Simson Captures The 11th NC Super Senior

9/26/2018 4:27:00 PM

Paul Simson of Raleigh claims his 35 CGA title at the 11th North Carolina Super Senior Championship.

BURLINGTON, N.C. (September 26, 2018) -- Final Results of the 11^th North Carolina Super Senior Championship at Alamance Country Club in Burlington, N.C. on September 26th.

Related: Championship Web Site | Results

Paul Simson of Raleigh, has another CGA trophy to “add to his arsenal,” as he put it, after capturing the title at the 11th North Carolina Super Senior Championship hosted at Alamance Country Club in Burlington. Simson is not only a Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame member, but he also holds the record for all-time CGA championships.

“Is this 34 or 35 championships?” Simson asked.

It’s 35 and he’s not likely to stop there.

“Well, I can tell you, it never gets old,” Simson said. “I worked very hard today to win. It was a really, really solid day and tournament for me. I’m really pleased with the way I’ve been playing.”

Simson has a lot to pleased with from his final round. Simson’s 2-under-par, 69 consisted of 18 greens-in-regulation which led to three birdies and only one bogey.

He began the day with a one-shot cushion but found himself two down after seven holes to his competitor and friend, Don Detweiler of Raleigh.

A birdie on the 12th hole put Simson within one shot of Detweiler. Simson made a 25-foot putt for birdie on the 13th hole to get back to even. Detweiler bogeyed the two par threes on the back nine to give Simson the lead. A birdie on the par-5 seventeenth got Detweiler back within one but a par on the 18^th hole would result in a second place finish.

Ray Womack of Burlington, started the day just one shot off the lead. He got off to a solid start with three birdies in his first six holes but came up one shot short to finished tied for second at five-under-par total for championship.

Simson has some history at Alamance Country Club. In 1991, he won the North Carolina Amateur there against radio-show host, John Maginnes. That year he’d go on to win the Carolinas Amateur and the Carolinas Mid-Amateur.

“Winning at Alamance is where it all started,” Simson said. “I’ve always seemed to have great success at Donald Ross courses. I’ve won close to half my championships on them. I tend to shoot for the center of the greens on Ross courses because of the penalty for missing any side but something just fits my eye as far as his golf courses are concerned.”

Detweiler and Simson will team up at the 7th Super Senior Four-Ball hosted at the Country Club of South Carolina on October 8-9.

Walters Wins 70+ Division

Two-time CGA Champion, John Walters of Charlotte, wins the 70+ Division at the 11th North Carolina Super Senior Champion.

Two-time CGA Champion, John Walters of Charlotte, N.C., came from behind today firing a 3-under-par, 68 to win the 70+ Division of the N.C. Super Senior Championship.

Walters’ first round was similar to Simson’s second round in the fact that he hit 16 greens, made 17 pars and only had one bogey. The bogey was the result of a three putt on the par-3 fourteenth hole.

Walters’ second round seemed to start off similarly to his first. He began the round two shots back from the day one leaders and started off with seven straight pars.

“That’s when the flood gates opened up,” Walters said.

Walters made five birdies in his next seven holes and would eventually win by one shot over Alan Dirk of Pittsboro and Terry Rathman of Gastonia.

“Well, it means a lot to me to win,” Walters said. “Paul Simson has won so many of them and everyone he wins is important to him. Every one I can manage to compete in and win, is really important to me too.”

This championship is conducted at 36 holes of stroke play. Entry is open to any male amateur golfer, age 65 and older, who is a legal resident of North Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index®. Players may sign up for the 65+ or 70+ age division.

The CGA wishes to thank the members and staff of Alamance Country Club, especially the Head Golf Professional, Drake Woodside and Head Golf Course Superintendent, Peter Horn.

11th North Carolina Super Senior Championship

Alamance Country Club | Burlington, N.C.

