Southern Wayne Country Club

By Peggy Hester
Published in Sports on September 2, 2014 1:51 PM

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The Mike Martin Memorial Tournament was recently played at Southern Wayne Country Club.

Chairman Neil Price had nothing but praise for his committee members and all of their efforts in making the tournament a big success, and of course, praise for the sponsors.

Neil offered thanks to Ernie Taylor, Bill Clingan, Dwayne McKay, Jimmy Adams, Steve Martin, A.N. Martin, and Jim White.

There were 172 players and Neil also would like to thank those who played in the Mike Martin tourney.

The first flight was won by the team of Dwayne McKay, Chris Spiron, Chris Bitzenhoffer and Jeff Eiken.

The second flight was won by the team of Billy Dotson, Neil Thigpen, Donald Kennedy and Tom Turner.

Among the SWCC area players were Kendall Lee, Tony Winstead, Corky Smith, Johnny Davis, Billy Goff, Bryce Ficken, Heath Whitfield, Mark Raynor, Tony Honeycutt, Spec Byrd, D.J. Pelt, Alex Ferrell, Steve Martin, Rex Hatch, Bobby Holland, Kathy Turner and Peggy Hester.

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While our lady group was waiting for tee-times on Saturday morning, a young boy rushed into the pro shop so excited that he was walking around showing everyone a ball with eagle written on it.

Young 11-year-old Matthew Coltrain had just scored an eagle on hole No. 4.

Matthew was playing with his dad, Ricky Coltrain, and Krtistin Holmes.

An eagle is quite a feat and especially for one so young.

Congratulations, Matthew!

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The popular Saturday afternoon couples superball saw three couples tie with an even-par 71.

They were Ron Van Dyke and Carolyn Strickland, Terry Columbus and Nick Columbus, and Bill Roboli and Annie Roboli.

Bobby Holland and Randy Holland also enjoyed the 18-hole superball outing on Saturday afternoon.

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Teresa Jones, Ronnie Jones, Susan Gurganus and Danny Gurganus played in the Happy Valley couples in Wilson last weekend.

Danny and Susan won the second flight.

Congratulations, Danny and Susan.

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The Sandtrappers League was played at Coharie Country Club in Clinton last Tuesday.

The first flight low-gross winner was Barbara Miller. First low net was won by Jane Brown and low putts was won by Erma Penner.

The second flight was won by Barbara Werner. The low-net winner was Annie Reboli and low putts was won by Barbara Hill.

The other players in this flight were Kathy Turner, Fran Grady, Sherry Minner, Sandra Malpass, Janet Shoemaker, Elaine Day, Mary Cotner and Linda Dennis.

The third flight was won by Connie Johnson. Low-net winner was Lou Flowers and low-putt winner was Shirley Budd.

The other players in this flight were Shelley Leder, Linnie Dawsey and Ruthie Pope.

The fourth flight was won by Carolyn Strickland. Low-net winner was Diane Webber and low putts was won by Sally Wiston.

The other players in this flight were Peggy Williams, Carol Spengler, Sylvia Gainey, Brenda Beverage and Peggy Hester.

The next league meeting will be at Greenbridge on Sept. 23 Tee-time is 9:30 a.m.

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Congratulations to Susie Sutton.

Susie and Harold Sutton live on the Berkley Golf Course at Hilton Head and Susie had a hole-in-one while playing with Harold and their son, Tanner.

Susie received $1,000 for making her ace.

Way to go Susie! I wonder who took out for steaks that night?

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'Til next time, fore.

Peggy Hester is a long-time member of Southern Wayne Country Club.