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Jim Pearson Wins NC Senior Amateur Championship
KINSTON, NC - Final round results of the 29th North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by Kinston Country Club in Kinston, NC on Thursday, May 15, 2014 (6317 yards, par 36-35—71, 71.0/134).
Jim Pearson, a 58-year-old anesthesiologist from Charlotte, NC, carded a final round 69 to finish at seven-under 206 for a three shot win over his good friend and four-ball partner Jim Grainger of Charlotte, NC at Kinston Country Club. The victory is the first CGA individual title for Pearson and second overall. Pearson and Grainger partnered together to win the 2012 North Carolina Senior Four-Ball at Rolling Hills Country Club in Monroe.
“I putted really well and hit the driver in play,” Pearson said. “I have been in the lead position other times before but this is the first time that I was able to finish it off.”
Grainger finishes in second place finish for the third time in the last three years.
Six-time champion, Paul Simson of Raleigh, NC, posted a two-under par 69 to finish tied for third at 210.
Defending champion Russ Perry of Winston-Salem, NC posted a one-over par 72 to finish in a tie for sixth place at 215.
The top 30 scores received golf shop merchandise and will be exempt for the 2015 North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship slated for May 12-14 at Champion Hills Club in Hendersonville, NC.
For more information on the North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship including hole-by-hole scoring and photos please visit: https://www.carolinasgolf.org/championship/home/14ncsenior/year/2014
This championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association which in its 105th year of serving amateur golf in the Carolinas.
Final Results
Place | Player | Score | Amt Won |
1 | Jim Pearson, Charlotte, NC | 70-67-69--206 (-7) | $600.00 |
2 | Jim Grainger, Charlotte, NC | 73-66-70--209 (-4) | $450.00 |
T3 | Paul Simson, Raleigh, NC | 69-72-69--210 (-3) | $387.50 |
T3 | Alan Dirk, Sanford, NC | 71-68-71--210 (-3) | $387.50 |
5 | Keith Waters, Raleigh, NC | 68-71-75--214 (+1) | $350.00 |
T6 | Russ Perry, Winston Salem, NC | 71-72-72--215 (+2) | $300.00 |
T6 | Steve Sharpe, Greensboro, NC | 66-78-71--215 (+2) | $300.00 |
T6 | Dave Davis, Greensboro, NC | 67-73-75--215 (+2) | $300.00 |
9 | Kim Mansfield, High Point, NC | 72-70-74--216 (+3) | $250.00 |
T10 | Robert Desjardins, Matthews, NC | 76-71-70--217 (+4) | $212.50 |
T10 | John Rudolph, Charlotte, NC | 74-71-72--217 (+4) | $212.50 |
12 | Pat Thompson, Asheville, NC | 72-69-77--218 (+5) | $190.00 |
T13 | John Walters, Charlotte, NC | 73-74-72--219 (+6) | $161.00 |
T13 | Ron Carpenter, Creedmoor, NC | 74-74-71--219 (+6) | $161.00 |
T13 | Logan Jackson, Winston-Salem, NC | 72-74-73--219 (+6) | $161.00 |
T13 | John DeLuise, Raleigh, NC | 75-74-70--219 (+6) | $161.00 |
T13 | Jeff Oplinger, Apex, NC | 73-71-75--219 (+6) | $161.00 |
T18 | Andy Burnette, Raleigh, NC | 72-74-74--220 (+7) | $132.50 |
T18 | Penn Compton, Wilmington, NC | 74-73-73--220 (+7) | $132.50 |
T18 | Bill Boles Jr., Wilson, NC | 75-69-76--220 (+7) | $132.50 |
T18 | Ed Byman, Raleigh, NC | 75-74-71--220 (+7) | $132.50 |
T22 | Scott Danals, Bryson City, NC | 74-73-74--221 (+8) | $115.00 |
T22 | John Fritz, Mint Hill, NC | 78-71-72--221 (+8) | $115.00 |
T22 | Gary Robinson, Fayetteville, NC | 72-76-73--221 (+8) | $115.00 |
T25 | Dennis Helms, Monroe, NC | 79-74-69--222 (+9) | $100.83 |
T25 | Arlis Pike, Kernersville, NC | 75-75-72--222 (+9) | $100.83 |
T25 | Dick Hogan, Burlington, NC | 76-75-71--222 (+9) | $100.83 |
T25 | Jack Hooks, Wilmington, NC | 71-77-74--222 (+9) | $100.83 |
T25 | Jerry Horton, Wilmington, NC | 76-75-71--222 (+9) | $100.83 |
T25 | Willis Nance Jr., Clarkton, NC | 76-70-76--222 (+9) | $100.83 |
31 | Peter Allen, Southport, N.C. | 75-74-74--223 (+10) | |
T32 | Bob Yow, Clinton, N.C. | 73-74-77--224 (+11) | |
T32 | Ernie Newton, Wallburg, N.C. | 75-73-76--224 (+11) | |
T34 | Robert Bennett, Clayton, N.C. | 72-77-76--225 (+12) | |
T34 | Bill Long, Ahoskie, N.C. | 72-77-76--225 (+12) | |
T36 | Bill Burling, Greensboro, N.C. | 77-77-72--226 (+13) | |
T36 | Jim Pridgen, Jamestown, N.C. | 77-75-74--226 (+13) | |
T36 | Bradford Kroll, Charlotte, N.C. | 74-74-78--226 (+13) | |
T36 | Preston Edmondson, Morrisville, N.C. | 77-74-75--226 (+13) | |
T40 | William Everett, Raleigh, N.C. | 73-77-77--227 (+14) | |
T40 | Marc Cox, Greensboro, N.C. | 76-77-74--227 (+14) | |
T40 | Trip Boinest, Shelby, N.C. | 78-76-73--227 (+14) | |
T43 | Mike Sprouts, Newton, N.C. | 75-75-78--228 (+15) | |
T43 | Brad Buxton, Greensboro, N.C. | 74-78-76--228 (+15) | |
T43 | Trip Barclift, Raleigh, N.C. | 75-78-75--228 (+15) | |
T43 | Dave Moser, Charlotte, N.C. | 74-77-77--228 (+15) | |
T43 | Mitch Whitley, Zebulon, N.C. | 79-71-78--228 (+15) | |
T43 | Jeffrey Taweel, Wilmington, N.C. | 77-77-74--228 (+15) | |
T49 | Wesley Clark, Charlotte, N.C. | 79-71-80--230 (+17) | |
T49 | David Eaker, Forest City, N.C. | 73-81-76--230 (+17) | |
T49 | Ken Powers, Concord, N.C. | 81-73-76--230 (+17) | |
T49 | Tony Hamm, Goldsboro, N.C. | 76-76-78--230 (+17) | |
T53 | Robert Vespa, Summerfield, N.C. | 78-76-77--231 (+18) | |
T53 | Don Detweiler, Raleigh, N.C. | 77-75-79--231 (+18) | |
T53 | Garland Yates, Asheboro, N.C. | 75-79-77--231 (+18) | |
T56 | Todd Boersma, Raleigh, N.C. | 79-75-78--232 (+19) | |
T56 | James Morgan, Greensboro, N.C. | 77-77-78--232 (+19) | |
T56 | Michael Egan, Wilmington, N.C. | 75-77-80--232 (+19) | |
T56 | Jeffery Rausch, Charlotte, N.C. | 77-77-78--232 (+19) | |
T60 | Lawrence Hicks, Greensboro, N.C. | 78-74-81--233 (+20) | |
T60 | Richard Condrey, Nebo, N.C. | 76-78-79--233 (+20) | |
T62 | Rock Pickard, Mooresville, N.C. | 76-78-80--234 (+21) | |
T62 | Barry DeLapp, Hendersonville , N.C. | 79-75-80--234 (+21) | |
T62 | Jay Gardner, Jamestown, N.C. | 74-80-80--234 (+21) | |
T62 | Mark Macejko, Vass, N.C. | 77-76-81--234 (+21) | |
T66 | Jim Gallagher, Charlotte, N.C. | 80-74-81--235 (+22) | |
T66 | Steve Spiegler, Charlotte, N.C. | 75-79-81--235 (+22) | |
T66 | Brandon Godfrey, Nebo, N.C. | 73-81-81--235 (+22) |
Failed to Qualify for Final Round
69 | Johnny Adams, Cary, N.C. | 75-80 (+13) |
T70 | Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville, N.C. | 79-77 (+14) |
T70 | Rodney Jones, Apex, N.C. | 83-73 (+14) |
T72 | Phillip Greene, Charlotte, N.C. | 78-80 (+16) |
T72 | Bill Phillips, Charlotte, N.C. | 88-70 (+16) |
T72 | Lennie Younce, Lenoir, N.C. | 79-79 (+16) |
T72 | Larry Barnacle, Charlotte, N.C. | 79-79 (+16) |
T72 | Rick Stitzer, Raleigh, N.C. | 79-79 (+16) |
77 | Randy Campbell, Asheville, N.C. | 81-78 (+17) |
T78 | Robert Surratt, Concord, N.C. | 76-84 (+18) |
T78 | Jim Ashby, Rocky Mount, N.C. | 79-81 (+18) |
T78 | Larry Culler, Conover, N.C. | 82-78 (+18) |
T78 | Butch English, Cornelius, N.C. | 78-82 (+18) |
T78 | Steve Joyce, Denver, N.C. | 78-82 (+18) |
T83 | Michael Broadway, Chapel Hill, N.C. | 79-82 (+19) |
T83 | James Brown, High Point, N.C. | 80-81 (+19) |
T83 | Todd Turner, West End, N.C. | 80-81 (+19) |
T83 | Scott Baltz, Raleigh, N.C. | 80-81 (+19) |
T83 | David Millis, High Point, N.C. | 76-85 (+19) |
T83 | Jerry Evans, Aberdeen, N.C. | 83-78 (+19) |
T83 | Mike Bivins, High Point, N.C. | 84-77 (+19) |
T83 | Tom Cavanaugh, Charlotte, N.C. | 79-82 (+19) |
T83 | Malcom Newberry, Dover, N.C. | 77-84 (+19) |
T92 | Tom Carbone, Mooresville, N.C. | 79-83 (+20) |
T92 | Robbie Armistead, Raleigh, N.C. | 82-80 (+20) |
T94 | Leigh West, Kinston, N.C. | 82-81 (+21) |
T94 | Jim Guidici, Raleigh, N.C. | 82-81 (+21) |
T94 | John Pisarek, Wilmington , N.C. | 81-82 (+21) |
T94 | John Stratton, New London, N.C. | 83-80 (+21) |
T94 | Joe Joseph, Sherrills Ford, N.C. | 84-79 (+21) |
99 | David Williams, Cary, N.C. | 80-84 (+22) |
T100 | Jack Skolds, Waxhaw, N.C. | 77-88 (+23) |
T100 | John Hampton, Kernersville, N.C. | 82-83 (+23) |
102 | Will Alston, Rocky Mount, N.C. | 83-83 (+24) |
T103 | Curtis Rudolph, Charlotte, N.C. | 78-89 (+25) |
T103 | Foster Price, Raleigh, N.C. | 78-89 (+25) |
105 | Francis Spadola, Pittsboro, N.C. | 81-87 (+26) |
106 | Pat Palmquist, Huntersville, N.C. | 87-82 (+27) |
T107 | Don Marks, Sanford, N.C. | 85-86 (+29) |
T107 | Paul Callaway, Mooresville, N.C. | 89-82 (+29) |
109 | Mickey Pennell, Lenoir, N.C. | 85-88 (+31) |
110 | Robert Wylie, Davidson, N.C. | 83-91 (+32) |
T111 | Edward Mills, Fairview, N.C. | 85-WD (WD) |
T111 | Bill Eskridge, Cary, N.C. | 77-WD (WD) |
113 | Gary Brown, Charlotte, N.C. | DQ (DQ) |
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