18th Annual Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship
Okefenokee Country Club, Blackshear
Lakes at Laura S. Walker, Waycross
Wednesday, November 11-Friday, November 13, 2009

Format and Schedule
The Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship takes place Wednesday, November 12 through Friday, November 14 with 18 holes of four-ball stroke play each day. The field of 96 two-man teams is divided into five flights by handicap index. The Championship flight will compete each day at Okefenokee Country Club while the first through fourth flights play each round at Lakes at Laura S. Walker.

Eligibility
Entries were open to two-man teams of male amateur golfers who are members of a GSGA member club, residents of Georgia and who have reached the age of 55 by November 11.

Event History
The Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship began in 1992. This year marks the 18th playing of the event. Columbus-native Bill Ploeger owns the most overall titles in the championship’s history with five.

Host Clubs: Okefenokee Country Club and Lakes at Laura S. Walker
Okefenokee Country Club was designed by Joe Lee and opened in 1978. The General Manager is Joe Woodruff and the Superintendent is Joey Lee. The Pro Shop phone number is (912) 283-7400. The club co-hosted the 2002 and 2005 Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship with Laura S. Walker and hosted the Georgia Mid-Amateur in 1988 and Georgia Four-Ball Championship in 1996.
Directions to the club: I-75 South to Exit 62/Hwy. 82. Go east to Waycross. Turn east on Hwy. 84 toward Blackshear. Turn left on Bonneyman Road. Turn left on Golf Course Road, follow 2.5 miles to the entrance on the left.

Lakes at Laura S. Walker opened in 1996 and was designed by Burns and Associates. The General Manager and Head PGA Professional is Steve Rudd and the Superintendent is Gary Nagel. The Pro Shop phone number is (912) 285-6154.
Directions to the club: I-75 South to Exit 62/Hwy. 82. Turn east, to Waycross. Continue 7 miles on Hwy. 82 through Waycross Hwy. 177. Turn right, go 4.5 miles to the course.

Okefenokee Country Club will play at 6,412 yards and a par 72 for the championship flight.
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Yards 497 352 370 158 342 407 181 490 395 3192
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 36

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Yards 393 363 522 383 160 475 378 156 390 3220
Par 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 36

Lakes at Laura S. Walker will play to 6,320 yards and a par 72 for flights one through four.
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Yards 375 384 154 507 386 181 321 476 428 3212
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 36

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Yards 394 486 300 497 166 395 325 175 370 3108
Par 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 36

Defending Champions
Don Marsh of Johns Creek and Larry Clark of Kingston fired a 31 on the back nine, 66 for the final round, and a 19-under-par 197 total to claim victory at the 17th annual Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship. Their win marked the second time that they had claimed overall honors – having previously won together in 2005, when the event was held at Okefenokee Country Club.

Competitor Highlights
• Bill Ploeger of Columbus and Spencer Sappington of Milton return to this year’s field after a runner-up finish a year ago. The duo has claimed three victories as a team – having won together in 2000, 2002 and 2007. Ploeger has two more wins on his resume with wins in 1997 and 1999 while Sappington also won in 1998.
• Also competing for the title are Lawrenceville’s Karl Simon and Taylor Adams of St. Simons Island. They teamed up to win the 2006 event and posted a top-5 finish in 2007.
• Another championship-winning tandem competing for the title in 2009 is Frank Perry of Fayetteville and Mike Jackson of Martinez. Perry and Jackson captured the 2003 event held at Jekyll Island Golf Resort.

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For More Information
GSGA Communications assistant Eric Cheek will be on site handling all tournament information and daily distribution of results. You may contact him at (404) 217-0323 or echeek@gsga.org.

About the GSGA
Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 355 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.


18th Annual Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship
Okefenokee Country Club, Blackshear
Lakes at Laura S. Walker, Waycross
November 11-13, 2009

