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Strong field, including top point-earners from VSGA player rankings, comprise the event.
2005 VSGA FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP FACT SHEET
May 6-7, 2005
at Chantilly National Golf and Country Club, Centreville, Va.PAR AND YARDAGE: Chantilly National Golf and Country Club is set at 7,098 yards and par is 36-36—72.
VENUE: Chantilly National Golf and Country Club opened in 1959 and was designed by golf course architect Ed Ault, before being renovated by Pete Dye in 1992. The VSGA Four-Ball Championship is making its first visit to Chantilly National Golf and Country Club. Chantilly has previously served as the site for a number of U.S. Open local qualifiers and was the venue for the MAPGA Match Play Championship. CNGCC was also the host club for the 2004 Northern Virginia Amateur.
CAN I PLAY?: The championship is open to men’s amateur golfers, who have been residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia since Jan. 1, 2005. In addition, players must be a member of a VSGA member club, have a current VHP handicap and meet United States Golf Association amateur status rules.
ADMISSION: Admission is open to the public, free of charge and spectators are encouraged to attend.
HISTORY: The VSGA Four-Ball Championship was first played in 1966 and this year’s championship will be the 40th in the event’s history.
THE WINNER RECEIVES: The winner receives the Wallace McDowell trophy, honoring the longtime VSGA leader and the association’s former executive director.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY: Friday, May 6 – Starting at 8 a.m., first round (18 holes).
Saturday, May 7 – Starting at 7:30 a.m., second round (18 holes off of tees 1 and 10).
ON THE WEB: Log onto the VSGA’s Internet site (www.vsga.org) for the latest results and recap from the 40th VSGA Four-Ball Championship.
FIELD SIZE: There are 60 two-player teams and 120 totalplayers. The field is comprised of former champions (complete teams), top 10 finishers from the previous year, former VSGA Amateur, State Open and Mid-Amateur champions and players with success at the national, state and local championships. The remainder of the field was selected by using the combined handicap of team members.
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: The tandem of Yorktown’s Allen Barber and Tazewell’s Charles E. Green III fired a final round 5-under-par 67 to win the last year’s VSGA Four-Ball Championship at Bide-A-Wee Golf Club (6,735 yards, par 36-36—72).
In a three-way tie for first place following an opening round 63, with their final round total Barber-Green finished the championship at 14-under-par 130. Opening day co-leaders and 2003 champions Alex Stanek and Matt Mankin of Roanoke closed play a shot back at 13-under-par 131 after posting a final round 68. Glen Allen’s Tony Good and Scottsville’s David Passerell, who were also tied for the top spot heading into final round action, and Allan Strange (Richmond)-Hank Klein (Glen Allen) completed play two shots back at 12-under-par 132. Strange-Klein matched the low round of the championship with a final round 63.
Green is not in this year’s Four-Ball field (Green’s daughter, Carol, is graduating from James Madison University). Meanwhile, Barber, ninth in the 2004 VSGA player rankings, will be teaming with West Point’s Paul C. Erdman, who was tenth among last year's points leaders.
CHAMPIONS IN THE FIELD: Past champions represented in this year’s field include the following tandems:
 – Keith Decker (Martinsville)-David Partridge (Manakin-Sabot) in 1999 at Fawn Lake Country Club in Spotsylvania (pictured left), in 2001 at Fawn Lake Country Club in Spotsylvania and in 2002 at Stoney Creek at Wintergreen in Nellysford. With their win in 2002, Decker-Partridge joined Lexington residents J.W. Entsminger and David Brogan (1991, 1993 and 1998) as the only three-time winners in the championship’s history.
– David Brogan (Lexington)-J.W. Entsminger (Lexington) in 1998 at Draper Valley Golf Club in Draper. They also won in 1993 at Two Rivers Country Club in Williamsburg and in 1991 at Lexington Golf and Country Club in Lexington.
– Emmett Clougherty (Manakin-Sabot) and Frank Driver (Timberville) in 1989 at Fredericksburg Country Club in Fredericksburg.
MULTIPLE VICTORIES: Including Decker-Partridge (1999, 2001 and 2002) and Brogan-Entsminger (1991, 1993 and 1998), multiple winners include the following teams:
– Tom McKnight (Galax)-Allan Strange (Richmond) – 1985 and 1986.
– Vinny Giles (Richmond)-Ned Baber (Roanoke) – 1968 and 1969.
 ANOTHER STRONG FIELD: Altogether, the top three and four of the top five eligible point-earners in the season-ending 2004 VSGA player rankings are in this year’s field, including Martinsville’s Keith Decker (No. 1, teaming with David Partridge of Manakin-Sabot, who was sixth in the 2004 rankings), reigning SunTrust State Open of Virginia winner Spence Andrews of Glen Allen (pictured right) (No. 2, teaming with Ashland’s Tom Vlahakis), Virginia Tech sophomore Ryan Sypniewski of Radford (No. 3, teaming with Pulaski’s Aaron Rygas)and Partridge (No. 6, teaming with Decker, who led the 2004 rankings).
Among others in the field, senior competitor Jamie Gough of Fairfax, third in the senior player rankings at the conclusion of 2004, is playing with 2001 State Am runner-up Kevin Dillard of Fairfax. Meanwhile, 2002 and 2003 State Am semifinalist Craig Mason (Fairfax), will be playing with former George Mason University teammate and Patriot junior Michael Kirby (Fairfax).
