THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 11, 1994 TAG: 9408100151
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 30 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Sports
SOURCE: BY JOHN GORDON, SUN SPORTS EDITOR
LENGTH: Long : 103 lines
A TIE IS LIKE kissing your sister or brother - as the old saying goes. Well, there was a lot of kissing out at the Suffolk Golf Course last week.
First, the second annual Iron Dukes Golf Classic had three teams tied for first place with nine-under-par 63s. This caused some minor concern for tournament director Tommy Austin.
``We couldn't have a playoff or a shootout because the course was crowded,'' he said. ``So we drew a hole number out of a hat and started comparing scores.''
As it turned out, officials drew out hole No. 1 and worked backward to crown a champion. Seven holes later, they finally had a winner: the team of Lee Bowen, Len Bowen, Joe Saunders and Terry Frederick.
However, they still needed to determine a runnerup. This took another four holes to break the second-place tie.
Thus, Richie Vick, Will Council, Kenny Bradshaw and Williams Rawlings placed second and Richard Mimms, Larry Watts, Billy Gilpin and Dave Wise took third. Fourth, with an eight-under 64, were Pete Carr, Kim Parham, George Cobb and Ronnie Cobb.
Gilpin also had the longest drive on the 12th hole. Billy Hawkins rapped the longest drive on the front nine, the fourth hole.
Ricky Conner left his drive only five feet from the pin on the 14th hole to take closest to the pin honors on the back side while Macon Parker was nearest the pin on the front nine. His ball rolled to a stop 26 feet, five inches from the sixth hole's flag.
A special award went to T.P. Eason, who at 75 was judged the oldest golfer.
And a sportsmanship award went to the team of Coy Hearn, Chris Zephir, Matt Brock and Mike McPherson who shot a five-over-par 77. They had the most fun on the course by taking the most shots, according to Austin.
The tourney director said two teams had to drop out at the last mintue, so there were only 40 players instead of 48. But this was more than last year's turnout.
``We are already looking ahead to having it next year,'' he said.
Proceeds from the event went to the football program at Windsor High, where Austin is head coach.
Then over the weekend, the course had its annual two-round, member-member tourney, and there were some ties in the third and fourth flights. This time, they were able to untie the knot on the course.
Norman Wilkins and Jerry Ricks went four holes before taking the fourth flight after shooting 84-74 - 158 during regulation. Kim Parham and Pete Bowman were second after firing 81-77 - 158 and grabbing a single-hole, sudden-death win over third-place finishers Wayne Byrum and Wayne Roberts, who had 83-75 - 158.
In the third flight, Wayne Scott and Burke Howell battled Clark and Mark Capps for two extra holes before taking the victory. Both teams had shot 153over two rounds.
Larry Lewis and Marvin Wise had a 71-70 - 141 to win the second flight. Robert White and Charles Holloman registered a 70-68 - 138 to grab the first flight.
Winning the championship flight were Mike Byrum and Richard Harmon, who fired 67-65 - 132.
Results in each flight were:
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Championship: 1. Byrum and Harmon, 67-65 - 132; 2. Dennis Robertson and Donnie and Simpson, 68-66 - 134; 3. Ben Ellis and Bob Bleiler, 69-66 - 135; 4. Donnie Beamon and Timmy Taylor, 74-62 - 136; 5. Wayne Robertson and J.T. Magee, 72-67 - 139; 6. Glen Morris and Don Farmer, 69-71 - 140; 7. Ashley Beedie and Paul Rabel, 72-69 - 141; 8. Henry and Benji Chaney, 72-70 - 142.
First flight: 1. Robert White and Charles Holloman, 70-68 - 138; 2. Jimmy Manlove and Ben Wainwright, 69-70 - 139; 3. Chas Henderson and Billy Hannah, 75-66 - 141; 4. Michael Felton and Cleve Chappel, 74-68 - 142; 5. (tie) Glen Hughes and Robert Johnson, 75-68 - 143, and Bobby Ralph and Jeff Gardy, 73-70 - 143; 7. Paul Perdue and Mike Bigony, 76-68 - 144; 8. Adrian Robertson and Kirk Edens, 73-72 - 145; 9. Butch and Brian Holland, 76-73 - 149; 10. Doug Shotton and Dan Holly, 79-71 - 150.
Second flight: 1. Larry Lewis and Marvin Wise, 71-70 - 141; 2. Billy Russell and Everett Bagnell, 75-69 - 144; 3. Kelly and Jamie Simpson, 78-69 - 147; 4. John Winn and Jimmy Holand, 77-71 - 148; 5. (tie) George Dakos and John Thanos, 76-74 - 150, Mitch Wilcox and Greg Crow, 79-71 - 150, and Michael Doland and Kent Spain, 77-73 - 150; 8. (tie) Helmick Benton and Allan Holland, 79-73 - 152, and Michael Simpkins and John Fleming, 78-74 - 152; 10. Richard Tayloe and Cecil Gautier, 79-75 - 154; 11. Kelly Holland and Leland Turner, 81-74 - 155.
Third flight: 1. Wayne Scott and Burke Howell, 80-73 - 153 (won in playoff); 2. Clark and Mark Capps, 77-76 - 153; 3. Bill and Sammy Callis, 80-75 - 155; 4. Bobby Draper and David Dougherty, 80-76 - 156; 5. Dick Talton and Roger Williams, 85-72 - 157; 6. (tie) Troy Carr and Herb Harvey, 82-78 - 160, and Jim Hendrix and Rusty Ellis, 86-74 - 160; 8. Raymond Mitchell Jr. and Jimmy Simpson, 86-76 - 162; 9. Jimmy Whitley and Herbert Faison, 82-81 - 163; 10. Henry Odom and George Underwood, 85-78 - 163.
Fourth flight: 1. Norman Wilkins and Jerry Ricks, 84-74 - 158 (won in playoff); 2. Kim Parham and Pete Bowman, 81-77 - 158; 3. Wayne Byrum and Wayne Roberts, 83-75 - 158; 4. Tommy Boyce and Chas Russell, 85-74 - 159; 5. (tie) Weeks Parker and Gene Harrell, 84-77 - 161, and Ron Hart and Duke Bess;, 83-78 - 161, and Aubry Barnes and J.E. Nichols, 83-78 - 161. ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by MICHAEL KESTNER
Joe Saunders puts some body English on the ball Thursday during the
Iron Dukes Golf Classic at Suffolk Municipal Golf Course.
by CNB