The Charleston Tour kicked off their season in style and the newly renovated Wild Dunes Harbor Course on the Isla of Palms. The course was in tremendous shape and the weather was better than most years!!
The Championship Flight was quite the battle. The front nine played into a pretty strong wind an Michael Huh was very solid playing into the wind with a 1 over par on the outward nine. However the solid play of Phil Pfieffer on the back nine with a blistering 32 (2 Under Par) took the title with B.J. Hill and Marty Bunch fighting it out for second with BJ taking the scorecard playoff with a back nine score of 34 to Marty’s 35.
The A flight was such a battle all day that Ken Brock and Angel Velasquez decided to play extra holes!! The both fired rounds of one over par 72. In the playoff Angel bested Ken to take home the title. Gavin Genthert who lead most of the day rounded out the top 3.
The B flight top four places were separated by only three shots. With Tim Sumption and Cory Crews both tied for lead, Tim gaged a 30 footer in to surprisingly take a shot victory over Cory Crews. Phil Cala (+11) and Jason Courtney (+12) rounded out the top four
The C flight was also quite the battle as the top three were separated by 2 shots. James Simon (83) played some very nice golf, especially on the back nine to ward off Josh Wood by a single stroke and 2 over Steven Shadwick.
In the D flight, Q Richardson made sure his long drive down from Columbia wasn’t for Nault! Q had the lead after the front nine and kept the foot to the pedal to win by two strokes over steady Kent Barker!
Overall it was an excellent way to start the new year. Our next event will be at Rivertowne on 7 Feb. Sign up early as this is a limited field event.
Chris Hall took advantage of one of the many perks of the Tour. He traveled down to Mount Vintage in North Augusta to take on a great track and a field of 18. At the end of regulation, Chris was tied with Paul Gandy and preceed to an oncourse playoff where Chris used his steely nerves to prevail.
In addition to receiving back over 50% of your membership in swag from the pro-shop, the Golfweek tour gives players opportunities to play in tournaments throughout the country. Chris has played in events in three different tours along with a regional event as well. A true golfing experience, Congrats Chris!