Oweida and Rainey Win Carolinas Four-Ball
William Rainey and Phillip Oweida celebrate 2016 Carolina Four-Ball title
(Carolinas Golf Association Photo)
CAMDEN, SC (May 8, 2016) - Number nine-seed
Phillip
Oweida and William Rainey of Charlotte, NC needed
18
holes and a late birdie on hole 17 to defeat the 15th-
seed of Michael Thigpen and Gregg Jones of
Florence, SC 1-up in the 18-hole championship
match
at
Camden Country Club.
Oweida and Rainey, both rising seniors at
College
of
Charleston, never led by more than a single hole and
trailed in the match until hole 10. A par save at 10
by
Oweida, and a conceded birdie to Rainey on 11 gave
the
college players a 1-up lead with seven holes to play.
They couldn’t build on the momentum of winning
back
to back holes and fell back to all square with Thigpen
and Jones at hole 13, thanks to a birdie from
Thigpen.
The match remained all square until hole 17
when
Rainey drained a 12-foot birdie putt to put the
Charlotte
natives ahead with a single hole to play. The match
was still in doubt until Gregg Jones's 20-foot birdie
putt
to
force extra holes at 18 missed right giving Oweida
and
Rainey the 2016 Carolinas Four-Ball Championship.
Oweida and Rainey were three-under par for the
round while Thigpen and Jones were two-under for
the
round.
“That’s why you have a partner!” Oweida joked,
as
Rainey’s (his partner) score counted for every hole
from
11-18. “I needed him this week as well”, Rainey
added.
After four days of golf, including double rounds
Friday
and Saturday, both teams weren’t on their “A-game”,
and both were likely a little tired. “I wish I had my
best
stuff today.” Jones mentioned. On Sunday, the
match
could not have been closer as the match was never
led
by more than a hole and momentum swung with
every
stroke.
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ABOUT THE
Carolinas Four-Ball
The Four-Ball Championship of the Carolinas
is
a perennial favorite with the Carolina's best
amateur golfers. Two rounds of Four-Ball
stroke play format (one best ball of the two)
determine the 32 teams to advance to match
play. Entry is open to any male amateur
golfer
who is a legal resident of one of the
Carolinas,
is a member in good standing of a club which
is
a member of the Carolinas Golf Association
(CGA) and has a current (within 90 days of
opening date) USGA handicap index at a CGA
member club. The championship team
receives
merchandise, trophies and names inscribed
on
the Hale Van Hoy Trophy. Stroke play
qualifying medalists’ names will be inscribed
on
the Joe B. McCarley Cup. Additional prizes are
awarded to all match play contestants.
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