20th Annual SCGA Partners Championship
Spring Valley Country Club &
The Members Club at Woodcreek
Columbia & Elgin, SC
March 3-4, 2012
Mother Nature Cuts Players a Break
With thunderstorms, rain & tornado warnings being issued in the early morning
hours, the forecast for the first round of the 20th Annual Partners Championship
was not looking very optimistic. Players however caught a huge break in the
weather and all were able to complete the first round without delay.
After the first round at the Woodcreek course at the Members Club, the
Championship Division is led by the team of Brant Armstrong and Walter Todd from
Gray Court and Laurens after a stellar round of 12 under par 60. Barry Roof and
Delan Stevens are one shot back at 61. In the Tournament Division, played at
Spring Valley Country Club, the Charleston team of Tony Daniel and Jimmy Hyams
shot a first round score of 32-31 for a total of 63. They hold a slim one shot
lead over two other teams at 64.
The final round will be contested with a better ball format and will begin with
a 9.30 shotgun start.
The 2012 SCGA Partners Championship is 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 109
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.
| Championship Division | Tournament Division | |||||||
| Championship Flight | Championship Flight | |||||||
| Armstrong, Brant (Gray Ct.) - Todd, Walter (Laurens) | 29 | 31 | 60 | Daniel, Tony (Charleston) - Hyams, Jimmy (Charleston) | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| Roof, Barry (Myrtle Beach) - Stevens, Delan (Conway) | 31 | 30 | 61 | King, Phillip (Florence) - Yarborough, Quinton (Florence) | 32 | 32 | 64 | |
| Dargan, David (Columbia) - Dargan, Robert (Columbia) | 31 | 31 | 62 | Babcock, Blair (Columbia) - O'Brien, John (Columbia) | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| Branyon, Josh (Honea Path) - Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) | 30 | 32 | 62 | Campbell, Michael (Simpsonville) - Reardon, Tim (Simpsonville) | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| Plyler, Mickey (Clemson) - Sims, Michael (W. Columbia) | 30 | 32 | 62 | Cottrell, John (Gilbert) - Politi, Dave (Hilton Head) | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| Kennedy, Brian (Woodruff) - Smith, Scott (Spartanburg) | 30 | 32 | 62 | Kershaw, Martin (Columbia) - Parker, Taras (Sumter) | 31 | 34 | 65 | |
| Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) - Sullivan, Dan (Columbia) | 32 | 31 | 63 | Bailey, Chris (Columbia) - Rebholz, Rich (Rock Hill) | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| Hewitt, Andrew (Spartanburg) - Macolly, Tyler (Spartanburg) | 31 | 32 | 63 | Barnes, Chris (Greenwood) - Barnes, Duane (Simpsonville) | 32 | 33 | 65 | |
| Finke, Alex (Rock Hill) - Golightly, Mark (Rock Hill) | 32 | 31 | 63 | Franks, David (Gaffney) - Steele, Steve (Gaffney) | 33 | 33 | 66 | |
| Hargett, Eddie (Blythewood) - Suber, Whit (Blythewood) | 31 | 32 | 63 | Belue, Derrick (Spartanburg) - Webber, Todd (Moore) | 34 | 32 | 66 | |
| Eich, Tim (Columbia) - Liner, Mims (Irmo) | 32 | 31 | 63 | Daniel, Brian (Blythewood) - Jones, Fort (Columbia) | 33 | 34 | 67 | |
| Hough, Taylor (Spartanburg) - Milner, Kyle (Spartanburg) | 30 | 33 | 63 | Taylor, Lee (Greenville) - VanDyck, Ross (Greenville) | 33 | 34 | 67 | |
