Day One Totals
We ended up having 27 teams/54 players for the First Ever South Carolina Disc Golf Doubles State Championship. We had only two day of registrations. There was a team or two that came in the parking lot about 20 minutes after we had begun the first round. I just hope that wasn’t a team that had traveled a long way for the tournament.
The morning round produced several low scores with it being a captains choice type format. The afternoon round tested teams in a bit of a different manner as teams played singles while taking the best score of the two players for their teams.
Here’s how the standing sit at the end of day one…
PRO: RD1 RD2 TOTAL
John Matlock & Brad Hammack 43 45 88
Mel Shuman & Josh Childs 44 45 89
Jason Makarovich & Matt Dolllar 43 47 90
Pat Husted & Luke Reiser 43 47 90
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope 44 51 95
Zach ‘Cuban’ Rogers & Mark Muran 46 50 96
Andrew Duke & David Wheeler 48 51 99
Advanced
Craig Dye & Steve Rose 46 49 95
David Crain & Ryan Crain 48 52 100
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbitt 49 53 102
Dave DeBois & William Duncan 49 55 104
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle 47 57 104
Pop Arounleut & Charlie Wier 49 56 105
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder 51 56 107
Scott Roush & Cam Shook 51 56 107
Intermediate
Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin 48 53 101
Dwayne Davis & Sam Patton 55 49 104
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans 52 52 104
Brandon Barker & Jason Kelley 52 53 105
BING & Mike Wierda 52 54 106
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor 49 57 106
Nathan & Israel Flounders 52 56 108
Brain Baldwin & Wendy Baldwin 52 58 110
John & Jim Cunningham 52 59 111
Phil Harrison & Audra Martin 58 53 111
Stonie Weathers & Brain Greene 58 62 120
Bryan & Chris 55 60 115 (Not an Official Team)*
MIXED
Josh Burgess & LayLa Burgess 54 54 108
*
You can see the teams spread out a bit more following the afternoon round. In Pro Division there were five teams within one stroke of each other following the morning round. The second round scores separated the teams a decent amount. In the Advance Division all teams were with five from top to bottom…following the afternoon round there were eight strokes between the top and bottom of the advanced. In Intermediate, there was a six way tie for third place following the morning round. The afternoon round proved to be a bit more challenging.
There was one ace in the morning. I think $90 was in the Ace Pool. We will have the option of another Ace Pool for Sunday for those that are interested.
Two hole-in-ones in the morning round. One of the Flounder Brothers aced number 12 (I was putting on 13 when the disc hit the chains) and another by one of the players playing along side to help keep play moving. We had an odd number of teams and we had to have a ’spotter’ team. Chris “TEAM Over The Top” Aced number 16 with a finger flick.
Even with the separation, I expect everyone is still in the tournament with a chance to cash if not win their division. The morning round in Seneca is Alternate Shot. Only one player from each teams makes a shot. If you tee off, your partner plays the next shot. So if you sink the putt, your partner is teeing off on the next hole. With the trouble the Seneca has if you don’t stay on the fairway, I think the pressure can get thick with not wanting to put your partner in the deep woods off of the tee…specially on holes 3-7. If a team can keep it on the fairway and hit their putts, they should be in good position going into the final round.