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2010 Florida Sheriffs |
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Former FSC golfer Blake Holbrook of Orlando wins 48th Annual Youth Villa Classic
It was a Florida Southern shootout in the final round of the 48th Annual Youth Villa Classic at the Bartow Golf Course.
| Former FSC golfer Blake Holbrook birdied 17 and 18 to tie second round leader Danny Evelyn at 13-under par. Holbrook won the tournament in a playoff on 18 with another birdie. Blake Holbrook birdied the 18th hole twice in a row, first to force a playoff with Danny Evelyn and then to win, completing one of the most stunning comebacks in the 48-year history of the Youth Villa Classic on Monday at Bartow Golf Course. "I never once thought I couldn't beat him,'' Holbrook said. "I just knew I had to not screw up any. And if I put some steam on him, I had a hope to beat him,'' he said. Holbrook, a 2008 FSC graduate from Orlando, ended his amateur career with two straight victories in Polk County's four major amateur golf tournaments every year. "It means a whole lot,'' said a beaming Holbrook, who will turn pro in late June. "It was fun. It was entertaining. It was a good time.'' Holbrook fired a 6-under-par 66, the same score he opened the event with, to shoot 13-under-par 203 along with Evelyn to break the 54-hole tournament scoring record of 12-under set by Marc Dull in 2007. Evelyn, who carded a 68, was gracious in defeat after losing a three-shot cushion with two holes to play. "It hurts a little bit. I definitely wanted to win,'' Evelyn said. "But I got outplayed on the last few holes. "Blake deserves it,'' added Evelyn, a 2010 FSC graduate. "I didn't do enough to win.'' Holbrook, 24, also won the 4-Ball Invitational at Cleveland Heights, the second Polk major, a month ago with partner Dave Braykovich in the best-ball format. Case Gard, a George Jenkins graduate who's a sophomore at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, birdied the 18th hole to shoot 69 and finish at 7-under. He tied for third with Marc Dull of Winter Haven and Bartow High senior Drew Guffey. The 24-year-old Dull, also the 2009 champion, closed with a 67 while Guffey carded a 68. "This is my first Villa and I was hoping to win, but third place is awesome,'' said Guffey, who's bound for Georgia Southern. Lee White, a Bartow High grad who will be a junior for Florida Southern, shot 72 to finish sixth at 6-under. Nick Jones, a 17-year-old from Tampa, took the Youth Division by two shots over Trevor Bates of Lakeland with rounds of 77-75-76. Holbrook needed a two-shot swing on the 18th hole to win, sinking a 7-foot birdie putt to force Evelyn to convert a 6-footer for par after his first putt from the front right edge of the green to the back left corner, more than 45 feet, ran past the hole. Evelyn's par putt caught the lip and spun out, eliciting a collective gasp from the 150 spectators and sending the two Mocs back to the 18th tee for the playoff. Holbrook's rally began on the par-5 12th, where he buried a 35-foot putt for eagle to pull within four at 10-under. But he shifted into overdrive starting on the par-3 15th hole, dropping a 12-footer for birdie to trail by three. With Evelyn treading water with pars down the stretch, Holbrook proceeded to birdie No. 17, from 14 feet, and then 18, completing a