First & Second Round Pairings

Okefenokee Country Club
Rd. 1 Rd. 2
Tee Time Tee Time Name Flight
1 8:30 AM 10 9:30 AM Rick Beasley, Alpharetta C
Bob Veach, Johns Creek C
Richard Ward, Braselton C
Dave Wilder, Braselton C
1 8:40 AM 10 9:40 AM Bill Evans, Columbus C
Jim Lester, Columbus C
Phil Alday, Valdosta C
Al Armstrong, Valdosta C
1 8:50 AM 10 9:50 AM Mike Jackson, Martinez C
Frank Perry, Fayetteville C
Richard Farage, Warner Robins C
Dennis Hanson, Macon C
1 9:00 AM 10 10:00 AM Frank Costanzo, Savannah C
Steve Schwartz, Savannah C
Steve Collins, Claxton C
Jeff Hook, Statesboro C
1 9:10 AM 10 10:10 AM Bill Ploeger, Columbus C
Spencer Sappington, Milton C
Taylor Adams, St. Simons Island C
Karl Simon, Lawrenceville C
1 9:20 AM 10 10:20 AM Larry Clark, Kingston C
Don Marsh, Johns Creek C
Bill Blalock, Atlanta C
Don Russell, Atlanta C
1 9:30 AM 10 8:30 AM John Carter, Greensboro C
Ronald Waeghe, Greensboro C
Bobby Brent Jr., Columbus C
Jimmy Holman, Columbus C
1 9:40 AM 10 8:40 AM Tommy Bates, Atlanta C
Richard Tatum, Atlanta C
Joe Brogdon, Macon C
Pete Malcolm, Duluth C
1 9:50 AM 10 8:50 AM Nick Kirkland, Snellville C
Joe Whisenant, Douglasville C
Edsel Davis, Macon C
Phil Pavoni, Macon C
1 10:00 AM 10 9:00 AM Ron Baggett, Warner Robins C
Eddie Wiggins, Warner Robins C
Martin Ball, Rome C
Ladell Norton, Rome C
1 10:10 AM 10 9:10 AM John Holle, LaGrange C
Jim Kamis, Marietta C
Charles Hobbs, Blakely C
Joe Peters, Watkinsville C
1 10:20 AM 10 9:20 AM Jim Mahoney, Waverly C
Tom Powers, Smyrna C
Berney Armstrong, Valdosta C
Ernie Venet, Moultrie C
10 8:30 AM 1 9:30 AM George Coker, Roswell C
Randy Jacob, Alpharetta C
Hal Baker, Bonaire C
David Smith, Warner Robins C
10 8:40 AM 1 9:40 AM Danny Daniels, Kingsland C
Carl Wade, Kingsland C
Sam Gaddis, Roswell C
Mark Wiesner, Roswell C
10 8:50 AM 1 9:50 AM William Bader, Roswell C
Ron Savastano, Roswell C
Dale Holland, Dawsonville C
Steven Prout, Dawsonville C
10 9:00 AM 1 10:00 AM Daniel Rhoads, Flowery Branch C
Tom Rief, Albany C
Mike Keeble, Newnan C
Curtis Wagner, Peachtree City C
10 9:10 AM 1 10:10 AM Frederick Laist, Savannah C
Michael Towson, Savannah C
C. J. Dodd, Calhoun C
Melvin Nichelson, Calhoun C
10 9:20 AM 1 10:20 AM Ron Andrews, Marietta C
Miles Vickery, Canton C
Fred Atterberry, Dahlonega C
Wally Gramling, Dahlonega C
10 9:30 AM 1 8:30 AM Lanny Bailey, Dalton C
Rick Huggins, Dalton C
David Holcombe, Savannah C
Roger O'Neil, Savannah C
10 9:40 AM 1 8:40 AM Ed Davis, St. Simons Island C
Martin Horsky, St. Simons Island C
Woody Chastain, Athens C
Michael Young, Athens C
10 9:50 AM 1 8:50 AM Bruce Connors, Sharpsburg C
Rob Lauer, Newnan C
Gary E. Cole, Dalton C
Chris Hall, Dalton C
10 10:00 AM 1 9:00 AM Randall Rozier, McDonough C
John H. Washington, Macon C
Davi Hathaway, Macon C
Jimmy Rigsby, Augusta C
10 10:10 AM 1 9:10 AM David Barwick, Suwanee C
Doug Faulkner, Martinez C
Larry Hines, Sharpsburg C
Jake Shirley, Newnan C
10 10:20 AM 1 9:20 AM Joey Phelan, Atlanta C
Jon Simonton, Atlanta C
Donald Dale, Moultrie C
Dan Jeter, Moultrie C

