2001 Amateur Championship

Webb Captures Georgia Amateur Championship in Eventful Playoff

ATLANTA, GA -- Michael Webb of Elberton captured the 80th Annual Georgia Amateur Championship Sunday at Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta in an eventful one-hole, sudden-death playoff with Randy Donahoo of Woodstock. Both players finished the regulation 72 holes at 10-under-par 278.

After Donahoo's second shot on the 487-yard par five 18th went far left and bounced into the club's cart facility, Webb calmly hit his four iron to about 12 feet.

Donahoo eventually finished with a double bogey, virtually assuring Webb the title. Webb, nonetheless, displayed his championship character and drained the putt for eagle.

Webb, a senior at Augusta State University, quickly lost the one-stroke lead he held at the beginning of the final round with a double bogey on the first hole after driving out of bounds. A fierce battle ensued from that point, with as many as five different players holding shares of the lead during the round. At one point Webb had worked his score to 11 under but dropped back again with a double bogey on 13. Donahoo, playing in the group ahead of Webb, got to nine under with a birdie on the par five 15th.

Donahoo, who turns 36 next week, posted his 10-under score first, two-putting for his birdie at the 18th for a closing two-under 70 on the day. Webb was still at nine under when he scrambled for par on 17 and got word via hand signal from his dad that 10 under was in the clubhouse. Webb steadied himself and likewise two-putted for birdie, thus setting up the playoff showdown.

Sharing third place at eight-under 280 were 1980 Champion Griff Moody of Cumming, with a final round 71, and Harold Wyatt of Atlanta with a closing 73. Dave Womack of McDonough was fifth at 281; Michael Standard of McDonough was sixth at 282; Jay Childs of Kennesaw, Bill Hodges of Atlanta and Christian Newton of Lyons shared seventh at 283; and second round leader David Robinson of Sandersville was 10th at 284. Hole-by-hole scores and player statistics can be found online through a link on the gsga.org home page.

Final Results

1 Michael Webb, Elberton 70 68 68 72 278 * -10
2 Randy Donahoo, Woodstock 68 69 71 70 278 * -10
3 Griff Moody, Cumming 70 72 67 71 280 -8
3 Harold Wyatt, Atlanta 69 71 67 73 280 -8
5 Dave Womack, McDonough 68 71 72 70 281 -7
6 Michael Standard, McDonough 72 69 67 74 282 -6
7 Jay Childs, Kennesaw 70 74 72 67 283 -5
7 Bill Hodges, Atlanta 68 71 75 69 283 -5
7 Christian Newton, Lyons 72 71 71 69 283 -5
10 David Robinson, Sandersville 70 66 73 75 284 -4
11 Raymond Perez III, Norcross 74 75 70 66 285 -3
11 Rob Langley, Norcross 67 73 74 71 285 -3
11 Jonathan Shiflet, Hartwell 70 68 74 73 285 -3
11 Danny Whigham, Atlanta 74 65 72 74 285 -3
15 Walker Jamison, Atlanta 73 72 72 69 286 -2
16 Larry Clark, Kennesaw 73 73 70 71 287 -1
17 Paul Sorel, Alpharetta 75 72 72 69 288 E
17 Wesley Latimer, Canton 67 73 77 71 288 E
17 Allen Thompson, Stockbridge 78 71 71 68 288 E
17 Rick Cloninger, Dacula 71 72 74 71 288 E
17 West Streib, Atlanta 68 74 72 74 288 E
17 Jack Hall, Savannah 68 71 73 76 288 E
17 Jack Croyle, Moultrie 70 69 71 78 288 E
17 Jeff Knox, Augusta 70 70 71 77 288 E
25 Jeff Belk, Marietta 71 70 75 73 289 1
25 Greg Kennedy, Duluth 74 74 68 73 289 1
25 Jeff Lozano, Snellville 71 71 73 74 289 1
25 Carter Mize, Columbus 69 70 76 74 289 1
25 Jack Larkin, Atlanta 73 72 70 74 289 1
25 Vance Embry, Dalton 72 69 73 75 289 1
31 Bob McDonnell, Suwanee 73 75 70 72 290 2
31 Donny Phillips, Duluth 72 75 70 73 290 2
31 Cres Dodd, Adairsville 73 76 70 71 290 2
31 Dick Van Leuvan, Roswell 73 71 73 73 290 2
35 Danny Nelson, Savannah 71 72 76 72 291 3
36 Wright Waddell, Columbus 73 72 74 73 292 4
37 Bill Ploeger, Columbus 71 71 75 76 293 5
37 Cortland Lowe, Augusta 69 74 73 77 293 5
37 Brad Clark, Dunwoody 74 72 75 72 293 5
37 Rocky Costa, Alpharetta 73 75 75 70 293 5
41 Bubba Gwyn, Duluth 71 74 71 78 294 6
41 Bill Leonard, Powder Springs 74 71 77 72 294 6
43 John Smith, Cumming 73 74 71 77 295 7
43 Erik Martin, Alpharetta 72 75 75 73 295 7
45 Bob Young, Dunwoody 73 74 73 76 296 8
45 Mike Pass, Peachtree City 71 76 77 72 296 8
45 Richie Taylor, Snellville 73 72 78 73 296 8
48 Charlie Whittington, Hamilton 71 75 70 81 297 9
49 Mark Gunthorpe, Covington 70 75 74 79 298 10
49 Lee Dennis, Athens 75 73 75 75 298 10
49 Keith Wood, Atlanta 77 71 76 74 298 10
49 Bill Roberts, Pine Mountain 75 73 77 73 298 10
49 Patrick Phillips, Athens 74 75 79 70 298 10
54 Allen Peake, Macon 75 71 76 77 299 11
54 Rick Westbrook, Alto 72 76 74 77 299 11
54 Robert Sheats, Atlanta 74 74 77 74 299 11
57 Keith Holmes, Macon 74 70 76 80 300 12
57 Ben Smith Jr., Norcross 72 73 76 79 300 12
57 Joe Vignati, Dalton 74 74 77 75 300 12
60 Ron Hunter, Jasper 75 74 74 78 301 13
60 Greg Cottrell, Powder Springs 72 73 79 77 301 13
62 David Nix, Atlanta 70 75 78 79 302 14
62 Brent Sizemore, Calhoun 75 71 82 74 302 14
64 Walt Lee, McDonough 73 75 79 76 303 15
65 Will Claxton, Swainsboro 71 73 78 82 304 16
66 David Denham, Tifton 71 74 75 86 306 18
66 Bob McClearen, Alpharetta 76 73 84 73 306 18
68 Nicholas Cowper, Kennesaw 74 72 80 82 308 20
69 Nathan DeVictor, Roswell 72 76 79 82 309 21
69 Chris Chuck, Marietta 74 73 82 80 309 21
71 Adam Britt, Loganville 72 76 84 78 310 22
72 Craig Inman, Marietta 75 74 84 79 312 24