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29th Annual Senior Better-Ball Championship

Ford and Morris Prevail

The SCGA Senior Better Ball Champions for 2002 are Urquit Morris from Charleston and Tommy Ford from Mt. Pleasant. In a battle to the end, Morris and Ford managed 6 birdies against no bogeys for a final round of 66 and a two day total of 133. Two groups ahead of them, the Columbia team of Ron Callahan and Harry Benenhaley shot 67 for a total of 135.

First Flight winners Ross and David Horton, from Branchville and Bamberg, posted one of the best rounds of the day. The duo combined for 7 birdies and one bogey to shoot a 6 under par 66. In the Second flight, Larry Rogers and Waine Jernigan, both from Andrews, and Dave Austin and Dave Grady both from Dataw Island tied for first place at 151.

The 2002 Senior Better Ball is one of 17 major events conducted by the South Carolina Golf Association. The tournament is being hosted for the 29th year on the 6080 yard par 72 Santee Cooper Country Club.

Final Results

Championship        
Urquit Morris/Tommy Ford (Charleston/Mt. Pleasant) 67   66 133
Ronald Callahan/Harry Benenhaley (Columbia/Columbia) 68   67 135
Vic Hannon/Bob Stringer (Camden/Blythewood) 67   69 136
Stew Butler,Sr./Tim McBride (Orangeburg/Okatie) 71   67 138
Foy Moody/Clarence Abrams (Greenwood/Greenwood) 68   70 138
Dallah Forrest/Mike Arms (Greenville/Greenville) 67   71 138
Thad Vincent/Belton McCarty (Charleston/Summerville) 71   68 139
Bob Gifford/Jack Pfeiffer (Columbia/Columbia) 69   70 139
Bob Murray/John Garrett (Piedmont/Bishopville) 68   71 139
Steve Pachol/Steve Saine (Columbia/Blythewood) 68   71 139
Bill Ziegler/Don Phillips (Orangeburg/Cameron) 71   69 140
John Swicord/Duffie Stone (Moncks Corner/Ridgeville) 70   71 141
Jerry Heinz/Bill Ross (Sullivan's Island/Sullivan's Island) 72   71 143
Kent Hungerpiller, Jr./Al Sansbury (Hartsville/Hartsville) 71   72 143
David Henderson/Robert Shelor (Spartanburg/Spartanburg) 72   72 144
Joe Carson/Billy Houck (Florence/Florence) 71   73 144
Marco Lardi/Robert Segars (Pawleys Island/Florence) 72   73 145
Buddy Beard/Choppy Morris (North Charleston/North Charleston) 72   73 145
Tom Livingston/Skip Godow (Charleston/Charleston) 72   74 146
Vince Gilroy/Jim Sears (Clover/Clover) 72   75 147
Phil Hubacher/Dean Keaton (Aiken/Aiken) 72   77 149
         
First        
David Horton/Ross Horton (Bamberg/Branchville) 73   66 139
Mike Withrow/Jake McGinnis (Bamberg/Bamberg) 73   71 144
William Gillespie/David Steck (Columbia/Columbia) 74   71 145
Nelson Raimondo/Gerald Campbell (Myrtle Beach/Myrtle Beach) 73   72 145
Sid Daughrity/George Smith (Sumter/Sumter) 73   72 145
Philip Croft/Bobby Carpenter (Charleston/Charleston) 74   72 146
Bob Potter/Chuck Moran (N. Charleston/N. Charleston) 76   71 147
George Thornton/Don Palmer (Columbia/Columbia) 75   72 147
Ray Harris/Walter Berry (Darlington/Darlington) 75   73 148
Jim Tom Oliver, Sr/Hal Kelly (Orangeburg/Orangeburg) 74   74 148
Ty Cline/Jerry Weiss (Charleston/Summerville) 74   76 150
Greg Schachner/Bob Cummings (Elgin/Elgin) 76   76 152
Donald Daniels/Homer High Jr. (Moncks Corner/Moncks Corner) 75   77 152
Dan Larkin/Gary Owensby (Aiken/Aiken) 74   78 152
Dale Robinson/Walter King (Irmo/Columbia) 75   78 153
Bob Cain/Bob Blume (Leesville/Lexington) 75   78 153
William Kammerer/Craig DuPree (Charleston/Summerville) 76   80 156
J.B. Bradley/Joe Turbeville (Sumter/Sumter) 76   80 156
Gene Ashburn/Don Williams (Charleston/Summerville) 76   83 159
         
Second        
Larry Rogers/Waine Jernigan (Andrews/Andrews) 78   73 151
Dave Austin/Dave Grady (Dataw Island/Dataw Island) 77   74 151
Bernard Jones/T.E. Pedersen (Summerville/Johns Island) 77   75 152
Terry Mooney/Jim Giannaros (Columbia/Columbia) 77   75 152
Bobby Mitchell/Norman Kinsey (Moncks Corner/Moncks Corner) 78   75 153
Jim Funk/Jim Lowry (Charleston/Mt. Pleasant) 77   76 153
Jimmy Lyles/Laddie Hiller (Florence/Florence) 79   75 154
Jimmy Litchfield/George Holderman (Hampton/Estill) 79   76 155
Eric Silverberg/John Burger (Aiken/Ridge Spring) 78   77 155
Jim Rotan/Reggie Barker (Leesville/Lexington) 78   77 155
Bob Walker/Tom Bradley (Columbia/Columbia) 79   78 157
Al Borkenhagen/Ed Phillips (Hartsville/Hartsville) 78   79 157
Bill Larrimore/Bob Rogers (Aiken/Aiken) 83   76 159
Carmen Savoca/Ben H. Chamberlin (Rock Hill/York) 77   83 160
Marion Ross/Barry Mitchell (Greer/Lyman) 82   80 162
Bobby Jackson/Joe H. Frye (Spartanburg/Spartanburg) 80   82 162
Lad Barnes/Dean Barnhill (Fort Mill/Fort Mill) 80   83 163
Don Conradsen/Parker Downing (Fort Mill/Rock Hill) 83   82 165
Mark Hall, Jr/Hal Morrell (N. Augusta/N. Augusta) 80   85 165
Don Chiofolo/Ray Smith (Rock Hill/Rock Hill) 84   85 169
Jack Galloway/Rayford Pate (Sumter/Sumter) 83   86 169

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