The Inaugural Event for the Carolina Coast Chapter of the, The Palmetto Chevrolet Season Opener was a great success. We had 47 out of the 49 make to the beautiful Wild Wing Plantation golf resort. Special thanks to all that traveled to come support us. We had players visiting from 7 different Chapters which was amazing for a 1 day event. The course was amazing and basically won so to speak or we could say the weather one. We were Cart Path only due to the amount of rain that fell Friday evening. The entire staff at Wild Wing were amazing. The Superintendent and his staff were able to get the course ready to go by 10:00. The course was in great shape considering all the rain the area has received this winter. Greens were medium speed and in perfect shape. Big thank you again to all the staff at Wild Wing.
We normally do not shotgun but being our first event and with conditions the way they were, we decided to do this. We brought everyone to their carts at 10:00 am for all the Welcome and announcements. All the players were able to meet one of the Owners of the Amateur Players Tour. Jody Barrett and made the long drive from Nashville to be at our first event and it was nice to have him come and speak to all of the participants. This was a plus for sure and shows supportive they are to us as Chapter owners. Palmetto Chevrolet was the Title Sponsor for this event and Mark Scott the Sales Manager who is also a tour member spoke to us as well.
The weather played a huge role in the scoring today. It wasn’t too cold when they teed off about 48 degrees but shortly after they started the winds picked up and never continued the entire day. We were able to reach our goal and kept the pace of play to about 4:35 mins which is great considering the weather and being CPO.
Division 1 (3.4 and below) was won by one of our Local players Clint McCoy. Clint played a very steady round and carded an impressive 75 (+3). Clint will be a force to reckoned with this season for sure.
| 1 Clint McCoy Myrtle Beach, SC 38-37–75 +3 ( $130.00) |
| 2 Clark Gibbs Timmonsville, SC 42-38–80 +8 |
| 3 Dan Baskey Longs, SC 42-39–81 +9 |
| 4 Brian Hayes Winston-Salem, NC 40-42–82 +10 |
Division 2 (3.5 to 8.4) Our very own Lee Dixon continued his great playing from 2020 and brought home the hardware by carding and impressive 78 (+6). He said he played steady all day. He has a good putting teacher BTW!! He is on his way to Division 1 soon!!!
| 1 Lee Dixon Charleston, SC 40-38–78 +6 $150.00 |
| 2 Chris Conner Conway, SC 39-43–82 +10 $100.00 |
| 3 Brett Coddington Pottstown, PA 43-40–83 +11 $60.00 |
| T4 Travis Wartluft Lake Wylie, SC 41-43–84 +12 $15.00 |
| T4 Rick Lee Longs, SC 42-42–84 +12 $15.00 |
| T6 Terry Newsome Winston Salem, NC 40-45–85 +13 |
| T6 Don Sheads Murrels Inlet, SC 43-42–85 +13 |
| T6 Travis Powell Loris, SC 45-40–85 +13 |
| T6 AJ Lee Gaffney, SC 48-37–85 +13 |
| 10 Jake Fiacco Myrtle Beach, SC 39-47–86 +14 |
| 11 J Combs Stokesdale, NC 45-42–87 +15 |
| 12 Jody Barrett Dickson, TN 45-43–88 +16 |
| T13 Erik Langston Wilmington, NC 48-41–89 +17 |
| T13 Bobby Gibbs Florence, SC 49-40–89 +17 |
| 15 Warren Rennox Holly Springs, NC 45-48–93 +21 |
Division 3 (8.5 to 13.4) Justin Gainey another local member continued his rise to the top by carding a very impressive -2 on the back 9 which included a chip in eagle on the Par 5 15th. He ended up with 81 (+9) for the day. Welcome to Division 2 soon as well.
| 1 Justin Gainey Florence, SC 47-34–81 +9 $140.00 |
| 2 Joseph Jones Columbia, SC 42-43–85 +13 $70.00 |
| T3 Mark Scott Conway, SC 46-42–88 +16 |
| T3 J.D. Lee Surfside Beach, SC 45-43–88 +16 |
| 5 Earl Bottorff Carolina Shores, NC 43-46–89 +17 |
| 6 Richard Kelly Southport, NC 44-46–90 +18 |
| 7 Tim Frisch Surfside Beach, SC 42-49–91 +19 |
| 8 Scott Cain Concord, NC 45-48–93 +21 |
| 9 Larry Lee Gaffney, SC 50-45–95 +23 |
Division 4 (13,5 to 18.4) Congrats to one of our New Members Jack Pereira for capturing his first win. I believe he will have a great year and will see him progress to Division 3 before long. He carded a 86 (+14).
