Jan 21, 2021

Palmetto Chevrolet Season Opener Results

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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)

PlaceNameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
1Derek KempRock Hill, SC39 50 89 +17 $140.00 
2Cheryl (Sweet Pea) BarrineauNorth Myrtle Beach, SC47 49 96 +24 $70.00 
3Bruce ShivelyMurrells Inlet, SC49 48 97 +25  
4Randall JohnsonGresham, SC53 51 104 +32  
5Travis ShivelyMurrells Inlet, SC54 51 105 +33  
T6Keith DrauckerCalabash, NC55 52 107 +35  
 John PikunasN Myrtle Beach, SC54 53 107 +35  
8Bill PriceLeland, NC59 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)

PlaceNameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
1Brett CoddingtonPottstown, PA43 40 83 +11 $75.00 
T2Travis WartluftLake Wylie, SC41 43 84 +12  
 Rick LeeLongs, SC42 42 84 +12  
4Don SheadsMurrels Inlet, SC43 42 85 +13  
5Warren RennoxHolly Springs, NC45 48 93 +21  

Division 3: Mark Scott and JD Lee, two of our very own, finished tied with Mark winning on scorecard playoff.

PlaceNameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
1Mark ScottConway, SC46 42 88 +16 $75.00 
2J.D. LeeSurfside Beach, SC45 43 88 +16  
3Richard KellySouthport, NC44 46 90 +18  
4Tim FrischSurfside Beach, SC42 49 91 +19  
5Larry LeeGaffney, SC50 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.

PlaceNameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
1Jack PereiraMyrtle Beach, SC41 45 86 +14 $75.00 
2James DanielFlorence, SC46 45 91 +19  
3John DePalmaMyrtle Beach, SC47 45 92 +20  
T4Alan ReynoldsWest Columbia, SC49 45 94 +22  
 David SwimmConway, SC51 43 94 +22  
6Mike ShorterManning, SC45 52 97 +25  
7Jimmy MathisColumbia, SC50 48 98 +26  

Division 5:  Sweet Pea (Cheryl Barrineau) continued to improve and won. Congrats to her.

PlaceNameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
1Cheryl (Sweet Pea) BarrineauNorth Myrtle Beach, SC47 49 96 +24 $75.00 
2Randall JohnsonGresham, SC53 51 104 +32  

SKINS FOR DIVISIONS 1& 2

NameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
Jake FiaccoMyrtle Beach, SC39 47 86 $90.00 
Rick LeeLongs, SC42 42 84 $90.00 

SKINS FOR DIVISIONS 3,4 & 5

NameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
Justin GaineyFlorence, SC47 34 81 $50.00 
Randall JohnsonGresham, SC53 51 104 $25.00 
Travis ShivelyMurrells Inlet, SC54 51 105 $25.00 
Calvin BeckmanMyrtle Beach, SC50 49 99 $25.00 
Derek KempRock Hill, SC39 50 89 $25.00 
Jack PereiraMyrtle Beach, SC41 45 86 $25.00 
David SwimmConway, SC51 43 94 $25.00 
Earl BottorffCarolina Shores, NC43 46 89 $25.00 

SUPER SKINS:

NameResidenceOutInTotalOverall +/-Purse
Randall JohnsonGresham, SC53 51 104 $78.00 
Derek KempRock Hill, SC39 50 89 $78.00 
David SwimmConway, SC51 43 94 $78.00 
Rick LeeLongs, SC42 42 84 $78.00 
Justin GaineyFlorence, SC47 34 81 $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)

Congrats to all of our winners and thanks to all for supporting our NEW TOUR.

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