Terry Edwards receiving the Championship Plaque from SMGA President Jack Bowers
Gan Avery and Bill Neilsen with SMGA President Jack Bowers at the Roadrunner Member Guest awards dinner
Vinnie Ryan
April was a busy month for the SMGA with two major events taking place.
Firstly the 2017 Club Championship was held early April and congratulations go to the winner Terry Edwards.
The three-round tournament took place March 29, April 1 and 5. Terry had rounds of 80, 77 and 77 for a total of 234 gross to beat the defending champion Doug Swartz by three strokes. Only the low gross player from the first flight can win the Championship.
There were a total of six flights and net winners included: Flight 1 Peter Wright; Flight 2 Ron Walter; Flight 3 Frank Michela; Flight 4 Roger Cady; Joe Robison (tie); Flight 5 George Wittmann; Flight 6 Garry Clapp
The second event was the 2017 Roadrunner Member Guest Tournament which was held April 20 through 22.
Mother Nature cooperated providing the players with some wonderful weather and after some hard-fought matches on Thursday and Friday the ever popular Saturday Shootout between the flight winners resulted in the trophy going to Gan Avery and his partner Bill Neilson.
There were eight flights in the event and the flight winners who went on to compete in the Shootout were Flight 1 Clarance Johnson – Jarrod Thayer; Flight 2 Larry Crum – Greg Pace; Flight 3 Don Molitor – Ben Morgan; Flight 4 Tom Shephard – Larry McAfee; Flight 5 Bill Clarkin – William Clarkin; Flight 6 Gan Avery – Bill Nielsen; Flight 7 Terry McCollom – Mike Harris; Flight 8 Jim Merry – Scott Merry.
Congratulations to Gan and Bill.