Tidewater Tour opens the season with 117 golfers at Kilmarlic GC!

Powells Point , NC : The Tidewater Tour opened up the 2009 Tour Season this past weekend bringing in 117 golfers to play Kilmarlic Golf Club. In some tough conditions with 20-25 mph winds, 48 degrees and greens rolling at a 12 on the stimp. For many tour members this was there first round of golf in 2009. None the less, the 2009 Tour Season has begun for the reigning National Champions!

Only Round in the 70's helps Gallagher to Win!

Jim Gallagher two time winner on tour in 2008 made his mark on the 2009 Tour Season with a victory at Kilmarlic Golf Club. "Best Greens the Tour has played since I joined" said Gallagher after the round. Everyone had to fight thru the elements of 20 mph winds on Saturday and Gallagher made 4 birdies.

Top Three Finishers (Champ Flight):

1. Jim Gallagher - 75

2. Tim McGuirk - 80

2. Jeff Hawkins - 80

Madson starts the Year with a WIN!

Dan Madson the Richmond Tour Champion in 2008 had not won on the Tidewater Tour. That all changed on Saturday at Kilmarlic Golf Club where Madson shot a 83 and won by one stroke. "Since Hilton Head I have been waiting for this year to start" said Madson after the Round.

Top Three Finishers (A Flight):

1. Dan Madson - 83

2. Bill Lyon - 84

3. Joe Ignatovich - 85

Dyer wins in a Sudden Death Playoff!

The tale of two Ed's was the case at Kilmarlic Golf Club on Saturday. In the B-Flight Ed Dyer and Ed Dearborn both recorded a 86. Needing to break the tie both players took off to #18 for a Sudden Death Playoff. Dyer split the fairway and Dearborn hit into the Hazard off the tee. The Victory for Ed Dyer was his second straight on the Tidewater Tour after his 2008 Local Finals Win at Cahoon Plantation.

Top Three Finishers (B Flight):

1. Ed Dyer - 86

2. Ed Dearborn - 86

3. Robert Weaver - 87

Baxter Battles the Elements for the VICTORY!

Jason Baxter was moved from the D-Flight last year to the C-Flight after his play showed improvement. Now with a victory in the C-Flight it shows he has been working on his game during the off-season. "I want to improve and play against the Tour Director" said Baxter after his round.

Top Three Finishers (C Flight):

1. Jason Baxter - 86

2. Peter Kelly - 87

3. John Hall - 90

Woznock goes Back-to-Back with his Victory!

Bob Woznock the 2008 Chase Cup Champion fired a 93 on Saturday at Kilmarlic for the 2-shot victory over Matthew Cosman. Woznock won last year's Local Final at Cahoon Plantation making it two in a row. He was a Expert Pick by three of the AGTVA Correspondents.

Top Three Finishers (D Flight):

1. Bob Woznock - 93

2. Matthew Cosman - 95

3. Rafael Clemente - 101

"Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good. Unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off."

Durham, NC (March 21, 2009) - Damp, slow fairways and tough greens caused scores to soar in the Egolf Amateur Golf Tour event held Saturday on the 6,475 yard, par 72 layout at Falls Village Golf Club. Only two golfers managed to break 80, and both accomplished the feat by the narrowest of margins by shooting 79s. Lexington 's James Goin and Brad Morris of Four Oaks won the Championship and A Flights respectively with those scores.

The B Flight witnessed a battle between two first year Tour members as Ramseur's Mike Hindmarsh prevailed over Johnnie Baggett of Dunn on the 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff. Both had registered 84's on their regulation 18 holes during the event. In the playoff, Baggett, who had fought problems with a "snap-hook" earlier in the day, put his drive in the woods to the left. That errant shot resulted in a bogey-5 on the hole, while Hindmarsh cooly knocked his tee shot in the fairway and went on to a routine par for the win.

The most remarkable score of the day was turned in by C Flight player Shirral Davis of Raleigh . While virtually everyone else in the event was posting higher scores than normal, he turned in his best Tour effort in 3 years of play. Davis, who has an authenticated Tour handicap of 17.0 in over 25 events on-Tour, shot an 83 for a 9-stroke victory over his nearest competitor, James Eatmon of Sims. As a matter of fact, only five players in the C Flight field of nineteen even broke 100, making Davis ' effort stand out that much more.

"Conditions were tough" said Assistant Tour Director Tom Kubla, "these guys are capable of shooting much lower than we saw today. I expect to see some (low) numbers posted next time out".

THE EGOLF AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

FALLS VILLAGE GOLF CLUB EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6,475 yds)

James Goin, Lexington 79

Mike Crawford, Summerfield 80

Bruce Beck, Durham 82

Gene Queen, Winston-Salem 83

Drew Davis, Pinehurst 84

A FLIGHT (6,475 yds)

Brad Morris Four Oaks 79

Henry Lister, Chapel Hill 81

John Revis, Eden 83

Robin Neverve, Laurinburg 83

Al Matthews, Greensboro 84

David Levine, Clayton 84

Tom D'Ostroph, Lillington 84

Brian Yokley, Winston-Salem 84

B FLIGHT (6,475 yds)

Mike Hindmarsh, Ramseur 84

Johnnie Baggett, Dunn 84

Darren Martin, Winston-Salem 86

Jeffery Silver, Durham 87

Ron Snow, Mt Airy 89

Adam Perry, Greensboro 89

C FLIGHT (6,475 yds)

Shirral Davis, Raleigh 83

James Eatmon, Sims 92

Jason Smith, Winston-Salem 94

Steven Bell, Raleigh 95

Mark Harders, Raleigh 95