Entering the final round of the 46th Annual SCGA Senior Better Ball Championship at Santee (S.C.) Cooper Country Club, Rich Weston of Pawleys Island, S.C., and Mike Daniels of Murrells Inlet, S.C., found themselves four shots off the lead. Still, they knew a strong final round could greatly help their cause on an already crowded leaderboard.
Weston, the 2018 SCGA Senior Champion, and Daniels, half of the 2018 Super Senior Four Ball Championship team, are no strangers to winning SCGA events. After an opening-round score of 69, Weston and Daniels steadily compiled eight birdies, one bogey and nine pars for a final-round score of 65 to capture the 2019 SCGA Senior Better Ball Championship with a two-day total of 134.
The first-round leaders Rich Rebholz of Rock Hill, S.C., and Jim Wise of Columbia, S.C., finished in solo second with a tournament total of 135.
The 2019 SCGA Senior Better Ball Championship was played at the par-72, 6,369 yard Santee Cooper Country Club. The field consisted of 53 two-man teams playing Best Ball format conducted over 36 holes. The Senior Better Ball Championship is in its 46th year of existence.
Weston, Daniels win S.C. Sr. Better Ball with strong final round
The two entered the final round four shots off the lead but worked to make up the ground.