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On Monday, December 16th, under cold, gray skies and on a soggy golf course, the final tournament of the 2024 calendar year - but first tournament of the 2025 POY season - was played by 26 2-man teams. Jim Banta set the tone early on the first hole with a chip-in birdie on #12 (net Eagle), Ray Krawiec followed that with a par (net birdie), and the twosome never looked back from that early 3-stroke lead, finishing 11 under on the day. Mark Humphlett and David Nieman finished 3 strokes back in second place.

Runners Up: Mark Humphlett and David Nieman

Jeff Sanborn had CTTP on #6, Jerry Matthews had CTTP on both #11 and #13.

Congratulations to the top ten finishers who have an early 2025 pro shop credit and a place atop the early POY standings for 2025:

1st - Jim Banta & Ray Krawiec

2nd - Mark Humphlett & David Nieman

3rd - Kevin Ahrens and Jon Thompson

4th - Dennis Branch & Johnnie Wofford

5th - Bill Wall & Jim Nease

6th - Roger Ross & Brad Wilson

7th - Wayne Judy & Wilbur Vanderlinden

8th - Mike Bertolani & Paolo Leardini

9th - John Glassford & Jeff Sanborn

10th - Ken Harlan & Jonathan Kaufman

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2025 SMGA 4-MAN 40-BALL TOURNAMENT

2025 SMGA 4-Man 40-ball Champs: Ray Krawiec, Archie Burdett, Jon Thompson, and Jonathan Kauffman

This year’s 4-Man 40-Ball is in the books, and it ended in exciting fashion! On the final hole of play, Archie Burdett aced the 15^th hole for his first Hole-in-One! That proved to be what the team needed as that helped put them in a tie for the lead and ultimately take top prize in a scorecard playoff.

Congratulations to all the players and Woodmont staff for making this such a fun day! The storms we had the night before forced CPO, but a beautiful sunny day didn’t dampen any spirits and the competition was tight. 1^st and 2^nd places, as well as 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th places all were decided by scorecard playoffs!

The final results are:

1^st Place: 20 under - Jonathan Kaufman, Jon Thompson, Archie Burdett, and Raymond Krawiec

2^nd Place: 20 under – Joseph Leist, Greg Cooke, Wayne Judy, and Larry Clausen

3^rd Place: 17 under – Ken Harlan, Bill Lam, Tom Gambeski, and Gene Olsten

4^th Place: 15 under - Kevin Ahrens, John Lindemann, Michael Farrell, and Johnnie Wofford

5^th Place: 15 under - Tom Guthrie, William Wall, Jeff Moore, and Roger Ross

6^th Pace: 15 under - Keith Mann, Jeff Sanborn, Paolo Leardini, and Leo Brandino

Almost 50% of the participants receive a prize payout! The prize payouts are as follows:

1^st Place Team: $500.00

2^nd Place Team: $400.00

3^rd Place Team: $360.00

4^th Place Team: $300.00

5^th Place Team: $240.00

6^th Place Team: $200.00

2025 SMGA MEMBER/GUEST TOURNAMENT

2025 SMGA Member/Guest Champs Jeff Moore and Jim Pefinis

Many thanks to all who participated in the 2025 Member-Guest tournament today. The weather was great and the golf was outstanding as well. It was gratifying to see pace of play up as most groups finished within the 4.5 hour target!

A special shoutout to Phillip Westberry and his staff for getting everything set up and keeping it running smoothly and Kris Corley and her staff for a delicious breakfast and lunch and the beverage cart ladies for keeping all the golfers hydrated on the course!

Here is a summary of the winners from today’s event:

Overall winning team: Jeff Moore and Jim Pefinis ($300/team)

Runner up team: Jim Nease and Neil Wiley ($150/team)

After tying Hole 17 twice in the final shoot out, we had to go to a 100 yard shoot off and on the second try Jeff Moore and Jim Perfinis prevailed by being 8 inches closer to the flag than Jim Nease and Neil Wiley. What a great finish for these two teams!

Flight 1 Winners:

1^st Place Scott Holder and Beau Gammage ($300/team)

2^nd Place Brad Reed and Campbell Reed ($200/team)

3^rd Place Jeff Ross and Jeff Wright ($150/team)

Flight 2 Winners:

1^st Place Scott Miller and Josh Meyer ($300/team)

2^nd Place Bob Norman and Preston Samford ($200/team)

3^rd Place Billy Cleghorn and Jacob Cleghorn ($150/team)

Flight 3 Winners:

1^st Place Jeff Moore and Jim Pefinis ($300/team)

2^nd Place Keith Mann and Johnny Rutledge ($200/team)

3^rd Place Jeff Sanborn and Patrick Wirth ($150/team)

Flight 4 Winners:

1^st Place Jim Nease and Neil Wiley ($300/team)

2^nd Place John Lindemann and Alex Lindemann ($200/team)

3^rd Place Bruce Rockwell and Craig Hall ($150/team)

Flight 5 Winners:

1^st Place Terry Moore and Mike Coffman ($300/team)

2^nd Place William Wall and Joe Lawson ($200/team)

3^rd Place Tom Guthrie and Sam Guthrie ($150/team)

Flight 6 Winners:

1^st Place Jim Brownlowe and Len Dato ($300/team)

2^nd Place Leo Brandino and Steven Brandino ($200/team)

3^rd Place Ray Krawiec and Thomas Joyce ($150/team)

Gross Skins:

Beau Gammage (Eagle on 18) $190 in winnings
William Wall (Eagle on 9) $190 in winnings

Net Skins:

Leo Brandino (Eagle on 10) $190 in winnings
Keith Mann (Eagle on 7) $190 in winnings

Closest to the Pins:

Hole 2: Bill Kell ($50 pro shop credit)
Hole 6: Johnny Rutledge ($75 Downtown Kitchen gift card) and Scott Holder ($50 Downtown Kitchen gift card)
Hole 11: Brad Reed ($75 Queenie’s gift card) and Ricky Abram ($50 Queenie’s gift card)
Hole 13: Jim Banta ($75 Goin’ Coastal gift card) and Len Dato ($50 Goin’ Coastal gift card)
Hole 15: Bill Rogge ($50 pro shop credit)

2025 SMGA SPRING MEMBER/MEMBER

Thanks to all that participated in this year's event, and congratulations to Ken Harlan and Kieth Mann for winning the tournament. Bill Stephens and Stephen Scott were second overall.

Full Results

Flight 1

1st Steven Chiavelli and Thomas Ballard

2nd Greg Davis and Woody Woods

3rd Dave Nieman and Scott Holder

Flight 2

1st Kieth Mann and Ken Harlan

2nd Jon Thompson Kevin Ahrens

3rd Greg Cooke and Kory Krucher

Flight 3

1st Gary Kaneshiro and Jim Banta

2nd Steve Paterson and Tom Guthrie

3rd Jonathan Kaufman and Rick Marquart

Flight 4

John Lindemann and Huck Huskisson

2nd David Riche and Scott Bower

3rd Dennis Branch Thomas Melton

Flight 5

1st Bill Stephens and Stephen Scott

2nd Gary Wallpe and David Turner

3rd Jeff Moore and Robert Wall

Flight 6

1st Bruce Lighter and Leo Brandino

2nd Allen Stover and Wally Buchleitner

3rd Bill Kell and Johnnie Wolford