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The low score of the event came from the Club Champion Division with TJ Hines from Chesnee taking first place with a score of 142. In the Men’s Senior Club Division, Gary Shimmin of Okatie shot a final round score of 67 for a total of 139. The 2005 & 2006 Player of the Year, Steve Liebler of Irmo won the One Day Gross Division with a total of 144. Leesville resident RF Taylor won the One Day Senior Division by six shots with a total of 144. Sue Zankowski of Dataw Island held on for a one shot win in the Women’s Division. Bill Dean of Taylors won the One Day Net Division with a final net score of 140.

The 2006 SCGA~WSCGA Tournament of Champions was played on the par 72, Ron Garl designed Tradition Club in Pawleys Island, SC. The field consisted of 117 men and women playing in 6 separate divisions. The Tournament of Champions is one of 18 Major Championships conducted by the South Carolina Golf Association and is in its 11th year of existence.

Final Results:

Men's Club Champion 1st Hines, T.J. (Chesnee) 71 71 142 2nd Tucker, Paul (Pageland) 72 71 143 3rd Smunk, Bill (Kingstree) 73 71 144 t-4th Brown, Tadd (Moncks Corner) 74 73 147 t-4th Stewart, Todd (Florence) 73 74 147 6th Lott, Brian (Summerville) 74 74 148 7th Newman, Bobby (Roebuck) 73 76 149 Roof, Brent (Columbia) 77 73 150 Hoft, J.D. (Bluffton) 76 75 151 Wooten, Raymond (Clemson) 80 71 151 Todd, Thomas III (Laurens) 74 78 152 Hirsch, Michael (Pawleys Island) 73 80 153 Pruet, Earl (Charleston) 76 77 153 DiPasquale, Bernie (Beaufort) 78 75 153 Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) 79 77 156 Greenlaw-Moore, Robert (Columbia) 80 76 156 Rogers, Wayne (Easley) 79 77 156 Fleming, Bruce (Mt. Pleasant) 80 76 156 Munson, Don (Simpsonville) 82 76 158 Pope, Timothy (Spartanburg) 78 82 160 Wagner, Duff (Taylors) 77 84 161 Mirmow, Eddie (Lexington) 76 85 161 Hutto, Alton (Mt. Pleasant) 86 77 163 Carpenter, Clark (Blythewood) 85 78 163 Fennell, Matt (Mt. Pleasant) 82 83 165 Gray, Phil (Charleston) 84 82 166 Raimondo, Nelson (Myrtle Beach) 86 81 167 Hobson, III, Henry W. (Johns Island) 83 85 168 Haimes, Glemmie (Lexington) 80 89 169 Jackson, Charles (Horatio) 85 85 170 Tuttle, Steve (Myrtle Beach) 91 81 172 Jackson, Johnny (Aiken) 89 94 183 Taylor, Jonathan (York) 94 90 184 Caskey, Scott (Lancaster) 85 0 85 NC Hourihan, Joe (Clover) 75 0 75 WDI Men's Senior Club 1st Shimmin, Gary (Okatie) 72 67 139 2nd Walker, Nick (Aiken) 71 72 143 3rd Hambly, Dave (Bluffton) 75 70 145 4th Wright, Raleign (Bluffton) 74 76 150 5th Lopez, John (Murrells Inlet) 76 77 153 t-6th Shumway, Pete (McCormick) 78 76 154 t-6th O'Keefe, Tucker (Mt. Pleasant) 77 77 154 t-6th Roach, Steve (Florence) 78 76 154 t-6th Loebs, Gary (Conway) 78 76 154 Burton, Mike (Taylors) 76 79 155 Schiltz, Evan (W. Columbia) 78 79 157 Alchermes, Brian (Columbia) 80 77 157 Montesi, Tom (Mt. Pleasant) 79 79 158 Carpenter, Bob (Blythewood) 80 78 158 McCarty, Belton (Beaufort) 77 82 159 Rushing, Lyn (Great Falls) 78 81 159 Hayes, Bill (Spartanburg) 79 81 160 Carpenter, Bobby (Charleston) 79 82 161 McMahan, Bobby (N. Charleston) 81 80 161 Moore, Autry (Pawleys Island) 81 81 162 French, Barry (Charleston) 78 86 164 Avery, Nick (Goose Creek) 81 84 165 Wells, Roger (Pacolet) 84 83 167 Hodgin, Gary (Lexington) 84 90 174 Connor, Barry (Summerville) 85 90 175 Whitaker, Michael (Greenville) 82 96 178 Eilber, Floyd (Pawleys Island) 92 94 186 Donat, John (Beaufort) 88 0 88 WD One Day Gross 1st Liebler, Steve (Irmo) 72 72 144 2nd Wallace, Holley (Columbia) 71 76 147 3rd Cobb, Rick (Taylors) 73 75 148 4th Hendley, Todd (Simpsonville) 77 73 150 Johnson, Chris (Lancaster) 78 75 153 Wood, Oren (Charleston) 78 77 155 Taylor, Ken (Columbia) 82 75 157 Gravley, Mike (Greer) 81 76 157 Scott, Steve (Mauldin) 83 78 161 Darin, Jim (Sumter) 78 83 161 Webber, Todd (Moore) 91 74 165 Hutcheson, Greg (W. Columbia) 88 89 177 Gianoukos, Andy (Charleston) 78 0 78 WDI One Day Net Net Total 1st Dean, Bill (Taylors) 81 71 152 140 2nd Bradstreet, Les (Columbia) 85 83 168 142 3rd Gober, Jack (Columbia) 83 85 168 146 t-4th Webster, Mark (Lexington) 85 80 165 147 t-4th Roberts, Ted (Lugoff) 100 97 197 147 Potter, Bob (N. Charleston) 77 81 158 148 Olawsky, Keith (Lexington) 84 84 168 152 Cecil, Chuck (Simpsonville) 87 85 172 152 Bledsoe, Martin (Greer) 89 88 177 163 Barnes, Alma (Greenwood) 101 100 201 163 Linse, William (Greenville) 91 99 190 168 Mitchell, Mac (Columbia) 114 99 213 179 Schnur, Mike (Myrtle Beach) 104 0 104 DNS Godfrey, Joe (Columbia) 96 0 96 NC Bridges, Michael (Anderson) 110 0 110 WD Davis, Vernon (Chapin) 93 0 93 WDI One Day Senior 1st Taylor, R.F. (Leesville) 70 74 144 2nd Ebert, Steve (Aiken) 77 73 150 t-3rd Gause, Bobby (Lexington) 80 74 154 t-3rd Westcott, Larry (Lancaster) 75 79 154 Callahan, Ron (Little Mountain) 76 83 159 Gosnell, Dean (Townville) 82 82 164 Reid, Kevin (Simpsonville) 85 80 165 Lesley, Dick (Heath Springs) 89 77 166 Morey, Richard (Columbia) 89 0 89 DNS Women's Division 1st Zankowski, Sue (Dataw Island) 78 79 157 2nd Barksdale, Cecelia (Little River) 80 78 158 3rd Loebs, Julie (Myrtle Beach) 84 77 161 t-4th Belair, Dianne (Myrtle Beach) 80 84 164 t-4th Sheldon, Joan (Pawleys Island) 81 83 164 Hillock, Jeannie (Johns Island) 87 82 169 Ahearn, Sheila (Easley) 82 88 170 Langen, Tori (Johns Island) 85 87 172 Candies, Evan (N. Charleston) 92 85 177 Rhodes, Pat (Chapin) 89 89 178 Bost, Pattie (Lexington) 91 88 179 Jacks, Monnie (Mountville) 100 97 197 Fisher, Doris (Simpsonville) 93 0 93 DNS Brown, Priscilla (Murrells Inlet) 88 0 88 NC

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