Carolinas Four-Ball Championship Results

GolfCarolina.com Staff Report

CAMDEN, S.C. (MAY 6, 2001) - Bert Atkinson of Charleston, SC and Sammy Truett of Surfside Beach, SC defeated John Fitch and Johnny Elam of Charlotte to win the 50th Carolinas Four-Ball Championship at Camden Country Club. They won the match two up with one hole to play in the scheduled 18-hole match.

The Atkinson-Truett team took an early 1-up lead with a four-foot birdie on the first hole. The teams then halved holes 2 through 4 before Atkinson's par at the tricky par-4 fifth gave the Atkinson-Truett team a two-up lead. Fitch birdied the par-4 seventh to gain a hole back which put Fitch-Elam one down after nine holes.

On the back nine, Truett converted a birdie on 11 and a made a crucial 10 foot par-saving putt on 16 to retain the two-up lead. Atkinson-Truett halved the 17th hole with a par to win the match.

"After all the years of playing in this event, it feels good to finally win one", said Atkinson. "It's been a long wait."

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Atkinson and Truett now qualifying to play on the Carolinas Team later this year in the Carolinas-Virginias Team Matches at Alamance Country Club in Burlington, NC.

The event is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

Camden Country Club
Par 70, 6,358 yards

Final
Bert Atkinson, Charleston, SC and Sammy Truett, Surfside Beach, SC defeated
John Fitch and Johnny Elam, Charlotte, NC, 2 and 1