Florida Interclub: The Champions Club at Julington Creek wins title
Florida Interclub Champions The Champions Club at Julington Creek
(FSGA Photo)
ORLANDO, FL (March 31, 2016)--The Champions Club
at Julington Creek came back from a 14 point deficit
and captured the 2016 Men’s Interclub Team
Championship at Walt Disney World Golf Resort in Lake
Buena Vista. After six weeks of matches followed by
two rounds of playoffs, The Champions Club at
Julington Creek outlasted eight other Regional
Champions to be crowned the Men’s Interclub State
Champions.
The State Championship saw all new teams in the
field this year competing on the Palm Course in round
one and the Magnolia Course for the final round.
Wednesday’s round, the players faced wet conditions
due to two inches of rain the night before. Quail Creek
Country Club, winning regional team from Naples,
jumped to a nine stroke lead after a round one 215
team total. Black Diamond Ranch trailed behind in
second place (206 total) followed by Dunedin Golf Club
(202 total) in third place and Julington Creek (201) in
fourth. The two players with the highest stableford
points came from the first and second team. Dan
Curran from Quail Creek and Black Diamond’s, Jeff
Seavey both helped their team with 39 points!
The Champions Club at Julington Creek posted an
impressive 225 points in the final round to break free
of fourth place and climb up the leaderboard to a
victory! Julington Creek’s 225 round two total was the
tournament high and led to a tournament total 426
points. Congratulations to the members of the
Championship team from the Northeast Region: Bryan
Benton, Jimmy Bilsky, Dan Butterworth, Curt
Etheridge, Ed Fernandez, LP Huffingham, Henry
Lastrapes, David Palm, Matt Puckett, Joe Wallace, and
Eric Wood. Joe Wallace posted the tournament high
number of points on Thursday with 40 points. Quail
Creek Country Club finished two strokes behind in
second place with a 424 total.
The 2016 Men's Interclub season began with 124
teams competing from Pensacola all the way to Vero
Beach. Nine Regional Championship teams listed below
earned their ticket to compete at the State
Championship held at Walt Disney World Golf Resort.
Tampa Bay Region:
Dunedin Golf
Club, Dunedin
Suncoast Region:
TPC
Prestancia, Sarasota
West Region:
Black Diamond
Ranch, Lecanto
Treasure Coast Region:
The Evergreen
Club, Palm City
Central Region:
Timacuan Golf &
Country Club, Lake Mary
Naples Region:
Quail Creek Country
Club, Naples
Northeast Region:
The Champions
Club at Julington Creek, Jacksonville
Panhandle Region 1:
Regatta Bay
Golf & Yacht Club, Destin
Panhandle Region 2:
Windswept
Dunes Golf Club, Freeport
In the State Championship, the six lowest
individual net scores (highest net Stableford points) per
team count. The team with the highest number of
points is crowned the Interclub State Champion. Net
Stableford points are as follows: Double Eagle 5-points,
Eagle 4-points, Birdie 3-points, Par 2-points, Bogey 1-
point, Double Bogey or higher 0-points.
The Men's Interclub Team Matches began in
January and included six weeks of home and away
matches, followed by regional play-offs and a State
Championship at Walt Disney World Golf Resort.
Matches are played on Thursday afternoons and
utilize full handicaps (18.4 indexes and below)
featuring eight players from each team competing
against another local club. All competitors play an
individual 18-hole match and at the same time, play
with a partner from their team in a four-ball match
against two players from the opposing team (2-man,
best ball).