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 After posting a 12-under (60) on Saturday and taking a 2 shot lead on the field, James Van De Griff & Dustin Davis appeared to have short route to the winners circle again but the heat was poured on by Kevin Gryder fresh off his win in the Creekside Invitational and Tony Wallace.
Wallace & Gryder didnt appear to be a challenge as they turned the backside (their front nine) at 3 under with Davis & Van de Griff posting a 7 under through their first 12 holes after starting on the 9th hole. From that point Wallace & Gryder put on a chip and putt show finishing the frontside at Three Ridges with 7 more birdies to go 10-under. "We heard they were doing well on the front side, but all we could make were pars," said Van de Griff. After doing some math they figured they were still okay but it was closer than they needed to hear.
With the final tally in, the 65-62 by Gryder & Wallace was two short of the 125 total by the defending champions, making them the first repeat champions in the tournament history. James Van De Griff & Dustin Davis finished the first decade of the century with a win and carried another win into the second decade as the team to beat at Three Ridges.
There were 3 teams tied for 3rd at 130 including Kegley & Penland, Turner & Hammonds, Martin & King.
In the Senior Division Donnie Varner & Ted Arsenault held off Sam Bounds & Robert Wright to win by 2 shots after posting matching 64 rounds.
In the First Flight Skeen & Dalton charged ahead of six teams to capture the win after posting a 9-under on Sunday follow closely by the Atkins brothers Chris & Mark who made a charge of their on passing a dozen teams to finish 2nd. "We were 2-under after 11 holes and everything just starting falling," said Chris with string of birdies on the back nine along with an eagle on the 12th hole.
The shot of the tournament came from Scott Collette who collected his first hole-in-one on the infamous #16 par-3. Collette used a 5-iron from 180 yards straight at the stick with a bounce from 6-foot short of the hole to find its way home. The Ace propelled Collette and partner Les Carr to 3rd place in flight.
The Second Flight ended in a tie for 1st with Reynolds & Robinson winning the prize position for first place over local lowball director Ken Garrison & George Gregory. Nothing like a little "home-cookin" to make Garrison a happy golfer. Right behind the winners were Hall & Smith one shot back.
Once again the staff at Three Ridges headed by Mark Brown PGA Head Pro performed flawlessly in preparation for the tournament including an awesome meal on Saturday of pork steaks, potato and pasta salad, and other trimmings. We would call it "The Best Meal in Knoxville" for that day.
Also, Superintendent Kevin Lewis had the course in premium condition in spite of the downpour on Saturday and through the night. Three Ridges has finally reached the position we can safely and proudly call it "The Best Public Course" in Knoxville.
(Photo's on Photo Album Page)
Results:
Championship (Black Tees)
1st- James Van De Griff & Dustin Davis 60-65--125
2nd Kevin Gryder & Tony Wallace 65-62--127
3rd- Turner & Hammonds 63-67--130
3rd- Penland & Kegley 64-66--130
3rd- Martin & King 64-66--130
6th- Bounds & HObby 64-67--131
First Flight
1st- Skeen & Dalton 67-63--130
2nd- Atkins & Atkins 69-62--131
3rd- Carr & Collette 68-65--133
4th- Scates & Bails 66-68--134
Four teams at 136
Second Flight
1st- Reynolds & Robinson 70-67--137*
1st- Garrison & Gregory 70-67--137
* scorecard playoff for prize position
3rd- Hall & Smith 71-67--138
4th- Howell & Strange 70-69--139
5th- Morton & McCorkle 71-71--142
6th- Ballinger & Loope 76-67--143
Senior Flight
1st- Ted Arsenault & Donnie Varner 64-64--128
2nd- Bounds & Wright 64-66--130
3rd- Irwin & Burnette 68-67--135



