence) | 72 | 72 | 144 | ||
| Calkins, Mike (Columbia) - Callahan, Ron (Little Mountain) | 72 | 73 | 145 | ||
| Thompson, Rick (Bluffton) - Zachary, Bill (Bluffton) | 72 | 73 | 145 | ||
| Ford, Tommy (Mt. Pleasant) - Swanson, Charlie (Mt. Pleasant) | 73 | 73 | 146 | ||
| Burton, Mike (Taylors) - Wood, Bill (Taylors) | 72 | 74 | 146 | ||
| Greene, Gary (Lancaster) - Westcott, Larry (Lancaster) | 73 | 74 | 147 | ||
| Gifford, Bob (Columbia) - Turner, Richard (Columbia) | 72 | 75 | 147 | ||
| Bumgarner, John (Lexington) - Little, Jerry (Lexington) | 72 | 76 | 148 | ||
| Second Flight | |||||
| 1st | Grice, Bucky (Columbia) - Jordan, Lee (Columbia) | 74 | 68 | 142 | $250.00 |
| 2nd | Clyburn, Max (Lancaster) - Clyburn, Terry (Kershaw) | 74 | 70 | 144 | $220.00 |
| 3rd | Carpenter, Bobby (Charleston) - Leap, Bob (Charleston) | 74 | 71 | 145 | $160.00 |
| 4th | Pachol, Steve (Columbia) - Schachner, Greg (Elgin) | 74 | 72 | 146 | $120.00 |
| t-5th | Long, Jared (Aiken) - Vernier, Mike (Aiken) | 74 | 74 | 148 | $60.00 |
| t-5th | Godfrey, Dale (Spartanburg) - Hayes, Bill (Spartanburg) | 75 | 73 | 148 | $60.00 |
| t-5th | Macilvaine, Linwood (Greenville) - Riley, David (Greenville) | 74 | 74 | 148 | $60.00 |
| Leigh, Buck (Columbia) - King, Doug (Columbia) | 76 | 73 | 149 | ||
| Phillips, Don (Cameron) - Ziegler, Bill (Orangeburg) | 74 | 76 | 150 | ||
| Blankenburg, Jeff (Greenville) - Gosnell, Dean (Greenville) | 74 | 76 | 150 | ||
| Davies, Paul (St. Helena Island) - Davis, John (St. Helena Island) | 74 | 76 | 150 | ||
| Godwin, Gerthie (Andrews) - Rogers, Larry (Andrews) | 75 | 75 | 150 | ||
| Carson, Joe (Florence) - Hiller, Laddie (Florence) | 77 | 73 | 150 | ||
| Sheehan, Patrick (Mt. Pleasant) - Wilson, Bobby (Manning) | 75 | 76 | 151 | ||
| Oprita, George (Bluffton) - Scully, Michael (Bluffton) | 77 | 75 | 152 | ||
| Butler, Stew (Orangeburg) - McBride, Tim (Okatie) | 76 | 76 | 152 | ||
| Lardi, Marco (Pawleys Island) - Segars, Robert (Florence) | 80 | 72 | 152 | ||
| Houck, Billy (Florence) - Orr, John (Florence) | 76 | 77 | 153 | ||
| McKain, Joe (Summerville) - Pinckney, Chris (Charleston) | 74 | 80 | 154 | ||
| Horton, David (Bamberg) - Horton, Ross (Branchville) | 76 | 79 | 155 | ||
| Bishop, Bill (Clinton) - Copeland, James (Greenville) | 81 | 75 | 156 | ||
| Byrd, Jim (Columbia) - Pratt, Jack (Summerville) | 75 | 81 | 156 | ||