16th Annual Partners Championship
Spring Valley Country Club
March 8-9, 2008

Dynamic Duo Takes Title

Ken Carter and Stephen Kirven fought back from a slow start to shoot a final round of 69 and a tournament total of 132 to claim the 2008 SCGA Partners Championship. Former champions David and Robert Dargan finished second at 133.

After playing the first eight holes at two over par, the Taylors team of Kirven and Carter proceeded to birdie five of the last ten holes to hold off the hard charging Dargan brothers. Both David and Robert Dargan had putts on the last hole that would have sent it to a playoff, but both attempts missed to the left.

In the First Flight, Justin Hornick and Tyler Macolly shot the low round of the day with a 65 to take top honors. Andrew Hewitt and Paul Spradlin finished at two under par 142 to win the Second Flight.

The 2008 SCGA Partners Championship was played on the par 72 – 6,665 yard Spring Valley CC course in Columbia, S.C. The field consisted of 64 two-man teams playing a Captains Choice format the first day and a Best Ball format the second. The Partners Championship is one of 19 Major Championships conducted annually by the South Carolina Golf Association.

Full Results

  Championship Flight         Gift Cert.
1st Carter, Ken (Taylors) - Kirven, Stephen (Taylors) 63 69 132   $400.00
2nd Dargan, David (Columbia) - Dargan, Robert (Columbia) 65 68 133   $300.00
t-3rd Hargett, Eddie (Blythewood) - Truett, Sammy (Surfside Beach) 69 66 135   $175.00
t-3rd Grimes, Jarrett (Columbia) - Mitchell, Chris (Columbia) 66 69 135   $175.00
  Roof, Brent (Columbia) - Roof, Justin (Pawleys Island) 68 68 136    
LOM Sill, Stan (Spartanburg) - Stephens, Jeff (Simpsonville) 68 68 136   $80.00
  Liebler, Chase (Irmo) - Liebler, Steve (Irmo) 68 69 137    
  Miller, Benjamin (Spartanburg) - Milner, Kyle (Spartanburg) 67 70 137    
  Schroder, Ron (Aiken) - Meldrum, Chad (Aiken) 68 71 139    
  Belue, Derrick (Spartanburg) - Webber, Todd (Moore) 65 74 139    
  Giles, Mark (Irmo) - Taylor, Ken (Columbia) 68 72 140    
  Meredith, Michael (Greenwood) - Riddle, Mark (Greenwood) 69 71 140    
  Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) - Sullivan, Danny (Columbia) 69 71 140    
  Teaster, Tim (Columbia) - Wallace, Holley (Columbia) 67 73 140    
  Wagner, Duff (Taylors) - Willis, Terry (Taylors) 69 71 140    
  Fain, Max (Boiling Springs) - Sylvan, Gus (Columbia) 67 73 140    
  Peterson, Steve (Columbia) - Smith, Chris (Columbia) 67 74 141    
  Hrubala, Rob (Spartanburg) - Wilson, Lowrie (Greenwood) 67 74 141    
  Moore, Marion (Orangeburg) - Moore, Rion (Georgetown) 69 75 144    
  Brown, Tadd (Moncks Corner) - Martin, Ken (Lexington) 69 76 145    
  Brown, Doug (Greer) - Gravley, Robbie (Greer) 69 78 147    
  Kennedy, Brian (Woodruff) - Smith, Scott (Spartanburg) 69 79 148    
             
  First Flight          
1st Hornick, Justin (Roebuck) - Macolly, Tyler (Spartanburg) 70 65 135   $300.00
t-2nd Capps, Zachary (Easley) - Todd, Walter (Laurens) 70 70 140   $180.00
t-2nd McCutcheon, Jeff (Ninety Six) - Whitt, Chip (Greenwood) 72 68 140   $180.00
4th Hendley, Todd (Simpsonville) - Mahoney, Mike (Greeleyville) 70 71 141   $120.00
  Fleming, Bruce (Mt. Pleasant) - Welch, Scotty (Mt. Pleasant) 70 72 142    
  Benenhaley, Harry (Columbia) - Callahan, Ron (Little Mountain) 70 72 142    
  Allen, Gary (Laurens) - Armstrong, Brant (Gray Ct.) 72 71 143    
  Hathaway, Bill (Taylors) - Reid, Todd (Greenville) 71 72 143    
LOM Arthur, Mark (Cross Anchor) - Jarrett, Johnny (Spartanburg) 72 71 143   $80.00
  Johnson, Chris (Lancaster) - Reynolds, Jeff (Lancaster) 70 73 143    
  Hendrick, Joe (Chesterfield) - Womack, Daran (Aiken) 71 73 144    
  Armstrong, Gregg (Columbia) - Fogarty, Marc (Columbia) 72 72 144    
  Schwab, Dennis (Simpsonville) - Schwab, Timothy (Simpsonville) 70 74 144    
  Clontz, Ron (Greenville) - Eskew, Jim (Mt. Pleasant) 70 75 145    
  Brown, Jack (Greer) - Wilson, Frank (Greenville) 72 74 146    
  Duncan, Bill (Greenville) - Friday, Scott (Simpsonville) 72 74 146    
  Rogers, Mike (Easley) - Tooke, Doug (Easley) 72 76 148    
  Cantey, Trey (Columbia) - Hancock, Allen (Blythewood) 72 80 152    
  Smith, Russell (Columbia) - Turner, Paul (Columbia) 71 82 153    
             
  Second Flight          
1st Hewitt, Andrew (Spartanburg) - Spradlin, Paul (Roebuck) 73 69 142   $300.00
2nd Eich, Tim (Columbia) - Liner, Mims (Lexington) 73 70 143   $200.00
t-3rd Bland, Chuck (Irmo) - Tolson, Brad (Blythewood) 74 70 144   $93.00
t-3rd Houghton, Rich (Columbia) - Pachol, Steve (Columbia) 74 70 144   $93.00
t-3rd Golightly, Mark (Rock Hill) - McCrorey, Sam (Rock Hill) 73 71 144   $93.00
LOM Hourihan, Joe (Clover) - Hourihan, Michael (Clover) 74 71 145   $80.00
  Barnes, Jr., Dennis (Gaffney) - Taylor, Sammy (Gaffney) 73 73 146    
  Edwards, Doug (Easley) - Horne, Greg (Easley) 73 74 147    
  Montgomery, Benton (Pawleys Island) - Summer, Mike (Pawleys Island) 75 73 148    
  Dunlap, Billy (Greenville) - Tucker, Craig (Greenville) 73 75 148    
  Clough, Pete (Columbia) - Williams, Vince (Columbia) 76 73 149    
  Crowley, Pat (Spartanburg) - Pope, Timothy (Spartanburg) 73 76 149    
  League, David (Travelers Rest) - Hawkins, Rick (Easley) 73 78 151    
  Hawkins, Jimmy (Irmo) - Martin, Jim (Columbia) 76 76 152