2005 Senior Four-Ball Championship

Don Marsh and Larry Clark Hold on to Win Senior Four-Ball

BLACKSHEAR, Ga. - Alpharetta's Don Marsh and Kennesaw's Larry Clark carded a final-round 73 and held on to capture the Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship by two strokes. The event was held at Okefenokee Country Club in Blackshear and Lakes at Laura S. Walker in Waycross, November 16-18. Finishing in second place, also shooting 73 in the final round, were Mike Jackson, Sr. of Martinez and Frank Perry of Fayetteville.

Marsh and Clark started the day with bogeys on the third, fifth and seventh holes and fell one stroke behind Perry and Jackson, who made par on each of the first nine holes of play. Clark, however, hit his second shot to the green on the par-5 eighth and was able to connect on the birdie putt. Marsh followed suit by tallying a birdie on the ninth hole and the duo carried a one-stroke advantage at the turn. After making bogey at number 10 and squaring the score with Perry and Jackson, Clark went on to card birdies on three of the next five holes and get the tandem back to one-under-par for the day.

Jackson and Perry were able to close the gap on the 378-yard, 16th hole with a par. With the two teams tied going to 17, Perry failed to get up and down from the bunker and Jackson's three-putt left the partners back one stroke entering 18. Both Perry and Jackson failed to land their tee shots in the fairway and Clark's par was good enough to secure the two-stroke victory.

Defending champions Steven Hoffman and Ken Stewart of Savannah, fired a two-under 70 but would finish in third position. Macon's Phil Pavoni and Edsel Davis finished in fourth with a tournament total of 209. In fifth place with a six-under 210 were Bill Evans and Jimmy Coppage, both of Columbus. Four teams would finish the championship with a five-under 211. They were Ron Waeghe and John Carter of Greensboro, two-time champions Spencer Sappington of Alpharetta and Bill Ploeger of Columbus, Dalton's Mike Townsend and Calhoun's and Taylor Adams and Ron Eulenfeld of St. Simons Island. Savannah's Michael Towson and Fred Laist would round out the top ten with a 212.

Other flight winners were: first flight - Peachtree City's George LaProte and Ronnie Tatum tied with Roy Johnson of Alpharetta and Tad Moore of LaGrange at 211; second flight - Bruce Swinsky of Dunwoody and Garry Briddon with 211; third flight - Ed Tomblin of Tucker and Ray Dillon of Hartwell and Snellville's Bobby Johnson and Lawrenceville's Pete Martin each carded 221; and in the fourth flight - Ernie Hollifield of Kennesaw and George Whitman of Marietta won with 223.

The Championship flight played all three rounds at the 6,409-yard Okefenokee Country Club which was playing as a par-72. The first through fourth flights played the course at Lakes at Laura S. Walker.

The low 48 teams based on combined handicap index comprise the Championship Flights. The remainder of the field was determined by lottery and flighted by team handicap index. On the competitors in the Championship flight are eligible for the overall title. Entries were open to male amateur golfers who are at least 55 years old, members of a GSGA member club and residents of Georgia. The maximum handicap differential between partners was six strokes.

 