Chris Wynne Captures His First Woodlake Invitational

On another one of the blistering days of Summer, Chris Wynne, former Tusculum standout ('08) drove and putted his way through six players who shot in the 60's on Saturday to capture his first Woodlake title as improved by five shots from 70 to 65 after moving back to the Black tee boxes. James Van De Griff who matched Saturdays round with a 68 held on to second place ahead of Josh Cornett who posted round of 68-69. The shot of the day and probably the best shot of the year, was delivered by Cornett on the par-4 10th hole as he used a driver to carry 345 yard hole (downhill) to post a hole-in-one. Corey Talley who led the field coming into Sunday's round dropped to an even par round to tie with Nick York for fourth place.
In the Senior Division Gary Gibson posted a 69 on Saturday to lead by four shots over Mike Maples. Former champion A C Cooper maintained duplicated his 74 on Saturday and Maples dropped to a 77 allowing Gibson to cruise in for a six-shot win. Glenn Swaggarty matched Coopers scores and tied for second. Mark Swaggerty move to a tie for fourth with Maples as he improved by four shots on Sunday.
A familiar name to the championship flight, Josh Collins took the First Flight after suffering from a golf virus (I cant find the hole) on Saturday, winning by two shots over Payne Jones. Collins 68 on Sunday was the lowest round of the open division.
In the Second Flight Tre Mullins improved by seven shots to win by one shot over Matt Bowers. The Third Flight was won by Joey Davis with an 11 shot improvement and apparently suffering from the golf virus on Saturday as well was Chris Wolfenbarger as he improved by 11 shots to win the Fourth flight. Wolfenbarger is part of the 2-man team with Doug Shumate who has won two championship in the past year.
Mrs. Muncy once again proved her expertise in the kitchen as she fixed anothe awesome meal of "hanging of the bun" hamburgers, beans, potato salad, the world's best pasta salad and homemade desserts of banana pudding and brownies drizzled with chocolate sauce. Her efforts makes the heat and high scores by the non-winners worth the trip and wait on Sunday.
Travis Muncy and his staff performed flawlessly in taking care of the golfers and with the exception of Eric Kennedy had all of his players (LMU) from the 2010 Conference Championship available for a group photo. See all the winners in the photo album and the front page of the website.
Results:
Championship
1st- Chris Wynne 70-65--135
2nd- James Van De Griff 68-68--136
3rd- Josh Cornett 68-69--137
4th- Corey Talley 66-72--138
4th- Nick York 69-69--138
6th- Pat Clapp 67-72--139
First Flight
1st- Josh Collins 74-68--142
2nd- Payne Jones 73-71--144
3rd- Allan Tuttle 75-72--147
4th- Craig Reaser 74-74--148
Second Flight
1st- Tre Mullins 78-70--148
2nd- Matt Bowers 77-72--149
3rd- Johnny Baird 78-74--152
4th- Boston McCorkell 77-76--153
Third Flight
1st- Joey Davis 83-72--155
2nd- Wayne Collett 83-77--160
3rd- Mike Nutt 85-76--161
4th- Glenn Pearson 82-80--162
5th- Jonathan Evans 84-82--166
Fourth Flight
1st- Chris Wolfenbarger 87-76--163
2nd- Joe Carroll 89-76--165
3rd- Eugene Farmer 86-80--166
4th- Howard Farmer 86-81--167
Senior Division
1st- Gary Gibson 69-73--142
2nd- AC Cooper 74-74--148
2nd- Glenn Swaggerty 74-74--148
4th- Mark Swaggerty 77-73--150
4th- Mike Maples 73-77--150

Kendrick & Turner win Dandridge 2-man Senior Scramble
Bryan Kendrick & Greg Turner (58 were one shot back on Sunday morning to the former champions Wiley Jones & Dale Rutherford (57) but their challenge came from the Swaggerty brothers Mark & Glenn who came from out of a group of teams who posted rounds of 60 on Saturday. As Jones & Rutherford ran into trouble on the front side (red nine) Kendrick & Turner turned on the gas with a six under front.
While the Swaggerty boys were matching their 60 round on Saturday Kendrick & Turner posted a 61 to seal a one-shot win.
Kendrick & Turner last won a 2-Man at Woodlake when Turner "aced" the 13th hole to give them a one-shot win.
The Whittle Springs groups of Bobby Wise & Ricky Lane finished 4th while Bobby Lewis & Mike Ardner showed they had the "senior" stuff with a 12-under on Saturday and 8-under on Sunday to land in 5th place.
In the First Flight former Knoxville City Champs John Childress & Buff Mathena tied with another City champ Donnie Varner & his partner Bob Boatman at 124.
The "Bama" & "UT" odd ball team of Sam Bounds & Robert Wright held-off Honey Messer & J.D. Wyatt to win the second flight. Both teams posted 9-under rounds on Sunday. And in the Third Flight Bill Christian teamed with Roy Hankins and found the right end of the putter to improve by 7-shots to win by one over a log-jam of teams tied for second all of whom posted 70-67 rounds.
Congratulations to Greg Kukla and his staff for excellent service and their usual strong payout.
Results:
Third Flight
1st- Bill Christian & Roy Hankins 70-63--133
2nd-Glenn Makin & Mike Seal 70-67--137
2nd- Jerry Horner & Glenn McCarter 70-67--137
2nd- Bob Kesterson & Frank Voiles 70-67--137
2nd- Pod Miller & Charlie Holt 70-67--137
Second Flight
1st- Sam Bounds & Robert Wright 67-63--130
2nd- Honey Messer & J. D. Wyatt 68-63--131
3rd- Charlie Mills & Steve Burris 68-64--132
3rd- Dobber Whaley & Bud Sutton 67-65--132
5th- Mike Jenkins & Carl Jenkins 68-65--133
First Flight
1st- John Childress & Steve Mathena 63-61--124
1st- Bob Boatman & Donnie Varner 64-60--124
3rd- Terry Price & Wayne Moore 63-65--128
3rd- Steve Crooke & Johnny Reagon 63-65--128
3rd- Steve Cloer & Allen Nosworthy 65-63--128
3rd- Bill Love & Glenn Pettit 65-63-- 128
Championship
1st- Brian Kendrick & Greg Turner 58-61--119
2nd- Mark & Glenn Swaggerty 60-60--120
3rd- Wiley Jones & Dale Rutherford 57-65--122
4th- Ricky Lane & Bob Wise 60-63--123
5th- Bobby Lewis & Mike Ardner 60-64--124

