2008 Four-Ball Tournament

Blake Clanton and Dwayne Hale Capture Georgia Four-Ball Tournament

Albany, Ga. – Blake Clanton and Dwayne Hale, both of Albany, posted a two-under 70 in the final round to capture the 20th annual Georgia Four-Ball Tournament, which took place at River Pointe Golf Club and Stonebridge Golf and Country Club, March 28-30. Hale, a member at River Pointe Golf Club, teamed with Clanton to finish with a tournament-record of 199 (-17). Fellow Albanians Andrew Dismuke and Craig Taylor finished in second, just one stroke off the pace, at 18-under-par 200.

 

Hale and Clanton's 54-hole record-setting score came via rounds of 65, 64 and 70. The previous record of 201 was set by Kennesaw-tandem Ryan Evans and Rob Wiggins during the 2006 Georgia Four-Ball Tournament held at Valdosta Country Club and Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. This marks Hale's second consecutive victory in this event, having won last year with Craig Taylor of the runners-up duo.

 

Dick Donegan of Kennesaw and Leigh Mackey of Watkinsville moved up one spot to finish tied for third position with Clay Gardner of Newnan and John Miles of Fayetteville at nine-under. Tied for the fifth spot, at eight-under-par 208, was Alpharetta's Don Marsh and Mark Allison of Norcross and Clay Stephenson and Hal Lamb, both of Calhoun. Clay Chester and Randy Alford of Albany finished tied for seventh place with Atlanta's Greg Greenbaum and Jay Baker. Alone in ninth was Albany-duo Bill Clanton and Shane Brinson. Rounding out the top-ten, with a tournament total of 211, was Jason Myers and Rhett Smith of Kennesaw.

 

The championship through third flights were eligible for the overall tournament honors. The field of 96 teams was divided into eight flights based on team handicap index. The field, which was determined by lottery, alternated between the two host clubs, with the top four flights playing their first and third rounds at River Pointe Golf Club.

 

Other flight winners were third – Todd Green of Marietta and Tom Holman of Canton (212); fourth – (three teams tied) George Akins of Moultrie and Ricky Tucker of Tifton, Marietta's Larry Fowler and Roberta's Wade Turner and Alp Kupculongu of Ellenwood and Newnan's Jimmy Ford (214); fifth – (tie) Lee Smith of Forsyth and Patrick O'Brien of Macon and Jeff Thorne of Sylvester and Valdosta's Jim Langdale (215); sixth – Austin Bramblett of Snellville and Lee Bradley of Suwanee (208); and seventh – Byron's Keli Smith and Steve Roland of Warner Robins (223).

 

Entries were open to two-man teams of male amateur golfers who are members of a GSGA member club and residents of Georgia and whose combined handicap index is 4.0 or higher.

 

Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 365 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.

 

Final Results

Top Ten Overall
1 Blake Clanton, Albany 65 64 70 199 -17
Dwayne Hale, Albany

2 Andrew Dismuke, Albany 66 63 71 200 -16
Craig Taylor, Albany

T3 Dick Donegan, Kennesaw 68 68 71 207 -9
Leigh B Mackay, Watkinsville

T3 Clay Gardner, Newnan 67 70 70 207 -9
John Miles, Fayetteville

T5 Don Marsh, Alpharetta 70 67 71 208 -8
Mark Allison, Norcross

T5 Clay Stephenson, Calhoun 71 67 70 208 -8
Hal Lamb, Calhoun

T7 Clay Chester, Albany 69 69 71 209 -7
Randy Alford, Albany

T7 Greg Greenbaum, Atlanta 68 69 72 209 -7
Jay Baker, Atlanta

9 Bill Clanton, Albany 67 67 76 210 -6
Shane Brinson, Albany

10 Jason Myers, Kennesaw 70 70 71 211 -5
Rhett Smith, Kennesaw

 

Championship Flight
1 Dick Donegan, Kennesaw 68 68 71 207 -9
Leigh B Mackay, Watkinsville

2 Clay Chester, Albany 69 69 71 209 -7
Randy Alford, Albany

3 Greg Perry, Leesburg 71 72 69 212 -4
Spencer Davis, Albany

4 John Lewis, Kingsland 72 70 72 214 -2
Mike Ingles, Woodbine

T5 Rob Wiggins, Kennesaw 73 73 69 215 -1
Ryan Evans, Kennesaw

T5 Daniel Rhoads, Albany 72 68 75 215 -1
Thomas Heyer, Eastman

7 Michael Ogrady, Martinez 75 69 73 217 1
Philip McLain, Evans

8 Eric Pangle, Braselton 72 75 71 218 2
Erik Dickerson, Kennesaw

T9 Darrell Giannotti, Suwanee 70 71 78 219 3
Dean Sager, Alpharetta

T9 George Faircloth, Cordele 75 67 77 219 3
John Hughes, Alma

T11 Gautam Patankar, Canton 77 69 76 222 6
Mark Humphlett, Canton

T11 Jack Snell, Good Hope 76 72 74 222 6

 

