2003 Four-Ball Tournament

Heyer and Rhoads Survive Playoff, Win Georgia Four-Ball Tournament

ALBANY, Ga. - Tom Heyer and Dan Rhoads of Albany defeated and Tim Mackey of Bogart and David Mansfield of Dalton on the first playoff hole to win the 15th Annual Georgia Four-Ball Tournament, held at Stonebridge Golf and Country Club and River Pointe Golf Club March 28-30. Heyer and Rhoads, who led from the first round and held a four-stroke lead at 13 under par, shot a six-over 78 in the final round at Stonebridge to fall back into a tie at seven-under 209. Mackey and Mansfield managed a one-under 71 in gusty conditions to move up from a tie for third and into the playoff.

Heyer and Rhoads, who are members at River Pointe and Stonebridge respectively, parred the first playoff hole (18), while Mackey and Mansfield bogeyed. Mike Ingles and Robert Clark of Kingsland, who won the first flight and were in second place overall going into the final round, also finished at 209, but missed the playoff when they left the course before the tournament concluded. Heyer and Rhoads competed out of the third flight, with Mackey and Mansfield playing out of the second.

Five teams from the Championship flight finished tied for fourth overall at 212. They were Pete Webster of Ringgold and Jerry Mathis of Dalton, Jimbo Wilkins and Ricky Brown of Gainesville, Mike Burr of Tyrone and Bob Sellers of Peachtree City, Ricky and Charles Wilson of Cartersville and Buddy Guth and Tom Ganshaw of Americus.

The Championship through the Third flights were eligible for the overall honors. The field of 96 teams was divided into eight flights based on team handicap index. The field alternated between the two host clubs, with the top four flights playing their first and third rounds at Stonebridge.

Other flight winners were Fourth - tie -Nick Kirkland of Snellville and Larry Askew of Lilburn and Jackie Glover of Albany and Tim Carter of Leesburg (215); Fifth - George LaPorte and Ronnie Tatum of Peachtree City (215); Sixth - Steve Craine of Norcross and Dan Bogan of Alpharetta (217) and Seventh - Gerald and John Keller of Kennesaw (229).

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. The Four-Ball Tournament field was determined by lottery and precedes the annual Four-Ball Championship, in which the entrants with the lowest 80 team handicap indexes comprise the field.

GSGA conducts 16 statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups, three interstate matches and 17 USGA qualifying events each year. Other services include computerized handicapping, course rating and measuring, a summer-long junior sectional competitions program, Golf Georgia magazine and two college scholarship programs.

Final Results

Top Ten Overall
1* Dan Rhoads, Albany 64 67 78 209
Tom Heyer, Albany

 

2* Tim Mackey, Bogart 68 70 71 209
David Mansfield, Dalton

 

2 Mike Ingles, Kingsland 69 66 74 209
Robert E Clark, Kingsland

 

4 Pete Webster, Ringgold 70 71 71 212
Jerry Mathis, Dalton

 

4 Jimbo Wilkins, Gainesville 68 71 73 212
Ricky Brown, Gainesville

 

4 Mike Burr, Tyrone 70 69 73 212
Bob Sellers, Peachtree City

 

4 Ricky Wilson, Cartersville 68 70 74 212
Charles Wilson, Cartersville

 

4 Buddy Guth, Americus 70 68 74 212
Tom Ganshaw, Americus

 

9 Jefferson F Smith, Calhoun 70 71 72 213
Mike Nance, Calhoun

 

9 Richard B Adams, St. Simons Island 71 67 75 213
Taylor Adams, St. Simons Island

 

9 Bill Clanton, Albany 69 70 74 213
Blake H Clanton, Albany

 

Flight:Championship
1 Pete Webster, Ringgold 70 71 71 212
Jerry Mathis, Dalton

 

1 Jimbo Wilkins, Gainesville 68 71 73 212
Ricky Brown, Gainesville

 

1 Mike Burr, Tyrone 70 69 73 212
Bob Sellers, Peachtree City

 

1 Ricky Wilson, Cartersville 68 70 74 212
Charles Wilson, Cartersville

 

1 Buddy Guth, Americus 70 68 74 212
Tom Ganshaw, Americus

 

6 Jefferson F Smith, Calhoun 70 71 72 213
Mike Nance, Calhoun

 

7 Richard B Adams, St. Simons Island 71 67 75 213
Taylor Adams, St. Simons Island

 

8 Frank Calvert, Gainesville 69 74 75 218
Larry Carlson, Gainesville

 