Brad Campbell  Country Club Invitational Winner
  Brad Campbell took care of business in Morristown this year by winning both the Country Club Invitational after coming from 4 down on Saturday passing 3 other players, and earlier this season capturing the Lakeway Championship at Millstone in similar fashion.    With wet conditions keeping drives short and stretching the already tough course into a monster scores were higher than normal with Campbells one-over 145 beating Dane Fairfield and Dirk Daniel by one-shot.
   In the first flight Greg Nichols of Gatlinburg improved by five shots to hold off Scott Strike and Tim Moore by two shots.   John Minor , Jr woke up on Sunday and played to his ability posting a three-under 69 improving by 15-shots and winning by 11 strokes over Dustin Williams.

The Senior winner was Rick Harrell two shots back from Saturdays leader Randall Irwin but posted a two-under 70 to catch and defeat Irwin and Knoxville dentist Ron Kilgore by three shots.
In the Senior First Flight local Terry Ball improved by 9 shots and posted a one-under 71 to win by 8 strokes over, Jack Hodgson, David Rivers and Dick Kammann.
The excitement for Zack Cole came on Saturday as he bagged his first hole-in-one on the fourth hole with a gap wedge from 131 yards.  "It hit just past the hole and spun back in" said the happy Zack.
See the photo album with more pictures from the tournament on the photo album page

2010 TCC Invitational

Championship Flight

Brad Campbell 73-72= 145

Dane Fairfield 73-73= 146

Dirk Daniel 73-73= 146

 

1st Flight

Greg Nichols 77-72=149

Scott Strike 77-74=151

Tim Moore 79-72=151

 

2nd Flight

John Minor Jr. 84-69=153

Dustin Williams 87-77=164

Jack Wooten 88-81=169

 

Senior Championship

Rick Harrell 74-70=144

Randall Irwin 72-75=147

Ron Kilgore 73-74=147

Russ Foust 75-74=149

Rick Sinard 75-74=149

 

