35th Annual SCGA Senior
Better Ball
Santee Cooper Country Club – Santee, SC
September 6-7, 2008
Two Teams
Share Lead After Day One
Tom Bryant (Columbia) and
Marvin Nesmith (Lugoff) are tied with Jim Douglas (Aiken) and Jared Long (Aiken)
after the first round of the 35th Annual Senior Better Ball
Championship. Both teams carded rounds of five under par 67 and hold a one shot
advantage over Lewis Rollins (Greenwood) and Frank Williams (Greenwood), who
carded 68.
Seven teams stand two shots back with three under par 69.
The 2008 SCGA Senior Better Ball Championship is being played on the par 72 –
6,413 yard, Santee Cooper Country Club in Santee, S.C. The field consists 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 | |||
| Bryant, Tom (Columbia) - Nesmith, Marvin (Lugoff) | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Douglas, Jim (Aiken) - Long, Jared (Aiken) | 32 | 35 | 67 |
| Rollins, Lewis (Greenwood) - Williams, Frank (Greenwood) | 33 | 35 | 68 |
| Hamilton, Jimmy (Aiken) - Hardy, Bill (Aiken) | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| Derrick, Butch (Columbia) - Renfroe, Robert (Lexington) | 34 | 35 | 69 |
| Cronin, Donald (Aiken) - Vernier, Mike (Aiken) | 34 | 35 | 69 |
| Hightower, Bubba (Moncks Corner) - York, Mo (Mt. Pleasant) | 36 | 33 | 69 |
| Carpenter, Bobby (Charleston) - Leap, Bob (Charleston) | 34 | 35 | 69 |
| Johnson, Randy (Goose Creek) - Padgette, Joe (N. Charleston) | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| McMahan, Bobby (N. Charleston) - Wood, Oren (Charleston) | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| Batts, Jeff (Chapin) - Benenhaley, Harry (Columbia) | 35 | 35 | 70 |
| Alchermes, Brian (Columbia) - Williams, Vince (Columbia) | 36 | 34 | 70 |
| Berry, Walter (Darlington) - Patrick, Tommy (Latta) | 36 | 35 | 71 |
| Peper, Warren (Charleston) - Ulmer, Bubba (Folly Beach) | 37 | 34 | 71 |
| Godfrey, Dale (Spartanburg) - Hayes, Bill (Spartanburg) | 37 | 34 | 71 |
| Hoylen, Billy (Florence) - McCall, Allen (Florence) | 33 | 38 | 71 |
| Truluck, Ken (Irmo) - White, Tommy (Columbia) | 36 | 35 | 71 |
| First Flight | |||
| Tubbs, Ron (Okatie) - Wright, Raleign (Bluffton) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Graham, Johnny (Lake City) - Jordan, Bernie (Lynchburg) | 38 | 34 | 72 |
| Adams, John (Bluffton) - Hencken, John (Okatie) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Hannon, Vic (Camden) - Stringer, Bob (Blythewood) | 35 | 37 | 72 |
| Baker, Neal (Charleston) - Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Bausman, Duane (Awendaw) - Smith, Arthur (Sullivans Island) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Beacham, Dan (Honea Path) - Branyon, Ronnie (Honea Path) | 38 | 34 | 72 |
| Blankenburg, Jeff (Greenville) - Gosnell, Dean (Greenville) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Bumgarner, John (Lexington) - Little, Jerry (Lexington) | 36 | 37 | 73 |
| Donovan, Randy (Taylors) - Vieth, Rick (Taylors) | 37 | 36 | 73 |
| Beard, Buddy (N. Charleston) - Wilkerson, Van (Kingstree) | 36 | 37 | 73 |
| Collar, Bob (Hilton Head) - Hambly, Dave (Bluffton) | 36 | 37 | 73 |
| Johnson, Jeryl (Summerville) - Metz, Mike (Summerville) | 36 | 37 | 73 |
| Spencer, Gene (Blythewood) - Swicord, John (Pinopolis) | 35 | 38 | 73 |
| Lamb, Terry (Santee) - Wilcenski, Greg (Santee) | 35 | 38 | 73 |
| Arrants, Ray (Bethune) - Bradham, Jimmy (Sumter) | 38 | 36 | 74 |
| Reese, Evan (St. Helena Island) - Valadez, Michael (St. Helena Island) | 38 | 36 | 74 |
| Manikowski, Paul (Greenville) - Siconolfi, John (Walhalla) | 38 | 36 | 74 |
| Hardy, Donald (Manning) - Hawkins, Jimmy (Irmo) | 39 | 35 | 74 |
| Correll, Sr., Lanny (Pawleys Island) - Hogan, Al (Conway) | 38 | 36 | 74 |
| Hazelton, Mark (Mt. Pleasant) - McKain, Joe (Summerville) | 38 | 36 | 74 |
| Calkins, Mike (Columbia) - Callahan, Ron (Little Mountain) | 36 | 38 | 74 |
| Second Flight | |||
| Ramsey, Jim (Lake City) - Stone, Derrell (Myrtle Beach) | 38 | 37 | 75 |
| Beale, Ken (Chapin) - Craft, Charles (Chapin) | 37 | 38 | 75 |
| Ford, Tommy (Mt. Pleasant) - Swanson, Charlie (Mt. Pleasant) | 38 | 37 | 75 |
| Buie, Bob (Columbia) - Sim, John (Columbia) | 37 | 38 | 75 |
| Hammes, Burke (Charleston) - Vincent, Thad (Charleston) | 39 | 36 | 75 |
| Clyburn, Max (Lancaster) - Clyburn, Terry (Kershaw) | 37 | 38 | 75 |
| Davies, Paul (St. Helena Island) - Davis, John (St. Helena Island) | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Burton, Mike (Taylors) - Wood, Bill (Taylors) | 36 | 40 | 76 |
| Bacon, Bob (Charleston) - Pruet, Earl (N. Charleston) | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Sheehan, Patrick (Mt. Pleasant) - Wilson, Bobby (Manning) | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Cave, Bob (Columbia) - Shannon, Eddie (Columbia) | 35 | 41 | 76 |
| Kinsey, Bob (Murrells Inlet) - Raimondo, Nelson (Murrells Inlet) | 39 | 37 | 76 |
| Phillips, Don (Cameron) - Ziegler, Bill (Orangeburg) | 37 | 40 | 77 |
| Dawson, Koot (Blythewood) - Edwards, Linnwood (Spartanburg) | 39 | 38 | 77 |
| Bishop, Calvin (Chesnee) - Camp, Ron (Spartanburg) | 41 | 36 | 77 |
| Carson, Joe (Florence) - Hiller, Laddie (Florence) | 37 | 40 | 77 |
| Gause, Bobby (Lexington) - Pierce, Dan (Columbia) | 38 | 39 | 77 |
| Greene, Gary (Lancaster) - Westcott, Larry (Lancaster) | 41 | 37 | 78 |
| Godwin, Gerthie (Andrews) - Rogers, Larry (Andrews) | 40 | 39 | 79 |
| Lardi, Marco (Pawleys Island) - Segars, Robert (Florence) | 39 | 40 | 79 |
| Haddad, Rich (Seneca) - Reid, Kevin (Simpsonville) | 42 | 38 | 80 |
| Bradford, Ralph (Columbia) - Zeigler, Chuck (Columbia) | 42 | 40 | 82 |
| Horton, David (Bamberg) - Horton, Ross (Branchville) | 42 | 42 | 84 |
| Bishop, Bill (Clinton) - Copeland, James (Clinton) | 45 | 40 | 85 |