9 Dale Bone, Fayetteville 73 72 73 218
Mark Cauley, Jonesboro

 

10 Mitch Kim, Dunwoody 67 71 80 218
Peter J. Chamberlin, Grantville

 

11 Bobby Filkins, Kennesaw 71 80 69 220
Tim McPherson, Kennesaw

 

12 Scott Kennedy, Snellville 69 76 WD WD
Scott Shepherd, Lawrenceville

 

Flight: 1
1 Mike Ingles, Kingsland 69 66 74 209
Robert E Clark, Kingsland

 

2 Bill Clanton, Albany 69 70 74 213
Blake H Clanton, Albany

 

3 Danny Daniels, Kingsland 69 71 74 214
Carl Wade, Kingsland

 

3 Glenn Kavanagh, Powder Springs 68 73 73 214
Robert F. Wiggins, Kennesaw

 

5 Barry Stern, Kennesaw 72 75 71 218
Randy Hines, Kennesaw

 

5 Ron Godwin, Kennesaw 73 72 73 218
Weldon Wintter, Acworth

 

7 Britt Allen, Covington 72 73 75 220
Scott Hubbard, Social Circle

 

7 Barry D Snell, Kennesaw 72 71 77 220
Scott Pearcy, Acworth

 

9 Wes Hudson, Roswell 76 75 76 227
Dave Herman, Roswell

 

9 Don Hamelink, Dunwoody 73 74 80 227
David Bennett, Mableton

 

11 Ed Crump, Hartwell 75 79 75 229
Jeremy M Rogers, Hartwell

 

12 G Stan Thorn, Alpharetta 72 79 81 232
Jim Montgomery, Alpharetta

 

Flight: 2
1 Tim Mackey, Bogart 68 70 71 209
David Mansfield, Dalton

 

2 Ted Vallo, Peachtree City 71 69 76 216
Charlie Edwards, Newnan

 

3 Jeff Brown, Calhoun 67 80 70 217
Kevin Malone, Suwanee

 

3 Scott Petit, Atlanta 68 71 78 217
Ed West, Canton

 

5 Cliff Owens, Albany 73 72 77 222
Steve Boucher, Americus

 

5 Jeff Adkinson, Colquitt 70 72 80 222
Joel Josey, Colquitt

 

5 Thomas E Blackburn, Peachtree City 69 71 82 222
Paul Vant Hof, Peachtree City

 

8 Brian P Bossman, Newnan 71 74 79 224
Ralph Rebel, Newnan

 

9 Randy Gordy, Clarkesville 77 72 78 227
Bill Newsom, Clarkesville

 

10 Phil Jessup, Kennesaw 73 75 80 228
Quenton Bragg, Carrolton

 

11 Bryan K. Eades, Bogart 76 78 79 233
Danny Manders, Watkinsville

 

12 Ron Eulenfeld, St. Simons Island 72 73 WD WD
Royce Wood, St. Simon's Island

 

Flight: 3
1 Dan Rhoads, Albany 64 67 78 209
Tom Heyer, Albany

 

2 Joseph Brogdon Jr., Macon 71 71 74 216
Russ Vaughn, Macon

 

2 Rob Bissell, Evans 72 70 74 216
Mike O'Rourke, Evans

 

4 T.H. Williams, Madison 71 74 79 224
Jackie Snell, Loganville

 

4 Terry Clements, Atlanta 71 73 80 224
Frank Clements, Rome

 

6 Craig Wentworth, Macon 73 77 75 225
S. Kyle Stokes, Juliette

 

7 Ted Colbert, Fayetteville 74 75 80 229
Davis Camp, Haralson

 

8 Dick Donegan, Kennesaw 74 75 82 231
Doug Tindall, Marietta

 

8 Ronald G Schickedanz, St. Mary's 70 79 82 231
Michael E Brown, St. Mary's

 

10 Dale Dover, Camilla 80 72 81 233
Leonard Delamar, Albany

 

10 Tom Burke, Peachtree City 76 76 81 233
Ed Barnes, Peachtree City

 

10 Benny Clark, Lawrenceville 75 76 82 233
Kevin Creasman, Duluth

 

Flight: 4
1 Nick Kirkland, Snellville 72 70 73 215
Larry Askew, Lilburn

 

1 Jackie Glover, Albany 70 73 72 215
Tim Carter, Leesburg

 

3 George Lazenby, Covington 71 73 72 216
Bob Hill, Monroe

 

4 Phil Rouse, Albany 70 69 78 217
Dewayne Hale, Leesburg

 