string of three birdies in the last four holes to finish regulation. "I knew I had to go birdie-birdie (at 17 and 18), and I did it,'' Holbrook said. The one-hole playoff on No. 18 provided no drama after Evelyn's tee shot faded right into the ditch. He took a drop, and a penalty shot, and faced a 12-footer for bogey when Holbrook birdied the hole again from near the same spot, perhaps to make his friend feel a little better. Evelyn, the 36-hole leader by two shots over Holbrook, built a five-shot lead over Holbrook and White with an eagle 3 on the ninth hole. But a birdie on No. 12 was his last. Evelyn, from Wellington, will compete in the Florida State Amateur at Bay Hill and turn pro at the end of July. "I hope my game is just like it is now, because I'm pretty happy about it,'' Evelyn said. The back-nine duel capped a hot Memorial Day remarkable for its shotmaking, not only from the record scoring by Holbrook and Evelyn, but from three golfers who recorded holes-in-one. Nick Pelfort aced No. 3, while John Joseph holed out on No. 7 and Jim Watts one-shot the 15th hole. Pelfort shot 81 to win the E Division on a match of cards over Stephen Douglas. Joseph, in the Championship Division, carded a 71. And Watts shot 89 in the D Division. | |
| Photos from the final round of the 2010 Florida Sheriff's Youth Villa Classic held at the Bartow Golf Course - May 31, 2010. |
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| Championship Division | ||
First FlightBlake Holbrook 66-71-66--203* Danny Evelyn 69-66-68--203 Case Gard 73-67-69--209 Marc Dull 69-73-67--209 Drew Guffey 69-72-68--209 Lee White 66-72-72--210 Kyle Martin 70-70-72--212 Walter Himelsbaugh 67-76-72--215 Steven Wright II 70-72-74--216 * - won in playoff |
Second FlightJeff Fleeman 77-68-69--214 Jimmy Morris 75-69-72--216 Tiger Godwin 72-72-72--216 Kelly McHugh 70-77-70--217 Terrance Barber 71-74-74--219 Bruce Scamehorn 74-72-73--219 Mark Thomas 72-73-75--220 Mark Cusic 74-73-74--221 Jaren Goode 74-71-76--221 Josh Anderson 72-72-78--222 |
Third FlightTim Keeney 76-75-66--217 Robbie David 75-73-73--221 Scott Sherrer 71-77-74--222 John Joseph 76-76-71--223 Kyle Thomas 75-73-75--223 Doug Jones 72-78-75--225 Jim Maskas 78-76-77--231 Justin Inclema 73-82-78--233 Michael Cascioli 74-80-83--237 Chase Webb 81-77-86--244 |
| A Division | ||
First FlightCole Mitchell 75-74-71--220 Billy Cusic III 69-76-76--221 Evan Fleeman 73-73-77--223 Teddy Phillips 73-76-76--225 Jason Cranford 76-73-78--227 Danny Leckie 74-76-79--229 James H. Murphy III 72-77-80--229 Rusty Napier 74-74-83--231 Gary England 76-78-80--234 |
Second FlightVinnie Bences 76-81-75--232 Billy Stripling 77-80-75--232 Mike Cole 81-78-75--234 Kevin Hyman 77-79-78--234 Joe Knight 80-76-81--237 Steve Ready 77-82-78--237 Kevin Wasilewski 81-78-80--239 Mark Jerkins 77-79-83--239 Jake Etherton 75-81-87--243 |
Third FlightGary Dean Lewis 82-78-75--235 Phil Johnson 84-76-76--236 Quinn Reed 84-84-70--238 Kaleb Hodge 82-79-78--239 Gow Fields 84-76-84--244 Robbie Lang 83-84-79--246 Troy Allen 89-80-80--249 Jeff Dicks 80-82-89--251 Scott McCall 83-87-83--252 Manuel Castanon 86-84-88--258 |
| B Division | ||
First FlightBrad Mashburn 74-71-76--221 Teddy Koukoulis 75-73-75--223 Bill Vollmar 76-74-78--228 Al Robinson 76-75-79--230 Randy Clark 76-77-77--230 Mickey Etherton 83-73-78--234 Irish Lockard 78-79-78--235 Sylvester Warren 76-74-87--237 Drew Gillan 77-82-82--241 Doug Lasseter 78-81-83--242 |
