Clarksville, TN – Joey Long birdied the final hole, August 4th at Swan Lake Golf Course, to hold off Brad Van Kirk and Greg Guinn to defend the Heritage Bank Clarksville Senior City Amateur title by a shot.
Long became the first golfer to defend the title since Harold Hensley turned the trick back in 2006 and 2007.
It’s an honor to win the tournament two times in a row,” Long said. “I told Harold that we have something in common now.“There are a lot of great golfers here in Clarksville and I enjoy competition against them in tournaments, but I don’t get out and play as much as I use too.”
The tournament came done to the final four holes, with four golfers, Long, Van Kirk, Guinn and Jim Duttweiler in the mix
But Duttweiler, who led briefly in the final round, struggled on a couple of holes coming in and fell out of contention, while Guinn — who came into the final round three-shots back — carding a champion flight best round of 68 on Aug. 4th to get to one-under and a tie for the top spot with the final group still on the course.
So it came down to Long and Van Kirk, with Long finally getting his driver going on the last two hole setting but birdie chances.
“I had been fighting my driver all day and I finally hit a good drive on 17 and 18,” Long said. “Then hit a seven-iron (onto the green) on 18 and then all I had to do was two putt. Those two drives were what made the tournament for me.”
Van Kirk had a chance to force a tie and a playoff on the 18th green, but couldn’t get the putt to fall and Long retained his title.
Long beat Bobby Yingling in a two-hole playoff last year to win the title.
“Brad still had a chance with his putt on 18 (to tie) and then we would go into a playoff,” Long said. “I didn’t want to play anymore golf after 18, so I wasn’t thinking about it.”
In the other flights, Marcus Sartain won the First Flight with a 144, after shooting the lowest round of the tournament, with a final round four-under 67.
Brent Hyams won a scorecard playoff with Tommy Burney, both finished with 152 totals, for second place, while Jeff Whitlow took fourth place.
In the Super Senior flight — golfers 65 years old or older – Hensley took top honors with a two-day total of 149, while Bob Bracy (154) finished second, with Farrell Swindell (161) taking third and Bill Wilkinson (162) fourth place.
Note: Dean Lambert carded a hole-in-one in August 3rd first round, as he used a nine-iron to ace the number 10 hole from 131 yards out. It was his first career hole-in-one.
2013 Senior Clarksville City Amateur Final
Swan Lake Golf Course
August 4th
Final Scores | |||
Senior Division Championship Flight | |||
Player Name |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
Joey Long |
69 |
70 |
139 |
Greg Guinn |
72 |
68 |
140 |
Brad Van Kirk |
70 |
70 |
140 |
Jim Duttweiler |
71 |
72 |
143 |
Mark Black |
74 |
73 |
147 |
Bruce Walker |
71 |
77 |
148 |
Rick Richardson |
72 |
76 |
148 |
Bobby Yingling |
74 |
74 |
148 |
Jim Mashburn |
75 |
73 |
148 |
Ronnie Seay |
75 |
73 |
148 |
Pat Manning |
76 |
75 |
151 |
Steve Blackwell |
76 |
78 |
154 |
Mike Welker |
76 |
79 |
155 |
Ron Gray |
76 |
80 |
156 |
Senior Division, First Flight | |||
Marcus Sartain |
77 |
67 |
144 |
Brent Hyams |
79 |
73 |
152 |
Tommy Burney |
80 |
72 |
152 |
Jeff Whitlow |
79 |
74 |
153 |
Barker Seay |
77 |
76 |
153 |
George Dixon |
77 |
77 |
154 |
Ray Johnson |
78 |
77 |
155 |
Aaron Rye |
80 |
79 |
159 |
Ron Sleigh |
80 |
81 |
161 |
Ricky Briskey |
81 |
82 |
163 |
Billy Gray |
78 |
86 |
164 |
Dennis Kolb |
81 |
83 |
164 |
Senior Division, Second Flight | |||
Richard Ashbrook |
82 |
76 |
158 |
Mike Bell |
82 |
77 |
159 |
Mike Taylor |
86 |
74 |
160 |
David Edmondson |
82 |
79 |
161 |
Don Hartlage |
82 |
80 |
162 |
Dean Lambert |
83 |
80 |
163 |
Perry Scachetti |
84 |
79 |
163 |
Tye Wyatt |
87 |
80 |
167 |
Terry Griffin |
88 |
83 |
171 |
Herb Rodriguez |
90 |
85 |
175 |
David Wilee |
93 |
86 |
179 |
Gene Douglas |
103 |
95 |
198 |
Mark Weinberger |
118 |
107 |
225 |
Super Senior Division | |||
Harold Hensley |
72 |
77 |
149 |
Bob Bracy |
81 |
73 |
154 |
Farrell Swindell |
78 |
83 |
161 |
Bill Wilkinson |
87 |
75 |
162 |
Tommy Clouser |
82 |
80 |
162 |
Ted Purdom |
82 |
81 |
163 |
Jeff Campeau |
83 |
80 |
163 |
Harold Gabhart |
83 |
81 |
164 |
Paul Eaves |
91 |
79 |
170 |
Bob Vail |
86 |
86 |
172 |
George Brown |
86 |
87 |
173 |
Morris Van Why |
87 |
86 |
173 |
Larry Mattingly |
88 |
86 |
174 |
Wayne Sinks |
91 |
88 |
179 |
Roger Gardner |
94 |
85 |
179 |