12th Annual Tournament of Champions
The Tradition Golf Club – Pawleys Island
January 26 – 27, 2008

Players Battle Tough Conditions

Cold temperatures and wet conditions greeted participants at the 12th Annual Tournament of Champions being held at the Tradition Golf Club in Pawleys Island.

Defending Champion TJ Hines from Chesnee once again showed he can handle the tough conditions shooting nines of 35-34 for a total of three under par 69. Hines’s score was the lowest of the day and gives him a one shot lead over Kevin Roberts in the Men’s Club Championship division. Okatie’s Gary Shimmin is also defending the title in his Division, the Men’s Senior Club Championship, and holds a one shot lead over three other players after shooting a two under par 70.

Steve Liebler from Irmo and Ed Galbavy from Mt. Pleasant are tied at 70 in the One Day Gross Division and Bill Thaxton from Monroe has a one shot lead in the One Day Senior. Brad Livingston and Mike Robinson used their course handicaps to shoot net scores of 68 and are tied with each other in the One Day Net Division. Gaston’s Cathy Hill leads Myrtle Beach’s Cecelia Barksdale by two in the Women’s Division heading into the final round.
The 2007 Tournament of Champions is being played over the Tradition Golf Club layout in Pawleys Island, S.C. The field consists 123 men & women Club and One Day tournament Champions throughout South Carolina. Sunday’s final round will start with a 9.30 Shotgun. The Tournament of Champions is one of 19 Major Championships that the South Carolina Golf Association conducts through the year.

Full Results

Men's Club Champion          
Hines, T.J. (Chesnee) 35 34 69    
Roberts, Kevin (Boiling Springs) 33 37 70    
Bowden, Jonathan (Easley) 33 38 71    
Wooten, Raymond (Clemson) 37 35 72    
Roof, Brent (Columbia) 36 36 72    
McGaha, Benji (Greenville) 35 38 73    
Whitt, Chip (Greenwood) 37 37 74    
Todd, Walter (Laurens) 37 37 74    
Hendley, Todd (Simpsonville) 38 36 74    
Siconolfi, John (Walhalla) 36 38 74    
Rollins, Lewis (Greenwood) 39 36 75    
Davies, Paul (St. Helena Island) 39 36 75    
Allen, Parker (Blythewood) 36 40 76    
Owen, Mickey (Johnston) 39 37 76    
Watkins, Hunter (Blythewood) 35 41 76    
Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) 40 36 76    
Capps, Zachary (Easley) 37 39 76    
Kim, Soonam (Goose Creek) 37 39 76    
Hornick, Justin (Roebuck) 39 38 77    
Lott, Brian (Summerville) 40 37 77    
Queen, Dalon (Gaffney, SC) 37 40 77    
Schroder, Ron (Aiken) 41 37 78    
Mallard, Patrick (Charleston) 38 40 78    
Shirley, Joe (Hollywood) 40 38 78    
Hayes, Clarke (Pawleys Island) 39 42 81    
Tuttle, Steve (Myrtle Beach) 42 40 82    
Hirsch, Michael (Pawleys Island) 40 42 82    
Reynolds, Jeff (Lancaster) 44 38 82    
Clontz, Ron (Greenville) 41 43 84    
Steagall, Kevin (Lexington) 42 43 85    
Cassoff, Geordie (Greenville) 43 42 85    
Thomas, Henry (Pacolet Mills) 42 44 86    
Copeland, James (Clinton) 44 44 88    
Alexander, Jonsie (Donalds) 45 45 90    
Carter, Brian (Aiken) 0 0 0   WD
           
Men's Senior Club          
Shimmin, Gary (Okatie) 34 36 70    
Schiltz, Evan (W. Columbia) 34 37 71    
Kinsey, Bob (Murrells Inlet) 36 35 71    
Vignati, Joe (Bluffton) 35 36 71    
Mahaffey, Randy (Spartanburg) 35 37 72    
Hambly, Dave (Bluffton) 35 37 72    
Calkins, Mike (Columbia) 35 37 72    
Rickman, Bob (N. Augusta) 37 37 74    
Kasler, Tom (Florence) 36 39 75    
Anthony, Edward (Mt. Pleasant) 37 38 75    
Wise, Jim (Columbia) 38 37 75    
Avery, Nick (Goose Creek) 37 39 76    
Potter, Bob (N. Charleston) 36 40 76    
Pannell, Tony (Easley) 38 38 76    
Daniel, Tony (Charleston) 37 40 77    
Swanson, Tom (Pawleys Island) 39 38 77    
Hayes, Bill (Spartanburg) 41 37 78    
Wells, Roger (Pacolet) 37 41 78    
Crowe, Dana (Pickens) 41 39 80    
Washington, Thad (Columbia) 43 37 80    
Ulmer, Bubba (Folly Beach) 40 42 82    
Hanlon, Tom (Myrtle Beach) 40 42 82    
Gardner, Richard (Greenwood) 40 42 82    
Schwarz, Scott (Summerville) 42 40 82    
Hodgin, Gary (Lexington) 39 46 85    
Orcutt, Ken (Greenwood) 40 46 86    
Bishop, Bill (Clinton) 43 44 87    
Smoak, Harold (Charleston) 45 46 91    
Thomas, Jack (Santee) 0 0 0   WD
           
One Day Gross          
Liebler, Steve (Irmo) 34 36 70    
Galbavy, Ed (Mt. Pleasant) 35 35 70    
Taylor, Ken (Columbia) 37 36 73