48th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship

Palmetto Golf Club, Aiken, SC

September 24, 2009

 

Final Results

                                                            

Aiken, SC:  John Walters of Charlotte, N.C., not even aware that he was in the title chase, won a two-hole play-off Thursday afternoon to win the 48th Carolinas Senior Amateur golf championship at Palmetto Golf Club.

                                                            

Walters, 62, a retired construction manager, shot a closing 73, two over par, for a 219 total in regulation.  Playing in the second last group, he learned quickly and surprisingly that he was in a play-off with Jim Wise of Columbia, S.C.  Wise had a final round of 70.

 

First- and second-round leader Tim Pope, who was clear by five shots at the start of the day, backed off to a closing 82, ultimately tying for 11th place.

 

Wise had four birdies and three bogeys in the final round and had a pair of pars in the play-off.  Wise made a delicate up and down par on the first play-off hole and three putted the second hole for bogey.

 

“I’d lost in other play-offs, so I took a different attitude into this one,” Walters explained.  “I came here fighting the yips and shanks and then yipped four putts in the first two rounds.  I shanked a shot today, so it was a struggle.”

 

Walters lost a play-off in another championship conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.  In 2006, he lost to now Senior PGA Tour player Mike Goodes in the North Carolina Mid-Amateur.

 

He did not take up competitive golf until he was 50.

 

“My play here had a lot to do with the golf course,” Walters added about Palmetto GC.  “The course demands patience as I tried to figure out what locations I had to hit each shot.”

 

Ron Carpenter of Durham, N.C. and Frank Ford III of Charleston, S.C. shared third place with 220 totals, one shot out.  Both had final rounds 71.

 

 

Place

Competitor

Score

 

 

 

 

 

1

John Walters, Charlotte, NC

75-71-73--219  (+6)    $750.00

 

2

Jim Wise, Columbia, SC

75-74-70--219  (+6)    $500.00

 

T3

Frank Ford, Charleston, SC

79-70-71--220  (+7)    $425.00

 

T3

Ron Carpenter, Durham, NC

73-76-71--220  (+7)    $425.00

 

T5

Jimmy Hamilton, Aiken, SC

75-72-74--221  (+8)    $362.50

 

T5

Bob Yow, Salemburg, NC

75-73-73--221  (+8)    $362.50

 

T7

Brad Burris, High Point, NC

71-76-75--222  (+9)    $287.50

 

T7

Mark Wagner, Statesville, NC

76-73-73--222  (+9)    $287.50

 

T7

Ray Womack, Burlington, NC

75-71-76--222  (+9)    $287.50

 

T7

Gary Brown, Charlotte, NC

73-76-73--222  (+9)    $287.50

 

T11

Larry Boswell, Jamestown, NC

73-73-77--223  (+10)    $187.50

 

T11

Wayne Pyrtle, Burlington, NC

73-79-71--223  (+10)    $187.50

 

T11

Tim Pope, Spartanburg, SC

69-72-82--223  (+10)    $187.50

 

T11

John Fritz, Charlotte, NC

71-75-77--223  (+10)    $187.50

 

T15

Spike Smith, Pinehurst, NC

72-76-76--224  (+11)    $106.25

 

T15

Russ Perry, Winston Salem, NC

73-76-75--224  (+11)    $106.25

 

T15

Wayne Rogers, Easley, SC

73-76-75--224  (+11)    $106.25

 

T15

Jim Stirling, Wilmington, NC

76-70-78--224  (+11)    $106.25

 

19

Bill Smunk, Kingstree, SC

77-74-74--225  (+12)    $100.00

 

T20

Bill Boles, Wilson, NC

79-72-75--226  (+13)    $100.00

 

T20

Ernie Newton, High Point, NC

75-75-76--226  (+13)    $100.00

 

T20

David Strawn, Charlotte, NC

77-76-73--226  (+13)    $100.00

 

T20

Gary Strickfaden, Pinehurst, NC

77-74-75--226  (+13)    $100.00

 

T20

Brad Buxton, Greensboro, NC

72-74-80--226  (+13)    $100.00

 

T25

John Deluise, Raleigh, NC

77-75-75--227  (+14)    $100.00

 