| Cloninger, Rick (Fort Mill) - Granger, Mike (Fort Mill) | 32 | 31 | 63 | Giles, Mark (Columbia) - Shealy, Bernie (Columbia) | 32 | 35 | 67 | |
| Covar, Bryan (Florence) - Jones, Gregg (Florence) | 32 | 32 | 64 | Griggs, Michael (Hartsville) - Melton, Ryan (Goose Creek) | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| Boulware, Bret (Greenville) - Edens, Bob (Columbia) | 33 | 31 | 64 | Edens, Adam (Travelers Rest) - Edens, Mark (Travelers Rest) | 33 | 34 | 67 | |
| Mitchell, Chris (Prosperity) - Newton, Bryan (Gray Court) | 30 | 34 | 64 | Hightower, Russell (Hanahan) - Hightower, William (Summerville) | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| Moore, Chris (Barnwell) - Weaver, Colin (Bamberg) | 34 | 33 | 67 | |||||
| First Flight | ||||||||
| Kennaday, Tom (Columbia) - Smith, Jesse (Columbia) | 31 | 34 | 65 | First Flight | ||||
| Lown, Ben (N. Augusta) - Pope, Jeff (N. Augusta) | 32 | 33 | 65 | Davis, Alan (Salem) - Shaner, David (Salem) | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| King, Kevin (Bluffton) - White, Todd (Spartanburg) | 34 | 31 | 65 | Kanagy, Russell (Aiken) - Lancaster, Henry (Aiken) | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Banks, Trevor (Lancaster) - Johnson, Chris (Lancaster) | 32 | 33 | 65 | Childers, Randy (Inman) - Schwab, Timothy (Simpsonville) | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| Reed, Rocky (North) - Ridley, Josh (Lexington) | 33 | 32 | 65 | Flemming, Matthew (Columbia) - Fogarty, Marc (Columbia) | 35 | 33 | 68 | |
| Burgess, Jim (Columbia) - Ford, III, Frank (Charleston) | 33 | 32 | 65 | Babb, Tim (Columbia) - Horne, Joseph (Columbia) | 35 | 33 | 68 | |
| Schroder, Ron (Aiken) - Wiland, Mike (Aiken) | 33 | 32 | 65 | Leita, Jeff (Aiken) - Reilly, Todd (Mt. Pleasant) | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Eassy, Chris (Greer) - Friday, Scott (Simpsonville) | 33 | 33 | 66 | Eskew, Jim (Mt. Pleasant) - Schwab, Dennis (Simpsonville) | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Fowler, Stephen (Murrells Inlet) - Opperman, Tee (Pawleys Island) | 34 | 32 | 66 | Crapps, Manning (Lexington) - Gohean, Ian (Chapin) | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| Burgess, Richard (Spartanburg) - Infante, Mike (Duncan) | 31 | 35 | 66 | Robbins, Rick (Chester) - Robbins, Scott (Warrenville) | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Cronin, Ryan (Columbia) - Mathias, Jonathan (Columbia) | 32 | 34 | 66 | Hathaway, Bill (Taylors) - Reid, Todd (Greenville) | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| Belton, Herman (Columbia) - Rice, Kevin (Columbia) | 33 | 33 | 66 | Childers, Adam (York) - Ruth, Eric (York) | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| Carter, Ken (Taylors) - Kirven, Stephen (Taylors) | 35 | 31 | 66 | Andrews, Herman (Easley) - Callahan, Chris (Easley) | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| Karns, Andy (Gaffney) - Karns, Ben (Columbia) | 32 | 34 | 66 | Hawkins, Jimmy (Irmo) - Tyler, Tim (Chapin) | 37 | 32 | 69 | |
| Liebler, Chase (Irmo) - Liebler, Steve (Irmo) | 33 | 33 | 66 | Alchermes, Brian (Columbia) - Spencer, Gene (Blythewood) | 34 | 35 | 69 | |
| McCullough, Bo (Aiken) - Meldrum, Chad (Aiken) | 33 | 33 | 66 | Edwards, Doug (Easley) - Horne, Greg (Easley) | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| McMillan, Josh (Spartanburg) - Sill, Stan (Spartanburg) | 33 | 33 | 66 | Faulkner, Matt (Greenville) - Souza, Mark (Simpsonville) | 34 | 35 | 69 | |