5 Rob Nichols, Kennesaw 73 72 73 218
J. R. Nichols, Smyrna

 

6 Patrick O'Brien, Macon 72 69 79 220
Lee Smith, Forsyth

 

7 Phil E. Colston Sr., Peachtree City 73 71 78 222
Thomas M Humber, Fayetteville

 

8 Jimmy R. Ford, Newnan 77 70 77 224
David Jetton, Douglasville

 

9 Paul J Hensler, Marietta 71 77 77 225
Dean Anderson, Kennesaw

 

10 Donnie Whittle, Cordele 72 77 80 229
George Pass, Cordele

 

11 Jeff Thorne, Albany 78 78 74 230
Ron Bannister, Thomasville

 

12 Tommy Smith, Duluth 80 82 79 241
John Scott, Cornelia

 

Flight: 5
1 George LaPorte, Peachtree City 72 72 71 215
Ronnie Tatum, Peachtree City

 

2 Bill Caputi, Athens 71 73 74 218
Everett Jones, Athens

 

3 L Steven Mann, Duluth 73 75 73 221
Roland Sorel, Dunwoody

 

4 Barry J. Whatley, Peachtree City 72 76 76 224
Craig Evans, Peachtree City

 

4 Charlie Huff, Eastanollee 75 74 75 224
Scot Carson, Toccoa

 

6 Jim Carter, Snellville 72 75 78 225
Clint Carter, Atlanta

 

7 Roger Wozniacki, Cumming 75 76 79 230
Dennis Sink, Duluth

 

8 John Lee, McDonough 71 78 82 231
Kenneth Newsome, Sharpsburg

 

9 Chris Hall, Dalton 74 76 82 232
Terry Hall, Alpharetta

 

10 George Sides, Macon 78 74 83 235
Tom Burford, Macon

 

11 John C Kaiser, Kennesaw 77 77 82 236
Joe Kaiser, Sylvania

 

12 Sonny Sykes, Gainesviile 81 WD
Glenn F. Whitmire, Gainesville

 

Flight: 6
1 Steve Craine, Norcross 72 74 71 217
Dan Bogan, Alpharetta

 

2 Dodd Rentz, Athens 71 70 79 220
Ed Wilson, Alpharetta

 

3 Jeff Wright, Dacula 74 75 72 221
Mike Marler, Marietta

 

4 Greg Perry, Leesburg 76 75 72 223
Buddy Montgerard, Albany

 

4 Mike Roberts, Powder Springs 74 70 79 223
Michael S Dickens, Marietta

 

6 Jeff Butler, Loganville 78 73 78 229
Jamie Britt, Loganville

 

7 Don Gardner, Kennesaw 72 79 80 231
Bert Isenbletter, Marietta

 

7 Larry Hobgood, Duluth 78 75 78 231
Mike Stimak, Duluth

 

9 Michael Green, McDonough 82 77 77 236
John Pendergast, Conyers

 

10 Bob Shlora, Alpharetta 80 76 82 238
Thomas Blaska, Atlanta

 

11 Greg Hogle, Marietta 79 83 78 240
Christopher Dehmer, Atlanta

 

12 Fred W. Lindstrom, Peachtree City 78 81 87 246
Charlie Jessup, Peachtree City

 

Flight: 7
1 Gerald Keller, Kennesaw 74 71 84 229
John Keller, Kennesaw

 

2 Mike Kay, Martin 77 77 76 230
Otto K Jakel, Clermont

 

3 Bob Flynn, Kennesaw 77 74 82 233
James Hewatt, Kennesaw

 

4 Paul Smith, Atlanta 83 75 83 241
Larry Crabtree, Snellville

 

4 Buddy Guidry, Acworth 84 74 83 241
Rusty Stephens, Canton

 

6 Ronnie Brown, Atlanta 75 89 78 242
Mike Landrum, Austell

 

7 Jerry Chastain, Jasper 78 81 85 244
John D Chastain, Jasper

 

8 Ed Allen, Kennesaw 78 87 80 245
George Whitman, Marietta

 

9 Larry R Brown, Kingsland 81 74 91 246
Fred Dezouche, Kingsland

 

10 Tom Phillips, Monroe 82 86 84 252
Danny Tarrant, Bogart

 

11 Thomas C Sinowski, Marietta 88 82 87 257
Joe Linden, Marietta

 

12 Sidney Avesian, Marietta 90 91 87 268
Joe Perusse, Marietta

 

*place determined by playoff