Final Results

Championship Flight
1 Don Marsh, Alpharetta 66 65 73 204
Larry Clark, Kennesaw
2 Frank Perry, Fayetteville 65 68 73 206
Mike Jackson Sr., Martinez
3 Steven Hoffman, Savannah 65 73 70 208
Ken Stewart, Savannah
4 Phil Pavoni, Macon 68 72 69 209
Edsel Davis, Macon
5 Bill Evans, Columbus 71 71 68 210
Jimmy Coppage, Columbus
T6 Ron Waeghe, Greensboro 72 71 68 211
John Carter, Greensboro
T6 Spencer Sappington, Alpharetta 71 67 73 211
Bill Ploeger, Columbus
T6 Mike Townsend, Dalton 71 70 70 211
Bob Nance, Calhoun
T6 Taylor Adams, St. Simons Island 71 68 72 211
Ron Eulenfeld, St. Simons Island
10 Michael Towson, Savannah 73 70 69 212
Fred Laist, Savannah
11 Ed Moore, Conyers 70 74 69 213
Jerry Gibson, Hiawassee
T12 Dan Rhoads, Albany 70 75 69 214
Tom Heyer, Albany
T12 Chris Hall, Dalton 74 70 70 214
Gary E. Cole, Dalton
T12 Carl Wade, Kingsland 67 76 71 214
Danny Daniels, Kingsland
T15 Billy Cumbie Sr., Columbus 73 74 68 215
J.C. Jones, Midland
T15 Curtis Wagner, Peachtree City 70 74 71 215
Richard Tatum, Atlanta
T17 Frank Costanzo, Savannah 70 70 76 216
Thomas Rood, Savannah
T17 Paul Cobb Jr., Norcross 71 73 72 216
Charlie Busbee, McDonough
T19 Robert Bertrand, Alpharetta 72 73 72 217
Scott Northey, Roswell
T19 John Felker, Atlanta 72 73 72 217
John Holle, LaGrange
T19 Charlie Edwards, Newnan 71 74 72 217
Ted Vallo, Peachtree City
T19 Billy Hatton, Roswell 69 76 72 217
Chris Demarco, Acworth
T23 Marc Tate, Savannah 75 72 71 218
Mike McAdams, Savannah
T23 Berney Armstrong, Valdosta 69 73 76 218
Bill Rhuland, Summer
T23 Dick Donegan, Kennesaw 73 74 71 218
George Alexander, Kennesaw
T26 Russ Collett, Valdosta 71 77 71 219
Joe Griffin, Valdosta
T26 Victor Jarvis, Savannah 70 75 74 219
Frank Aliffi, Savannah
T26 Randall Rozier, McDonough 77 67 75 219
Jack Toepke, Loganville
T29 Willis Ward, Warner Robins 71 77 72 220
Tom Toombs, Perry
T29 Dick Martin, Alpharetta 74 74 72 220
George Thorn, Alpharetta
T29 Joseph Estes, Atlanta 72 74 74 220
Morris Copeland, Cumming
T29 Jim Schlueter, Canton 70 74 76 220
Byron Huff, Eatonton
T33 Taylor Turner, Chamblee 76 72 74 222
Ron Royer, Canton
T33 Phil Herring, Greensboro 73 75 74 222
Jeff Morgan, Milledgeville
T35 Bill Flinn, Norcross 74 75 74 223
Jim Montgomery, Alpharetta
T35 William Boyden, Savannah 74 79 70 223
Edward Hayes, Savannah
T35 Tom Powers, Smyrna 72 73 78 223
Jim Mahoney, Smyrna
T35 Mike Ambrose, St. Mary's 73 76 74 223
Ron Howard, St. Mary's
T39 Bob Smith, Swainsboro 70 74 80 224
Boyd Johnson, Statesboro
T39 Ron Baggett, Warner Robins 73 74 77 224
Eddie Wiggins, Warner Robins
T39 Eddie Brown, Cumming 72 73 79 224
Joe Jillson, Ball Ground
42 Brian Johnston, Duluth 72 74 79 225
Edmund Jones, Duluth
43 Jim Crowley, Atlanta 74 75 77 226
John Tienker, Atlanta
44 Bill Minchew, Augusta 74 73 80 227
Mike Keeble, Newnan
45 Larry Eglen, Marietta 76 75 77 228
Don Heilman, Roswell
46 Jimmy Langham, Augusta 76 78 76 230
Larry Murray, Augusta

First Flight
T1 George LaPorte, Peachtree City 69 73 69 211
Ronnie Tatum, Peachtree City
T1 Roy Johnson, Alpharetta 69 71 71 211
Tad Moore, LaGrange
T3 David Mansfield, Dalton 70 72 71 213
Gary Brock, Chatsworth
T3 Larry Grant, Buford 73 71 69 213
Roland Sorel, Dunwoody
T5 Larry Askew, Lilburn 73 71 70 214
Nick Kirkland, Snellville
T5 Danny Harrison, Lithia Springs 74 71 69 214
Jim Kamis, Marietta
7 Andy Weidener, Alphareta 71 73 72 216
Chuck Strong, Alpharetta
T8 Charles Dickerson, Dunwoody 73 75 71 219
Terry Berdis, Alpharetta
T8 Michael Riley, Marietta 73 72 74 219
Richard Dubiel, Acworth
10 Dale Dover, Camilla 75 73 72 220
Melvin Kinslow, Americus
11 Tom Hall, Albany 73 73 75 221
Wayne Whitfield, Albany

