29th Annual SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship
Country Club of Spartanburg
Spartanburg, SC
October 8-10, 2010
Liebler Claims Second SCGA Mid-Amateur Title
Steve Liebler, of Irmo, lurked closely behind the first and second round leaders
following Friday and Saturday’s play. On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Consistent held
true to form as he shot even par to claim the 2010 SCGA Mid Amateur Championship
at the historic Country Club of Spartanburg.
Liebler entered the final day tied with first round leader Rick Cloninger at
eight under par just one shot off the lead behind Columbia’s Jarrett Grimes.
Grimes struggled out of the gate bogeying two of the first five holes while
Cloninger birdie two of first five. All the while, Liebler birdied the par five
fifth to stay within a shot of the lead. Grimes’ continued to have problems and
finished the front nine four over par and five under for the tournament.
Cloninger also stumbled with a four putt double bogey on the par three eighth
and followed with a bogey five on the ninth. Liebler also bogeyed the ninth
which allowed for a slim one shot lead over Cloninger and three shot advantage
over Grimes heading to the final nine.
An even par back nine with a birdie on 17 and bogey on 18 is all Liebler needed
to secure the Championship at a solid eight under par 208. This was his second
SCGA Mid Amateur title repeating the feat from 2006 which was held at
Greenville’s Green Valley Country Club. Grimes and Cloninger finished locked up
tied for second at six under par 210 after neither could sustain a substantial
threat to Liebler.
It took a score of nine over 153 to make the cut to the low 60 players and ties
which resulted in a final round field of 68 players vying for the title.
The 2010 SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship was played on the par 72 ~ 6,504 yard
Country Club of Spartanburg golf course in Spartanburg, SC. The field consisted
of 120 individuals playing 54 holes of stroke play and was cut to the low 60 and
ties after the second round. The Mid-Amateur is one of 19 Major Championships
conducted by the South Carolina Golf Association and is in its 29th year of
existence.
Full Results:
| Gift Cert. | ||||||
| 1st | Liebler, Steve (Irmo) | 68 | 68 | 72 | 208 | $600.00 |
| t-2nd | Cloninger, Rick (Fort Mill) | 64 | 72 | 74 | 210 | $450.00 |
| t-2nd | Grimes, Jarrett (Columbia) | 70 | 65 | 75 | 210 | $450.00 |
| 4th | Mathias, Jon (Columbia) | 70 | 71 | 70 | 211 | $300.00 |
| t-5th | Suber, Whit (Blythewood) | 70 | 71 | 71 | 212 | $206.00 |
| t-5th | Eassy, Chris (Greer) | 72 | 74 | 66 | 212 | $206.00 |
| t-5th | Ezell, Terry (York) | 72 | 71 | 69 | 212 | $206.00 |
| t-8th | Laydon, Matt (Charleston) | 70 | 71 | 72 | 213 | $133.00 |
| t-8th | Garrett, Timothy (Fountain Inn) | 70 | 74 | 69 | 213 | $133.00 |
| t-8th | White, Todd (Moore) | 73 | 70 | 70 | 213 | $133.00 |
| t-11th | Palms, Lee (Greenville) | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 | $90.00 |
| t-11th | Hendley, Todd (Greer) | 73 | 72 | 69 | 214 | $90.00 |
| t-11th | Hough, Taylor (Spartanburg) | 72 | 68 | 74 | 214 | $90.00 |
