51st Carolinas-Virginias Team Matches Bayville Golf club

Virginia Beach, VA

October 18-20, 1996

Despite a large victory margin during the second round singles matches, the Carolinas side managed only a tie at the new Tom Fazio designed Bayville Golf Club. The Virginias took the opening day four-ball matches by 12 points before the Carolinas team were overwhelming in the singles matches, winning 45 of 72 points, staking a six-point lead going into the final day modified foursomes matches. This was the first tie in the history of the matches. Because the Carolinas side won the previous year, the Captain's putter remained in the Carolinas.

Four-Ball Matches (October 18, 1996)

Seniors

Tommy Langley, High Point, NC & Eddie Pell, Charlotte, NC def. Jim Kite, Wolftown, VA & Bob Moyers, New Market, VA 6-0

Jim Patti, Winston-Salem, NC & Tom Hadley, Hendersonville, NC def. Claude Williamson, Waynesboro, VA & Ned Baber, Roanoke, VA 6-0

Stan Fischer, Richmond, VA & Sam Wallace, Williamsburg, VA def. Sonny Furr, Murrells Inlet, SC & Cliff Cunningham, Monroe, NC 6-0

Bill Cox, Gastonia, NC & Bobby Clark, Asheville, NC def. Moss Beecroft, Newport News, VA & Jack Forbes, Morganton, WV 6-0 Regulars

Harold Payne, Hurricane, WV & David Passerell, Palmyra, VA def. Frank Ford, Charleston, SC & Mitch Adams, Asheboro, NC 6-0.

Keith Decker, Fieldale, VA & J.P. Leigh, Suffolk, VA def. Mark Thaxton & Chris Corn, Rock Hill, SC 5-1

Billy Judah, Chesapeake, VA & Troy Ferris, Norfolk, VA def. Steve Slayden, Charlotte, NC & Bob Stanger, Durham, NC 6-0. David Brogan, Lexington, VA & Austin Eaton, Alexandria, VA def. Kelly Miller, Southern Pines, NC & Walter Todd, Laurens, SC 6-0.

Terry Ezell, Rock Hill, SC & Steve Wright, Laurinburg, NC def. Robert Nussey, Richmond, VA & Evan Harbour, Winfield, WV 5-1. Bobby Craven, Oak Ridge, NC & Chuck Tickle, Cary, NC tied Scott Inman, Springfield, VA & Mark Teachey, Fishersville, VA 3-3.

Keith Harris, Concord, NC & Bert Atkinson, Charleston, SC tied Charlie Green, Tazewell, VA & Allen Barber, Yorktown, VA 3-3. Tom McKnight, Galax, VA & Vinny Giles, Richmond, VA def. Paul Simson, Raleigh, NC & Steve Harwell, Mooresville, NC 6-0 Four-Ball score: Virginias 42 Carolinas 30

Singles (October 19, 1996) Regulars

Nussey def. Corn 2.5-0.5 Adams tied Leigh 1.5-1.5 Green def. Wright 2.5-0.5 Todd def. Harbour 3-0

Harris def. Passerell 2-1 Barber def. Tickle 3-0

Giles def. Slayden 2-1 Stanger def. Brogan 3-0 Craven def. Teachey 2-1 Harwell def. Inman 3-0 Atkinson def. Decker 2.5-0.5 McKnight def. Miller 2.5-0.5 Ezell def. Judah 3-0

Ford tied Ferris 1.5-1.5 Thaxton def. Eaton 3-0 Simson def. Payne 3-0 Seniors

Patti def. Baber 3-0 Beecroft def. Furr 2-1 Williamson def. Pell 2-1

Cox def. Kite 2-1

Wallace def. Clark 3-0 Cunningham def. Moyers 3-0 Hadley def. Fischer 2-1 Langley def. Forbes 3-0

Singles score: Carolinas 45 Virginias 27

Foursomes (October 20, 1996)

Seniors

Wallace & Baber def. Furr & Patti 4-2 Kite & Moyers def. Pell & Clark 6-0

Cox & Cunningham def. Williamson & Forbes 6-0 Langley & Hadley def. Fischer & Beecroft 5-1 Regulars

Slayden & Ford def. Payne & Harbour 6-0 Teachey & Passerell def. Thaxton & Ezell 6-0 Brogan & Nussey def. Craven & Tickle 5-1 Eaton & Inman def. Wright & Harris 4-2

Adams & Corn tied Leigh & Decker 3-3

Todd & Stanger tied Judah & Ferris 3-3

Green & Barber def. Harwell & Miller 5-1 Simson & Atkinson def. McKnight & Giles 4-2 Foursomes score: Virginias 39 Carolinas 33 Final Score: Carolinas 108 Virginias 108 Carolinas Retain the Captain's Putter