| 1 Jack Pereira Myrtle Beach, SC 41-45–86 +14 $140.00 |
| 2 James Daniel Florence, SC 46-45–91 +19 $80.00 |
| 3 John DePalma Myrtle Beach, SC 47-45–92 +20 $30.00 |
| 4 Jerry Anderson Virginia Beach, VA 49-44–93 +21 |
| T5 Alan Reynolds West Columbia, SC 49-45–94 +22 |
| T5 David Swimm Conway, SC 51-43–94 +22 |
| 7 Larry E Holmes Fayetteville, NC 50-46–96 +24 |
| 8 Mike Shorter Manning, SC 45-52–97 +25 |
| 9 Jimmy Mathis Columbia, SC 50-48–98 +26 |
| T10 Jason Upright Salisbury, NC 53-46–99 +27 |
| T10 Calvin Beckman Myrtle Beach, SC 50-49–99 +27 |
Division 5 (18.5 and UP) Derek Kemp from the Queen City Chapter (Charlotte) came down and played his career round as he said to take the crown. He played great and had 2 birdies as well. 89 (+17)
| Place | Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| 1 | Derek Kemp | Rock Hill, SC | 39 | 50 | 89 | +17 | $140.00 |
| 2 | Cheryl (Sweet Pea) Barrineau | North Myrtle Beach, SC | 47 | 49 | 96 | +24 | $70.00 |
| 3 | Bruce Shively | Murrells Inlet, SC | 49 | 48 | 97 | +25 | |
| 4 | Randall Johnson | Gresham, SC | 53 | 51 | 104 | +32 | |
| 5 | Travis Shively | Murrells Inlet, SC | 54 | 51 | 105 | +33 | |
| T6 | Keith Draucker | Calabash, NC | 55 | 52 | 107 | +35 | |
| John Pikunas | N Myrtle Beach, SC | 54 | 53 | 107 | +35 | ||
| 8 | Bill Price | Leland, NC | 59 | 52 | 111 | +39 |
SENIOR RESULTS: Our 50 and over have to opportunity to play in both the Open and Senior Divisions:
Division 2: Brett Coddington from the Philly Chapter took home the gold by carding a 83 (+11)
| Place | Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| 1 | Brett Coddington | Pottstown, PA | 43 | 40 | 83 | +11 | $75.00 |
| T2 | Travis Wartluft | Lake Wylie, SC | 41 | 43 | 84 | +12 | |
| Rick Lee | Longs, SC | 42 | 42 | 84 | +12 | ||
| 4 | Don Sheads | Murrels Inlet, SC | 43 | 42 | 85 | +13 | |
| 5 | Warren Rennox | Holly Springs, NC | 45 | 48 | 93 | +21 |
Division 3: Mark Scott and JD Lee, two of our very own, finished tied with Mark winning on scorecard playoff.
| Place | Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| 1 | Mark Scott | Conway, SC | 46 | 42 | 88 | +16 | $75.00 |
| 2 | J.D. Lee | Surfside Beach, SC | 45 | 43 | 88 | +16 | |
| 3 | Richard Kelly | Southport, NC | 44 | 46 | 90 | +18 | |
| 4 | Tim Frisch | Surfside Beach, SC | 42 | 49 | 91 | +19 | |
| 5 | Larry Lee | Gaffney, SC | 50 | 45 | 95 | +23 |
Division 4: Great Day for Jack Pereira. This is why we call this option for Seniors “Double Dipping” He won both the Open and Senior Divisions.
| Place | Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| 1 | Jack Pereira | Myrtle Beach, SC | 41 | 45 | 86 | +14 | $75.00 |
| 2 | James Daniel | Florence, SC | 46 | 45 | 91 | +19 | |
| 3 | John DePalma | Myrtle Beach, SC | 47 | 45 | 92 | +20 | |
| T4 | Alan Reynolds | West Columbia, SC | 49 | 45 | 94 | +22 | |
| David Swimm | Conway, SC | 51 | 43 | 94 | +22 | ||
| 6 | Mike Shorter | Manning, SC | 45 | 52 | 97 | +25 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Mathis | Columbia, SC | 50 | 48 | 98 | +26 |
Division 5: Sweet Pea (Cheryl Barrineau) continued to improve and won. Congrats to her.
| Place | Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| 1 | Cheryl (Sweet Pea) Barrineau | North Myrtle Beach, SC | 47 | 49 | 96 | +24 | $75.00 |
| 2 | Randall Johnson | Gresham, SC | 53 | 51 | 104 | +32 |
SKINS FOR DIVISIONS 1& 2
| Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse | |
| Jake Fiacco | Myrtle Beach, SC | 39 | 47 | 86 | 1 | $90.00 | |
| Rick Lee | Longs, SC | 42 | 42 | 84 | 1 | $90.00 |
SKINS FOR DIVISIONS 3,4 & 5
| Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| Justin Gainey | Florence, SC | 47 | 34 | 81 | 2 | $50.00 |
| Randall Johnson | Gresham, SC | 53 | 51 | 104 | 1 | $25.00 |
| Travis Shively | Murrells Inlet, SC | 54 | 51 | 105 | 1 | $25.00 |
| Calvin Beckman | Myrtle Beach, SC | 50 | 49 | 99 | 1 | $25.00 |
| Derek Kemp | Rock Hill, SC | 39 | 50 | 89 | 1 | $25.00 |
| Jack Pereira | Myrtle Beach, SC | 41 | 45 | 86 | 1 | $25.00 |
| David Swimm | Conway, SC | 51 | 43 | 94 | 1 | $25.00 |
| Earl Bottorff | Carolina Shores, NC | 43 | 46 | 89 | 1 | $25.00 |
SUPER SKINS:
| Name | Residence | Out | In | Total | Overall +/- | Purse |
| Randall Johnson | Gresham, SC | 53 | 51 | 104 | 1 | $78.00 |
| Derek Kemp | Rock Hill, SC | 39 | 50 | 89 | 1 | $78.00 |
| David Swimm | Conway, SC | 51 | 43 | 94 | 1 | $78.00 |
| Rick Lee | Longs, SC | 42 | 42 | 84 | 1 | $78.00 |
| Justin Gainey | Florence, SC | 47 | 34 | 81 | 1 | $78.00 |
Closest to Pins: $60.00
Div 1/2, – Lee Dixon , Div 3 – Larry Lee , Div 4/5 – Alan Reynolds
50/50 $300 total (All proceeds going to the Mark Scott Family for his wife Ann who is battling Cancer)
50% Winner Keith Draucker ($150)
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