Lupton Invitational: Hanzel wins in playoff

May 25, 2008 | by

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Doug Hanzel tops Steve White with par on first playoff hole; Paul Simson dominates senior flight

OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (May 25, 2008)--Doug Hanzel converted a par on the first playoff hole to top Steve White and win the Lupton Invitational, held at the Honors Course. Both golfers finished with 110 points in the Stableford format.

The 51-year-old doctor from Savannah has won four Savannah City Championships and the 2006 Oglethorpe Invitational.

Thomas Smith took third at 108.

Paul Simson cruised to victory in the senior flight, finishing with 119 points, 15 better than his nearest competitor, Tony Green.

Full results follow:

Mid-Amateur
First	Last	Club	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Tot.
Doug	Hanzel	The Landing Club	37	37	36	110
Steve	White	Teton Pines CC	37	36	37	110
Thomas	Smith	Council Fire	36	34	38	108
David	Noll, Jr.	Dalton G&CC	38	37	31	106
Tim	Jackson	Ridgeway CC	35	36	33	104
Joe	Bendetti	Spanish Oaks GC	31	37	32	100
Dan	Sullivan	Brookside GC	33	32	35	100
Talbert	Griffin	Woodward CC	34	34	31	99
Chris	Hall	Cartersville CC	36	36	26	98
Donny	Phillips	Hawks Ridge GC	34	34	30	98
Michael	Barbosa	Vinoy Resort	36	30	32	98
Joe	Hillman	Wolf Run	35	31	31	97
Mark	Knecht	Paxton Park GC	33	28	35	96
Brad	Wilder	Triple Crown CC	34	32	29	95
Duke	Butler, IV	TPC Sawgrass	33	33	29	95
Dan	Hosek	Fort Belvoir GC	33	29	33	95
Kris	Mikkelsen	The Golf Club of Georgia	30	32	33	95
Jack	Hall	Ocean Forest GC	36	31	27	94
Will	Sprague	Eagle Landing	32	31	31	94
Timothy	McCabe	Laurel Springs	30	29	34	93
James	Volpenhein	Traditions GC	30	32	30	92
Peter	Kelly III	The Golf Club of Georgia	35	33	23	91
Aaron	Bell	Wolf Run	33	28	30	91
Craig	Groenendaal	Dominion Valley CC	34	26	31	91
Michael	Morrison	The Honors Course	30	32	28	90
Brian	Harris	Wolf Run	31	28	31	90
Craig	Soule	Fremont CC	26	34	28	88
Richard	Brame	The Honors Course	26	35	25	86
Joe	Fairey	Sage Valley GC	34	26	26	86
Robert	Menefee	Belle Haven CC	29	33	23	85
Tim	Burns	The Honors Course	29	33	23	85
Cut
Donnie	Cooper	Tennessee National	31	27		58
Tim	Crawford	The Honors Course	29	29		58
John	Kartheiser	Kearney Hills GL	31	26		57
Steve	Johnson	The Honors Course	31	25		56
Bob	Stephens	Wolf Run GC	27	29		56
Alex	Moore	Indian Hill Club	33	22		55
Brandon	Davis	Bayonne GC	30	25		55
Woody	Englander	Spanish Oaks GC	24	31		55
Chris	Cupit	The Honors Course	26	28		54
Pat	Corey	Lookout Mtn GC	30	23		53
Derek	Moore	Winchester GC	23	28		51
Greg	Greenbaum	Atlanta CC	22	29		51
Jason	White	Brookside GC	28	20		48
Randy	Yoder	The Honors Course	24	23		47
Tim	Kane	The Honors Course	18	28		46
John	Martina	Rivermont G&CC	20	25		45
Timothy	Kane	University of Maryland GC	16	27		43
Richard	Keene	Brainerd GC	30	WD		WD