Lakes at Laura Walker
Rd. 1 Rd. 2
Tee Time Tee Time Name Flight
1 8:30 AM 10 9:30 AM Tom Burke, Peachteee City 2
Ted Colbert, Fayetteville 2
Bill Andrus, Savannah 2
Melvin Stevens, Savannah 2
1 8:40 AM 10 9:40 AM Bill Burns, Alpharetta 2
Charles Macpherson, Marietta 2
Bob Fowler, Atlanta 2
John Salviski, Alpharetta 2
1 8:50 AM 10 9:50 AM Garry Briddon, Duluth 2
Bruce Swinsky, Dunwoody 2
Alan Crowell, Norcross 2
Larry Grant, Buford 2
1 9:00 AM 10 10:00 AM Gerry Grogan, Gainesville 2
Sam Horner, Dawsonville 2
Randy Gordy, Clarkesville 2
Bryan Stansell, Atlanta 2
1 9:10 AM 10 10:10 AM David Field, Athens 2
Darryl Harris, Woodstock 2
Bill Davis, Marietta 2
James Whitlock, Roswell 2
1 9:20 AM 10 10:20 AM John Lee, McDonough 2
Kenneth Newsome, Sharpsburg 2
Charles Dickerson, Dunwoody 2
William Flinn, Norcross 2
1 9:30 AM 10 8:30 AM Buzz Alexander, Kennesaw 1
Dick Donegan, Kennesaw 1
Bill Carroll, Rome 1
Dwight Duke, Duluth 1
1 9:40 AM 10 8:40 AM Ron Lowery, Dalton 1
David Mansfield, Cohutta 1
James Dills, Savannah 1
Thomas Rood, Savannah 1
1 9:50 AM 10 8:50 AM Lee Cassady, Savannah 1
Marc Tate, Savannah 1
David Dreibelbis, Duluth 1
Richard Steed, Dunwoody 1
1 10:00 AM 10 9:00 AM Dick Martin, Johns Creek 1
Terry Moon, Powder Springs 1
Chuck Baldwin, Augusta 1
Jimmy Garren, Augusta 1
1 10:10 AM 10 9:10 AM Charlie Busbee, McDonough 1
Paul Cobb Jr., Norcross 1
Jim Duncan, Newnan 1
Richard Emery, Newnan 1
1 10:20 AM 10 9:20 AM Donald Lieb, Savannah 1
John Pohl, Savannah 1
Andy Robinson, Columbus 1
B.J. Robinson, Alpharetta 1
10 8:30 AM 1 9:30 AM Bobby Johnson, Snellville 4
Pat Payton, Loganville 4
David Jaret, St. Simons Island 4
Joe Simpson, Marietta 4
10 8:40 AM 1 9:40 AM Steve Mann, Duluth 4
Roland Sorel, Dunwoody 4
Ray Dillon, Hartwell 4
Ed Tomblin, Tucker 4
10 8:50 AM 1 9:50 AM Jerry Chastain, Jasper 4
John Chastain, Jasper 4
Gerald Arrowood, Marietta 4
Mike Riley, Marietta 4
10 9:00 AM 1 10:00 AM Jim Brown, Evans 4
Sam Smith, Macon 4
William Daniels, Brunswick 4
Franklin Truan, Brunswick 4
10 9:10 AM 1 10:10 AM Mark Dickerson, Jasper 4
Palmer Temple, Atlanta 4
Edwin Mathis, Rome 4
Virgil Waters, Calhoun 4
10 9:20 AM 1 10:20 AM Larry Hobgood, Duluth 4
Michael Stimak, Duluth 4
Brent Harmon, Newnan 4
Royce LeVaughn, Newnan 4
10 9:30 AM 1 8:30 AM Jim Franks, LaGrange 3
Wayne Hunter, LaGrange 3
Larry Askew, Greensboro 3
Sal Minicozzi, Braselton 3
10 9:40 AM 1 8:40 AM Dave Benton, Social Circle 3
Doug Southern, Greensboro 3
Ron Eulenfeld, St. Simons Island 3
Royce Wood, St. Simons Island 3
10 9:50 AM 1 8:50 AM Mike Brumlow, Dalton 3
James Gordon, Cohutta 3
Jim Davis, Greensboro 3
Jack Demyan, Augusta 3
10 10:00 AM 1 9:00 AM Terry Hall, Alpharetta 3
Chuck Walker, Alpharetta 3
David Rozier, Warner Robins 3
J.D. Sessums, Byron 3
10 10:10 AM 1 9:10 AM Dale Dover, Camilla 3
Melvin Kinslow, Americus 3
Ernie Hollifield, Kennesaw 3
Tab Mefford, Acworth 3
10 10:20 AM 1 9:20 AM Joe Evangelista, Duluth 3
Steve O'Brien, Duluth 3
Charles Boyle, Atlanta 3
John Calvert, Jonesboro 3