28th Annual Palmetto Cup
Matches
Forest Lake Club - Columbia, SC
November 15-16, 2009
When the SCGA amateur team began the first round matches in the
annual Palmetto Cup competition, four rookies had won team spots.
Good strong play from these rookies lead the amateurs to a 16 1/2 to
10 1/2 victor over the SCPGA professional team. Blair Scurlock, Kyle
Milner, Marcos Grumbles and Rob Simmons were all participating for
the first time in the two day competition played at Columbia’s
Forest Lake Club. Out of a possible 7 points, the four first timers
won 6 points. The bright spot for the professional team was
created by the two Senior players Tommy Pendley and John
Winterhalter who won all their points.
The first round alternate shot competition found both teams finishing with four and one half points. The second round had18 singles matches with a possible 18 points. The amateurs won their first three matches and went on to win 12 points for the day.
This year marked the 28th
Annual grudge matches between the 18 best amateurs and a comparable
team of the state’s best club professionals. The victory was the
sixth straight for the amateurs and evened the series at 13 wins for
each group with one tie and one event being rained out.
| Final Round - Singles Matches | |||||
| SCGA | Vs. | SCPGA | Match Result | Pts. SCGA | Pts. SCPGA |
| Rob Simmons (Beaufort) | Tom Mason (Columbia) | 4&2 | 1 | ||
| Blair Scurlock (Greenville) | Tom Cornforth (Bamberg) | 7&6 | 1 | ||
| Kyle Milner (Spartanburg) | Chris Sparrow (Columbia) | 3&2 | 1 | ||
| Todd Hendley (Simpsonville) | Dale Ketola (Pawleys Island) | All Square | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Rick Cloninger (Fort Mill) | Joe Jackson (Simpsonville) | All Square | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Bert Atkinson (Charleston) | Michael Smith (Daniel Island) | 2 Up | 1 | ||
| Bill Smunk (Kingstree) | Senior | Tommy Pendley (Greenwood) | 2 Up | 1 | |
| Gary Shimmin (Okatie) | Senior | John Winterhalter (Columbia) | 4&3 | 1 | |
| Mike Gravley (Greer) | Steve Behr (Florence) | 6&5 | 1 | ||
| Walter Todd (Laurens) | Greg McBride (Columbia) | 3&1 | 1 | ||
| Brent Roof (Columbia) | Terry Johnson (Duncan) | 2 Up | 1 | ||
| Steve Liebler (Irmo) | Burke Cromer (Columbia) | 3&2 | 1 | ||
| Jarrett Grimes (Columbia) | Kim Cauthen (Pawleys Island) | 4&2 | 1 | ||
| Chris Mitchell (Prosperity) | Brian Lamb (Easley) | 3&2 | 1 | ||
| Marcus Grumbles (Travelers Rest) | Daniel Seawell (Aiken) | 1 Up | 1 | ||
| Lee Palms (Greenville) | Steven Hartwig (Columbia) | AS | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Chip Whitt (Greenwood) | Clem King (Columbia) | AS | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Robert Dargan (Columbia) | David Lamb (Easley) | 1 Up | 1 | ||
| Monday Points | 12 | 6 | |||
| Sunday Points | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Total Points | 16.5 | 10.5 | |||
| First Round - Team Matches | |||||
| SCGA | Vs. | SCPGA | Match Result | Pts. SCGA | Pts. SCPGA |
| Scurlock – Simmons | Sparrow – Cauthen | 2 up | 1 | ||
| Milner – Hendley | Smith – Cornforth | 2 up | 1 | ||
| Atkinson – Cloninger | Lamb – Lamb | 2 up | 1 | ||
| Roof - Dargan | Mason – Hartwig | 2 & 1 | 1 | ||
| Smunk - Shimmin | Seniors | Pendley - Winterhalter | 1 up | 1 | |
| Grumbles - Palms | Ketola – Jackson | 3&2 | 1 | ||
| Todd - Whitt | Behr – Seawell | All square | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Mitchell - Grimes | McBride – Cromer | 3&2 | 1 | ||
| Liebler - Gravley | King – Johnson | 1 up | 1 | ||
| Sunday Points | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||