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SOUTHERN
INTERNATIONAL FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP |
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KNOX-JOHNSON WIN SOUTHERN INTERNATIONAL FOUR-BALL
Chattanooga investments executive Steve Johnson atoned for leaving
partner Jeff Knox flying solo on the 72nd hole by sealing victory on
the second playoff hole in the SGA's 70th Southern International
Four-Ball in January. Johnson hit a clutch, 159-yard 5-iron into a
stiff breeze to within seven feet to nudge Indianans Randy Nichols and
Skip Runnels, who bogied the second extra hole at Emerald Dunes Golf
Club near West Palm Beach, Florida.
Johnson and Knox won the featured mid-am division (age 25-54) of the tournament. Both teams completed the 72 holes of regulation with matching 22-under-par, best-ball 266 totals after a stirring final-round battle. A shot apart at the start of the day, the two teams, paired together as the final group, found themselves tied into the closing two holes after Knox and Johnson bogied the par-3 16th. Nichols very narrowly missed long birdie putts on 17 and 18, either of which would have finally given his team a victory in the tournament after three other runnerup finishes. On the 436-yard closing hole, Johnson hooked his ball out of bounds, leaving partner Knox to make a clutch par that forced the playoff. Said Johnson: "I was sure glad I was able to come through in playoff after what I did on 18." Jamie Crow of Tampa and Duke Delcher of Bluffton, S.C., missed the playoff by a stroke to finish alone in third. In the senior division (55 and up), 54-hole leaders William Boles and Marty West took all the drama out of the last day as they completed an impressive 8-stroke triumph. "We were glad not to have a lot of drama," said Boles, a Wilson, NC dentist, whose team birdied three of their first three holes Friday to slam the door on their distance pursuers. The former UNC Tar Heel golf teammates cruised in with 5-under-par 67 for a 28-under-par total of 260. The Indiana team of Bob Daugherty and Jerry Nelson, and Bob Morris-Vic Gerard tied for second with 268 totals. This was the first year the venerable tournament was run under the auspices of the Southern Golf Association. Attempting to shake their bridesmaid label, Nichols and Runnels had jumped to a 3-stroke advantage in the opening round with a 9-under-par 63 and were four shots ahead of the eventual champs. Despite a second-round 69, the pair clung to the lead by 2 over Johnson-Knox. But the latter pair eased in front through 54 holes with an 8-under 64 for a 198 today, one ahead of Nichols-Runnels into the dramatic final lap. Complete results: |
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Steve Johnson/Jeff Knox - * |
67-67-64-68--266 |
Bill Boles/Marty West |
63-65-65-67--260 |
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Randy Nichols/Skip Runnels |
63-69-67-67--266 |
Vic Gerard/Bob Morris |
64-67-72-65--268 |
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Jamie Crow/Duke Delcher |
68-68-65-66--267 |
Bob Daugherty/Jerry Nelson |
66-64-70-68--268 |
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Alan Fadel/Sean McTernan |
68-70-66-64--268 |
Bob Hullender/Mike Rice |
63-75-69-64--271 |
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Al Falussy/Joe Keller |
71-67-65-65--268 |
Robert Currey/Robert Kulp |
70-69-64-68--271 |
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David Abell/Kelly Miller |
66-71-67-65--269 |
Dick Horne/Jim Sechrist |
69-69-69-65--272 |
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Brad Burris/Logan Jackson |
68-70-64-67--269 |
Alan Foster/Bill Ploeger |
65-71-68-68--272 |
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Danny Green/Scott Haile |
66-71-68-67--272 |
David Brookreson/Michael Sanger |
70-70-63-69--272 |
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John Skeadas/Jules Victor |
67-74-65-67--273 |
Bill Baloh/Frad Silver |
66-72-70-65--273 |
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Buddy Marucci/Michael McCoy |
68-69-69-68--274 |
Vinny Giles/Barend Van Gerbig |
70-70-69-64--273 |
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Paul Kaneb/John Pinkham |
68-71-67-69--275 |
Harcourt Kemp/Jack Vardaman |
70-69-68-66--273 |
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Ken Ramsey/Clarke Rheney |
68-72-72-64--276 |
Terry Rose/Michael Sawyer |
67-69-71-67--274 |
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Robert Gerwin/Carl Tuke |
68-72-67-69--276 |
Bob Ferrel/Mills Rendell |
70-69-67-69--275 |
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Glen Davis/Randy Elliott |
70-73-67-67--277 |
Larry Boswell/Ronnie Grove |
67-69-70-69--275 |
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John Kircher/Michael Mercier |
