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SCGA Partners Championship

Spring Valley Country Club & The Country Club at Woodcreek Farms
Columbia & Elgin, SC
March 7-8, 2009

Anderson & Smunk Win in Playoff

Mark Anderson and Bill Smunk needed three extra holes to defeat Chris Mitchell and Jarrett Grimes to claim the 17th Annual Partners Championship held at Spring Valley C.C. and the Members Course at Woodcreek Farms.

Anderson from Beaufort and Smunk from Kingstree started the day four shots out of the lead and in the First Flight of the Championship Division before shooting a final day low score of 64 to finish at fifteen under par 129. Anderson was the man with the hot hand during the round carding nine birdies of his own to lead his team to their strong finish. Smunk however made the birdie on the third playoff hole to clinch the victory.

Former Champions Jarrett Grimes and Chris Mitchell from Columbia finished two shots ahead of their nearest competitors in the Championship Flight with a final round of 68. In the Second Flight there was a three way tie for first at 137.

The Tournament Division was also decided by a playoff and was won by the father son team of Joe and Michael Hourihan. A par on the first playoff hole, #18, gave the Clover duo the title over Florence’s Grey Raines and Tom Kasler which finished in first place of the First Flight. Steven Threatt and Chris Johnson from Mt. Pleasant and Lancaster finished tied for first place with Easley’s Doug Edwards and Greg Horne in the Second Flight of the Tournament Division. .

The 2009 SCGA Partners Championship was played over two golf courses, the par 72 – 6,665 yard Spring Valley CC course in Columbia, S.C and the par 72- 6,686 yard Members Club at Woodcreek Farms course in Elgin. The field consisted of 93 two-man teams split into two different Divisions based on handicap, the Championship Division and the Tournament Division. Each division is playing a Captains Choice format the first day and a Best Ball format the second while alternating courses each day. The Partners Championship is one of 19 Major Championships conducted annually by the South Carolina Golf Association.


Full Results:

Championship Division
    Championship Flight      
1st   Mitchell, Chris (Prosperity) - Grimes, Jarrett (Columbia) 61 68 129
t-2nd   Roof, Brent (Columbia) - Roof, Justin (Myrtle Beach) 62 69 131
t-2nd   White, Todd (Moore) - Cloninger, Rick (Fort Mill) 63 68 131
t-4th   Hendrick, Joe (Chesterfield) - Womack, Daran (Aiken) 63 70 133
t-4th   Dargan, David (Columbia) - Dargan, Robert (Columbia) 61 72 133
LOM   Truett, Sammy (Surfside Beach) - Hargett, Eddie (Blythewood) 64 70 134
    Sullivan, Dan (Columbia) - Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) 64 71 135
    Milner, Kyle (Spartanburg) - Todd, Walter (Laurens) 62 73 135
    Kennedy, Brian (Woodruff) - Smith, Scott (Spartanburg) 64 71 135
    Burgess, Richard (Roebuck) - Whitehead, Todd (Spartanburg) 62 75 137
    Collins, David (Columbia) - Liebler, Chase (Irmo) 63 74 137
    Lott, Brian (Summerville) - Gianoukos, Andy (Charleston) 64 77 141
    Holbrooks, Chip (Florence) - Crain, Michael (Florence) 64 77 141
           
    First Flight      
1st   Anderson, Mark (Beaufort) - Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) 65 64 129
2nd   Asay, John (Columbia) - Tucker, Paul (Pageland) 65 69 134
t-3rd   Wagner, Duff (Taylors) - Willis, Terry (Taylors) 65 70 135
t-3rd   Phillips, Cary (Kershaw) - Campbell, Chris (Camden) 66 69 135
t-3rd   Liner, Mims (Irmo) - Eich, Tim (Columbia) 65 70 135
LOM   Macolly, Tyler (Spartanburg) - Hewitt, Andrew (Spartanburg) 66 70 136
    Dennis, Will (Greenville) - Dennis, John (Greenville) 66 70 136
    Provost, Jr., Bob (Simpsonville) - Suber, Whit (Simpsonville) 65 74 139
    Kennaday, Tom (Columbia) - Schroder, Ron (Aiken) 66 73 139
    Friday, Scott (Simpsonville) - Lindsay, Steven (Greenville) 66 74 140
    Rogers, Mike (Easley) - Garrett, Todd (Easley) 65 75 140
    Palms, Lee (Greenville) - McCoy, Ellison (Greenville) 65 75 140
    Martin, Chris (Newberry) - Cox, Scott (Spartanburg) 66 75 141
    Phillips, Donald (Ladys Island) - Davis, Paul (Darlington) 66 75 141
    Hammersla, Bob (Greenville) - Phillips, Rick (Greenville) 66 79 145
           
