2004 Senior Four-Ball Championship

Steve Hoffman and Ken Stewart Win Georgia Senior Four-Ball in Playoff

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. - Savannah's Steve Hoffman and Ken Stewart held off the field with a final-round 69 and captured the title in a one-hole playoff against Spencer Sappington of Alpharetta and Bill Ploeger of Columbus at Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship at Jekyll Island Golf Resort. Finishing tied for third at 205 after firing closing rounds of 66 and 68 were John Carter and Ron Waeghe of Greensboro and Bob Nance of Calhoun and Mike Townsend of Dalton.

Hoffman and Stewart carded birdies on both par fives on the front nine and on the par-four eleventh hole. They collected par on each of the seven final holes that they would play to finish with a tournament total of 204 and force the playoff with Sappington and Ploeger, the 2002 champions whose three birdies and bogey would leave them at 70 for the final round.

On the playoff hole, each competitor would land theirdrive in the fairway. Hoffman, Stewart and Sappington would each hit the green in regulation but Ploeger's approach landed just off the right side of the green. Ploeger's chip would only catch the lip of the hole before coming to rest within two feet. Sappington just missed his 20-foot birdie attempt and settled for par. Stewart couldn't connect on his birdie attempt but Hoffman drained his seven-footer for a birdie and the win.

Defending champions Frank Perry of Fayetteville and Mike Jackson, Sr. of Martinez, fired a two-under 70but would finish in a tie for fifth with Ed Moore of Conyers and Jerry Gibson of Hiawassee, winners of the first flight, at 206. Three teams would finish the championship with a nine-under 207. They were Bob Smith of Swainsboro and Boyd Johnson of Statesboro, Duluth's Brian Johnston and Edmund Jones, and second flightwinners Charlie Edwards of Newnan and Ted Vallo of Peachtree City. Larry Clark of Kennesaw and Mark Kirk of Marietta would round out the top ten with Savannah's Frank Aliffi and Victor Jarvis and Dalton's Chris Hall and Gary Cole at 208.

Other flight winners were: third - Gene Jabaley of Woodstock and Rick Donnahoo of Rossville (211); fourth - Bob Dutlinger and Jeff Tindle, both of Alpharetta (209); fifth - Kennesaw's Bob Flynn and Don Gardner (217); and sixth - Ed Tomblin of Tucker and Tony Pistorio of Jasper (221).

The low 24 teams based on combined handicap index comprised the Championship flights. The remainder of the field was determined by lottery and flighted by team handicap index. Players in the Championship A and B and the first and second flights were eligible for the overall title and played the Pine Lakes Course in the first and final rounds, rotating with the other four flights, who started on the Indian Mounds course.

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Final Results

 

Top Ten Overall
1 Ken Stewart, Savannah -12 67 68 69 204*
Steve Hoffman, Savannah
2 Bill Ploeger, Columbus -12 68 66 70 204*
Spencer Sappington, Alpharetta
T3 John Carter, Greensboro -11 71 68 66 205
Ron Waeghe, Greensboro
T3 Bob Nance, Calhoun -11 70 67 68 205
Mike Townsend, Dalton
T5 Frank Perry, Fayetteville -10 70 66 70 206
Mike Jackson, Sr., Martinez
T5 Ed Moore, Conyers -10 67 67 72 206
Jerry Gibson, Hiawassee
T7 Bob Smith, Swainsboro -9 72 68 67 207
Boyd Johnson, Statesboro
T7 Brian Johnston, Duluth -9 70 71 66 207
Edmund Jones, Duluth
T7 Charlie Edwards, Newnan -9 70 71 66 207
Ted Vallo, Peachtree City
T10 Larry Clark, Kennesaw -8 71 68 69 208
Mark Kirk, Marietta
T10 Frank Aliffi, Savannah -8 72 69 67 208
Victor Jarvis, Savannah
T10 Chris Hall, Dalton -8 71 67 70 208
Gary Cole, Dalton

 

Championship A Flight
1 Bill Ploeger, Columbus -12 68 66 70 204
Spencer Sappington, Alpharetta
2 John Carter, Greensboro -11 71 68 66 205
Ron Waeghe, Greensboro
3 Frank Perry, Fayetteville -10 70 66 70 206
Mike Jackson, Sr., Martinez
4 Bob Smith, Swainsboro -9 72 68 67 207
Boyd Johnson, Statesboro
T5 Larry Clark, Kennesaw -8 71 68 69 208
Mark Kirk, Marietta
T5 Frank Aliffi, Savannah -8 72 69 67 208
Victor Jarvis, Savannah
T7 Jules Victor, III, Savannah -7 70 67 72 209
Smokey Keeney, Savannah
T7 Eddie Wiggins, Warner Robins -7 71 70 68 209
Ron Baggett, Warner Robins
9 David Douglas, Eatonton -5 72 73 66 211
Michael Sprouts, Greensboro
10 Fred Laist, Savannah -4 71 70 71 212
Michael Towson, Savannah
11 Jeff Morgan, Milledgeville Even 73 70 73 216
Phil Herring, Greensboro