69-72-67-70--278 |
C. D. Bale/Jackie Cummings |
68-68-71-69--276 |
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Chuck Jabaley/Fred Lester |
68-70-70-71--279 |
Jack Maher/Jim Ruschioni |
69-71-70-67--277 |
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Paul Couture/Mike Nealy |
69-73-68-70--280 |
Arnold Edwards/Norman Swenson |
67-73-69-68--277 |
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John Harris/Macon Moye |
67-72-71-71--281 |
Joe Cantrell/Roger Peoples |
68-71-69-69--277 |
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Jonathon Markoff/Bill Miller |
67-73-72-72--284 |
Bob Howe/Gilbert Stenholm |
70-68-68-71--277 |
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Don Brooks/Steve Earsley |
68-69-72-69--278 |
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John Miller/Pinky Pelham |
72-72-69–213 |
John Martin/Jim Stahl |
66-72-69-74--281 |
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Rocky Costa/Robbie Dew |
71-72-70–213 |
Lew Conner/Jacques Wullschleger |
71-71-69-70--281 |
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Richard Keene/Donny Phillips |
71-71-71–213 |
Failed to make cut: |
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Tripp Kuehne/Davis Sezna |
72-72-70–214 |
Robert Hogg/Chick Kozloff |
72-71-69–212 |
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Michael Cline/Tim Massey |
68-70-76–214 |
Wayne Davis/John Pickerel |
69-75-69–213 |
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Allen Peake/Coleman Tidwell |
72-73-69–214 |
Bill Erwin/Jim Cecchini |
68-74-71–213 |
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Michael Brown/Bryan Sodel |
71-74-70–215 |
Downing Gray/Chris Maletis |
71-71-71–213 |
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Mark Jones/Tim Sacheck |
70-75-70–215 |
Ned Steiner/Mike Thorp |
70-72-71–213 |
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Michael O'Donnell/Don Russell |
69-75-71–215 |
Joe Estes/Chuck Kuhn |
70-71-72–213 |
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Greg Greenbaum/Jack Larkin |
70-72-73–215 |
Don Edwards/Jay Fitzgerald |
75-71-68–214 |
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Clarence Hardison/Todd Palmer |
69-77-70–216 |
Doug Dick/Ernest Eichenberg |
72-73-69–214 |
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John Mitchell/George Roat |
73-72-72–217 |
Don Addington/Bill Gribble |
75-72-68–215 |
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Tim Hanlon/George Weston |
71-73-73–217 |
Jerry Greenbaum/John McKey |
71-74-70–215 |
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Jim Graham/Bob Young |
69-75-74–218 |
Bill Dorece/Ed Heimann |
70-75-70–215 |
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James Joseph/Martin Rifkin |
72-77-70--219 |
Jim Dowtin/Tommy Langley |
69-74-72–215 |
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Frank Feroleto/Bruce Frank |
72-73-77–222 |
Gunnar Bennett/Mark Mulvoy |
68-74-73–215 |
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Kent Frandsen/Tom Kelley |
73-74-76–223 |
Jerry Barnett/Robert Housen |
74-73-69–216 |
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Tom Duiser/John Smeltzer |
70-78-75–223 |
Eddie Brown/Joe Jillson |
72-73-72–217 |
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Joe Cadle/Bobby Lloyd |
70-72-75–217 |
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Jim Malone/Gene Ryzewicz |
75-73-70–218 |
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John Penniman/Azey Stephens |
74-72-72–218 |
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Bob Galloway/Hugh Goodman |
71-78-71–220 |
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Fred Kask/Norm Lutz |
75-73-72–220 |
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Stan Fischer/Richard Tatum |
73-74-73–220 |
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John O'Neill/Larry Rafferty |
73-75-73–221 |
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Peter Bennett/Jim Keim |
72-74-75–221 |
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Bill Greene/Toby Wilt |
71-73-77–221 |
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CharlesBradshaw/Larry Harrison |
72-74-75–221 |
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Austin Jones/Robby Stanford |
73-75-75–223 |
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Fred Cox/Jarrett Kling |
72-79-72–223 |
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Sheldon Kalish/Ron Rosner |
76-76-72–224 |
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Bob Bowen/Corky Hancock |
76-77-75–228 |
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Arthur Mason/Dan Tate |
75-77-77–229 |
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Ken Bowden/Pandel Savic |
78-WD |
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