Senior 1st Flight

Terry Ball 80-71=151

David River 81-78=159

Jack Hodgson 81-78=159

Dick Kammann 80-79=159



Willow Creek a Family Sweep by the Rodgers duo Bryan and Brandon

After 7 years of the Willow Creek Invitational with Brandon Rodgers making his tournament debut the first year as a youngster in the open division and dad Bryan Rodgers competing in the championship flight, the father - son golf game has made a full circle.
Brandon captured the championship on the first hole of a playoff with former champion Bobby Baird, while dad Bryan edged-out defending senior champion Bill Roach on the second hole a playoff for the senior title. Roach had also swept the tournament three years ago with son Wes taking the championship while Bill won the senior division.
"I'm so proud of Brandon," said Bryan. "I was more nervous watching his playoff than I was in mine," he added.
Brandon was the 2008 "Golf News Boys Player of the Year" and has continued to improve his skills and compete in the top five in local men's tournaments. The Willow Creek Invitational was played against fellow and former high school competitors and teammates.
Going into Sunday's round Hayden Anderson (69), one of the First-Team prep all-star golfers last year, had a lead over Baird and Grant Milner who posted one-under rounds of 71 on Saturday. Rodgers was even par at 72.
While Anderson dropped to a 74 on Sunday and Milner to a 77, Baird and Rodgers both took the inside track to the lead with Rodgers making birdie on the last hole to draw to a tie with Baird forcing the playoff. Rodgers was at six-under for the day while Baird posted a four-under round. The streak of the day that led to the Rodgers championship was birdies on holes six through nine that gave him the confidence to drive for the win.
With Anderson finishing 3rd at one-under for the tournament, Baneberry's Alex Coughlin improved from 73 on Saturday to 71 on Sunday to finish even par and capture 4th place.
In the Senior Division Bill Roach has held the title several years straight but the year belonged to Bryan Rodgers as he matched Roach both days at 73-68. It looked tough for Rodgers as he bogied the 15th hole but held on to force the playoff. Roach bogied the par-3 second hole to let go of his win streak. Gary Dean who started one shot back, posted a 76 but held on to 3rd place over Sandy Burnette and Cliff Thomas who tied for 4th.
In the First Flight Kerry Queener took on the junior golfer Graham Gosselin and forced a playoff as both shot one over par for the tournament. Queener found trouble on the first hole but drained a birdie putt to capture the win. Greg King of Onieda finished 3rd maintaining 74 - 74 rounds.
In the Second Flight Michael Martin outlasted Dan Mitchell for the win as he moved from 80 on Saturday to 75 on Sunday to win by three shots. Mitchell started two shots back but moved from 82 to 76 for 2nd place. Chris Fuqua impoved from 81 to 79 to garner 3rd place.
The Willow Creek Invitational has grown in sponsorship and prizes over the 7 years its been operating as Scott Perkins, head professional, has always been mindful of the expectations of the competitors in the event. This year's prize payout and tournament meal both days is directly related to the number of sponsors whom have backed the tournament. (the list of sponsors follows the results)
The new Food & Beverage Manager Sharee Jenkins is not new to Willow Creek as she has served as a snack bar assistant under two different managers for the past 5 years. Her recent promotion to manager has sparked a change from the typical catering of events to gourmet meals and finger food specialties. Saturday the competitors were surprised to find grilled super-sized hamburgers and hotdogs with all the side dishes including beans, slaw, pasta salad, etc. But also made from scratch desserts like the turtle brownies and banana pudding that were as tasty as anything grandmother can bake or make.
On Sunday Sharee put on a finger food gala with tuna, ham, and turkey wraps, two varities of chicken wings, meatballs, wennie-wraps and a Santa Fe chicken Fiesta salad that rivals any restaurant in the Southwest U.S.. If you are planning an outing it should be enough to know Willow Creek is one of the top public facility golf clubs in East Tennessee, but the catering by Sharee Jenkins will make your outing the best you have ever held. Call Sharee at 218-5524 for information on catering your party or golf outing luncheon or dinner. You'll find food pictures on the photo album of the Willow Creek Invitational.
Results:
Championship
1st- Brandon Rodgers 72-66--138
Won first hole playoff with par
2nd- Bobby Baird 71-67--138
3rd- Hayden Anderson 69-74--143
4th- Alex Coughlin 73-71--144
5th- Tyler Baird 74-73--147
6th- Grant Milner 71-77--148
6th- Caleb Marsh 76-72--148
First Flight
1st- Kerry Queener 71-74--145
Won first hole playoff with birdie
2nd- Graham Gosselin 71-74--145
3rd- Greg King 74-74--148
4th- Greg Lindsay 74-75--149
5th- Roberto Clementa Cox 76-76-152
Second Flight
1st- Michael Martin 80-75--155
2nd- Dan Mitchell 82-76--158
3rd- Mike Baird 80-80--160
4th- Chris Fugua 81-79--160
5th- Eric Meyer 80-82--162
Senior Championship
1st- Bryan Rodgers 73-68--141
Won second hole of playoff
2nd- Bill Roach 73-68--141
3rd- Gary Dean 74-76--150
4th- Sandy Burnette 76-75--151
4th- Cliff Thomas 76-75--151

Sponsors whom made the tournament
very successful in prize payout
TDS Telecom, Cox Construction, Dr. Chris O'Rourke DDS,
A+Embroidery, Volunteer Storage, Autoworks of Knoxville,
Rick McGills Airport Toyota, ORNL Federal Credit Union
Fisher Tire, UT Internal Medicine - Hardin Valley, GSB General Contractors, Arrow Gas & Oil, Ellison-Jonathan Cox, Campbell, Cunningham, Taylor, Cate Russell Pennington Insurance,
Ladds, Joe Mencer, Y-12 Federal Credit Union, Alsco,
Make plans NOW to play the Willow Creek Invitational next year and see how it can be.


