Players Championship
Ervin, Hetzel Prevail
Mt. Pleasant's Tanner Ervin and Summerville's Mallory Hetzel prevailed in the final round of the Players Championship, hosted by Hartsville Country Club. Ervin fired a second round 68 to claim top honors, while Hetzel's second round 73 was enough for victory in girls action. The best of South Carolina's junior golfers teed it up in the 4th annual championship, thanks to sponsorship from Kentco, Stingray Powerboats, Carolina Bank, and Newsome Automotive.

Ervin opened the tournament with a 2 over par 74, but rebounded in the second round with an 18-hole tournament record 68.  Coming out strong, Ervin fired a 3-under par 33 on the front side and followed up with a 35 on the back, giving him a 4-under score for the day.  His two day total, 142 was two shots better than runner up Adam Dox of Columbia.  Dox's two day total 144 was much like Ervin's, a solid second round effort as he finished the event at 75,69.  Rounding out the top of the field was third place finisher Dustin Johnson of Chapin (146) and four players finishing at 147, including first round leader Kevin Kisner of Aiken, Simpsonville's Zach Siefert, Colin Floyd of Loris, Richard Cox of Pawley's Island.

Mallory Hetzel took home championship honors in girls 14-18 action as she fired a two day total 146.  The 14-year-old matched her opening round 73 and closed the tournament after rolling in an eight foot birdie putt on the final hole to shoot a back nine score of 33.  That eight foot putt left Columbia's Erica Battle one shot shy of Hetzel with a second round 72.  The future University of South Carolina golfer closed out her final season with the SCJGA with a win two weeks ago at the Fall Challenge and a runner-up finish at the Players Championship.  First round leader Dinah Plyler of Chapin finished the event in third, while Laura Crawford of Lancaster and Lorraine Ballerano of Myrtle Beach rounded out the top five.

In boys 13-14 play, Luke Hopkins of Greer took the title following his opening round 71 with a 77 to finish at 148.  Runner-up honors went to Columbia's George Bryan finishing the event at 74,76 for 150, while Cody Hill of Summerville and Sean Goshert of Conway finished tied at 153 for third.

In 9-hole boys action, Will Ovenden of Columbia defeated Michael Muscatell of Lake Wylie on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.  Both players finished the 18-hole event at even par 72, setting a new tourament record!  Finishing one shot back of Ovenden and Muscatell was first round leader Spencer Cole of Greer.  In Boys 8-9 play, Austin Cody of N. Charleston prevailed as champion with an 18-hole total of 78, three strokes better than Columbia's Thomas Bradshaw.  Rounding out the top three was Easley's Cameron Lamb who finished the event at 87.

In 9-hole girls play, Rachel Uremovich of Hilton Head fired a two day total 82 to take the title in girls 11-13 action with a demanding nine shot lead over runner up Taylor Barrett of York.  Elizabeth Dannelly of Easley fired an 18-hole total of 95 (49,46) to finish in first place in girls 8-10.
 

For more information, please call the SCJGA at (803)732-9311.  Full tournament results are as follows:

B 15-18      
Tanner Ervin, Mt. Pleasant 74 68 142
Adam Dox, Columbia 75 69 144
Dustin Johnson, Chapin 71 75 146
Zach Siefert, Simpsonville 76 71 147
Colin Floyd, Loris 75 72 147
Richard Cox, Pawley's Island 75 72 147
Kevin Kisner, Aiken 70 77 147
Kellen Altman, Myrtle Beach 76 72 148
Nick Hughey, Gaffney 73 76 149
Mark Anderson, Beaufort 79 71 150
Josh Clark, Simsponville 76 74 150
Wesley Carter, N. Augusta 74 76 150
Zachary Martin, Pickens 73 77 150
Greg Benjamin, N. Augusta 73 78 151
Matt Bennett, Cheraw 73 78 151
Frank Wrenn, Greenville 77 75 152
Marshall Swails, Columbia 75 77 152
Ben Karns, Gaffney 78 75 153
Colby Hyduke, Bennettsville 78 75 153
Patrick Datz, Bluffton 80 74 154
Battle Hartman, Jefferson 80 74 154
Adam Hart, Blythewood 73 81 154
Warren Thomas, Columbia 79 76 155
Adam Lambright, Easley 78 77 155
Steven Hartwig, Irmo 72 83 155
Chris Colomb, Columbia 82 74 156
Enobong Udo, Greenwood 78 78 156
Landon Hames, Woodruff 77 79 156
Matthew Bayliff, Easley 78 79 157
Matthew Nickles, Columbia 78 79 157
Dane Burkhart, Aiken 77 80 157
Joel McAlhaney, Aiken 80 78 158
Matthew Minor, Surfside Beach 78 80 158
Casey Thompson, Clarks Hill 77 81 158
Jeffrey Johnson, Hartsville 81 78 159
Paul Butler, Gaffney 81 79 160
Jeff Spencer, Blythewood 76 84 160
Patrick Cunning, Aiken 74 86 160
Tyler Smith, Spartanburg 73 87 160
Matthew Porter, Easley 83 78 161
Christopher Towery, Greer 81 80 161
Luke Hart, Blythewood 77 84 161
Matthew Bryant, Columbia 83 79 162
Jason Kirkham, Blythewood 82 80 162
Clark Carpenter, Blythewood 83 80 163
Preston Thomas, Gaffney 79 84 163
McArn Bennett, Cheraw 80 84 164
Matthew Mead, Greenville 77 88 165
Andor Pruitt, Cayce 84 83 167
Michael Reinke, Greenville 79 88 167
Turner Smith, Laurens 85 83 168
Todd Coggins, Gaffney 91 78 169
Jonas Reid, Easley 88 81 169
Brad Satterfield, Spartanburg 86 83 169
Silas Roberts, St. George 84 86 170
Joshua Ruff, Pomaria 83 87 170
Derrick Caldwell, Simpsonville 82 88 170
Mark Barnes, Hartsville 84 87 171
Stephen Boggs, Hodges 83 88 171
Lewis White, Spartanburg 88 85 173
Crosby O'Connor, Columbia 90 85 175
Martin Gasque, Holly Hill 85 90 175
       
