Blackwell, Young hold off defending champs to win Int'l 4-Ball
2/13/2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for International Four-Ball, Ohoopee Match Club
John Blackwell and Danny Young won the event wire-to-wire after opening with back-to-back rounds of 66
Young and Blackwell followed that opening round with another 66 and closed out their week with a final-round 2-under 69. At 12 under for the week, Blackwell and Young never let defending champions Matt Parziale and Herbie Aikens get close. There was a six shot gap between Blackwell and Young in first and Parziale and Aikens in second.
Blackwell is a mid-amateur from Wilmington, N.C., who played the 2004 U.S. Amateur (in fact, he made a 12-foot putt to beat out J.B. Holmes for a spot in that event) and the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur. Young, meanwhile, is Miami resident who qualified for the past two U.S. Mid-Amateurs as well as the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur.
After Parziale and Aikens, who put together rounds of 68-69-70 for the week, Tim Hanlon and Scott Butler finished third at 5 under.
Shawn Baker and partner James Scorse were the only other players to get under par for 54 holes. They were 3 under and solo fourth.
In the senior division, Skip Runnels and Gordon Rees even outscored Blackwell and Young. The duo went 13 under par with rounds of 68-65-67, and they needed every shot. Two teams – Buzz Fly and Doug Hanzel plus Marty Rifkin and Pete Williams – were right on their heels at 12 under.
In the super senior division, Richard Woulfe and Paul Simson went 11 under with rounds of 68-67-67 to win by 10 shots. Their score also left them solo fourth in the senior division.
About the International Four-Ball
Started in 1957, the International Four-Ball is one of the most prestigious amateur events in the country. The Championship includes Mid-Amateur (ages 25-54), Senior (ages 55-64) and Legends (ages 65 and up) Divisions. All divisions compete in a Four...
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