Collins & King and Hickey & Kennedy co-champions at Clinchview 2-Man
The tradition of holding the largest 2-man event of the year continues at Clinchview Golf Club and after 20+ years it just keeps getting better. This years drama was increased in the championship flight with 8 teams in position to make a charge for the win. Last years defending champions Griffin & Jackson were not ready to give up their seat but the young guns out of Knoxville, the seasoned veterans out of Maryville, the top players out of Kentucky and the "Home Boys" Smith & Jarnigan were up to the challenge.
The Knoxville teams of Josh Collins & Matt King and Mark Hickey & Eric Kennedy finished as co-champions, the first time the tournament has ended in a tie. Jackson & Griffin gave up their title after finishing with a 64 and 1 back of the winners and tied for 3rd with Wallace & Gryder. First round leaders Gann & Caldwell finished 5th and the local heros Smith & Jarnigan made some glitches along the way to finish 6th.
Grady Daniel & Jimmy Moore held off the charge in the First Flight for one-shot win over Harrell & Sennett, four-shots ahead of the rest of the flight. Campbell & Jones outlasted locales Harris & Cannon by two-shots in the Second Flight. Stewart & Audia out of Pennington Gap, VA, sqeezed in a win in the Third Flight with chip-ins and long putts defeating Harris & Harris and Quinton & Webb by one-shot.
Murphy & Honeycutt posted a seven better round on sunday to defeat Clapp & Ramsey by one-shot in the Fourth Flight. Heck & Voiles won the Fifth Flight by one-shot over Nickels & Baker and in the Sixth Flight Stepp & Lamb garnerd a win by two-shots over Cox & Jones.
The Keck family once again provided the dinner on Saturday evening and really picked it up another notch with the best meal they have served and really didnt believe that was possible but Kelly and Tommy Keck kept the grilled fired up with pork steak, pork tenderloins, chicken, summer sausage and all the dishes and trimmings to go along with the meats. If you have never played the Clinchview 2-Man you will never know how good it gets with golf and food. Plan early and sign-up for next year as it fills-up and leaves some wishing they had played.
Also hats off to the staff at Clinchview for an awesome job in providing food and beverage throughout the tournament and another excellent job by Angie and Barbie Keck and Ronnie Boyd for the shuffling the 120+ teams through the check-in and scoring area. Mark Clinchview down again for tournament of the year.
Also we send our best wishes for recovery to Mrs Keck who has not been well and had to miss the tournament for the first time. She can rest safe knowing the family continued her tradition of serving the best meal ever.
For results go to the Daily Headlines



Clapp wins White Pine Invitational in playoff with Collins

Patrick Clapp and Josh Collins may have grown up together playing golf and forming a lifelong friendship but they played head-to-head after finishing tied in regulation at the White Pine Invitational. Both players birdied the first hole and then par'd the second and third holes. The deciding hole was the 4th where Collins came up short on his par putt leaving Clapp for par and the win.
Clapp & Collins also posted the tournament record now in its fourth year, 7-under and 3-under rounds for a 10-under 134 total. Going into Sunday's round two local players known for their competitive play in the area, were Cody Gilbert and Lucas Tabor. Tabor was one back going into the final round and dropped another shot with his 2-under 70 on Sunday. Gilbert started 2-down and went 2-over Sunday to finish 7-back.
Randall Irwin, who built the course with his father and then won the innaugral tournament four years ago and finished second last year, couldn't get it going either day to make a challege but finished 1-over.
Irwin is also being named this year as the Superintendent of the Decade by Golf News. His work in the golf business extends from White Pine to Smoky Mountain and the last 10 years at Baneberry.
In the First Flight Zach Cole maintained his 1-shot lead from Saturday after a few misfires that allowed Mike Seal, Glenn Makin, Shannon Moore and David Rivers to take turns at the lead during Sunday's round. Each faltered to allow Cole keep his flight win. Moore was the only player to post a score equal to his Saturday round as the other all added strokes to their Saturday scores.
In the Third Flight Barney held steady at 85 each day to win by 1-shot over J. Jones. There was a third place playoff between Veg and Talley with Talley taking 3rd in the playoff.
In the Second Flight Bill Sanders improved by 1-shot to take 1st place and win by 2-shots over Chafin and Creager.
The White Pine Invitational has been a success due to the work of Superintendent Marty Cate in preparing the course for the tournament with fantastic greens conditions. General Manager Chris Voiles and his tournament volunteer Claude kept the players moving and Carolyn Voiles prepared meals for both days which included barbeque, summer sausage, beans, coleslaw, potato salad and her special "Got to sneak out with some" brownies. Sunday included loaded hotdogs and chips and salsa. Drinks were also provided both days.
Watch for the article on the newly remodeled Clubhouse and proshop, paved parking lot and game room. Also the new barbeque pit area perfect for holding fundraisers. And thank you to Ron & Betty Ogle for all their investment in making White Pine a rising star.
Results:
Championship
1st- Pat Clapp 65-69--134*
2nd- Josh Collins 65-69--134
3rd- Lucas Tabor 66-70--136
4th- Cody Gilbert 67-74--141
5th- C. Talley 67-77--144
* won on fourth hole of playoff
First Flight
1st- Zach Cole 73-76--149
2nd- Shannon Moore 75-75--150
3rd- Glenn Makin 74-77--151
4th- Mike Seal 74-78--152
4th- Frank Fitch 75-77--152
Second Flight
1st- Bill Sanders 77-76--153
2nd- Dale Creager 77-78--155
2nd- C. Chafin 78-77--155
4th- J. Humphrey 81-76--157
Third Flight
1st- "Barney" 85-85--170
2nd- J. Jones 91-80--171
3rd- L. Talley 91-81--172
3rd- Veg 88-84--172