| Meredith, Michael (Greenwood) - Riddle, Mark (Greenwood) | 32 | 34 | 66 | Foy, Darren (Columbia) - Schmitt, Mike (Columbia) | 34 | 35 | 69 | |
| Mitchell, Andy (Greenville) - Munafo, Cary (Greenville) | 32 | 34 | 66 | Hourihan, Joe (Clover) - Hourihan, Michael (Clover) | 33 | 36 | 69 | |
| Roof, Brent (Columbia) - Roof, Justin (Myrtle Beach) | 36 | 30 | 66 | Dozier, Vaughan (Lexington) - Gillespie, Gavin (Columbia) | 36 | 33 | 69 | |
| Wagner, Duff (Taylors) - Willis, Terry (Taylors) | 34 | 32 | 66 | |||||
| Second Flight | ||||||||
| Second Flight | Duncan, Bill (Greenville) - Gaffney, Jimmy (Greenville) | 34 | 36 | 70 | ||||
| Beard, Grady (Columbia) - Kieninger, Kurt (Columbia) | 33 | 34 | 67 | Ross, Ben (W. Columbia) - Schiltz, Evan (W. Columbia) | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| Hoile, Brian (Elgin) - Pardee, C.R. (Columbia) | 32 | 35 | 67 | King, Dale (Simpsonville) - Werner, Trey (Simpsonville) | 35 | 35 | 70 | |
| Bright, Steven (Simpsonville) - Peiffer, Ryan (Greenville) | 33 | 34 | 67 | Foster, Tommy (Greenville) - League, David (Travelers Rest) | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| Todd, T.D. (Laurens) - Todd, Thomas (Laurens) | 34 | 33 | 67 | Pope, Johnny (Easley) - Tooke, Doug (Greenville) | 35 | 35 | 70 | |
| Houghton, Rich (Columbia) - Pachol, Steve (Columbia) | 32 | 35 | 67 | Jackson, Johnny (Florence) - Mahoney, Robbie (Florence) | 35 | 36 | 71 | |
| Congdon, Andy (Murrells Inlet) - Trent, Lance (Myrtle Beach) | 32 | 36 | 68 | Calkins, Mike (Columbia) - Smith, Sandy (Cayce) | 34 | 37 | 71 | |
| Adams, Randy (Rock Hill) - Tindal, Kevin (Rock Hill) | 34 | 34 | 68 | Craft, Charles (Chapin) - Johnston, Rex (Cayce) | 35 | 36 | 71 | |
| Hendley, Todd (Greer) - Mahoney, Mike (Greeleyville) | 36 | 32 | 68 | Barnes, Sammy (Leesville) - Long, Huey (Leesville) | 39 | 33 | 72 | |
| Slavich, Steve (Columbia) - Taylor, Ken (Columbia) | 34 | 34 | 68 | Fleming, Justin (Cayce) - Knight, Allen (Columbia) | 37 | 35 | 72 | |
| Peterson, Steve (Columbia) - Smith, Chris (Columbia) | 33 | 35 | 68 | Ellis, Gamble (Batesburg) - Swygert, Chris (Leesville) | 35 | 37 | 72 | |
| Teaster, Tim (Columbia) - Wallace, Holley (Columbia) | 33 | 35 | 68 | Campbell, Scott (Easley) - Hawkins, Rick (Easley) | 38 | 36 | 74 | |
| Clontz, Ron (Greenville) - Kirkland, Ken (Greenville) | 35 | 34 | 69 | Austin, Mark (Aiken) - Reid, Luke (Aiken) | 37 | 37 | 74 | |
| Hendrick, Joe (Chesterfield) - Womack, Daran (Aiken) | 36 | 33 | 69 | Benoit, Ron (Aiken) - Stewart, Sam (Aiken) | 35 | 39 | 74 | |
| Alley, Robin (Columbia) - Sylvan, Jay (Columbia) | 37 | 33 | 70 | Kennington, Micah (Lancaster) - Threatt, Steven (Mt. Pleasant) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Gianoukos, Andy (Charleston) - Lott, Brian (Summerville) | 35 | 35 | 70 | Baxter, Sam (Elgin) - Chapman, Mark (Greenville) | 35 | 43 | 78 | |
| Campbell, Chris (Camden) - Phillips, Cary (Kershaw) | 36 | 35 | 71 | Hong, Jeffrey (Columbia) - Singh, Surinder (Columbia) | 40 | 42 | 82 | |
| Brown, Tadd (Moncks Corner) - Martin, Ken (Lexington) | 36 | 35 | 71 | Childress, David (Goose Creek) - Hoffman, Travis (Summerville) | WD | |||
| Burch, Mike (Pageland) - Bragg, Andrew (Pageland) | 36 | 36 | 72 | |||||
| Dixon, Fred (Summerville) - Wood, Andy (Ladson) | 36 | 36 | 72 | |||||