    Second Flight      
1st   Hendley, Todd (Simpsonville) - Mahoney, Mike (Greeleyville) 68 69 137
1st   Meldrum, Chad (Aiken) - McCullough, Bo (Aiken) 69 68 137
1st   Ford, III, Frank (Charleston) - Burgess, Jim (Columbia) 69 68 137
t-4th   Webber, Todd (Moore) - Stone, Robert (Woodruff) 68 70 138
t-4th   Cochcroft, Jason (Lexington) - Townes, Patrick (Columbia) 67 71 138
    Amick, James (Spartanburg) - Patterson, Olin (Spartanburg) 67 72 139
    Meredith, Michael (Greenwood) - Whitt, Chip (Greenwood) 67 72 139
LOM   Brown, Doug (Greenville) - Grumbles, Shane (Greenville) 68 71 139
    Martin, Ken (Lexington) - Brown, Tadd (Moncks Corner) 67 73 140
    Schwab, Timothy (Simpsonville) - Schwab, Dennis (Simpsonville) 68 73 141
    Teaster, Tim (Columbia) - Wallace, Holley (Columbia) 69 72 141
    Hayes, Robert (Anderson) - Stribling, Dave (Columbia) 67 74 141
    Eskew, Jim (Mt. Pleasant) - Eassy, Chris (Greer) 67 75 142
    Kirven, Stephen (Taylors) - Carter, Ken (Taylors) 67 75 142
    Sylvan, Gus (Columbia) - Hawkins, Jimmy (Irmo) 70 73 143
    Metts, Jim (Irmo) - Baker, Kiel (Irmo) 68 78 146
    Smith, Jesse (Columbia) - Foy, Darren (Columbia) 72 75 147
    Duncan, Bill (Greenville) - Pepper, Warren (Charleston) 72 75 147
    Arthur, Mark (Cross Anchor) - Jarrett, Johnny (Spartanburg) 69 81 150
           
           
Tournament Division
    Championship Flight      
1st   Hourihan, Michael (Clover) - Hourihan, Joe (Clover) 66 70 136
t2nd   Fleming, Bruce (Mt. Pleasant) - Welch, Scotty (Mt. Pleasant) 62 75 137
t2nd   Kennedy, George (Greenville) - Oxner, Freddie (W. Columbia) 67 70 137
t4th   Weaver, Colin (Bamberg) - Osborne, Mike (Bamberg) 66 72 138
t4th   Giles, Mark (Columbia) - Taylor, Ken (Columbia) 67 71 138
t4th   Rebholz, Rich (Rock Hill) - Bailey, Chris (Rock Hill) 66 72 138
    Bland, Chuck (Irmo) - Sanders, Cope (Greenville) 65 75 140
    Summer, Mike (Pawleys Island) - Montgomery, Benton (Pawleys Island) 66 75 141
LOM   Tinder, Alan (Blythewood) - Spencer, Gene (Blythewood) 67 75 142
    McCrorey, Sam (Rock Hill) - Golightly, Mark (Rock Hill) 64 78 142
    Scoggins, Mike (Sumter) - Jackson, Charles (Horatio) 66 76 142
    Zipf, Bud (Aiken) - Hadley, Ron (N. Augusta) 65 78 143
    Fogarty, Marc (Columbia) - Flemming, Matthew (Columbia) 66 79 145
    Anderson, Roy (N. Augusta) - Anderson, Dane (N. Augusta) 67 81 148
           
    First Flight      
1st   Kasler, Tom (Florence) - Raines, Grey (Florence) 68 68 136
2nd   Babb, Perrin (Bishopville) - Babb, Tim (Columbia) 70 70 140
t3rd   Gobbi, Kevin (Lexington) - Asbill, Al (Leesville) 69 74 143
t3rd   Andrews, Anthony (Easley) - Callahan, Chris (Easley) 70 73 143
t3rd   Allen, Gary (Laurens) - Armstrong, Brant (Gray Ct.) 70 73 143
t3rd   Gaffney, Jimmy (Greenville) - Tucker, Craig (Greenville) 68 75 143
    Hancock, Allen (Blythewood) - Cantey, Trey (Columbia) 69 76 145
LOM   Hawkins, Rick (Easley) - League, David (Travelers Rest) 69 76 145
    Asbill, T.J. (Leesville) - Bedenbaugh, Dean (Leesville) 69 77 146
    Souza, Mark (Simpsonville) - Barr, Andrew (Simpsonville) 70 77 147
    Calkins, Mike (Columbia) - Smith, Sandy (Cayce) 69 79 148
    Brandt, Britt (Greenville) - Bubany, Dan (Greer) 69 80 149
    Finke, Alex (Rock Hill) - Shad, Stephen (Rock Hill) 68 82 150
           
    Second Flight      
1st   Threatt, Steven (Mt. Pleasant) - Johnson, Chris (Lancaster) 72 70 142
2nd   Edwards, Doug (Easley) - Horne, Greg (Easley) 71 71 142
3rd   Pachol, Steve (Columbia) - Houghton, Rich (Columbia) 71 73 144
T-4th   Truluck, Ken (Irmo) - Batts, Jeff (Chapin) 71 74 145
T-4th   Schwarz, Scott (Summerville) - Metz, Mike (Summerville) 71 74 145
    Wilson, Frank (Greenville) - Brown, Jack (Greer) 72 76 148
LOM   Reid, Todd (Greenville) - Hathaway, Bill (Taylors) 73 75 148
    Beckham, Ricky (Lexington) - Berrian, Todd (Lexington) 73 76 149
    Rowe, Mike (Irmo) - Giannaros, Jim (Columbia) 71 78 149
    Williams, Vince (Columbia) - Clough, Pete (Columbia) 71 79 150
    Stewart, Sam (Aiken) - Benoit, Ron (Aiken) 73 78 151
    Smith, Russell (Columbia) - Turner, Paul (Columbia) 72 79 151
    Powell, Robert (Florence) - Hinson, Chad (Hodges) 73 79 152
    Grice, Bucky (Columbia) - Jordan, Lee (Columbia) 73 80 153
    Warren, Bill (Rock Hill) - Foster, Anthony (Rock Hill) 71 84 155
    Davis, Ron (Easley) - Campbell, Scott (Easley) 72 84 156
    Werner, Trey (Simpsonville) - King, Dale (Simpsonville) 72 84 156
    Beckman, John (Columbia) - Wilhelm, Kenny (Lexington) 71 86 157
    Driggers, Barry (Cheraw) - Lee, Chad (Cheraw) 79 82 161