Final Round Results

Championship Division
Pos.	Player	Affiliation	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Paul Simson	Raleigh, NC	-6	67	69	136
T2	Don Detweiler	Raleigh, NC	-5	68	69	137
T2	Ray Womack	Burlington, NC	-5	68	69	137
T4	Ernie Newton	Winston Salem, NC	-3	68	71	139
T4	Gary Hull	Cornelius , NC	-3	70	69	139
T4	Robert Desjardins	Matthews, NC	-3	71	68	139
T7	Arlis Pike	Kernersville, NC	-2	68	72	140
T7	Wayne Pyrtle	Burlington, NC	-2	72	68	140
T9	Richard Condrey	Nebo, NC	-1	71	70	141
T9	Kim Mansfield	High Point, NC	-1	73	68	141
T11	Robert Klug	Pinehurst, NC	+1	70	73	143
T11	John Bunn	Raleigh, NC	+1	70	73	143
T11	Russ Perry	Winston Salem, NC	+1	73	70	143
T14	Bob Yow	Clinton, NC	+2	71	73	144
T14	Logan Jackson	Winston-Salem, NC	+2	72	72	144
T14	Cliff Seastrunk	Raleigh, NC	+2	72	72	144
T14	Bill Boles	Wilson, NC	+2	76	68	144
18	Robert Wildner	Hendersonville, NC	+3	72	73	145
T19	Gray Tuttle	Pinehurst, NC	+4	72	74	146
T19	Dee Blankenhorn	Raleigh, NC	+4	74	72	146
T19	John Richardson	Charlotte, NC	+4	73	73	146
T22	Charlie Parks	Asheboro, NC	+5	73	74	147
T22	Charley Johnson	Southern Pines, NC	+5	73	74	147
T22	Chuck Wunsch	Pinehurst, NC	+5	75	72	147
T22	George Leight	Apex, NC	+5	75	72	147
T26	Spike Smith	Pinehurst, NC	+6	74	74	148
T26	Ron Carpenter	Creedmoor, NC	+6	74	74	148
28	Jim Hunsuck	Statesville, NC	+7	74	75	149
T29	Dickie Brewer	Winston Salem, NC	+8	74	76	150
T29	Bill Thaxton	Monroe, NC	+8	77	73	150
T29	Don Moore	Raleigh, NC	+8	76	74	150
T29	Charles Taubersmith	Pinehurst, NC	+8	78	72	150
T33	Mike Wilson	Ocean Isle Beach, NC	+9	76	75	151
T33	Paul Stroup	Charlotte, NC	+9	77	74	151
35	Billy Poteat	Hickory, NC	+10	75	77	152
36	Greg Powell	Charlotte, NC	+11	75	78	153
37	Evan Long	Charlotte, NC	+12	77	77	154
T38	Rick Crompton	Apex, NC	+13	76	79	155
T38	Bill James	Leland, NC	+13	78	77	155
T38	Edward Mills	Fairview, NC	+13	78	77	155
T41	Robert Dail	Wendell, NC	+14	77	79	156
T41	Phillip Greene	Charlotte, NC	+14	78	78	156
T41	Garland Yates	Asheboro, NC	+14	80	76	156
T41	Todd Turner	West End, NC	+14	82	74	156
T45	Ray Jackson	Rocky Mount, NC	+15	75	82	157
T45	Raymond Davis	Apex, NC	+15	81	76	157
T45	Frank Golden	Charlotte, NC	+15	79	78	157
T48	Lawrence Hicks	Greensboro, NC	+16	78	80	158
T48	Austin Overby	Ocean Isle Beach, NC	+16	80	78	158
T48	Dwight Leadbetter	Elon, NC	+16	80	78	158
T51	David Watterworth	Charlotte, NC	+19	78	83	161
T51	Michael Jones	Charlotte, NC	+19	80	81	161
T51	Kenneth Eichele	Pinehurst, NC	+19	82	79	161
54	Robert Surratt	Concord, NC	+20	77	85	162
T55	Russ McLauchlan	Fuquay-Varina, NC	+22	83	81	164
T55	George Deryckere	Rocky Mount, NC	+22	85	79	164
57	Vaughn Fogleman	Greensboro, NC	+23	82	83	165
58	Tom Carbone	Mooresville, NC	+25	83	84	167
59	Andy Stinson	Hickory, NC	+29	81	90	171
WD	Jim Bridges	Statesville, NC	-	77	WD	WD
WD	Chuck Latham	Vass, NC	-	79	WD	WD
70 + Division
Pos.	Player	Affiliation	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	John Walters	Charlotte, NC	-2	72	68	140
T2	Alan Dirk	Pittsboro, NC	-1	71	70	141
T2	Terry Rathman	Gastonia, NC	-1	70	71	141
4	Mike Sprouts	Winston Salem, NC	+2	75	69	144
T5	Doug Potter	Greensboro, NC	+3	71	74	145
T5	Rick Luzar	Pinehurst, NC	+3	70	75	145
T5	Bill Martinson	Chapel Hill, NC	+3	73	72	145
T8	Michael McDowell	Charlotte, NC	+4	76	70	146
T8	Rick Kline	Davidson, NC	+4	72	74	146
T8	Robin Lindsey	Huntersville, NC	+4	71	75	146
T11	Gene Grubb	Greensboro, NC	+5	73	74	147
T11	Bill Burling	Greensboro, NC	+5	74	73	147
13	Ray Novicki	Southern Pines, NC	+6	74	74	148
14	Steve Preston	Charlotte, NC	+7	74	75	149
15	Dave Moser	Charlotte, NC	+8	77	73	150
T16	Lea Couch	Bahama, NC	+9	75	76	151
T16	James Brown	High Point, NC	+9	75	76	151
T16	Steve Spiegler	Charlotte, NC	+9	75	76	151
T16	Barry DeLapp	Hendersonville , NC	+9	73	78	151
T16	Rick LaFata	Raleigh, NC	+9	72	79	151
T21	Robert Crawford	Winston Salem, NC	+11	77	76	153
T21	Jim Brannock	Elon, NC	+11	75	78	153
23	David Williams	Cary, NC	+12	78	76	154
T24	Steve Joyce	Denver, NC	+13	78	77	155
T24	Terry Collins	Pinehurst, NC	+13	75	80	155
26	Dennis McNames	Winston Salem, NC	+14	79	77	156
27	Arnold Edwards	Charlotte , NC	+15	78	79	157
28	Raymond Stone	Raleigh, NC	+17	78	81	159
T29	Wiley Barrett	Southern Pines, NC	+18	81	79	160
T29	Bill Coble	Burlington, NC	+18	76	84	160
31	Bill Beal	Matthews, NC	+19	81	80	161
32	Gus Andrews	Salisbury, NC	+22	81	83	164
T33	Frank Morris	Winston-Salem, NC	+23	82	83	165
T33	Bob Beasley	Greensboro, NC	+23	78	87	165
35	Glenn Morris	Pittsboro, NC	+27	85	84	169
36	Russ Priddy	Salisbury, NC	+29	89	82	171
37	John Hornung	Hampstead , NC	+40	93	89	182
WD	John Zatorski	Pinehurst, NC	-	91	WD	WD

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