Brown & Mooday capture Patriot Hills 2-Man Scottish Lowball
  Kevin Brown & Paul Moody have played the victory lap around Patriot Hills for the third time and just keep getting stronger as this year they outlasted 8 teams within 1-shot to prove they have claim to the best 2-man team to play in the either of the 2-man events held at the Jefferson City course.
  And runner-ups Michael Holt & Mark Franklin are the “Gift that just keeps Giving.”  As Mark says, “this is the third time we have finished second to them.”  
   As noted by the scores on Sunday the Championship Flight moved back to the Blue Tee Boxes adding several hundred yards and the extra club or two that keeps the teams from getting their approach shots closer. 
   In the First Flight Wyle Jones & Mike Smith of Three Ridges showed the only improvement in the flight to win by 5-shots over Shannon Moore & Jerry Cureton. 
  Whittenburg & Fender of Greeneville improved by 5-shots on Sunday to beat Kendrick & Turner by 4-shots in the Second Flight.
  The Newport team of Quinton & Briggs scored the lowest round of the day and exceeded the 10% rule by 2-shots.  After the adjustment they still captured the Third Flight by 2-shots over the Burdette brothers and Ferguson & Cochran.
   Bailey & Bailey pulled-away in the fourth flight by 3-shots over Stroud & Daniels.  While Holston Hills favorite seniors Glenn & Kirby won by 2-shots in the Fifth Flight.
   Hats off again to Dennis Robideaux for the excellent course conditions and the staff at Patriot Hills for making everyone feel welcomed.
Resuts:
  
Championship Flight
1st- Brown & Moody 59-62--121
2nd- Holt & Franklin 60-63--123
3rd- Ostby & Miller 59-65--124
4th- Wise & Wise 59-66--125
4th- Bible & Whaley 60-65--125
4th- Irwin & Kammann 61-64--125
4th- Nickell & Blythe 62-63--125
First Flight
1st- Jones & Smith 63-60--123
2nd- Moore & Cureton 63-65--128
3rd- Wells & Stratton 63-66--129
3rd- Campbell & Jones 64-65--129
5th- Brooks & Perkins 63-67--130
5th- Seal & Seal 64-66--130
5th- Smith & Jarnigan 64-66--130
Second Flight
1st- Whittenburg & Fender
65-60--125
2nd- Kendrick & Turner 66-63--129
2nd- Swaggerty & Drummer
65-64--129
4th- Atkins Atkins 66-64--130
Third Flight
1st- Quinton & Briggs 68-59--127*
Net score adjusted to 10% rule 129
2nd- Burdette & Burdette
67-64--131
3rd- Ferguson & Cochran
67-64--131
4th- Helle & Maples 67-65--132
4th- Collins & HOdgson 67-65--132
4th- Dalton & McMahan 68-64--132
4th- Dunlap & Woody 67-65--132
Fourth Flight
1st- Bailey & Bailey 69-63--132
2nd- Stroud & Daniels 69-66--135
3rd- Lewis & Ardner 70-66--136
4th- Ackerman & Youell 71-67--138
Fifth Flight
1st- Glenn & Kirby 72-69--141
2nd- Tipton & Hicks 72-71--143
3rd- French & Payne 72-72--144
3rd- Tipton & Tipton 73-71--144
5th- Hankins & Bowen 74-71--145

For Pictures from tournament click photo album and scroll to Patriot Hills 2-Man Scottish Lowball

