GSGA Competitions Results: Georgia Four-Ball Tournament

Hogan, Spitalny Win Shortened Georgia Four-Ball Tournament Winning duo battled through six playoff holes

ALBANY, Ga. — A team from Athens, Tyler Hogan and Phil Spitalny, posted rounds of 71-70, totaling 3-under-par 141, and won the 26th annual Georgia Four-Ball Tournament after surviving a six-hole playoff with three other teams. This GSGA season-opening competition took place at both Stonebridge Golf and Country Club and Doublegate Country Club, March 28-30.

Competing at Stonebridge Golf and Country Club, four teams finished regulation tied at 3-under-par 141 at the top of the leaderboard: Hogan and Spitalny; Chad Branton of Cartersville and Steve Stewart of Adairsville (71-70); David Matthews and Doug Rayford, both of Valdosta (70-71); and Rick Dubois and David Maddox, both of McDonough (69-72). Over the course of six playoff holes, Hogan and Spitalny were left standing to claim the trophy, while Branton and Stewart earned runner-up honors. Dubois and Maddox finished third overall. Matthews and Rayford, who won this competition in 2011, finished fourth overall.

Two teams tied for fifth overall at 1-under-par 143, including the defending champions Gary Bernson of Atlanta and Scott Resseguie of Augusta (74-69), and Don Marsh of Johns Creek and Shad Fleeman of Cumming (73-70). Hal Lamb of Calhoun and Rick Brown of Adairsville (72-72) tied for seventh overall at even-par 144 along with Brent Harper of Tifton and Jeff Thorne of Sylvester (74-70). Rounding out the top 10 overall include two teams at 1-over-par 145: Chad Davis of Social Circle and Frank Webster of Conyers (77-68) and Bob Nance and Mike Nance, both of Calhoun (72-73).

Tom Olberding of St. Simons Island and Micah Smith of Canton won the fourth flight at 2-under-par 142 (72-70). The fifth flight was taken by Clint Carter of Atlanta and Bob Wilson of Lawrenceville at 1-under-par 143 (74-69). Zane Cooper of Fayetteville and Larry Saheim of Peachtree City teamed up to win flight six at 2-over-par 146 (77-69). Flight seven was won by Steve Gurley of Macon and John Sink of Juliette at 6-over-par 150 (75-75).

Due to heavy rains on Friday and severe weather on Saturday in the Albany area, round two of the Georgia Four-Ball Tournament was moved to Sunday. The 36-hole scores for all flights are considered final.

Entries were open to two-man teams of male amateur golfers who belong to a GSGA member club and have combined USGA Handicap Indexes of 4.0 and above and a maximum differential of six strokes. Of the 94 total teams, 82 were determined by lottery, three spots were reserved for each host club and one spot was reserved for each of the previous year’s flight winners.

Th Championship through third flights are playing all three rounds at Stonebridge Golf and Country Club, while the fourth through seventh flights tee it up at Doublegate Country Club.

Click the following link to view the online leaderboard and pairings for round two: [symple_button color=”blue” url=”http://www.ghintpp.com/gsga/TPPOnlineScoring/Default.aspx?id=441″ title=”Visit Site” target=”blank” border_radius=””]View Leaderboard[/symple_button]

