Gary Shimmin's final round 67 wins the senior division
PAWLEYS ISLAND, South Carolina, Jan. 28, 2007-- For the second day in a row players were greeted with sunny skies and windy conditions in the 11th Annual Tournament of Champions held at The Tradition Club in Pawleys Island. Champions from all over the state came to compete in six different divisions over the 36 hole event.
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
--Courtesy SCGA
About the South Carolina Tournament of Champions
With the first event held in January of 1997, The Tournament of Champions was created to honor the Champions of the SCGA Member Club events and the SCGA One Day Tournaments throughout the year prior. Participants compete against one another in flight...
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