Jack Hall of Sea Island won the 2013 Georgia Senior Championship after posting a 14-under-par 202 (69-64-69) to seal the victory by 12 strokes. Last year’s champion and local Savannah native, Doug Hanzel, earned runner-up honors with a 54-hole total of 2-under-par 214 (69-73-72).
The 56-year-old Hall was playing in his second Senior Championship after becoming eligible to compete in the senior division one year ago. In 2012, Hall finished third, 18 strokes behind Hanzel’s then record 13-under-par (203). The roles reversed this year as Hanzel finished 12 strokes behind Hall. The Sea Island native’s 64 in round two, which pulled him away from the rest of the field, is the lowest 18-hole score in the 27-year history of the Georgia Senior Championship. It is also the competitive senior course record on the Deer Creek course of The Landings Club. Hall’s 203 is also the lowest 54-hole score in the tournament’s history.
Hanzel, who played on his home course and in front of friends and family, totaled 12 birdies, 33 pars, eight bogeys and one double-bogey over the 54-hole competition, including 6-under on the par 4 holes.
Hall has enjoyed, and continues to do so, an impressive 2013 on the golf course. In GSGA-sanctioned events, he won the Georgia Four-Ball Championship, partnering with Savannah native Danny Nelson, at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans, and finished fourth at the Georgia Mid-Amateur Championship at The Savannah Golf Club. On the national circuit, Hall qualified for the U.S. Senior Open, as did Hanzel, at Omaha Country Club in Omaha, Neb. He also qualified for the USGA Senior Amateur Championship, which takes place the end of September at Wade Hampton Golf Club in Cashiers, N.C.
Joe Brogdon of Macon finished third at 5-over-par 221 (73-72-76). Two players, Alan Thielemann of Woodstock (74-74-74) and Bob Kulp of Savannah (75-70-77), tied for fourth at 6-over-par 222. Jack Kearney of Peachtree City posted a 7-over-par 223 (72-69-82) to finish sixth, and Bill Clanton of Albany came in seventh at 9-over-par 225 (76-72-77). Rounding out the top 10 were four players at 10-over-par 226: Chris Hall of Kennesaw (77-75-74), David Nichols of Roswell (79-71-76), Bill Lenhardt of Peachtree City (72-78-76) and John Landis of Peachtree City (73-76-77).
The 27th annual senior competition, which took place at the Deer Creek course at The Landings Club, Aug. 28-30, 2013, played to 6,514 yards and a par 72 for the Championship. Entries were open to male amateur golfers at least 55 years old as of August 28, 2013, who belong to a GSGA Member Club.
An online leaderboard with complete scorecards for each player is available at the following link: http://www.ghintpp.com/gsga/TPPOnlineScoring/Default.aspx?id=342
Final Results
| Pos | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | To Par |
| 1 | Jack Hall, Sea Island | 69 | 64 | 69 | 202 | -14 |
| 2 | Doug Hanzel, Savannah | 69 | 73 | 72 | 214 | -2 |
| 3 | Joe Brogdon, Macon | 73 | 72 | 76 | 221 | 5 |
| T4 | Alan Thielemann, Woodstock | 74 | 74 | 74 | 222 | 6 |
| T4 | Bob Kulp, Savannah | 75 | 70 | 77 | 222 | 6 |
| 6 | Jack Kearney, Peachtree City | 72 | 69 | 82 | 223 | 7 |
| 7 | Bill Clanton, Albany | 76 | 72 | 77 | 225 | 9 |