Final Results

Top 10 Overall Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total To Par T1 Tyler Hogan, Athens 71 70 141 -3   Phil Spitalny, Athens         T1 Chad Branton, Cartersville 71 70 141 -3   Steve Stewart, Adairsville         T1 Rick Dubois, McDonough 69 72 141 -3   David Maddox, McDonough         T1 David Matthews, Valdosta 70 71 141 -3   Doug Rayford, Valdosta         T5 Gary Bernson, Atlanta 74 69 143 -1   Scott Resseguie, Augusta         T5 Don Marsh, Johns Creek 73 70 143 -1   Shad Fleeman, Cumming         T7 Hal Lamb, Calhoun 72 72 144 even   Rick Brown, Adairsville         T7 Brent Harper, Tifton 74 70 144 even   Jeff Thorne, Sylvester         T9 Bob Nance, Calhoun 72 73 145 1   Mike Nance, Calhoun         T9 Chad Davis, Social Circle 77 68 145 1   Frank Webster, Conyers           Stonebridge Golf and Country Club                     Championship Flight           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total To Par T1 Chad Branton, Cartersville 71 70 141 -3   Steve Stewart, Adairsville         T1 David Matthews, Valdosta 70 71 141 -3   Doug Rayford, Valdosta         T1 Phil Spitalny, Athens 71 70 141 -3   Tyler Hogan, Athens         4 Gary Bernson, Atlanta 74 69 143 -1   Scott Resseguie, Augusta         5 Hal Lamb, Calhoun 72 72 144 Even   Rick Brown, Adairsville         6 Ed Hudson, Albany 76 71 147 3   Spencer Davis, Albany         7 Bob Cecil, Acworth 75 73 148 4   Hap Fleming, Kennesaw         8 Dave Dreibelbis, Duluth 77 73 150 6   Neil Monroe, Sharpsburg         9 Scott George, Leesburg 76 76 152 8   William Fussell, Douglas         10 Brian Bossman, Newnan 78 75 153 9   David Nell, Sharpsburg         11 Bill Clanton, Albany 78 76 154 10   Terry Durham, Albany         12 Bob Espy, Stone Mountain 77 WD WD WD   Randy Holloway, Greensboro                     Flight 1           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall 1 David Maddox, McDonough 69 72 141 -3   Rick Dubois, McDonough         2 Don Marsh, Johns Creek 73 70 143 -1   Shad Fleeman, Cumming         3 Brent Harper, Tifton 74 70 144 Even   Jeff Thorne, Sylvester         T4 Dave Oster, Lawrenceville 73 74 147 3   Ryan Pearcy, Lawrenceville         T4 Logan Moore, McDonough 73 74 147 3   Matt Craddock, McDonough         T4 John Riordan, Duluth 69 78 147 3   Ray Zepp, Doraville         7 Jason Myers, Kennesaw 73 75 148 4   Joe Thomas, Marietta         8 Craig Taylor, Albany 77 72 149 5   Matt Casey, Albany         9 Mark Barnes, Cumming 79 71 150 6   Tom Harvey, Norcross         10 Bruce Wood, Suwanee 78 74 152 8   Tommy Beman, Alpharetta         11 Jeff Brown, Calhoun 78 78 156 12   Kevin Macdonald, Suwanee         12 David Hathaway, Macon 76 WD WD WD   Jimmy Rigsby, Augusta                     Flight 2           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall 1 Chris Tallent Sr., Rocky Face 75 71 146 2   Kyle Pettyjohn, Dalton         2 Mike Dickens, Marietta 74 74 148 4   Mike Larson, Kennesaw         T3 James Singletary, Forsyth 78 71 149 5   Phil Welch, Juliette         T3 Clay Gardner, Newnan 79 70 149 5   John Miles Jr., Fayetteville         T3 Bill Yerdon, Peachtree City 75 74 149 5   David Downing, Peachtree City         6 Craig Wentworth, Thomasville 74 76 150 6   Lee Gerdes, Macon         T7 Al Cottrell, Peachtree City 76 76 152 8   Marty Evans, Peachtree City         T7 Barry Whatley, Peachtree City 75 77 152 8   Gene Henderson, Peachtree City         T7 Greg Brock, Calhoun 76 76 152 8   Howell Kerr, Dalton         10 Michael Bell, Waycross 79 76 155 11   Tony Wheeler, Waycross         11 Dave Padlo, Peachtree City 81 76 157 13   Gordon Blakeley, Newnan         12 Don Paige, Lawrenceville 81 79 160 16   Ed Cordell, Norcrss                     Flight 3           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall T1 Bob Nance, Calhoun 72 73 145 1   Mike Nance, Calhoun         T1 Chad Davis, Social Circle 77 68 145 1   Frank Webster, Conyers         T3 George McCanless, Forsyth 76 74 150 6   Wade Turner, Roberta         T3 Clay Shaw, Marietta 74 76 150 6   Will Dendy, Trion         T5 Jody Woodruff, Hawkinsville 76 77 153 9   William Shively, Hawkinsvile         T5 Bill McCune, Columbus 77 76 153 9   Tom Stewart, Columbus         T7 Blake Daniel, McDonough 79 76 155 11   Scot Ward, McDonough         T7 Rob Wiggins, Kennesaw 