The weekend of Apr 18th and 19th saw the Central Carolina Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour and Eastern NC Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour travel to Clayton to butt heads in the Carolina Challenge Tournament. Eastern NC took the weekend win …………. THIS TIME!!
In the Champ flight, Eastern NC dominated as Wes Strader led the way by firing 72-73-145 to take the medalist honors. Outstanding golf Wes! Runner up honors were also claimed by Eastern with Jacob King posting 77-78-155, with Ryan Medlin (Eastern) taking third place with rounds of 77-81-158. Dray McDonald (Eastern) grabbed fourth place shooting 74-85-159, and Chase McDaniel (Eastern) rounded out the top five scores carding 80-84-164. Aaron Bayles (Central) snagged sixth place with scores of 84-82-166.
Donnie Pritt led Eastern in the A flight recording rounds of 72-80-152 to keep Eastern rolling along. Awesome golf Donnie! The second place finisher was Gabe Matthews (Eastern) turning in rounds of 82-75-157. Third place was a T3 as Tim Phelps (Eastern) and Thomas Askew (Central tied at 159. Tim shot 78-81, and Thomas 76-83. Fifth place was also a tie, between CJ Jackson (Central) 80-80-160 and John Crooks (Central) 77-83-160. Mike Martin (Central) landed in seventh place when he turned in scores of 80-81-161 to the scoring table.
In the C flight, Michael Cherry took the lead Saturday and never relinquished it. His scores of 77-85-182 put four shots between himself and second place. Well done Michael! In second place it was Brien Cozart (Eastern) with rounds of 82-84-186, while Joseph Pruismann (Eastern) carded 89-81-170 to capture third place. Fourth place was a T4 with David Pitt (Central) posting 89-83-172, and Allen Hagen from the Charlotte Tour carding 84-88-172. Sixth place was a three way tie at 176. Frederick Levine’s score was a consistent 88-88-176, Glenn Begg (Eastern) 86-90-176, and Witson Rodrigues 83-93-176.
Jamie Pratscher (Eastern) pulled out a single stroke victory in the C flight by recording 85-86-171 in the two day event. Well played Jamie! Joe Candleana (Central) garnered runner up honors by firing 93-79-172 in a close battle. Jesse Clark (Eastern) picked up third place with scores of 90-83-173, while Alan Matthews (Eastern) wrapped up fourth place with rounds of 88-87-175. Rounding out the top five scores was John Page (Charlotte) with scores of 95-82-177, and Robert Kessler (Central) collected sixth place posting 85-93-178. Seventh place was a three way tie of Central players all recording 179’s. Casey Honeycutt 93-86, Melvin Jenkins 90-89, and Robert Hockman 87-92.
In the D flight, Michael Kessler came out firing on all cylinders on Saturday and kept rolling until the end of his round Sunday when he turned in two excellent scores. His 88-87-175 gave him an eight shot victory. Great golf Michael! The runner up honor was shared by two Eastern players with matching two day scores. Miles Barfield posted 94-89-183 as Del Oldland carded 88-95-183. Nick Dalessandro (Central) racked up a fourth place finish with rounds of 94-90-184, while David Smith from the Nashville TN Tour completed the top five scoring with his two day total of 92-93-185. Sixth place was claimed by Ken Hansley (Eastern) with scores of 100-92-192, while Central Tour Director Sola Edwards ended her tournament in seventh place with rounds of 95-98-193.
Next up for Central Carolina is the fabulous Colonial CC in Thomasville on Saturday May 9th with a 12 noon straight tee time start. You DO NOT want to miss this one. It’s an easy drive to Thomasville! Come join us!