| t-11th | Roof, Brent (Columbia) | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 | $90.00 |
| t-11th | Wong, Jeff (Bluffton) | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 | $90.00 |
| t-16th | Atkinson, Bert (Charleston) | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 | $50.00 |
| t-16th | Miller, Benjy (Spartanburg) | 71 | 75 | 69 | 215 | $50.00 |
| 18th | Gravley, Mike (Greer) | 71 | 72 | 73 | 216 | $50.00 |
| t-19th | Todd, Walter (Laurens) | 74 | 73 | 70 | 217 | $50.00 |
| t-19th | Milner, Kyle (Spartanburg) | 74 | 72 | 71 | 217 | |
| t-19th | Godfrey, Robert (Anderson) | 72 | 70 | 75 | 217 | |
| t-19th | Hoft, J.D. (Bluffton) | 74 | 76 | 67 | 217 | $50.00 |
| t-19th | Revis, Jeremy (Greenville) | 72 | 72 | 73 | 217 | |
| Field, Dave (Moncks Corner) | 74 | 74 | 70 | 218 | ||
| Britton, Kin (Spartanburg) | 72 | 71 | 75 | 218 | ||
| Berchiatti, Geno (Greenville) | 73 | 71 | 75 | 219 | ||
| Johnson, Chris (Lancaster) | 72 | 75 | 72 | 219 | ||
| Stephens, Jeff (Ware Shoals) | 71 | 76 | 72 | 219 | ||
| Smith, Scott (Spartanburg) | 71 | 76 | 73 | 220 | ||
| Kirven, Stephen (Taylors) | 72 | 72 | 76 | 220 | ||
| Boyd, Bear (Spartanburg) | 77 | 70 | 73 | 220 | ||
| Armstrong, Brant (Gray Ct.) | 72 | 72 | 77 | 221 | ||
| McMillan, Josh (Spartanburg) | 72 | 74 | 75 | 221 | ||
| Childers, Randy (Inman) | 72 | 77 | 72 | 221 | ||
| Hargett, Eddie (Blythewood) | 75 | 71 | 75 | 221 | ||
| Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) | 71 | 76 | 75 | 222 | ||
| Meredith, Michael (Greenwood) | 74 | 74 | 75 | 223 | ||
| Hanke, Michael (Spartanburg) | 70 | 75 | 78 | 223 | ||
| Barker, Thomas (Simpsonville) | 72 | 73 | 78 | 223 | ||
| Mitchell, Chris (Prosperity) | 73 | 75 | 75 | 223 | ||
| Burgess, Richard (Roebuck) | 75 | 73 | 75 | 223 | ||
| Page, Austin (Moore) | 75 | 73 | 76 | 224 | ||
| Clontz, Ron (Greenville) | 69 | 75 | 80 | 224 | ||
| Ramey, Doug (Greer) | 76 | 75 | 74 | 225 | ||
| Rogers, Wayne (Easley) | 73 | 73 | 79 | 225 | ||
| Driggers, Kevin (Mt. Pleasant) | 77 | 72 | 77 | 226 | ||
| Grumbles, Shane (Taylors) | 75 | 78 | 73 | 226 | ||
| Cecil, Doug (Spartanburg) | 73 | 74 | 79 | 226 | ||
| Schwab, Dennis (Simpsonville) | 74 | 74 | 78 | 226 | ||
| Newman, Bobby (Roebuck) | 72 | 77 | 77 | 226 | ||
| White, Lewis (Spartanburg) | 75 | 74 | 78 | 227 | ||
| McCoy, Ellison (Greenville) | 81 | 72 | 74 | 227 | ||
| Smith, Casey (Abbeville) | 77 | 75 | 76 | 228 | ||
| Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) | 76 | 77 | 75 | 228 | ||
| Johnson, Yancey (Simpsonville) | 76 | 77 | 75 | 228 | ||
| Sargent, Herbie (Greer) | 78 | 74 | 77 | 229 | ||
| Webber, Todd (Moore) | 75 | 77 | 77 | 229 | ||
| Willis, Terry (Taylors) | 75 | 75 | 80 | 230 | ||
| Hendrick, Joe (Chesterfield) | 75 | 77 | 78 | 230 | ||
| Pope, Timothy (Spartanburg) | 78 | 74 | 78 | 230 | ||
| Whitehead, Todd (Spartanburg) | 78 | 75 | 78 | 231 | ||
| Franks, David (Gaffney) | 81 | 72 | 78 | 231 | ||
| Gravley, Rob (Greer) | 75 | 73 | 83 | 231 | ||
| Pascale, Gerry (Hilton Head) | 77 | 75 | 80 | 232 | ||
| Hathaway, Bill (Taylors) | 77 | 74 | 81 | 232 | ||
| Bolding, Timothy (Easley) | 75 | 78 | 82 | 235 | ||
| Peterson, Steve (Columbia) | 73 | 80 | 83 | 236 | ||
| Campbell, Josh (Easley) | 75 | 78 | 84 | 237 |