56th
May 6, 2007
Championship Match Results
Camden, SC - 2006 Carolinas
Amateur Champion Scott McClellan and partner Dean Channell, both of Cary, NC
held off finalists Taylor Hough of Spartanburg, SC and Daniel Neveu of
Pinehurst, NC to win the Carolinas Four-Ball Championship, 2 and 1.
McClellan and Channell never
trailed in the match gaining only a two-up advantage at any time.
Birdies were the order of
business on the front nine, but high winds later in the day presented a rebellious
back nine. Both teams threw out seven birdies on their first nine holes as
McClellan and Channell turned with a one-up lead.
Neither team won a back-nine
hole until a Hough birdie squared the match at 14. Channell countered with a par win on 15. McClellan sealed the 2 and 1 win with a 12-foot
birdie on the par-4 17th.
To reach the finals, the
champions knocked off reigning North Carolina Four-Ball champions Brian and
Mark Gauley; reigning Carolinas Mid-Amateur champion Walter Todd and partner Rick
Cloninger; 2006 Carolinas Amateur runner-up (to McClellan) Whit Massey and
partner Nick Hughey; and defending champions Robert and David Dargan.
"We had a tough bracket
to get to the finals," said Channell.
"So that made this win that much special."
The Carolinas Four-Ball
championship is one of over 150 tournaments conducted by the
Final Results
6,327 yards
Dean Channell, Cary, NC and Scott McClellan,
Cary, NC defeated Taylor Hough, Spartanburg, SC and Daniel Neveu, Pinehurst, NC,
2 and 1
Full match
play results
Round of 32
Upper
Bracket:
(DC)
Robert Dargan Jr., Columbia, SC-David Dargan, Columbia, SC def. (136) Bubba
Hightower, Moncks Corner, SC-Mark McEntire,
Charleston, SC, 3&2
(134)
Nolan Mills, Charlotte, NC-Braxton McLennan, Charlotte, NC def. (134) Bubba
Judy, Greensboro, NC-Scott Harvey, Greensboro, NC, 2&1
(132)
Sammy Truett, Surfside Beach, SC-Bert Atkinson,
Charleston, SC def. (135) Cliff Seastrunk, Raleigh,
NC-Lennie Barton, Raleigh, NC, 19 Holes
(132)
(130) Nick
Hughey, Gaffney, SC-Whitfield Massey, Mount Pleasant, SC def. (136) Kenny
Flynn, Winston Salem, NC-
(134)
Brian Westveer, Charlotte, NC-Preston Edmondson, Morrisville, NC def. (133)
Kevin Smuniewski, Charleston, SC-
(131)
Walter Todd, Laurens, SC-Rick Cloninger,
(134) Dean
Channell, Cary, NC-Scott McClellan, Cary, NC def. (133) Mark Gauley, Raleigh,
NC-Brian Gauley, Wake Forest, NC, 2 Up
Lower
Bracket:
(136) Todd
Satterfield, Greer, SC-Mark Gaynor, Florence, SC def. (129) Stan Sill,
Spartanburg, SC-Jeff Stephens, Simpsonville, SC, 1 Up
(134) Jim
Burgess, Kingstree, SC-Frank Ford III,
(135)
Larry Penley, Central, SC-Bill Smunk,
(133) Joe Hendrick, Chesterfield, SC-Daran
Womack, Aiken, SC def. (135) Eddie Hargett,
Blythewood, SC-Brad Krapfel, Columbia, SC, 1 Up
(130) Roy
Hunter, Charlotte, NC-
(134) John
Fritz, Charlotte, NC-Daniel Hendrickson, Charlotte, NC def. (133) Chad Meldrum, Aiken, SC-Bo McCullough, Aiken, SC, 4&3
(132)
Taylor Hough, Spartanburg, SC-Daniel Neveu, Pinehurst, NC def. (135) Jacob May,
Lexington, NC-Zach Sharpe, Winston Salem, NC, 2&1
(134)
Danny Gurley, Chapel Hill, NC-John Finster, Wake Forest, NC def. (133) Holley
Wallace, Columbia, SC-Tim Teaster, Columbia, SC,
5&4
Round of
16
Upper
Bracket:
Dargan
Jr.-Dargan def. Mills-McLennan, 5&3
Mitchell-Grimes
def. Truett-Atkinson, 2&1
Hughey-Massey
def. Westveer-Edmondson, 5&4
Channell-McClellan
def. Todd-Cloninger, 1 Up
Lower
Bracket:
Burgess-Ford
III def. Satterfield-Gaynor, 1 Up
Penley-Smunk def. Hendrick-Womack, 2&1
Fritz-Hendrickson
def. Hunter-Nance, 1 Up
Hough-Neveu
def. Gurley-Finster, 2&1
Quarterfinals
Upper
Bracket:
Dargan
Jr.-Dargan def. Mitchell-Grimes, 1 Up
Channell-McClellan
def. Hughey-Massey, 3&2
Lower
Bracket:
Burgess-Ford
III def. Penley-Smunk, 4&2
Hough-Neveu
def. Fritz-Hendrickson, 3&2
Semifinals
Channell-McClellan
def. Dargan Jr.-Dargan, 19 Holes
Hough-Neveu
def. Burgess-Ford III, 1 Up
Finals
Channell-McClellan
def. Hough-Neveu, 2&1