First Flight
1 Andrew Dismuke, Albany 66 63 71 200 -16
Craig Taylor, Albany

2 Clay Gardner, Newnan 67 70 70 207 -9
John Miles, Fayetteville

3 Greg Greenbaum, Atlanta 68 69 72 209 -7
Jay Baker, Atlanta

4 Bill Clanton, Albany 67 67 76 210 -6
Shane Brinson, Albany

5 Bob Nance, Calhoun 66 72 74 212 -4
Mike Nance, Calhoun

6 Gary Krasnov, Kennesaw 72 69 72 213 -3
Hap Fleming, Kennesaw

7 Blake Daniel, McDonough 70 68 76 214 -2
Rick Dubois, McDonough

T8 Drew Sylvester, Alpharetta 73 71 72 216 Even
John Schuster, Alpharetta

T8 Paul Arrington, Dacula 70 71 75 216 Even
William Peeples, Lawrenceville

10 Dave Oster, Lawrenceville 73 70 76 219 3
Ryan Pearcy, Lawrenceville

11 Bruce Weems, Cumming 77 72 75 224 8
Roger Delsin, Cumming

12 Brian Bossman, Newnan 74 72 79 225 9
David Nell, Sharpsburg

 

Second Flight
1 Blake Clanton, Albany 65 64 70 199 -17
Dwayne Hale, Albany

T2 Don Marsh, Alpharetta 70 67 71 208 -8
Mark Allison, Norcross

T2 Clay Stephenson, Calhoun 71 67 70 208 -8
Hal Lamb, Calhoun

4 Jason Myers, Kennesaw 70 70 71 211 -5
Rhett Smith, Kennesaw

5 Mark Smith, Leesburg 72 68 73 213 -3
Tim Carter, Leesburg

6 Michael Chambers, Alpharetta 75 65 76 216 Even
Russ Byrne, Cumming

7 Dean Manross, McDonough 74 71 76 221 5
Jim Bloom, McDonough

8 Benny Clark, Lawrenceville 78 70 74 222 6
Kevin Creasman, Duluth

9 Gary E Cole, Dalton 80 70 75 225 9
Jim Cole, Marietta

10 David Schultze, Sharpsburg 76 74 76 226 10
Rick Gardner, Newnan

11 Bob Cecil, Kennesaw 73 72 82 227 11
Lee Brown, Kennesaw

12 Douglas E. Brock, Locust Grove 82 71 79 232 16
Greg Walker, Cartersville

 

Third Flight
1 Todd Green, Marietta 74 66 72 212 -4
Tom Holman, Canton

2 Bobby Crowe, Watkinsville 74 73 74 221 5
Danny Manders, Watkinsville

3 Chad Oosterveen, Leesburg 73 72 77 222 6
Ron Lee, Dawson

4 Joey Phelan, Atlanta 73 73 77 223 7
Jon Simonton, Atlanta

5 Mike Orourke, Evans 76 69 79 224 8
Rob Bissell, Evans

6 Jeff Brown, Calhoun 75 74 77 226 10
Kevin Malone, Suwanee

7 Garnet Reynolds, Newnan 75 69 84 228 12
Jason Brady, Newnan

T8 Edsel Davis, Macon 84 73 72 229 13
Mal Burgess, Macon

T8 Eddie Register, Sugar Hill 76 76 77 229 13
Paul Register, Savannah

10 Mark Massey, Dawson 75 74 81 230 14
Steven Baugh, Cumming

11 Charlie Busbee, McDonough 74 75 82 231 15
Paul Cobb Jr., Norcross

12 Mark Bottino, Kenesaw 78 73 81 232 16
Thomas Donegan, Kennsaw

 