 

Championship B Flight
1 Ken Stewart, Savannah -12 67 68 69 204
Steve Hoffman, Savannah
2 Bob Nance, Calhoun -11 70 67 68 205
Mike Townsend, Dalton
3 Brian Johnston, Duluth -9 70 71 66 207
Edmund Jones, Duluth
4 Amos Jones, Atlanta -7 71 69 69 209
Joseph Estes, Atlanta
5 Freddy Atterberry, Dahlonega -6 72 71 67 210
Gerry Grogan, Gainesville
6 Frank Costanzo, Savannah -5 72 73 66 211
Thomas Rood, Savannah
7 Bill Evans, Columbus -4 71 71 70 212
Jimmy Coppage, Columbus
8 Jim Crayton, Zebulon -3 73 71 69 213
Joe Crayton, Peachtree City
9 Ron Royer, Canton -2 73 71 70 214
Taylor Turner, Chamblee
10 Robert Bertrand, Alpharetta 1 71 75 71 217
Scott Northey, Roswell
11 Don Heilman, Roswell 2 77 72 69 218
Larry Eglen, Marietta
12 Ronald Lowery, Dalton 4 73 72 75 220
Steve Crane, Dalton

 

First Flight
1 Ed Moore, Conyers -10 67 67 72 206
Jerry Gibson, Hiawassee
2 Chris Hall, Dalton -8 71 67 70 208
Gary Cole, Dalton
3 Carl Wade, Kingsland -7 75 67 67 209
Danny Daniels, Kingsland 
4 Charlie Busbee, McDonough -6 69 71 70 210
Paul Cobb, Jr, Norcross
T5 Jim Crowley, Atlanta -5 72 70 69 211
John Tienken, Atlanta
T5 Ron Savastano, Roswell -5 71 69 71 211
William Lepley, Alpharetta
7 Donald Chambers, Fayeteville -4 72 69 71 212
Mike Keeble, Newnan
8 Jimmy Langham, Greensboro -1 75 70 70 215
Richard Felder, Evans
9 Dick Martin, Alpharetta Even 75 71 70 216
Stan Thorn, Alpharetta
10 Billy Hatton, Roswell 1 71 72 74 217
Jon Hauck, Roswell
11 Jim Mahoney, Smyrna 3 71 73 75 219
Tom Powers, Smyrna
12 Jackson Smith, St. Simons Island 4 77 71 72 220
Ron Eulenfeld, St Simons Island

 

Second Flight
1 Charlie Edwards, Newnan -9 70 71 66 207
Ted Vallo, Peachtree City
T2 Brendan Hayes, Roswell -6 74 70 66 210
Christopher Demarco, Acworth
T2 Dick Donegan, Kennesaw -6 71 69 70 210
Tim McFall, Atlanta
4 Howard Foster, Newnan -3 74 71 68 213
Ted Colbert, Fayetteville
T5 Dan Stewart, Alpharetta -1 73 72 70 215
Frank Polizzi, Eatonton
T5 Ben Cornett, Dunwoody -1 71 66 78 215
Les Noel, Atlanta
7 Lanier Browning, Savannah Even 72 71 73 216
Lee Cassady, Savannah
8 Andy Weidener, Alphareta 2 70 75 73 218
Chuck Strong, Alpharetta
9 Jack Demyan, Sr., White Plains 4 74 73 73 220
Robert Legg, Greensboro
T10 Mike Ambrose, St Mary's 7 75 73 73 221
Ron Howard, St. Mary's
T10 Bill Flinn, Norcross 7 73 75 73 221
Jim Montgomery, Alpharetta
12 C.J. Dodd, Chatsworth 8 76 72 74 222
David Mansfield, Dalton
13 Gary Bross, Savannah 10 80 72 72 224
Tom Kenney, Savannah

 