75 80 155 11   Ryan Evans, Acworth         9 George Akins, Tyty 77 79 156 12   Ricky Tucker, Tifton         10 Dannie Dingess, Flowery Branch 84 74 158 14   David Tewksbury, Flowery Branch         11 Charles Hobbs, Blakely 80 81 161 17   Joe Peters, Watkinsville         12 Cliff England, Fayetteville 79 83 162 18   Joe Douglas, Newnan                     Doublegate Country Club                       Flight 4           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall 1 Micah Smith, Canton 72 70 142 -2   Tom Olberding, St. Simons         2 Butch Woodyard, Sandy Springs 74 74 148 4   David Seckinger, Marietta         3 David Baker, Conyers 75 74 149 5   Tom Lindley, Conyers         4 Cal Patterson, Smyrna 76 74 150 6   Tony Patterson, Dalton         5 Butch Floyd, Acworth 75 76 151 7   Tab Mefford, Atlanta         T6 Ed Cortez, Suwanee 80 75 155 11   Erik Stang, Cumming         T6 James Van Epps III, Palmetto 77 78 155 11   Kurt Guziak, Newnan         T8 Alan Jones, Albany 80 76 156 12   Keith Martin, Albany         T8 Andy Clark, Kennesaw 83 73 156 12   David Gysin, Kennesaw         10 Joseph Baginski, Woodstock 78 81 159 15   Mark Lentchner, Woodstock         11 Robbie Bailey, Cornelia 81 79 160 16   Steve Hay, Atlanta         12 Dennis Beaty, Sylvester 82 80 162 18   Sterling Phillips, Albany                     Flight 5           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall 1 Bob Wilson, Lawrenceville 74 69 143 -1   Clint Carter, Atlanta         2 Don McGinnis, McDonough 71 73 144 Even   Rusty Clanton, Griffin         3 Mike Ingles, Woodbine 73 72 145 1   Mike Wooten, St. Mary’s         4 Duane McMullen, Dalton 75 72 147 3   Dwight Hefner, Dalton         5 B.J. Fischer, Macon 75 73 148 4   Benny Justice, Gray         6 Roger Hall, Lawrenceville 75 74 149 5   Ronnie Hall, Cumming         T7 Frank Clements, Rome 76 79 155 11   Terry Clements, Atlanta         T7 Jeffrey Kerns, St. Marys 81 74 155 11   Michael Munroe, Kingsland         9 Anthony Akers, Loganville 81 75 156 12   Pat Payton, Loganville         10 Palmer Rogers, Marietta 78 79 157 13   Tom Rogers, Marietta         11 Andy Todd, Flowery Branch 81 77 158 14   Floyd Weyenberg, Flowery Branch         12 Chuck Conrose, Alpharetta 79 WD WD WD   Rip Robertson, Duluth                     Flight 6           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall 1 Larry Saheim, Peachtree City 77 69 146 2   Zane Cooper, Fayetteville         T2 Carl Wade, Kingsland 75 76 151 7   John Lewis, Guyton         T2 Bill Butler, Peachtree City 73 78 151 7   Michael Morrison, Peachtree City         T2 Mark Marlow, Canton 77 74 151 7   Michael Davis, Canton         5 Al Adcock, Woodstock 74 78 152 8   Paul Terry, Acworth         6 John Mercer, Newnan 78 76 154 10   Rick Gardner, Newnan         7 George Laporte, Peachtree City 78 77 155 11   Jay Johnson, Peachtree City         8 Jeff Stanford, Gray 79 77 156 12   Keli Smith, Macon         9 Charlie Busbee, McDonough 83 76 159 15   Paul Cobb Jr., Norcross         10 Dennis Montecalvo, Kennesaw 82 81 163 19   Scott Carter, Marietta         11 Colby Chastain, Dawsonville 81 84 165 21   Michael Chastain, Jasper         12 Charles Boyle, Atlanta 80 WD WD WD   John Calvert, Jonesboro                     Flight 7           Rank Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Overall 1 John Sink, Juliette 75 75 150 6   Steve Gurley, Macon         2 Mike Stephens, Duluth 78 75 153 9   Rush Berry, Lawrenceville         3 Jim Billingsley, Loganville 78 77 155 11   Robby Grider, Statham         4 David Baird, Peachtree City 78 78 156 12   Greg Johnson, Peachtree City         5 Chris Taylor, Jefferson 81 76 157 13   Phil Hoddy, Clarkesville         6 Doug Biddy, Acworth 84 80 164 20   Lonny Watson, Woodstock         7 Robert Carroll, Alpharetta 83 86 169 25   Wayne Post, Milton         8 Jerry Chastain, Jasper 88 84 172 28   John Chastain, Jasper         9 Dennis Hays, McDonough 79 NS NS NS   Stephen Klamke, Locust Grove         10 David Fiacco, Alpharetta DQ DQ DQ DQ   Mark Hancock, Milton

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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 nearly 340 member clubs and 75,000 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, management of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.