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Mid-Amateur Four-Ball Champions
KEENAN & ROYAK WIN NORTH CHAMPIONSHIP
FINLEY & STIBER WIN SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Brian Keenan and Paul Royak recorded a final round 66 to win the Mid-Amateur Four-Ball North Championship at Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club in Ormond Beach as Ben Finley and Mike Stiber captured the South Championship at Wyndemere Country Club in Naples on June 4-5.
Brian Keenan and Paul Royak prevailed in a playoff, to win the North Championship posting a tournament total of 128. The pair carded an impressive first round score of 10-under par 62 to lead by two strokes heading into the final round. In the final round, Keenan and Royak fired a six-under par 66 to be tied with Don Bell and Roger Dean who carded back-to-back 64’s to post 16-under par for the championship. The teams would head for a sudden death playoff with Keenan and Royak prevailing on the first playoff hole to capture the title. With this victory Keenan and Royak punched their ticket to the 62nd Four-Ball Championship to be played at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando on July 9-10.
In the South Championship, Ben Finley and Mike Stiber came from behind to capture the title by one stroke. Finley and Stiber carded rounds of 66-68 to win the championship with a tournament total of ten-under par 134. This victory also earned the duo an exemption into the 62nd Four-Ball Championship. The first round leaders, Jason Levoy and Rick Woulfe finished alone in second place with a tournament total of nine-under par 135. The team of David Obst and James Weick and the team of Thomas Midtgaard and Howard Palen finished tied for third place with a tournament total of 137.
The Mid-Amateur Four-Ball Championships each consist of 36 holes of four-ball stroke play. In four-ball stroke play, two competitors play as partners, each playing their own ball. The lower score of the partners is the score for the hole. The field is flighted after 18 holes. To be eligible, players must be 25 years of age or older.
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Lago Mar CC Wins Club Team Championship 
Buckhorn Springs Golf & Country Club wins Senior Division
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Lago Mar Country Club came from seven Stableford points behind to claim the Regular Division title in the Club Team Championship at the Verandah Club in Fort Myers, May 1-2. Buckhorn Springs Golf & Country Club built on their first round lead to capture the Senior Divison title for the second consecutive year.
Grabbing 112 Stableford points in the first round, Lago Mar Country Club sat seven points behind first round leader, Hunters Green Country Club. The team of Rick Woulfe, Bob Ethridge, Craig Stevens, and Steve Sponder, posted a total of 109 points in the final round for a tournament total of 221 to overtake first place and win by one Stableford point. This is Lago Mar’s first Club Team title since winning the championship in 2005. First round leader Hunters Green Country Club followed their 119 points with 101 points to grab second place honors with a 220 total. Redland Golf & Country Club (A), and Heathrow Country Club, finished tied for third place with 219 stabelford points.
In the Senior Division, for the second consecutive year, Buckhorn Springs Golf & Country Club captured the championship by six stabelford points. The team consisting of Skip Lujack, Mark Puskarich, Pete Andrews, and Dan Morgan posted 115 points in the first round and followed that with 108 points in the final round to win the championship. Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club finished alone in second place with a total of 217 stabelford points. The Country Club of Orlando finished in third place with 212 points for third place.
A tradition since 1941, the Club Team is open to traditional golf clubs that own their own course and are members of the FSGA.
The four team members must each be members of the club. Each team member plays 36 holes of individual stroke play using stableford scoring. Total of best 3 point totals of 4 count as the team score each day, and the highest team point total for 36 holes is crowned the champion.