| T8 | Chris Hall, Kennesaw | 77 | 75 | 74 | 226 | 10 |
| T8 | David Nichols, Roswell | 79 | 71 | 76 | 226 | 10 |
| T8 | John Landis, Peachtree City | 73 | 76 | 77 | 226 | 10 |
| T8 | Bill Lenhardt, Peachtree City | 72 | 78 | 76 | 226 | 10 |
| T12 | Don Marsh, Johns Creek | 74 | 75 | 78 | 227 | 11 |
| T12 | Frank Costanzo, Savannah | 75 | 76 | 76 | 227 | 11 |
| T12 | Joey Kaney, Warrenton | 75 | 76 | 76 | 227 | 11 |
| T15 | Ernie Venet, Moultrie | 79 | 71 | 78 | 228 | 12 |
| T15 | Jimmy Jackson, Macon | 68 | 75 | 85 | 228 | 12 |
| T15 | Curt Knorr, Dunwoody | 74 | 76 | 78 | 228 | 12 |
| T15 | Taylor Adams, St. Simons Island | 74 | 76 | 78 | 228 | 12 |
| T15 | Dick Van Leuvan, Roswell | 78 | 72 | 78 | 228 | 12 |
| T15 | Richard Garcia, Savannah | 77 | 78 | 73 | 228 | 12 |
| T21 | John Baker, Savannah | 75 | 76 | 78 | 229 | 13 |
| T21 | Kenny Larry, Augusta | 80 | 76 | 73 | 229 | 13 |
| T23 | John Davis, Atlanta | 72 | 76 | 82 | 230 | 14 |
| T23 | Greg Cottrell, Powder Springs | 76 | 77 | 77 | 230 | 14 |
| T23 | Jim Kamis, Marietta | 74 | 75 | 81 | 230 | 14 |
| T23 | Stan Pantel, Eatonton | 78 | 74 | 78 | 230 | 14 |
| T23 | Danny Daniels, Kingsland | 75 | 71 | 84 | 230 | 14 |
| T28 | Joe Whisenant, Douglasville | 74 | 81 | 76 | 231 | 15 |
| T28 | Tommy Beman, Alpharetta | 75 | 77 | 79 | 231 | 15 |
| T30 | Jerry Greenbaum, Atlanta | 75 | 74 | 83 | 232 | 16 |
| T30 | Ed Rock, Bogart | 74 | 71 | 87 | 232 | 16 |
| T30 | Larry Vaughan, Greensboro | 75 | 75 | 82 | 232 | 16 |
| T30 | Bob Lindenschmidt, Savannah | 77 | 77 | 78 | 232 | 16 |
| T34 | John Cable, Canton | 77 | 78 | 78 | 233 | 17 |
| T34 | Doug Faulkner, Martinez | 82 | 76 | 75 | 233 | 17 |
| T34 | Bill Gilliland, Atlanta | 77 | 78 | 78 | 233 | 17 |
| T34 | Don Russell, Atlanta | 75 | 77 | 81 | 233 | 17 |
| T34 | Skip Talbert, Bonaire | 74 | 79 | 80 | 233 | 17 |
| T39 | Randy Bowman, Summerville | 75 | 79 | 80 | 234 | 18 |
| T39 | Ron Hunter, Jasper | 77 | 76 | 81 | 234 | 18 |
| T39 | Michael Low, Atlanta | 79 | 81 | 74 | 234 | 18 |
| T39 | John Pournelle, Soperton | 79 | 81 | 74 | 234 | 18 |
| T43 | Phil Pavoni, Macon | 78 | 77 | 80 | 235 | 19 |
| T43 | Spencer Sappington, Milton | 76 | 78 | 81 | 235 | 19 |
| T45 | John Holle, LaGrange | 80 | 74 | 82 | 236 | 20 |
| T45 | Robert Samuels, Hephzibah | 74 | 84 | 78 | 236 | 20 |
| T45 | Bob Espy, Stone Mountain | 75 | 81 | 80 | 236 | 20 |
| T45 | Mitchell Ives, Atlanta | 78 | 78 | 80 | 236 | 20 |
| T49 | Don Lieb, Savannah | 78 | 76 | 83 | 237 | 21 |
| T49 | Stephen Schwartz, Savannah | 76 | 84 | 77 | 237 | 21 |
| T49 | Bill McCauley, Atlanta | 77 | 82 | 78 | 237 | 21 |
| T49 | Bruce Wood, Suwanee | 79 | 79 | 79 | 237 | 21 |
| T49 | Frank Perry, Fayetteville | 81 | 77 | 79 | 237 | 21 |
| T49 | Mike Jackson Sr., Martinez | 78 | 77 | 82 | 237 | 21 |
| T55 | Roger Owen DeMarco, Pooler | 78 | 79 | 81 | 238 | 22 |
| T55 | Mike Wylie, Roswell | 77 | 81 | 80 | 238 | 22 |
| T57 | Dan Rhoads, Flowery Branch | 76 | 80 | 83 | 239 | 23 |
| T57 | Steve Hill, Marietta | 78 | 78 | 83 | 239 | 23 |
| T59 | Jim Heard, Roswell | 81 | 78 | 81 | 240 | 24 |
| T59 | Howard Bacon, Savannah | 81 | 78 | 81 | 240 | 24 |
| 61 | Edwin Wolfe, Warner Robins | 77 | 79 | 85 | 241 | 25 |
| T62 | Pete Livezey, Atlanta | 79 | 81 | 82 | 242 | 26 |
