26^th SCGA Partners Championship
Spring Valley CC & The Members Club at Woodcreek
Columbia & Elgin, SC
March 3-4, 2018

Bell & Lutomski Reign Victorious

Weston Bell and Robert Lutomski proved to be the team to beat as they shot a Tournament low score of sixteen under par 128 to capture the SCGA’s 26^th Annual Partners Championship. After starting the day one shot behind the leaders, the Piedmont and Simpsonville duo impressed to culminate a seven under par final round score of 65 to earn the championship honors by two strokes over the first-round leaders of Garland Ferrell and Wesley Harden. In the First Flight of the Championship Division, former Partners Champions Brent and Justin Roof took a one-shot victory over Kevin Hester and Dan Sullivan. Tripp McAllister and Carter Ridgeway took top honors in the Second Flight.

In the Tournament Division, Barry Roof and Delan Stevens continued their strong play to capture a victory by one shot after a two-day total of ten under par 134. Long-time upstate partners Ken Carter and Stephen Kirven took top honors in the First Flight with a tournament total of five under par 139. Michael Griggs and Ryan Melton took a one-shot victory in the Third Flight.

The 2018 SCGA Partners Championship was played at both Spring Valley Country Club and The Members Club at Woodcreek.  The field consisted of 100 two-man teams playing Captains Choice in the first round and a Modified Texas Scramble in the final round.  The Championship Division competed at The Members Club at Woodcreek on day one and Spring Valley Country Club on day two, vice versa for the Tournament Division.  The Partners Championship is in its 26^th year of existence and is a fund raiser for the South Carolina Junior Golf Association.

The SCGA, founded in 1929, is the governing body for amateur golf in South Carolina.  As a non-profit organization, the SCGA’s purpose is to promote, preserve and serve the game of golf.  Made up of more than 270 member clubs and more than 50,000 individual members, the SCGA annually conducts 21 SCGA statewide championships, 71 one-day contests, ten USGA qualifiers, seven 40-plus tournaments and six special events.  Other Member services offered include GHIN – the USGA Handicap Computation System, a Tournament Software System and support, Rules of Golf and Handicap education, USGA Course/Slope Ratings and Course measuring, Amateur Status information, the Palmetto Golfer Magazine and the SC Golf Hall of Fame.  The SCGA also houses the offices of the SC Junior Golf Foundation and SC Junior Golf Association in a combined effort to support junior golf and grow the game’s initiatives.

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Final Results