Brad Campbell wins his first Title in Lakeway Championship 
With the wind blowing at a 2-club pace and the rains hampering play Brad Campbell captured the Millstone Lakeway Invitational with scores of 66 on the first day and 71 on Sunday to go 7-under and hold off current Knox County 2-time defending champion Matt King by one shot. State Junior Champion Jordan Jennings was third, just two shots back.
Campbell started the day two shots up on King but King shot 2-under on Sunday to put the heat on before eventually giving in to Campbell. Golf News Player of the Year Phillip Lee was fourth.
In the Senior Division Randall Irwin of Baneberry came from a pack at 2-under Saturday to catch the leader Jimmy Whittenburg of Greeneville who too charge on Saturday with a 4-under 68 round. His drop to 76 on Sunday left the door open for Irwin stayed steady at 70-71 to win by 3-shots. Ron Kilgore came from the middle of the field with a 1-under on Sunday to tie with Whittenburg.
The First Flight was won by Russell Seal who battled back and forth Sunday with Millstone Asst Superintendent Scott Hayes. Seal finished at 3-under par for the tournament with Hayes at 2-under.
In the Second Flight Curtis Hughes posted his career round score of 67 on Sunday to hold off Chris Atkins by 2-shots.
Darrell Helton captured the Third Flight win with a four stroke improvement on Sunday to win by three shots over David Shipley.
The course was in excellent condition and the greens kept par with their "Best Greens in East Tennessee" ranking.
Results
Championship
1st- Brad Campbell 66-71--137
2nd- Matt King 68-70--138
3rd- Jordan Jennings 69-70--139
4th- Phillip Lee 69-73--142
5th- Kyle Grigsby 73-70--143
6th- Eric Rose 71-73--144
First Flight
1st- Russell Seal 69-72--141
2nd- Scott Hayes 69-73--142
3rd- Parker Hall 71-74--145
4th- Lance Wild 68-78--146
Second Flight
1st- Curtis Hughes 75-67--142
2nd- Chris Atkins 74-70--144
3rd- Chris Smith 74-77--151
4th- Jon Dean 74-80--154
4th- Mark Atkins 75-79--154
Third Flight
1st- Darrell Helton 79-75--154
2nd- David Shipley 79-78--157
3rd- Mark Standifer 83-76--159
4th- Tim Wild 82-78--160
Senior Division
1st- Randall Irwin 70-71--141
2nd- Jimmy Whittenburg 68-76--144
2nd- Ron Kilgore 73-71--144
4th- Mike Seal 70-75--145
5th- Ron May 71-75--146
Go to Photo Album page for complete set of pictures

Roane County Championship
Lakeside Golf Course

Polk Brown comes from three shots down to win his third straight Roane County Amateur title in a playoff against two-time champion John Thomas on the 6th hole.
Brown, a local favorite, had not won the tournament during his high school days, turned professional and worked at Holston Hills Country Club before returning to the amateur ranks prior to the 2008 event. He made his hit on the local amateur scene with a victory in the Knoxville City Championship in 2002.
Thomas had won the tournament two times with his most recent win coming in 2006. His work as director of the Autism Tournament has earned him honors as both Golf News Tournament Director of the Year and Charity Event of the Year.
Local Jeff White captured the first flight with a one-over 141 total over Bobby Taylor at 142. Three-Time Champion and Roane County Tournament Director Paul "Demus" Morton finished third.   
   Paul Sivik captured the Second Flight in a close battle with Ted Morton and Roy Settle by one-shot.
     Shanno Casteel won by two-shots in the Third Flight over D J Shannon.   And Pat Conner took top honors in the Senior division by two-shots over Jim Nall.
    Morton gave thanks and appreciation to the many local sponsors of the event who made the event a success. And the staff at Lakeside gave assistance to the players as well as the Women's Golf Association providing a bake sale for the hungry players. Thanks to all for an awesome tournament.

Championship Flight
1st*- Polk Brown 66-63-129
2nd- John Thomas 63-66-129
3rd- Sam Schrock 66-69-135
4th- Kent Knott 64-72--136
5th- Scott McGaha 68-68--136
* scorecard playoff on hole 6

First Flight
1st Jeff White 71-70-141
2nd- Bobby Taylor 71-71--142
3rd- Paul Morton 72-71--143
4th- Steve Casteel 71-72--143
5th- Scott Davis 71-73--144

Second Flight
1st- Paul Sivik 76-71--147
2nd- Ted Morton 76-72--148
3rd- Roy Settle 76-72--148
4th- Calen Woodell 78-71-149
5th- Jason Taylor 76-76--152

Third Flight
1st- Shannon Casteel 82-74--156
2nd- DJ Shannon 81-77--158
3rd- Pete Parker 80-79--159
4th- Curtis Boles 81-79--160
5th- Ricky Norris 81-81--162

Senior
1st- Pat Conner 80-76--156
2nd- Jim Nall 77-81--158
3rd- Jr Guinn 80-80-160
4th- Roy Nabors 84-79-163
5th- Eliis Hill 84-79--163