G14-18      
Mallory Hetzel, Summerville 73 73 146
Erica Battle, Columbia 75 72 147
Dinah Plyler, Chapin 72 83 155
Laura Crawford, Lancaster 78 78 156
Lorraine Ballerano, Myrtle Beach 83 74 157
Sarah Sturm, Spartanburg 78 81 159
Megan Miller, Murrells Inlet 76 83 159
Katy Heher, Nichols 84 79 163
Laura Parris, Spartanburg 84 85 169
Lindsay Gifford, Burton 85 87 172
Ann Maness, Galivants Ferry 85 87 172
Emily Rapp, Simpsonville 88 87 175
Lindsey Stiltner, Lexington 85 93 178
Elizabeth Steele, Easley 87 91 178
Elizabeth Ervin, Mt Pleasant 90 94 184
Ashley Ratcliff, Myrtle Beach 104 108 212
Rhiannon Loebs, Conway 115 107 222
       
B 13-14      
Luke Hopkins, Greer 71 77 148
George Bryan, Columbia 74 76 150
Cody Hill, Summerville 78 75 153
Sean Goshert, Conway 75 78 153
Paul Woodbury, Lake City 81 75 156
Cole Morris, Moore 79 77 156
Phillip Mollica, Anderson 79 78 157
Baker Elmore, Cheraw 75 84 159
Jordan Johnstun, Rock Hill 80 82 162
Michael Chappell, Columbia 80 82 162
Drew Walters, Lancaster 84 79 163
Michael Lawrence, Easley 83 81 164
Matthew Wilson, Goose Creek 75 89 164
John Bradford, Hilton Head 84 81 165
Marcus Ling, Greenwood 81 84 165
Kyle Blakely, Taylors 86 80 166
Andy Karns, Gaffney 85 81 166
David Connor, Summerville 86 85 171
Hugh Stephens, Greer 85 86 171
Justin Thompson, Clarks Hill 87 86 173
Jamie Lightsey, Fort Mill 88 86 174
Matthew Price, Myrtle Beach 85 89 174
Kenton Hungerpiller, Hartsville 90 85 175
Baxter Culler, Murrells Inlet 92 93 185
       
B 10-12      
Will Ovenden, Columbia 37 35 72
Michael Muscatell, Lake Wylie 36 36 72
Spencer Cole, Greer 35 38 73
Jacob Burger, Orangeburg 38 36 74
John Henderson, Simpsonville 37 37 74
Austin Reeves, Greenville 37 37 74
Tripp McAllister, Lake City 38 38 76
Dewey Oxner, Simpsonville 39 38 77
Trey Bridwell, Greer 40 38 78
Logan Daber, Greer 41 38 79
David Dannelly, Easley 40 40 80
Drew Mahaffey, Summerville 44 37 81
Wesley Bryan, Columbia 40 42 82
Crawford Reeves, Greenville 42 41 83
Ben Stanton, McColl 44 41 85
Brewer Bradshaw, Columbia 43 42 85
Tyler Ensley, N. Charleston 42 43 85
Garrett Vilcheck, Simpsonville 44 42 86
John Murphy, Columbia 41 46 87
Adam Harrison, Woodruff 43 46 89
Tyler Batts, Easley 47 43 90
Branham Gifford, Burton 45 46 91
Caleb Pittman, Greenwood 43 49 92
Robert O'Connell, Spartanburg 49 45 94
Chase Epting, Aiken 45 57 102
Daniel Whisenant, Gaffney 54 52 106
Justin Tolbert, Columbia 59 52 111
Chad Siefert, Simpsonville 61 55 116
McCuen Elmore, Cheraw 43 DQ DQ
       
G 11-13      
Rachel Uremovich, Hilton Head 43 39 82
Taylor Barrett, York 44 47 91
Heather Helton, York 44 53 97
Jamie Coker, Hartsville 52 48 100
Rachel Pendergrass, Columbia 45 56 101
Ayla Pittman, Greenwood 65 60 125
       
B 8-9      
Austin Cody, N. Charleston 39 39 78
Thomas Bradshaw, Columbia 41 40 81
Cameron Lamb, Easley 42 45 87
       
Caleb Sturgeon, Laurens 43 47 90
Joshua Genoble, Simpsonville 52 45 97
Blake Hadden, N. Augusta 45 52 97
Will Murphy, Columbia 41 DQ DQ
Chandler Vilcheck, Simpsonville 41 DQ DQ
       
G 8-10      
Elizabeth Dannelly, Easley 49 46 95
Taylor Threatt, Lancaster 51 57 108