T25

Chuck Reich, Chapel Hill, NC

79-73-75--227  (+14)    $100.00

 

T25

Joe Vignati, Bluffton, SC

75-75-77--227  (+14)    $100.00

 

T25

Garland Yates, Asheboro, NC

74-73-80--227  (+14)    $100.00

 

T25

Gene Spencer, Blythewood, SC

78-77-72--227  (+14)    $100.00

 

T25

Tim McBride, Okatie, SC

74-75-78--227  (+14)    $100.00

 

31

David Millis, High Point, NC

79-77-72--228  (+15)

 

T32

Bob Desjardins, Matthews, NC

78-76-75--229  (+16)

 

T32

John Smunk, Port Royal, SC

78-75-76--229  (+16)

 

T34

Brodie Baker, Bermuda Run, NC

79-76-75--230  (+17)

 

T34

Edward Kosek, Charlotte, NC

80-75-75--230  (+17)

 

T34

Richard Condrey, Nebo, NC

80-74-76--230  (+17)

 

T37

Duane Bausman, Awendaw, SC

76-76-79--231  (+18)

 

T37

Robert Surratt, Concord, NC

77-79-75--231  (+18)

 

T37

Kim Mansfield, High Point, NC

82-72-77--231  (+18)

 

T37

Gus Sylvan, Columbia, SC

77-75-79--231  (+18)

 

T37

Doug Buchanan, Charlotte, NC

84-73-74--231  (+18)

 

T37

Mark Kozel, Chapel Hill, NC

78-75-78--231  (+18)

 

T43

James Hickman, Maiden, NC

81-75-76--232  (+19)

 

T43

Lex Alexander, Chapel Hill, NC

77-74-81--232  (+19)

 

T43

Brian Alchermes, Columbia, SC

79-77-76--232  (+19)

 

T43

Don Detweiler, Raleigh, NC

81-75-76--232  (+19)

 

T43

Bernie Shealy, Columbia, SC

81-70-81--232  (+19)

 

T48

Vic Hannon, Camden, SC

76-77-80--233  (+20)

 

T48

Al Edwards, Charlotte, NC

78-78-77--233  (+20)

 

T48

David Williams, Cary, NC

78-75-80--233  (+20)

 

T51

Chuck Cordell, Pinehurst, NC

80-77-77--234  (+21)

 

T51

Jim Pridgen, Jamestown, NC

80-77-77--234  (+21)

 

T51

Ken Eichele, Pinehurst, NC

77-74-83--234  (+21)

 

T54

Bob Klug, Pinehurst, NC

78-78-79--235  (+22)

 

T54

J.D. Lawson, Greensboro, NC

79-78-78--235  (+22)

 

T54

Robert Kulp, Advance, NC

77-77-81--235  (+22)

 

T54

George Leight, Apex, NC

81-76-78--235  (+22)

 

T58

Steve Mervin, Concord, NC

81-76-79--236  (+23)

 

T58

David Crowder, Charleston, SC

74-79-83--236  (+23)

 

T58

Dennis Helms, Monroe, NC

79-75-82--236  (+23)

 

61

James Morgan, Greensboro, NC

81-74-82--237  (+24)

 

62

Gary Schatz, Fort Mill, SC

79-75-84--238  (+25)

 

63

Bob Kinsey, Murrells Inlet, SC

80-75-87--242  (+29)

 

 

   MISSED THE CUT

 

 

T64

Mark Stephens, Troutman, NC

81-77--158  (+16)

 

T64

Gary Shimmin, Okatie, SC

75-83--158  (+16)

 

T64

Robert Van Norden, Greenville, SC

84-74--158  (+16)

 

T64

Logan Jackson, Winston Salem, NC

80-78--158  (+16)

 

T64

Dan Anderson, Lenoir, NC

83-75--158  (+16)

 

T64

William Garahan, Rock Hill, SC

78-80--158  (+16)

 

T64

Jim Gallagher, Charlotte, NC

80-78--158  (+16)

 

T71

Tom Humphrey, Okatie, SC

79-80--159  (+17)

 

T71

Richard Korzen, Aiken, SC

81-78--159  (+17)