Green Meadow Invitational Results

Championship
1st Michael Bradshaw Jr. 71 – 65 136
2nd Trey Bridwell 69 – 68 137
3rd Kevin Morgan 70 – 73 143*
4th Phillip Lee 71 – 72 143
5th Steve Vaught 72 – 72 144
6th Mike Markiewicz 72 – 73 145
*scorecard playoff

Senior
1st Bryan Rogers 75 –71 146
2nd Ben Long 74 – 73 147
3rd Jim Gillespie 79 – 72 151*
4th Ron Waters 80 – 71 151
*scorecard playoff

First Flight
1st Scott McGaha 69 – 71 140
2nd Randy Stiltner 70 – 78 148
3rd Mike Treadway 77- 73 150*
4th Mike Cheek 74 – 76 150
*scorecard playoff

Second Flight
1st Justin Myers 74 – 73 147
2nd John East 69 – 79 148
3rd JT Randolph 73 – 77 150
4th Joe Harrington 76 – 75 151

Third Flight
1st Michael Bradshaw Sr. 82 – 80 162
2nd Gene Patterson 78 – 85 163
3rd Joe Cooper 84 – 81 165
4th Jeff Tepastte 86 – 82 168

See complete Photo Album from the tournament on the Photo Album page

 

EGolf Tour (Three Ridges)
     With a two-club wind causing havoc all day Steve Ressler came into the last 5 holes at two over and bogied-in to win the championship with a 78 score. Greg Howell finished at 82 as they played from the 7,000+ championship tees.
In the A division Tommy Lee garnered first place with a 78 from the blue tees. Dave Weigand was second at 79 while local and current Knox Co senior champion Ron May finished third at 81.
Bruce Russell (85) over came a triple on the 12th hole to survive by one shot over Jeff Winterberger (86).
Ron Hall was winner of the C division with a 91 round.
Results:
Championship (Orange Tees)
1st- Steve Ressler 78
2nd- Greg Howell 82
A Division
1st- Tommy Lee 78
2nd- Dave Weigand 79
3rd- Ron May 81
B Division
1st- Bruce Russell 85
2nd- Jeff Winterberger 86
C Division
1st- Ronnie Hall 91
23 players participated

   The EGolf Tour is a great way to meet new people with a passion for the game of golf and to have fun competing in an organized format.
   The Egolf Tour has some 20+ area chapters including the East Tennessee Chapter directed by Wes and Cassie Cleeney.
   Wes organizes each event which includes a tour of 13 area course, three joint event within several hours of Knoxville and the national championship at the end of the season.
   The local tour dates are one day (Saturday) events with travel joint events as two day tournaments.
The East Tennessee EGolf Tour Chapter was opened four years ago by Larry Lee of the EGolf Tour who continues to Direct Tours in other areas.
  Wes took over the position as Director during the 2008 season and has continued to grow the membership.  After a year of only drawing 10 to 12 players per event in East Tennessee, We has grown the Tour to having over 20 players per event.  “We have 35 paid members at this point,” says Wes. “But we keep adding a couple new members every week.
    Its just a matter of time before the EGolf Tour becomes the most recognized name in stroke play tournaments as they have continued to operate their events as if there was a full field.  
   To Join the EGolf Tour or play as a guest for an event, either go online at www.amateurgolftour.net or contact Wes & Cassie at 865-247-1985.
   Go to the website to learn all about the EGolf Tour and discover how many chapters there are across the country.  Its an amazing Tour with many large chapters from areas with less local tournaments than are now available in East Tennessee.  
 The remaining Tour dates include:
May 8 - Millstone
June 5 - Landmark
June 19 - River Islands
June 26 - Etowah Valley
June 27 - Cummings Cove (Regionals)
July 10 - Toqua
July 24 - Centennial
August 14 - Tanasi
August 28 - Rarity Point
September 11 - Dandridge
September 18 - Patriot Hills
October 2 - Landmark
October 23-24
2010 Tour Championship

Publishers Note:
  As the publisher of the Golf News of Tennessee I am very impressed with the persistence of the EGolf Tour to establish itself in an area where there are many more local tournaments available than other areas.  I’m looking forward to playing more events this year as time allows.
  But really want to impress upon those whom have been considering moving their game to the competitive level.   There are enough divisions to insure that all skill levels compete at their own level.    If you are still struggling to break 90 or 80, there is a division with players who are struggling to improve just as you are.
   I’ve played with several other golf tour organizations and have always found that new players make friends fast and feel at home with those who share the same passion for golf.
  The passion for the game is very evident in Wes Cleeney and its contagious.  Its an honor to know him and his wife and I believe you will feel the same if you make an attempt to play one of the EGolf Tour events this year.
Thank you for reading the Golf News.


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