Third Flight
1 Gene Jabaley, Woodstock -5 74 69 68 211
Rick Donnahoo, Rossville
2 George LaPorte, Peachtree City -2 72 73 69 214
Ronnie Tatum, Peachtree City
3 Jerry Chambers, Norcross -1 70 71 74 215
Roland Sorel, Dunwoody
4 Roy Johnson, Alpharetta 1 75 73 69 217
Tad Moore, LaGrange
5 Charles Dickerson, Dunwoody 2 73 73 72 218
Jim Gillespie, Dunwoody
T6 Bud Baker, Savannah 4 74 76 70 220
James Naylor, Savannah
T6 John McGourty, Woodstock 4 76 69 75 220
Richard Dubiel, Acworth
T6 Bill Meagher, Newnan 4 73 74 73 220
Tommy Hooks, Newnan
T9 Sydney Welch, Lagrange 5 72 77 72 221
Wallace Skinner, Lagrange
T9 Alan Vinson, Winder 5 72 73 76 221
Joe Souther, Winder
11 Peter Crosby, Savannah 6 74 75 73 222
Steve Wilk, Savannah
12 Billy Howell, Bainbridge 7 73 79 71 223
Tracy Dixon, Bainbridge

 

Fourth Flight
1 Bob Dutlinger, Alpharetta -7 67 73 69 209
Jeff Tindle, Alpharetta
2 David Deariso, Sylvester -4 72 69 71 212
Gene Drew, Albany
T3 Dean Anderson, Kennesaw Even 71 72 73 216
Paul Hensler, Marietta
T3 Larry Grant, Buford Even 72 71 73 216
Larry Hobgood, Duluth
5 Jim Carter, Snellville 1 73 74 70 217
Rick Wagner, Snellville
6 Bob Gartin, Dunwoody 2 73 75 70 218
John Wicklund, Dunwoody
7 Gene Comfort, Fayetteville 3 73 72 74 219
Paul Vant Hof, Peachtree City
8 Bruce Swinsky, Dunwoody 4 74 75 71 220
Garry Briddon, Duluth
9 Kerry Sikes, Dalton 7 77 73 73 223
Michael Lingle, Dalton
10 Dale Dover, Camilla 11 73 77 77 227
Leonard DeLamar, Albany
11 Jerry Chastain, Jasper 12 76 77 75 228
John Chastain, Jasper
12 Jack Bailey, Lawrenceville 14 83 72 75 230
Robert W Beach, Dacula

 

Fifth Flight
1 Bob Flynn, Kennesaw 1 74 71 72 217
Don Gardner, Kennesaw
2 James Hewatt, Kennesaw 3 73 73 73 219
Jerry Pannell, Kennesaw
T3 Bill Anderson, Lithonia 5 72 72 77 221
John Mendoza, Monroe
T3 Bill Durham, Dalton 5 76 72 73 221
Ron Durham, Cohutta
5 Dave Benton, Conyers 9 77 72 76 225
Doug Southern, Conyers
T6 Pete Fleming, Newnan 12 77 76 75 228
Royce LeVaughn, Newnan
T6 Don Whittle, Cordele 12 76 76 76 228
George Pass, Cordele
T6 Clifton Burr, Peachtree City 12 79 73 76 228
Jack Wilson, Peachtree City
9 Lee Ward, St. Marys 13 76 77 76 229
Robert Workman, St. Mary's
10 Paul Murphy, Fayetteville 15 76 78 77 231
Phil Colston, Sr, Peachtree City
11 Bobby Johnson, Snellville 22 77 82 79 238
Jim Stowers, Snellville
12 Buddy Reeves, Kennesaw 27 80 83 80 243
Ray Profitt, Kennesaw

 

Sixth Flight
1 Ed Tomblin, Tucker 5 72 76 73 221
Tony Pistorio, Jasper
T2 Carl Alexander, Braselton 8 78 72 74 224
Don Schrum, Flowery Branch
T2 David Ballard, Roswell 8 79 70 75 224
Gerry Vonder Meulen, Marietta
4 Fred Borders, Kennesaw 13 80 75 74 229
James Franks, LaGrange
5 Jim Brown, Evans 15 77 81 73 231
Sam Smith, Macon
6 Bill Taylor, Covington 18 76 77 81 234
Ted Wood, Covington
7 Jerry Atkins, Jonesboro 22 79 80 79 238
Joe Hamilton, Jonesboro
8 Don Olinger, LaGrange 23 79 82 78 239
Wayne Anderson, LaGrange
9 Bob Foley, Kennesaw 25 79 81 81 241
Stanley Bishop, Marietta
10 Jerry Gafford, Mansfield 31 82 85 80 247
Kent Campbell, Covington
11 Alan Katz, Marietta 34 81 85 84 250
Michael Lackovic, Marietta

* playoff