36th South Carolina Amateur Match Play
Championship
Spring Valley Country Club, Columbia, SC
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Final Results
McAllister Nails Roof
Columbia, SC: Tripp McAllister of Lake City
birdied the last hole to defeat Brent Roof of Columbia 1 up in the South Carolina
Match-Play Championship. McAllister, Coastal
Carolina University
golfer and conference freshman of the year canned a 25 foot putt for his only
lead of the day and the championship. The first 12 holes were like two boxers throwing
nothing but easy jabs. A couple of three putts and a ball in a hazard were as
exiting as it got. Then McAllister pulled the wrong club on 13 and the ball hit
just short of the green and rolled back down the hill 30 yards leaving an
impossible chip, Roof goes 2 up on the failure to convert. Tripp storms back on
15 when his approach stops within a foot of the hole, back to one down. On 15,
Tripp’s drive hits a cart path and bounds an extra 30 yards into a water
hazard, back to 2 down.
On the par three
16th Brent’s tee shot buries under the lip forcing him to play away
from the hole, McAllister back to 1 down. Roof tries to drive the short par 17th.
His tee shot clips a limb and a dozen spectators along with the players cannot
find the ball, the match is even. On the par five 18th, both players
lay up with their second shots. McAllister stops his approach 25 feet and Roof
responds with a wedge to 12 feet. McAllister makes, Roof narrowly misses and the
championship is suddenly decided.
Round of
32
Upper
Bracket:
(DC)
Warren Thomas, Columbia, SC
def. (147) Baxter Culler, Hartsville,
SC, 2 & 1
(144)
Brandon Coggins, Gaffney,
SC def. (145) David Dannelly,
Easley, SC,
5 & 4
(146) Austin Reeves, Greenville, SC def. (142) Josh Gallman, Gaffney, SC,
4 & 2
(142) Rick
Cloninger, Fort Mill, SC def. (146) Mark Gaynor, Florence, SC,
4 & 2
(141)
Brent Roof, Columbia, SC
def. (147) Eddie Hargett, Blythewood, SC,
3 & 2
(144) J B
Murphy, Columbia, SC
def. (145) Scott Glaze, Sumter,
SC, 3 & 2
(146) Luke
Hopkins, Greer, SC
def. (141) McCuen Elmore, Cheraw, SC,
3 & 2
(143)
Walter Todd, Laurens, SC
def. (145) Jones Brown, Columbia,
SC, 4 & 3
Lower
Bracket:
(135)
Tripp McAllister, Lake City, SC
def. (147) Cooper Tinsley, Greenwood,
SC, 5 & 3
(145)
Richard Burgess Jr, Roebuck, SC def. (144) Bryan Newton, Gray Court, SC,
4 & 3
(142)
Kevin Hester, Blythewood, SC
def. (146) Soonam Kim, Goose Creek, SC,
19 Holes
(143) Todd
Hendley, Simpsonville,
SC def. (146) Brewer Bradshaw, Columbia, SC,
2 & 1
(137)
Jarrett Grimes, Columbia, SC
def. (147) Drew Ernst, Seneca,
SC, 21 Holes
(144) Josh
Jackson, Myrtle Beach, SC def. (145) Trevor Muffley,
Longs, SC, 20 Holes
(146) Chris Mitchell, Columbia,
SC def. (141) Harrison Moore, Orangeburg, SC,
3 & 2
(143)
David Dargan, Columbia,
SC def. (146) Robert Dargan,
Columbia, SC,
1 Up
Round of
16
Upper
Bracket:
Coggins def. Thomas, 2 & 1
Cloninger def. Reeves, 1 Up
Roof def.
Murphy, 3 & 2
Hopkins def. Todd, 3 & 2
Lower
Bracket:
McAllister
def. Burgess Jr, 5 & 4
Hester
def. Hendley, 2 & 1
Grimes
def. Jackson, 2
Up
Dargan def. Mitchell, 4 & 3
Quarterfinals
Upper
Bracket:
Cloninger def. Coggins, 3 & 2
Roof def. Hopkins, 3 & 2
Lower
Bracket:
McAllister
def. Hester, 5 & 4
Dargan def. Grimes, 1 Up
Semifinals
Roof def. Cloninger, 3 & 2
McAllister
def. Dargan, 4 & 3
Finals
McAllister
def. Roof, 1 Up