48th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship

Palmetto Golf Club, Aiken, SC

September 24, 2009

Final Results

Aiken, SC: John Walters of Charlotte, N.C., not even aware that he was in the title chase, won a two-hole play-off Thursday afternoon to win the 48^th Carolinas Senior Amateur golf championship at Palmetto Golf Club.

Walters, 62, a retired construction manager, shot a closing 73, two over par, for a 219 total in regulation. Playing in the second last group, he learned quickly and surprisingly that he was in a play-off with Jim Wise of Columbia, S.C. Wise had a final round of 70.

First- and second-round leader Tim Pope, who was clear by five shots at the start of the day, backed off to a closing 82, ultimately tying for 11^th place.

Wise had four birdies and three bogeys in the final round and had a pair of pars in the play-off. Wise made a delicate up and down par on the first play-off hole and three putted the second hole for bogey.

“I’d lost in other play-offs, so I took a different attitude into this one,” Walters explained. “I came here fighting the yips and shanks and then yipped four putts in the first two rounds. I shanked a shot today, so it was a struggle.”

Walters lost a play-off in another championship conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association. In 2006, he lost to now Senior PGA Tour player Mike Goodes in the North Carolina Mid-Amateur.

He did not take up competitive golf until he was 50.

“My play here had a lot to do with the golf course,” Walters added about Palmetto GC. “The course demands patience as I tried to figure out what locations I had to hit each shot.”

Ron Carpenter of Durham, N.C. and Frank Ford III of Charleston, S.C. shared third place with 220 totals, one shot out. Both had final rounds 71.

Place	Competitor	Score
1	John Walters, Charlotte, NC	75-71-73--219 (+6) $750.00
2	Jim Wise, Columbia, SC	75-74-70--219 (+6) $500.00
T3	Frank Ford, Charleston, SC	79-70-71--220 (+7) $425.00
T3	Ron Carpenter, Durham, NC	73-76-71--220 (+7) $425.00
T5	Jimmy Hamilton, Aiken, SC	75-72-74--221 (+8) $362.50
T5	Bob Yow, Salemburg, NC	75-73-73--221 (+8) $362.50
T7	Brad Burris, High Point, NC	71-76-75--222 (+9) $287.50
T7	Mark Wagner, Statesville, NC	76-73-73--222 (+9) $287.50
T7	Ray Womack, Burlington, NC	75-71-76--222 (+9) $287.50
T7	Gary Brown, Charlotte, NC	73-76-73--222 (+9) $287.50
T11	Larry Boswell, Jamestown, NC	73-73-77--223 (+10) $187.50
T11	Wayne Pyrtle, Burlington, NC	73-79-71--223 (+10) $187.50
T11	Tim Pope, Spartanburg, SC	69-72-82--223 (+10) $187.50
T11	John Fritz, Charlotte, NC	71-75-77--223 (+10) $187.50
T15	Spike Smith, Pinehurst, NC	72-76-76--224 (+11) $106.25
T15	Russ Perry, Winston Salem, NC	73-76-75--224 (+11) $106.25
T15	Wayne Rogers, Easley, SC	73-76-75--224 (+11) $106.25
T15	Jim Stirling, Wilmington, NC	76-70-78--224 (+11) $106.25
19	Bill Smunk, Kingstree, SC	77-74-74--225 (+12) $100.00
T20	Bill Boles, Wilson, NC	79-72-75--226 (+13) $100.00
T20	Ernie Newton, High Point, NC	75-75-76--226 (+13) $100.00
T20	David Strawn, Charlotte, NC	77-76-73--226 (+13) $100.00
T20	Gary Strickfaden, Pinehurst, NC	77-74-75--226 (+13) $100.00
T20	Brad Buxton, Greensboro, NC	72-74-80--226 (+13) $100.00
T25	John Deluise, Raleigh, NC	77-75-75--227 (+14) $100.00
T25	Chuck Reich, Chapel Hill, NC	79-73-75--227 (+14) $100.00
T25	Joe Vignati, Bluffton, SC	75-75-77--227 (+14) $100.00
T25	Garland Yates, Asheboro, NC	74-73-80--227 (+14) $100.00
T25	Gene Spencer, Blythewood, SC	78-77-72--227 (+14) $100.00
T25	Tim McBride, Okatie, SC	74-75-78--227 (+14) $100.00
31	David Millis, High Point, NC	79-77-72--228 (+15)
T32	Bob Desjardins, Matthews, NC	78-76-75--229 (+16)
T32	John Smunk, Port Royal, SC	78-75-76--229 (+16)
T34	Brodie Baker, Bermuda Run, NC	79-76-75--230 (+17)
T34	Edward Kosek, Charlotte, NC	80-75-75--230 (+17)
T34	Richard Condrey, Nebo, NC	80-74-76--230 (+17)
T37	Duane Bausman, Awendaw, SC	76-76-79--231 (+18)
T37	Robert Surratt, Concord, NC	77-79-75--231 (+18)
T37	Kim Mansfield, High Point, NC	82-72-77--231 (+18)
T37	Gus Sylvan, Columbia, SC	77-75-79--231 (+18)
T37	Doug Buchanan, Charlotte, NC	84-73-74--231 (+18)
T37	Mark Kozel, Chapel Hill, NC	78-75-78--231 (+18)
T43	James Hickman, Maiden, NC	81-75-76--232 (+19)
T43	Lex Alexander, Chapel Hill, NC	77-74-81--232 (+19)
T43	Brian Alchermes, Columbia, SC	79-77-76--232 (+19)
T43	Don Detweiler, Raleigh, NC	81-75-76--232 (+19)
T43	Bernie Shealy, Columbia, SC	81-70-81--232 (+19)
T48	Vic Hannon, Camden, SC	76-77-80--233 (+20)
T48	Al Edwards, Charlotte, NC	78-78-77--233 (+20)
T48	David Williams, Cary, NC	78-75-80--233 (+20)
T51	Chuck Cordell, Pinehurst, NC	80-77-77--234 (+21)
T51	Jim Pridgen, Jamestown, NC	80-77-77--234 (+21)
T51	Ken Eichele, Pinehurst, NC	77-74-83--234 (+21)
T54	Bob Klug, Pinehurst, NC	78-78-79--235 (+22)
T54	J.D. Lawson, Greensboro, NC	79-78-78--235 (+22)
T54	Robert Kulp, Advance, NC	77-77-81--235 (+22)
T54	George Leight, Apex, NC	81-76-78--235 (+22)
T58	Steve Mervin, Concord, NC	81-76-79--236 (+23)
T58	David Crowder, Charleston, SC	74-79-83--236 (+23)
T58	Dennis Helms, Monroe, NC	79-75-82--236 (+23)
61	James Morgan, Greensboro, NC	81-74-82--237 (+24)
62	Gary Schatz, Fort Mill, SC	79-75-84--238 (+25)
63	Bob Kinsey, Murrells Inlet, SC	80-75-87--242 (+29)
	MISSED THE CUT
T64	Mark Stephens, Troutman, NC	81-77--158 (+16)
T64	Gary Shimmin, Okatie, SC	75-83--158 (+16)
T64	Robert Van Norden, Greenville, SC	84-74--158 (+16)
T64	Logan Jackson, Winston Salem, NC	80-78--158 (+16)
T64	Dan Anderson, Lenoir, NC	83-75--158 (+16)
T64	William Garahan, Rock Hill, SC	78-80--158 (+16)
T64	Jim Gallagher, Charlotte, NC	80-78--158 (+16)
T71	Tom Humphrey, Okatie, SC	79-80--159 (+17)
T71	Richard Korzen, Aiken, SC	81-78--159 (+17)
T71	Neal Baker, Charleston, SC	80-79--159 (+17)
T71	Jackson Hughes, Greenville, SC	81-78--159 (+17)
T71	Frank Golden, Charlotte, NC	82-77--159 (+17)
T71	Jay Gardner, High Point, NC	84-75--159 (+17)
T71	Bruce Middleton, Mount Airy, NC	81-78--159 (+17)
T71	David Watterworth, Charlotte, NC	81-78--159 (+17)
T71	Dale Porter, Leland, NC	83-76--159 (+17)
T80	Steve Pachol, Columbia, SC	78-82--160 (+18)
T80	Johnny Adams, Cary, NC	82-78--160 (+18)
T80	Terry Rathman, Gastonia, NC	80-80--160 (+18)
T83	Gerry Ferguson, Indian Trail, NC	80-81--161 (+19)
T83	Steve Joyce, Denver, NC	83-78--161 (+19)
T83	Bill Lee, Charlotte, NC	79-82--161 (+19)
T83	Terry Collins, Pinehurst, NC	81-80--161 (+19)
T83	Chuck Latham, Vass, NC	82-79--161 (+19)
T83	Austin Overby, Raleigh, NC	78-83--161 (+19)
T89	William Medlin, Holly Springs, NC	77-85--162 (+20)
T89	Eric Dollenberg, Hilton Head, SC	84-78--162 (+20)
T89	Bobby Craven, Oak Ridge, NC	83-79--162 (+20)
T89	Ron Swanner, Albemarle, NC	85-77--162 (+20)
T93	Don Teague, Shelby, NC	80-83--163 (+21)
T93	Stew Butler, Orangeburg, SC	80-83--163 (+21)
T93	Steve Smith, Raleigh, NC	82-81--163 (+21)
T93	Don Slater, Durham, NC	78-85--163 (+21)
T93	Munroe Cobey, Chapel Hill, NC	82-81--163 (+21)
T98	Gil Clark, Raleigh, NC	84-80--164 (+22)
T98	Steve Preston, Charlotte, NC	85-79--164 (+22)
T98	Bob Hammersla, Greenville, SC	84-80--164 (+22)
101	Hugh Quinn, Lewisville, NC	81-85--166 (+24)
102	John Barlow, Greensboro, NC	87-80--167 (+25)
T103	David Baity, Yadkinville, NC	86-82--168 (+26)
T103	Wayne Howle, Darlington, SC	84-84--168 (+26)
T103	Paul Manikowski, Greenville, SC	85-83--168 (+26)
T106	Steve Smith, Pinehurst, NC	84-85--169 (+27)
T106	Greg Powell, Charlotte, NC	87-82--169 (+27)
T108	Chuck Parker, Raleigh, NC	87-83--170 (+28)
T108	Steve Ebert, Aiken, SC	91-79--170 (+28)
T110	Bruce Barnhart, Fayetteville, NC	86-85--171 (+29)
T110	Mike Metz, Summerville, SC	87-84--171 (+29)
112	David Harrison, Yadkinville, NC	81-91--172 (+30)
113	Paul Gurney, Fuquay Varina, NC	85-88--173 (+31)
114	Bill Summers, Clemmons, NC	91-83--174 (+32)
115	Ben Baker, Pisgah Forest, NC	87-88--175 (+33)
	Bruce Bolling, Winston-Salem, NC	84-71--WD
-	Ed Mills, Fairview, NC	79-WDI--WDI
-	Peter Loper, Charlotte, NC	81-WDI--WDI
-	Ron Johnston, Chapel Hill, NC	WDI--WDI
-	Van Pernell, Hickory, NC	WDI--WDI
-	Buck Leigh, Columbia, SC	WDI--WDI
-	Bill Palmer, Bluffton, SC	WDI--WDI
-	Gene Grubb, Summerfield, NC	WDI--WDI