 

Second Flight
1 Bruce Swinsky, Dunwoody 71 68 72 211
Garry Briddon, Duluth
2 Dean Anderson, Kennesaw 73 70 70 213
Paul Hensler, Marietta
3 John Wicklund, Dunwoody 71 72 71 214
Mike Norten, Dunwoody
4 Bob Fowler, Atlanta 72 71 74 217
John Salviski, Alpharetta
5 Jim Carter, Snellville 71 76 71 218
Rick Wagner, Snellville
6 James Hewatt, Kennesaw 73 76 70 219
Jerry Pannell, Kennesaw
7 John Lee, McDonough 76 72 73 221
Kenneth Newsome, Sharpsburg
8 David Deariso, Sylvester 76 75 72 223
Gene Drew, Albany
9 Peter Crosby, Savannah 72 75 77 224
Steve Wilk, Savannah
10 Clifton Burr, Peachtree City 76 76 73 225
Larry Webster, Atlanta
11 Aubrey Walker, Tifton 78 76 72 226
Jerry Davis, Tifton
12 Sydney Welch, Lagrange 75 73 82 230
Wayne Anderson, LaGrange

 

Third Flight
T1 Ed Tomblin, Tucker 75 74 72 221
Ray Dillon, Hartwell
T1 Bobby Johnson, Snellville 74 74 73 221
Pete Martin, Lawrenceville
3 Ed Crump, Hartwell 77 74 73 224
J. Nichols, Smyrna
4 H. Lynn Page, Columbus 75 75 77 227
Jerry Averett, Columbus
T5 Don Gray, Dalton 75 78 76 229
Ron Wheeler, Tunnel Hill
T5 Lee Ward, St. Marys 75 81 73 229
Robert Workman, Saint Mary's
T7 Jim Brown, Evans 76 78 77 231
Sam Smith, Macon
T7 Robert Davis, Cordele 75 77 79 231
Roy Frost, Warwick
9 Paul Murphy, Fayetteville 74 80 79 233
Phil Colston, Peachtree City
T10 Charles Hyslop, Alpharetta 76 79 81 236
Walter Terry, Alpharetta
T10 Jeff Dial, Covington 80 81 75 236
Richard Brown, Covington
12 Don Olinger, LaGrange 79 79 79 237
Wallace Skinner, Lagrange
13 Bobby Wind, Cairo 75 81 82 238
Jim Hester, Cairo

 

Fourth Flight
1 Ernie Hollifield, Kennesaw 72 75 76 223
George Whitman, Marietta
2 Carl Alexander, Braselton 75 73 76 224
Don Schrum, Flowery Branch
3 David Ballard, Roswell 75 76 74 225
Gerry Vonder Meulen, Marietta
T4 Bill Taylor, Covington 77 76 74 227
Ted Wood, Covington
T4 Bob Flynn, Kennesaw 74 76 77 227
Don Gardner, Kennesaw
6 Jack Munroe, Savannah 78 75 76 229
Ken Cota, Savannah
7 Pete Fleming, Newnan 76 79 77 232
Royce LeVaughn, Newnan
T8 Jerry Chastain, Jasper 77 82 78 237
John Chastain, Jasper
T8 James Franks, LaGrange 77 82 78 237
Wayne Hunter, LaGrange
10 Bob Padgett, Blackshear 76 81 82 239
Buddy Wilson, Stone Mountain
11 Buddy Reeves, Kennesaw 81 80 84 245
Wayne Huntley, Kennesaw
12 M.F. Morris, Carnesville 83 86 85 254
Ted Marvin, Talmo