Fourth Flight
T1 George Akins, Moultrie 71 72 71 214 -2
Ricky Tucker, Tifton

T1 Larry Fowler, Marietta 69 71 74 214 -2
Wade Turner, Roberta

T1 Alp Kupcuoglu, Ellenwood 67 73 74 214 -2
Jimmy Ford, Newnan

4 Don Paige, Lawrenceville 65 79 71 215 -1
Ed Cordell, Norcross

T5 Daniel Cobb, Kennesaw 68 74 78 220 4
David Summers IV, Kennesaw

T5 Bob Fowler, Atlanta 74 75 71 220 4
John Salviski, Alpharetta

7 Larry Askew, Greensboro 68 77 76 221 5
Nick Kirkland, Snellville

8 Chris Quay, Canton 69 75 78 222 6
David Daniel, Alpharetta

9 Dennis Reinhardt, Atlanta 73 76 74 223 7
John Allen, Atlanta

10 Brad Folsom, Valdosta 69 83 76 228 12
Kevin Gaulke, Atlanta

11 John Meier, Peachtree City 72 79 78 229 13
Kevin McDonough, Jonesboro

12 Dodd Rentz, Athens 77 80 81 238 22
Ed Wilson, St. Simons Island

 

Fifth Flight
T1 Lee Smith, Forsyth 68 73 74 215 -1
Patrick OBrien, Macon

T1 Jeff Thorne, Sylvester 68 77 70 215 -1
Jim Langdale, Valdosta

3 Greg Johnson, Peachtree City 76 72 70 218 2
Jack Jay Johnson, Senoia

4 Phillip Jessup, Kennesaw 73 74 73 220 4
Quenton Bragg, Carrolton

5 Doug Scott, Tucker 73 74 74 221 5
Scott Dismuke, Albany

T6 Phil Colston Sr., Peachtree City 73 75 78 226 10
Thomas Humber, Fayetteville

T6 Forrest Wisener, Leesburg 72 75 79 226 10
Phil Rouse, Albany

T8 Dan Fischer, Alpharetta 72 78 77 227 11
Fred Ethridge, Alpharetta

T8 Jamie Britt, Loganville 77 76 74 227 11
Jeff Butler, Loganville

T10 Frank Clements, Rome 73 79 78 230 14
Terry Clements, Atlanta

T10 Burt Strange, Atlanta 71 81 78 230 14
Casey Jones, Decatur

12 Andy Barre, Dacula 76 79 83 238 22
Everett Jones, Athens

 

Sixth Flight
1 Austin Bramblett, Snellville 67 70 71 208 -8
Lee Bradley, Suwanee

2 Gene Comfort, Fayetteville 71 72 72 215 -1
George LaPorte, Peachtree City

3 Brian Stanga, Stockbridge 67 78 72 217 1
Donald McGinnis, McDonough

4 Clifton Burr, Peachtree City 75 71 73 219 3
Marshall Guthrie, Newnan

5 Branan Norsworthy, Jackson 77 74 73 224 8
Kenneth Norsworthy, Jackson

6 Johnny Faulk, Kennesaw 73 77 77 227 11
Randy Hewatt, Marietta

7 Alan Crowell, Norcross 72 78 78 228 12
Gene Graves, Norcross

8 Larry Grant, Buford 75 78 78 231 15
Roger Stapp, Gainesville

9 Roland Sorel, Dunwoody 80 75 80 235 19
Steve Mann, Duluth

10 Bryan Stansell, Atlanta 72 76 88 236 20
Randy Gordy, Clarkesville

11 Donnie Cooper, Fayetteville 76 81 81 238 22
Zane Cooper, Peachtree City

12 Larry Crabtree, Snellville 78 79 84 241 25
Paul Smith, Atlanta

 

Seventh Flight
1 Keli Smith, Byron 69 78 76 223 7
Steve Roland, Warner Robins

2 Larry Hobgood, Duluth 73 77 78 228 12
Michael Stimak, Duluth

3 Jim Brown, Evans 73 78 78 229 13
Sam Smith, Macon

4 Edwin Mathis, Rome 75 78 77 230 14
Virgil Waters, Calhoun

T5 Keith Mangum, Flowery Branch 74 79 80 233 17
Mark Black, Gainesville

T5 Danny Tarrant, Braselton 76 82 75 233 17
Tom Phillips, Monroe

7 Michael Elliott, McDonough 77 78 81 236 20
Ray Foster, Conyers

8 Jerry Chastain, Jasper 78 85 77 240 24
John Chastain, Jasper

9 Brad Renshaw, Sylvester 74 79 90 243 27
Steve Tambroni, Albany

T10 Colby Chastain, Dawsonville 82 80 82 244 28
Michael Chastain, Jasper

T10 Charles Rinehart, Albany 78 77 89 244 28
Glenn Singfield, Albany

12 Allen Martin, Rex 81 81 88 250 34
David Scott Haygood, Fayetteville