 

T71

Neal Baker, Charleston, SC

80-79--159  (+17)

 

T71

Jackson Hughes, Greenville, SC

81-78--159  (+17)

 

T71

Frank Golden, Charlotte, NC

82-77--159  (+17)

 

T71

Jay Gardner, High Point, NC

84-75--159  (+17)

 

T71

Bruce Middleton, Mount Airy, NC

81-78--159  (+17)

 

T71

David Watterworth, Charlotte, NC

81-78--159  (+17)

 

T71

Dale Porter, Leland, NC

83-76--159  (+17)

 

T80

Steve Pachol, Columbia, SC

78-82--160  (+18)

 

T80

Johnny Adams, Cary, NC

82-78--160  (+18)

 

T80

Terry Rathman, Gastonia, NC

80-80--160  (+18)

 

T83

Gerry Ferguson, Indian Trail, NC

80-81--161  (+19)

 

T83

Steve Joyce, Denver, NC

83-78--161  (+19)

 

T83

Bill Lee, Charlotte, NC

79-82--161  (+19)

 

T83

Terry Collins, Pinehurst, NC

81-80--161  (+19)

 

T83

Chuck Latham, Vass, NC

82-79--161  (+19)

 

T83

Austin Overby, Raleigh, NC

78-83--161  (+19)

 

T89

William Medlin, Holly Springs, NC

77-85--162  (+20)

 

T89

Eric Dollenberg, Hilton Head, SC

84-78--162  (+20)

 

T89

Bobby Craven, Oak Ridge, NC

83-79--162  (+20)

 

T89

Ron Swanner, Albemarle, NC

85-77--162  (+20)

 

T93

Don Teague, Shelby, NC

80-83--163  (+21)

 

T93

Stew Butler, Orangeburg, SC

80-83--163  (+21)

 

T93

Steve Smith, Raleigh, NC

82-81--163  (+21)

 

T93

Don Slater, Durham, NC

78-85--163  (+21)

 

T93

Munroe Cobey, Chapel Hill, NC

82-81--163  (+21)

 

T98

Gil Clark, Raleigh, NC

84-80--164  (+22)

 

T98

Steve Preston, Charlotte, NC

85-79--164  (+22)

 

T98

Bob Hammersla, Greenville, SC

84-80--164  (+22)

 

101

Hugh Quinn, Lewisville, NC

81-85--166  (+24)

 

102

John Barlow, Greensboro, NC

87-80--167  (+25)

 

T103

David Baity, Yadkinville, NC

86-82--168  (+26)

 

T103

Wayne Howle, Darlington, SC

84-84--168  (+26)

 

T103

Paul Manikowski, Greenville, SC

85-83--168  (+26)

 

T106

Steve Smith, Pinehurst, NC

84-85--169  (+27)

 

T106

Greg Powell, Charlotte, NC

87-82--169  (+27)

 

T108

Chuck Parker, Raleigh, NC

87-83--170  (+28)

 

T108

Steve Ebert, Aiken, SC

91-79--170  (+28)

 

T110

Bruce Barnhart, Fayetteville, NC

86-85--171  (+29)

 

T110

Mike Metz, Summerville, SC

87-84--171  (+29)

 

112

David Harrison, Yadkinville, NC

81-91--172  (+30)

 

113

Paul Gurney, Fuquay Varina, NC

85-88--173  (+31)

 

114

Bill Summers, Clemmons, NC

91-83--174  (+32)

 

115

Ben Baker, Pisgah Forest, NC

87-88--175  (+33)

 

 

Bruce Bolling, Winston-Salem, NC

84-71--WD

 

-

Ed Mills, Fairview, NC

79-WDI--WDI

 

-

Peter Loper, Charlotte, NC

81-WDI--WDI

 

-

Ron Johnston, Chapel Hill, NC

WDI--WDI

 

-

Van Pernell, Hickory, NC

WDI--WDI

 

-

Buck Leigh, Columbia, SC

WDI--WDI

 

-

Bill Palmer, Bluffton, SC

WDI--WDI

 

-

Gene Grubb, Summerfield, NC

WDI--WDI