SCGA Tournament of Champions
The Tradition Club
Pawley's Island, SC
January 23-24, 2010

Sunshine Greets Players For First Round

The most welcomed participant of the weekend was the sunshine that broke through just before the start of the SCGA’s 14th Annual Tournament of Champions.  Although the wind blew and the temperatures were cool, the sun was a welcome site to the 127 contestants competing in this years Championship.  

After the completion of round one the leader in Men’s Club Division is Walter Todd of Laurens with a score of one under par 71.  In the Senior Club Division, Mark Giles of Columbia also holds a one shot lead with a one over par score of 73.  Sixteen year old Caleb Sturgeon is leading the One Day Gross Division over Steve Liebler with a score of 70.  Greenwood’s Lewis Rollins has a two shot lead in the One Day Senior Division over two other players.  Seventeen year old Alexandra VanDine shot a score of 77 to take the top position in the Women’s Division.  In the One Day Net Division Les Bradstreet used his twenty handicap and a score of 83 to take a nine shot lead over his nearest competitors. 

The final round will begin with a 9.30 a.m. shotgun start on Sunday, January 24th.

The 14th Annual Tournament of Champions is being played over the Tradition Golf Club layout in Pawleys Island, S.C. The field consists 127 men & women Club and One Day tournament Champions throughout South Carolina. 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        
Todd, Walter (Laurens) 35 36 71  
Rogers, Wayne (Easley) 37 35 72  
Meldrum, Chad (Aiken) 36 36 72  
Hewitt, Andrew (Spartanburg) 35 38 73  
Ferguson, Will (Duncan) 37 36 73  
Chamberlin, Chris (Rock Hill) 37 36 73  
Burgess, Richard (Roebuck) 37 37 74  
Webb, Chad (Myrtle Beach) 39 35 74  
Hubbard, Richard (Mt. Pleasant) 37 38 75  
McClellan, Luke (W. Columbia) 37 38 75  
Long, Jared (Aiken) 38 37 75  
Glaze, Gettys (Charleston) 35 40 75  
Schroder, Ron (Aiken) 38 37 75  
McElveen, Drew (Murrells Inlet) 37 39 76  
Roberts, Kevin (Boiling Springs) 37 39 76  
Todd, Thomas III (Laurens) 39 37 76  
Woodward, Danny (Walhalla) 38 38 76  
Pachol, Steve (Columbia) 37 40 77  
Tucker, Paul (Waxhaw) 39 38 77  
Roof, Brent (Columbia) 40 37 77  
Barker, Thomas (Simpsonville) 40 38 78  
Reilly, Todd (Lexington) 40 38 78  
Gantt, Bruce (Chester) 37 41 78  
Lentz, Ryan (Aiken) 39 39 78  
Brown, Tadd (Moncks Corner) 37 42 79  
Queen, Dalon (Gaffney, SC) 44 36 80  
Hirsch, Mike (Pawleys Island) 42 38 80  
Hinson, Chad (Hodges) 40 42 82  
Constantino, Dan (Greer) 44 39 83  
Nance, Dean (Greenville) 42 42 84  
Wood, Oren (Charleston) 40 48 88  
Bodkin, Josh (N. Augusta) 46 43 89  
Davis, Scotty (Mt. Pleasant) 44 46 90  
Doerr, Robert (Bluffton) 46 46 92  
Martin, Greg (Mt. Plesant) 45 50 95  
Hall, Kent (Hanahan) 0 0 0 NC
         