| T62 | Bubba Victor, Savannah | 84 | 76 | 82 | 242 | 26 |
| 64 | Bob Wilson, Lawrenceville | 80 | 78 | 85 | 243 | 27 |
| 65 | Frank Paris III, Savannah | 78 | 81 | 85 | 244 | 28 |
| 66 | Dan Trotter, Cataula | 80 | 79 | 86 | 245 | 29 |
| 67 | Michael Towson, Savannah | 80 | 79 | 87 | 246 | 30 |
| 68 | David Nix, Roswell | 75 | 85 | 87 | 247 | 31 |
| 69 | Butch Woodyard, Sandy Springs | 85 | 75 | 90 | 250 | 34 |
| 70 | Alan Bailey, Woodstock | 81 | 79 | 91 | 251 | 35 |
| T71 | Jimmy Thomas, Johns Creek | 74 | 81 | WD | WD | WD |
| T71 | Carl Carroll, Odum | 76 | 79 | WD | WD | WD |
| T71 | Bob Young, Dunwoody | 77 | 79 | NS | NS | NS |
| T71 | William Maynard, White | 80 | 80 | WD | WD | WD |
| T75 | Nick Kirkland, Snellville | 80 | 81 | 161 | 17 | |
| T75 | Clint Carter, Atlanta | 76 | 85 | 161 | 17 | |
| T75 | Jim Planche, Lawrenceville | 84 | 77 | 161 | 17 | |
| T78 | Don Chambers, Fayetteville | 81 | 81 | 162 | 18 | |
| T78 | Robert Campbell, Warner Robins | 81 | 81 | 162 | 18 | |
| T80 | Berney Armstrong, Valdosta | 82 | 81 | 163 | 19 | |
| T80 | Charles Speakman, Columbus | 84 | 79 | 163 | 19 | |
| T80 | James Whitlock, Lilburn | 76 | 87 | 163 | 19 | |
| T83 | Doug Cole, Lawrenceville | 82 | 82 | 164 | 20 | |
| T83 | Guy Whidby, Valdosta | 86 | 78 | 164 | 20 | |
| T83 | Brad Vanacore, Columbus | 84 | 80 | 164 | 20 | |
| T86 | Jackson Moore, Marietta | 76 | 90 | 166 | 22 | |
| T86 | Scott Northey, Roswell | 77 | 89 | 166 | 22 | |
| T86 | Jody Woodruff, Hawkinsville | 81 | 85 | 166 | 22 | |
| T86 | Ronnie Beck, Columbus | 85 | 81 | 166 | 22 | |
| T90 | Neil Monroe, Sharpsburg | 84 | 83 | 167 | 23 | |
| T90 | Gary Friend, Savannah | 83 | 84 | 167 | 23 | |
| T90 | Michael Kelley, Martinez | 85 | 82 | 167 | 23 | |
| T93 | Earl Johnson, Lawrenceville | 83 | 85 | 168 | 24 | |
| T93 | Martin Horsky, St. Simons | 84 | 84 | 168 | 24 | |
| T95 | Thomas Rood, Savannah | 85 | 84 | 169 | 25 | |
| T95 | Larry Kloock, Cummimg | 87 | 82 | 169 | 25 | |
| T95 | Gary Sowell, Alpharetta | 87 | 82 | 169 | 25 | |
| 98 | Michael Morrison, Peachtree | 85 | 86 | 171 | 27 | |
| T99 | Larry Hines, Sharpsburg | 87 | 85 | 172 | 28 | |
| T99 | Lionel Baker, Waverly Hall | 83 | 89 | 172 | 28 | |
| 101 | Darrel Beck, Columbus | 93 | 81 | 174 | 30 | |
| 102 | Keith Niager, Savannah | 86 | 89 | 175 | 31 | |
| 103 | Mike Cohen, Savannah | 88 | 88 | 176 | 32 | |
| 104 | Jim Lee, Alpharetta | 91 | 105 | 196 | 52 | |
| 105 | Michael Trotter, Warner Robins | 107 | 90 | 197 | 53 | |
| 106 | Harold Liggett, Washington | 108 | 98 | 206 | 62 | |
| 107 | Ron Tomblin, Dacula | 110 | 104 | 214 | 70 | |
| 108 | Gil Campbell, Cumming | 89 | DQ | DQ | DQ | |
| 109 | George Bullard, Martinez | 74 | NC | NC | NC | |
| 110 | Benny Justice, Gray | 81 | WD | WD | WD | |
| 111 | Larry Clark, Kingston | 81 | WD | WD | WD | |
| 112 | Mark Benefield, Peachtree | 83 | WD | WD | WD | |
| T113 | Joey Phelan, Atlanta | 81 | WD | WD | WD | |
| T113 | Erik Daniels, Atlanta | 74 | WD | WD | WD | |
| T115 | Jeff Smith, Greensboro | NS | NS | NS | ||
| T115 | Bill Ploeger, Columbus | WD | WD | WD | ||
| T115 | Jeff Hook, Statesboro | WD | WD | WD | ||
| T115 | Gay McMichael, Macon | WD | WD | WD | ||
| T115 | Clarke Rheney, Greensboro | WD | WD | WD |