Second FlightPete Almazon 81-81-77--239 Gary Givans 80-83-78--241 Eddie Hammerberg 81-80-81--242 Aaron Sawaya 83-77-82--242 Marc McLean 79-85-80--244 Chad McDonald 81-80-84--245 Matt Wendle 79-83-92--254 Matt Ruthven 79-85-93--257 |
Third FlightLouis Laurito 86-80-77--243 Tim Hardee 83-84-80--247 Mark Ginn 84-81-83--248 Nathan Hatcher 77-88-85--250 Eric Freeman 89-82-80--251 J.J.Pauly 81-90-85--256 Brian Bierwagen 94-84-86--264 Andrew James 100-97-101--298 |
| C Division | ||
First FlightMark Aycock 78-81-76--235 Jeff Jackson 80-78-78--236 Mark Best 83-77-80--240 Ben Speight 77-83-81--241 Rick Righi 78-81-83--242 Danny Brenner 80-78-85--243 Kyle Mallory 77-83-85--245 Bill Fowler 78-82-86--246 Jim Robertson 79-80-87--246 Shane Travis 78-82-87--247 |
Second FlightTed Threadgill 78-83-82--243 Scott Weaver 84-81-78--243 James Scott 79-82-85--246 Terry Zipper 82-84-81--247 Kyle Baker 87-81-80--248 David Ponder 81-85-85--251 Tom Gunter 81-84-86--251 Jerry Glenn 88-81-84--253 |
Third FlightGlenn Harrison 79-91-78--248 Donald Weaver 82-88-83--253 Tim Ashley 83-87-83--253 Herbert Dixon 86-84-83--253 Gino Reed 89-84-84--257 Dennis Guinn 88-85-87--260 Don Kelso 89-87-86--262 Cory Holley 95-80-89--264 Walter Brown 92-87-99--278 |
| D Division | ||
First FlightDennis Ethington 79-84-80--243 Albert Garza 86-83-78--247 Tommy Whitaker 84-77-87--248 Doug Moyer 75-83-91--249 Ray Elliotte 85-81-86--252 Stephen Davis 83-80-89--252 Nelson Singletary 84-85-88--257 Don Pease 82-86-89--257 Tim Riner 84-81-92--257 |
Second FlightGlenn Rutenbar 92-81-83--256 Larry Henegar 83-87-88--258 Carlos Pelfort 87-84-89--260 Charlie James, Jr. 86-88-86--260 Jeff Custred 87-83-92--262 Joe Coursey 79-95-89--263 Lawrence Hunt 86-91-87--264 Mike Blanc 85-90-90--265 Bill Costello 89-88-89--266 Charlie Douglas 87-88-92--267 |
Third FlightSteve Wright 85-96-86--267 Jerry Williams 90-90-89--269 James E. Watts 88-94-89--271 Jason Spillman 90-97-89--276 Edwin Bryan 90-92-94--276 Charles Peebles 97-92-89--278 Buddy Travis 91-94-93--278 Lynn Horne 93-98-92--283 Ron Kelly 91-97-95--283 Matt Radford 92-94-103--289 |
| E Division | ||
First FlightNick Pelfort 95-91-81--267 Stephen Douglas 93-86-88--267 Bob Wiegers 91-93-85--269 Tommy Lewis 98-85-87--270 James Sloan 90-91-91--272 Curtis Patterson 82-94-97--273 Cliff Johnson 90-95-93--278 Don Moyer 90-98-96--284 Bill Batton 94-90-106--290 David Smedley 97-89-105--291 |
Second FlightRicky Kendrick 92-97-87--276 John Brackett 96-96-86--278 Mark Elliot 94-98-90--282 Fred Carter 95-101-92--288 Joe Kincaid 95-99-96--288 Michael McMullen 99-95-94--288 Wesley Mercer 97-94-100-291 Bill Berry 92-100-107--299 John Durbin 100-98-105--303 John 'Jack' Houle 96-95-113--304 |
Third FlightEarl D. May 102-97-96--295 Scott Burnsed 105-96-103--304 Cecil Lewis 98-111-101--310 Curtis Chewning 105-107-102--314 Willie Anderson 108-96-112--316 Buddy Wise 105-110-103--318 Joe Summers 108-109-122-339 Bill Simpson 122-113-111--346 Daniel Cundiff 137-139-139--415 |
| Youth Division | ||
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Nick Jones 77-75-76--228 Trevor Bates 83-74-73--230 Lavanty Simonis 78-80-75--233 Tyler McKnight 79-77-78--234 Jack Brown 76-78-81--235 Craig Leckie 81-78-81--240 Lucas Brown 78-83-83--244 Andrew Penn 84-85-77--246 | |
