Firethorne Recap 

July 9th, 2018

A gorgeous Carolina day greeted the players at Firethorne CC on this day.  78 players teed it up including a few newcomers to the tour.   The new players are coming out ready to play and forcing the more experienced members to up their games to be competitive.

Champ Flight

We all know that this is the toughest competition on this tour, but not today.  Jerry Sennett posted the lowest round of the year in 2018, shooting a 6 under par round of 66 and winning by 7 shots.  Jerry's round consisted of 12 pars and 6 birdies.  Jeff Brischke and Mark Hodges tied with 1 over par rounds of 73 and Larry Griffin Jr took home 4th with a round of 77.

A Flight

Phil VanGeersdaelen took home first place honors with a round of 78 and closes in on Gary Bell for the A Flight Points race.  Gary Bell tied for 2nd with one of our new members Steve Weiler, both players shooting 80.  Rounding out the top 4 was Steve Sovde playing in his second Senior Event of the year beating out Dave Aussicker in a scorecard playoff, both players shot 81.

B Flight

Allston Moore shoots an outstanding 75 to take home first place honors and a 4 shot victory. Tom Corrado and Bill Riddle tie for 2nd with 79's but it is Tom who wins the Scorecard playoff.  Randall Gaston rounds out the top four shooting a round of 80.

C Flight

Howard Lofton joins the tour and takes home the victory with a 4 stoke win shooting 85 on this afternoon.  Dan Keddie beats out Darrell Wilson on a scorecard playoff to take home second. Phil Schroeder takes 4th with a score of 90.

We now take a few weeks off as we prepare for the stretch drive.  Our next event is a two-day event being held at the Peninsula Club on August 6th and Palisades CC on August 7th.

The next tour stop is The Senior Open on August 6th-7th!

All players on the list below must pre-pay before the tournament!

Hole Assignments are now listed below Pairings are under Tee Times button.

 

 

To all players The Credit Card service charge fee has been

 taken out of the tournament fee, so your paying the same rate 

now as if you bring a check or cash.  Pre-Paying by card

 would be much appreciated.

   

 

The next major of the season will be the Senior Open at The Peninsula & The Palisades on Monday August 6^th and Tuesday August 7^th!

 

Please let me know ASAP (Yes or No) on this tournament.

(Register & Pay Below) 

 

8/6/2018	Website	The Senior Open @ The Peninsula CC	704-896-7060	Register /Who's Playing?
10:00 AM	Shotgun		$180.00	Results
8/7/2018	Website	The Palisades	704-504-0099
10:00 AM	Shotgun		$0.00	Results

For those of you knew to the tour major's mean double the prize pool, double points and your Senior National Championship paid for if you win your flight!  Also Crystal trophies will be given away to each flight winner for this major event.

Players Prize Breakdown:

Champ   A Flight    B Flight       C Flight

1^st 385    385          385             385

2^nd 200   200           200             200

3^rd  150   150           150             150

4^th  100   100           100             100

    $835  $835          $835           $835

Note: First place in each flight will be your $285 National Championship Fee paid and a $100 Visa Card!

 

The Peninsula practice rounds are for (Tuesday-Thursday) only; for $100 for all participants. 

 

Note: This is a new course rule so please don't say anything to the shop personnel or club pro about the price.  It is new policy and we obviously want to keep our spot every year at Peninsula.  Remember practice round rates are optional.  Thanks.

 

Peninsula Tees:

Black (Champ & A Flight) 6200

White (B & C Flight) 6000

 

The Palisades practice rounds are for (Tuesday-Thursday) only; for $50 for all participants. 

 

Palisades Tees:

Mens     (Champ & A Flight) 6178

Forward (B & C Flight) 5900 (Play all par fives & #1 from men tees)

Hole assignents below for Tuesday at Palisades: