Sowell Weathers Rainy Round at S.C. Match Play
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (June 18, 2020) -- The results from the final round of stroke play qualifying at the 48th South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship at Orangeburg C.C. in Orangeburg, S.C. on June 18, 2020. (7,032 yards, par 36-36--72)
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Logan Sowell of Kershaw, S.C. took home medalist honors on Thursday at the 48th South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship, finishing 9-under-par, 136 total after two rounds of stroke play qualifying. Sowell will be the No. 1 seed entering the match play portion of the championship, which begins Friday morning.
Sowell finished his round with five birdies and did so in the midst of a steady rainfall.
“I got off to a pretty good start with a birdie on the first hole, and then things really slowed down,” Sowell said. “I didn’t really play too well holes two through eight. It rained on me through five, six and seven where I made a couple of bad bogies. I got frustrated.”
“Making the turn, my goal was to shoot 3 or 4-under,” he continued. “After I birdied No. 10 and No. 11, I started thinking that I could go a little lower. I hit it close five or six times on the back, but I couldn’t really get anything to fall. I made a really good birdie on No. 15 and then rolled in about a 20-footer on No. 17.”
Sowell finished his round just before the rain really started to come down and the horn was sounded. After an over two-hour-long delay, the players with golf left to be finished emerged from their cars and headed back out to complete their rounds.
Among those who had to wait out the delay was defending champion Jack Parrott of Columbia, S.C. Parrott shot a 2-over-par, 74 on the first day of stroke play qualifying, and due to a recent rule change that no longer guarantees the reigning champion the top overall seed in the next year’s tournament, he knew he had to play his way in.
Parrott finished his second round of stroke play qualifying with a bogey-free 6-under-par, 66 that included four birdies and an eagle on the front nine. That effort put Parrott at 4-under-par, 140 overall during qualifying, and he will be the No. 10 seed for his title defense.
“I’ve played well in stroke play before and then gotten beaten by a much worse seed,” Parrott said. “It’ll be interesting to see who I have. I like myself against anybody head-to-head though. It changes the game up a little bit. I feel pretty confident putting my game up against anybody’s.”
Match play begins tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. with the Round of 32. Tee times for the round will run until 9:45 a.m., and the Round of 16 will begin in the afternoon after the first round is complete.
The South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship is contested at 36 holes of individual stroke play to determine 32 qualifiers for match play. Five rounds of match play will determine the champion.
Entry is open to any male amateur golfer who has reached his 13th birthday by June 17, 2020, and is a legal resident of South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has an active USGA Handicap Index® that does not exceed 10.4 at a CGA member club.
48th South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship
Orangeburg Country Club, Orangeburg, S.C.
Final Round of Stroke Play Qualifying Results
Pos. | Player | City, State | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
1 | Logan Sowell | Kershaw, SC | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
2 | Elliott Pope | Lugoff, SC | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
T3 | Nicholas Mayfield | Rock Hill, SC | -7 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
T3 | Austin Duncan | York, SC | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
T5 | Christian Salzer | Sumter, SC | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
T5 | Seth Taylor | Gaffney, SC | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
T5 | Grant Sellers | McBee, SC | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
T8 | Tyler Gray | Lugoff, SC | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T8 | Chris Locker | Chapin, SC | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
T10 | Evans Lewis | Sumter, SC | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T10 | Kyle Bearden | Barnwell, SC | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
T10 | Ryan Marter | Columbia, SC | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
T10 | Caleb Loudin | Summerville, SC | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
T10 | Jack Parrott | Columbia, SC | -4 | 74 | 66 | 140 |
T15 | Steven Strasheim | Bluffton, SC | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
T15 | Rob Butler | Camden, SC | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
T15 | Zachary Reuland | Rock Hill, SC | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
T15 | Andrew Rose | Greer, SC | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
T15 | Calahan Keever | Greenville, SC | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T15 | Harry Reynolds | Greenville, SC | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
T15 | Ben Loudermilk | Anderson, SC | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
T22 | James Lightsey | Indian Land, SC | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
T22 | Levi Moody | Greenville, SC | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
T22 | Carlos Garre | Myrtle Beach, SC | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
T22 | Ian Faulconer | Simpsonville, SC | -2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
T26 | Garrett Cooper | Cowpens, SC | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
T26 | Drew Weary | Bluffton, SC | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
T26 | Yancey Johnson | Simpsonville, SC | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
T26 | Henry Augenstein | Columbia, SC | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
T26 | Jordan Sease | Lexington, SC | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
T26 | Todd White | Roebuck, SC | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
T26 | George Eubank Jr. | Aiken, SC | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
The following players did not make the cut | ||||||
CUT | Ryan Reynolds | Camden, SC | E | 70 | 74 | 144 |
CUT | Robert Lutomski | Simpsonville, SC | E | 72 | 72 | 144 |
CUT | Mickey Lankford | North Charleston, SC | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
CUT | Alec Weary | Bluffton, SC | +1 | 71 | 74 | 145 |
CUT | Zach Pardoll | Kiawah Island, SC | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
CUT | McClure Thompson | Little River, SC | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
CUT | Cordes Ford | Charleston, SC | +1 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
CUT | Keegan Vaugh | Myrtle Beach, SC | +1 | 69 | 76 | 145 |
CUT | Walker Jones | Sumter, SC | +1 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
CUT | Mitchell Vance | Hartsville, SC | +1 | 73 | 72 | 145 |
CUT | David Lott | Barnwell, SC | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
CUT | Michael Rials | Florence, SC | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
CUT | T.A. Fulmer | Charleston, SC | +2 | 75 | 71 | 146 |
CUT | Rye Tifft | Mount Pleasant, SC | +2 | 78 | 68 | 146 |
CUT | Drayton Stewart | Charleston, SC | +2 | 72 | 74 | 146 |
CUT | Nick Willis | Cowpens, SC | +2 | 72 | 74 | 146 |
CUT | Colin Trahan | North Augusta, SC | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
CUT | Nick Howell | Laurens, SC | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
CUT | Walt Todd, Jr | Greenville, SC | +3 | 75 | 72 | 147 |
CUT | Weston Bell | Piedmont, SC | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 |
CUT | Rion Moore | Georgetown, SC | +4 | 74 | 74 | 148 |
CUT | Cody Transou | Gaffney, SC | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 |
CUT | Connor Fahey | Greenville, SC | +4 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
CUT | Kyle Gebhart | Cayce, SC | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 |
CUT | Michael Sims | Lexington, SC | +4 | 77 | 71 | 148 |
CUT | Ethan Willis | Mount Pleasant, SC | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 |
CUT | Sean McAvoy | Johns Island, SC | +5 | 73 | 76 | 149 |
CUT | Bronson Myers | Columbia, SC | +5 | 76 | 73 | 149 |
CUT | Matt Teaster | Spartanburg, SC | +5 | 73 | 76 | 149 |
CUT | J.J. Jordan | Ninety Six, SC | +6 | 73 | 77 | 150 |
CUT | Grainger Howle | Darlington, SC | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 |
CUT | Patrick Golden | Murrells Inlet, SC | +7 | 81 | 70 | 151 |
CUT | Rand Mendez | Kiawah Island, SC | +7 | 73 | 78 | 151 |
CUT | John O'Brien | Columbia, SC | +7 | 75 | 76 | 151 |
CUT | Alex Finke | Rock Hill, SC | +7 | 79 | 72 | 151 |
CUT | Max Rotermund | Charleston, SC | +8 | 79 | 73 | 152 |
CUT | Miller Harbin | Landrum, SC | +8 | 77 | 75 | 152 |
CUT | Josh Ridley | Orangeburg, SC | +8 | 76 | 76 | 152 |
CUT | Nick Russell | Hilton Head Island, SC | +8 | 81 | 71 | 152 |
CUT | Manning Sloop | Rock Hill, SC | +8 | 75 | 77 | 152 |
CUT | Barnwell Fishburne | Charleston, SC | +9 | 76 | 77 | 153 |
CUT | Thomas Todd III | Laurens, SC | +10 | 81 | 73 | 154 |
CUT | Kobie Morton | Greenwood, SC | +10 | 77 | 77 | 154 |
CUT | Jay Locker | Chapin, SC | +10 | 73 | 81 | 154 |
CUT | Trevor Gerard | Hartsville, SC | +10 | 74 | 80 | 154 |
CUT | Austin Mosher | Mount Pleasant, SC | +10 | 81 | 73 | 154 |
CUT | Brandon Hiott | Walterboro, SC | +10 | 77 | 77 | 154 |
CUT | Zachary Armentrout | Walterboro, SC | +11 | 76 | 79 | 155 |
CUT | Matt Grandy | Greenville, SC | +11 | 80 | 75 | 155 |
CUT | Willis Rogers | Charleston, SC | +11 | 77 | 78 | 155 |
CUT | Parker Macdonald | Greer, SC | +12 | 77 | 79 | 156 |
CUT | John Flintom | St. Matthews, SC | +12 | 77 | 79 | 156 |
CUT | Henry McGannon | Charlston, SC | +12 | 76 | 80 | 156 |
CUT | Rich Montgomery | Little River, SC | +13 | 78 | 79 | 157 |
CUT | David Gibson | Lexington, SC | +13 | 78 | 79 | 157 |
CUT | Jordan Warnock | Roebuck, SC | +13 | 88 | 69 | 157 |
CUT | Lindsay Carrington | Greenville, SC | +14 | 80 | 78 | 158 |
CUT | Bradley Parker | Isle of Palms, SC | +14 | 79 | 79 | 158 |
CUT | Ben Brodhead | Charleston, SC | +14 | 79 | 79 | 158 |
CUT | Sam Rice | Greenwood, SC | +15 | 78 | 81 | 159 |
CUT | Brandon Twigg | Charleston, SC | +15 | 79 | 80 | 159 |
CUT | Jack Rotermund | Charleston, SC | +16 | 75 | 85 | 160 |
CUT | Jimmy McQuiston | Columbia, SC | +16 | 80 | 80 | 160 |
CUT | Micah Westermeyer | Chapin, SC | +17 | 81 | 80 | 161 |
CUT | Jason Hoats | Walterboro, SC | +17 | 76 | 85 | 161 |
CUT | Sean Miller | Taylors, SC | +17 | 82 | 79 | 161 |
CUT | Daniel Kopp | Conway, SC | +19 | 84 | 79 | 163 |
CUT | Jenkins Dwight | Sumter, SC | +27 | 87 | 84 | 171 |
CUT | Ben Hinman | Florence, SC | +30 | 91 | 83 | 174 |
CUT | Connor Keating | Daniel Island, SC | +34 | 91 | 87 | 178 |
WD | Robert Dargan | Columbia, SC | - | 74 | WD | WD |
WD | Zach Bishop | Travelers Rest, SC | - | 75 | WD | WD |
WD | David League | Travelers Rest, SC | - | 83 | WD | WD |
WD | Scott Halter | Charleston, SC | - | 87 | WD | WD |
NS | Chris Campbell | Charleston, SC | - | 82 | NS | NS |
About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)
The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.
The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.
For more information about the CGA, visit our website.
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