Senior
First	Last	Club	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Tot.
Paul	Simson	North Ridge CC	40	42	37	119
Tony	Green	Ridgefields CC	37	33	34	104
A.B.	Sisco	Pensacola CC	37	34	30	101
Steve J.	Johnson	Ozaukee CC	37	30	34	101
Bill	Leonard	Atlanta National	33	35	32	100
Gary	Shimmin	Old Tabby Links @ Spring Island	33	38	28	99
Mike	Bell	CC of Indianapolis	30	34	34	98
Larry	Clark	Barnsley Gardens	31	34	32	97
J. David	Carroll	Silverado CC	31	33	33	97
Bill	Ploeger	Green Island CC	34	29	33	96
Fred	Silver	Niagara Falls CC	36	25	35	96
Bruce	Walters	Bay Hill Club & Lodge	30	31	34	95
Dick	VanLeuvan	Cherokee Town & CC	32	32	30	94
Bob	Currey	Brae Burn CC	32	32	30	94
Robert	Kulp	Forsyth CC	30	31	33	94
Jud	Grace	Reunion CC	34	28	31	93
Gary	Chazen	The Honors Course	28	34	30	92
Chuck	Jabaley	The Honors Course	34	31	26	91
John	Dennis	Greenville CC	31	32	28	91
John	Felker	The Honors Course	33	28	30	91
Neil	Spitalny	Chattanooga G&CC	33	28	30	91
Jack	Ramsey	Windyke CC	31	32	27	90
Frank	Abbott	Silverado CC	30	32	28	90
Wesley	Hays	Chickasaw CC	32	29	28	89
John	Long	Evergreen CC	30	30	29	89
Larry	McGill	Council Fire	29	30	30	89
Ronnie	Tumlin	Marsh Creek	28	31	29	88
Ronnie	Law	Black Creek Club	31	30	26	87
Bob	Varn	CC of Orangeburg	31	29	27	87
Tom	Humphrey	Old Tabby Links @ Spring Island	32	28	25	85
Stephen	Beckett	Marsh Creek	29	31	24	84
A.C.	Cooper	The Honors Course	29	30	22	81
Cut
Bill	Evans	Green Island CC	33	25		58
Steven	Hakes	Coronado GC	28	30		58
Gunnar	Bennett	Palmetto GC	32	25		57
James	Castagna	Manor CC	30	27		57
Greg	Scurlock	Augusta CC	28	29		57
Jim	Brown	Tellico Village	26	31		57
Bob	Fouke	GC of Oklahoma	25	32		57
Jerry	Greenbaum	The Standard Club	30	26		56
Michael	Mahoney	Whisper Rock GC	30	25		55
Joe	Estes	Cherokee Town & CC	28	27		55
Mike	Jenkins	Chattanooga G&CC	28	27		55
Larry	White	The Honors Course	32	22		54
Rick	Harrell	Eagles Landing GC	32	22		54
Skip	Snow	Dayton CC	31	23		54
Carlos	Salaber	Crow Valley GC	29	24		53
Julian	Saul	The Honors Course	28	25		53
Larry	Woods	Valhalla GC	28	25		53
Lex	Tarumianz	Lookout Mtn GC	27	26		53
Bob	Nance	The Farm GC	26	26		52
Nixon	Costner	The Virginian	32	19		51
Sheldon	Kalish	Hayfields CC	29	22		51
Ross	Ellison	Capilano G&CC	29	21		50
King	Oehmig	Lookout Mtn GC	27	22		49
Malcolm	Bund	Columbia	28	20		48
Pinky	Pelham	Pablo Creek	22	25		47
Robert	Stuart	Winged Foot GC	21	WD		WD
Scott	Northey	CC of Roswell	28	DQ		DQ

About the Lupton Invitational

Lupton Invitational: Hanzel wins in playoff

This event, named after club founder John T. Lupton, debuted in 2005 on a spectacular Pete Dye golf course near Chatanooga. Mitch Voges won the 1991 U.S. Amateur here, and Tiger Woods won the 1996 NCAA Championship here despite a final round 80.

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