Bob Stringer of Blythewood,
SC and Leroy Rabin of Chapin,
SC won this event in 2000 at Columbia CC in Columbia,
SC, but will not return in 2001 to defend their title. A year ago the
pair shot rounds of 68 and 66 (134) to win by four strokes.
The Senior Four Ball is a 36-hole four ball, stroke play championship.
The field will be flighted after the opening round at The Currituck Club
and will play the final round at Nags Head Golf Links.
The Currituck Club course, which is cut out of a maritime forest,
will play to a par of 72 over 6404 yards. Nags Head Golf Links, being
true to its name, is spread over natural dunes, has few trees and will
play to a par of 71 over 6126 yards.
The most recognizable name in the long history of this event belongs
to amateur great, Billy Joe Patton from Morganton,
NC. In 1973 Patton and his partner Dale Morey of High
Point, NC won the Senior Four Ball by two strokes at Oakwoods CC
in North
Wilkesboro, NC. In fact, Morey is the all-time winningest player
in Senior Four Ball history having teamed with three different men to
capture an astonishing twelve titles.
Teams to watch for in the 2001 Carolinas Senior Four Ball are:
1991, 1995, 1996 champions Bill Cox, Gastonia,
NC and Glenn Lassiter, Robbins,
NC; Ronnie Grove, Raleigh,
NC-Larry Boswell, Jamestown,
NC; 1998 champions Cliff Cunningham, Monroe,
NC-Bob Clark, Asheville,
NC; Bob Cato, Kinston,
NC-Steve Hinshaw, Pinehurst,
NC; 1999 champions Charlie Thompson-Masrshall Fall, Hendersonville,
NC.
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