Men's Senior Club        
Giles, Mark (Columbia) 35 38 73  
Muller, Eric (Pawleys Island) 37 37 74  
Tooke, Doug (Greenville) 37 37 74  
Kinsey, Bob (Murrells Inlet) 37 38 75  
Shealy, Bernie (Columbia) 39 36 75  
Shimmin, Gary (Okatie) 38 37 75  
Schachner, Greg (Elgin) 38 37 75  
Ebersole, John (Mt. Pleasant) 37 39 76  
Spencer, Gene (Blythewood) 38 39 77  
Farley, Phillip (Hanahan) 39 38 77  
Hair, Marion (Charleston) 39 38 77  
Thomas, Henry (Pacolet Mills) 39 38 77  
Ulmer, Bubber (Folly Beach) 37 40 77  
Todd, T.D. (Laurens) 38 40 78  
Walker, Nick (Aiken) 41 37 78  
Rickman, Bob (N. Augusta) 38 40 78  
Schiltz, Evan (W. Columbia) 41 38 79  
Renfroe, Robert (Lexington) 38 41 79  
Ebert, Steve (Aiken) 40 40 80  
Hambly, Dave (Bluffton) 39 42 81  
Wright, Raleign (Bluffton) 41 40 81  
Potter, Bob (N. Charleston) 41 40 81  
Calkins, Mike (Columbia) 38 43 81  
Ezell, Tom (Chesnee) 41 41 82  
Hazelton, Mark (Mt. Pleasant) 41 41 82  
Clark, John (Waterloo) 40 42 82  
Manikowski, Paul (Greenville) 42 40 82  
Metz, Mike (Charleston) 42 41 83  
Montesi, Tom (Mt. Pleasant) 45 39 84  
Bradey, Charles (Inman) 44 41 85  
Eilber, Floyd (Pawleys Island) 45 42 87  
Robbins, Rick (Chester) 41 46 87  
Burns, Ray (Greenville) 47 44 91  
Whitaker, Michael (Greenville) 44 47 91  
Stuart, Marshall (Easley) 49 47 96  
Phipps, Fred (Lancaster) 0 0 0 NC
         
One Day Gross        
Sturgeon, Caleb (Laurens) 37 33 70  
Liebler, Steve (Irmo) 35 36 71  
Liner, Mims (Irmo) 36 39 75  
Sullivan, Dan (Columbia) 39 36 75  
Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) 37 40 77  
Wagner, Duff (Taylors) 39 39 78  
Wallace, Holley (Columbia) 40 39 79  
Gravley, Mike (Greer) 42 37 79  
Armstrong, Brant (Gray Ct.) 40 40 80  
Webber, Todd (Moore) 43 39 82  
Witt, Andy (Columbia) 45 41 86  
Wilson, Rufus (Hopkins) 44 46 90  
Scoggins, Mike (Sumter) 45 45 90  
One Day Net       Net
Bradstreet, Les (Columbia) 43 40 83 63
Greene, Gary (Lancaster) 41 44 85 74
Barker, Kent (Columbia) 42 48 90 74
Szymaszek, Robert (Columbia) 39 39 78 76
Wheeler, Jeffrey (Sumter) 43 37 80 76
Broadway, Joe (Lexington) 40 43 83 76
Smith, Sandy (Cayce) 42 42 84 77
Dallis, Bill (New Ellenton) 44 41 85 78
Davis, Trey (Laurens) 44 43 87 78
LaCarbonara, Ralph (Chapin) 49 45 94 79
Burger, John (Ridge Spring) 50 49 99 79
Zegers, Christopher (Johns Island) 47 41 88 81
Kuykendall, Gary (Clinton) 49 46 95 82
Suttles, James (Campobello) 44 47 91 85
Moore, Bill (Chesnee) 58 56 114 91
Fagan, Julie (Spartanburg) 58 64 122 102
         
One Day Senior        
Rollins, Lewis (Greenwood) 36 37 73  
Gosnell, Dean (Greenville) 36 39 75  
Finley, Frank (Laurens) 35 40 75  
Thaxton, Bill (Monroe) 37 39 76  
Williams, Frank (Greenwood) 38 40 78  
Wetmore, Gene (Spartanburg) 41 38 79  
Edwards, Daniel (Lancaster) 40 39 79  
Reynolds, Danny (Lancaster) 38 43 81  
Haire, James (Lancaster) 40 43 83  
Bishop, Bill (Joanna) 41 43 84  
Westcott, Larry (Lancaster) 45 42 87  
Fowler, Ed (Spartanburg) 43 45 88  
Barnes, Hazell (Lancaster) 46 44 90  
Copeland, James (Clinton) 48 43 91  
         
Women's Division        
VanDine, Alexandra (Columbia) 39 38 77  
Barksdale, Cecelia (Murrells Inlet) 38 40 78  
Twitty, Charlotte (Chapin) 39 41 80  
Meldrum, Kadi (Aiken) 44 40 84  
Moro, Suzanne (Myrtle Beach) 42 42 84  
Belair, Dianne (Myrtle Beach) 45 40 85  
Dodge, Nancy (Gilbert) 44 42 86  
Bartley, Suzann (Columbia) 45 50 95  
Gebicke, Bev (Ninety Six) 49 55 104  
Appleby, Eileen (Columbia) 67 65 132