Though reigning State Am champion Billy Hurley (fourth in 2004 points) is not competing while honoring a service obligation to the Navy, his brother, Daniel Hurley of Leesburg, is teaming in the event with fellow Leesburg resident Joey McLister.
COUNT ON A CLOSE ONE: Seven of the past eight VSGA Four-Ball Championships have been decided by a single stroke, with the only exception being last year.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: In addition to the Four-Ball, several VSGA championships are visiting Northern Virginia in 2005. For the first time in the association’s storied history, the VSGA Junior Amateur Championship (Aug. 2-4) and the VSGA Junior Girls’ Championship (Aug. 1-2) will be played on near identical dates at the same facility, the Lowes Island Club in Potomac Falls. In addition, the VSGA Women’s Amateur Championship and the VSGA Senior Four-Ball Championship (Cannon Ridge Golf Club in Fredericksburg) and the VSGA Senior Women’s Stroke Play Championship (Army Navy Country Club in Arlington) as well as Open and Amateur qualifiers will all be held in Northern Virginia.
HOLE-BY-HOLE SET UP: 7,098 yards, par 36-36—72; Holes one through nine: No. 1, 411-yard par 4; No. 2, 380-yard par 4; No. 3, 545-yard par 5; No. 4, 185-yard par 3; No. 5, 423-yard par 4; No. 6, 520-yard par 5; No. 7, 193-yard par 3; No. 8, 465-yard par 4; No. 9, 450-yard par 4, Outward nine: 3,572 yards, par 36.
Holes 10-18: No. 10, 435-yard par 4; No. 11, 455-yard par 4; No. 12, 185-yard par 3; No. 13, 521-yard, par 5; No. 14, 155-yard par 3; No. 15, 390-yard par 4; No. 16, 445-yard par 4; No. 17, 540-yard par 5; No. 18, 400-yard par 4, Inward nine: 3,526 yards, par 36
PGA PROFESSIONAL: Robert P. Reed, PGA
COURSE SUPERINTENDENT: Rick Kent
DIRECTIONS: Follow I-95 North to I-495 West (toward Rockville, not Baltimore) to I-66 West. Take exit 53B (Centreville, Dulles Airport, Route 28). Stay in the left lane and follow the sign to Braddock Road. You will cross over into the far two left lanes of Route 28. At the next traffic light, turn left onto Braddock Road. Chantilly National is three miles down on Braddock Road.
CENTREVILLE –– Pairings and starting times for the first round of the 40th VSGA Four-Ball Championship at Chantilly National Golf and Country Club (7,098 yards, par 36-36—72).
8 a.m. – Skip Zobel (Virginia Beach)-Keith Champton (Virginia Beach); John Bolino (Suffolk)-Wayne Leeder (Suffolk)
8:09 a.m. – Tony Good (Glen Allen)-David Passerell (Scottsville); Michael Hudenburg (South Riding)-Mike Stone (South Riding)
8:19 a.m. – Brian Johnson (Spotsylvania)-Paul Priebe (Spotsylvania); John Hudson Jr. (Roanoke)-Powell Holly (Roanoke)
8:28 a.m. – Sam Taylor (Roanoke)-Danny Hopkins (Roanoke); Robert Menefee (Alexandria)-Jason Pool (Alexandria)
8:38 a.m. – Bill McClanan IV (Virginia Beach)-Joseph Morton (Virginia Beach); Ryan Sypniewski (Radford)-Aaron Rygas (Pulaski)
8:47 a.m. – Russ Fricke (Haymarket)-Ron Cooke (Haymarket); Ben Hogan (Centreville)-Mark Gram (Centreville)
8:57 a.m. – Starell M. Cox Jr. (Chesterfield)-Tucker Bradshaw (Chesterfield); Jay Vizgaitis (Alexandria)-Dan Hosek (Alexandria)
9:06 a.m. – Steve Serrao (Midlothian)-Jay Serrao (Midlothian); Clark Bixler (Reston)-Ryan Price (Reston)
9:16 a.m. – Vic Williams (Winchester)-Jeff Tyndall (Winchester); Jeffrey Klatt (Manassas)-Jimmy Delp (Manassas)
9:25 a.m. – Scott Inman (Springfield)-Buddy Patch (Springfield); Larry Spielberg (Williamsburg)-Jaymie Martino (Williamsburg)
9:35 a.m. – Brendan Giuseppe (Vienna)-Paul Avis (Vienna); Steve Hartley (Waynesboro)-Jeff Toms (Waynesboro)
9:44 a.m. – Todd Burgess (Lynchburg)-Tim Campbell (Lynchburg); Brett Chambers (Mount Sidney)-John Rosenstock (Mount Sidney)
10:03 a.m. – Tim Rash (Midlothian)-Tim Lyons (Midlothian); Tim Krouse (Vienna)-Tony DeLuca (Vienna)
10:13 a.m. – Buck Brittain (Tazewell)-Donnie Hankins (Tazewell); Dean Griffith (Front Royal)-Daniel Yates (Front Royal)
10:22 a.m. – Lance Rice (Purcellville)-Stan Williams (Purcellville); Steve Southern (Midlothian)-Howard Overbey (Midlothian)
10:32 a.m. – Gordon Shelton (Charlottesville)-Scott Garrison (Charlottesville); Marc Marcuson (Richmond)-Peyton Lawson (Richmond)
10:41 a.m. – Tim Kelley (Ashland)-Brock Kelley (Ashland); Gary Honey (Potomac Falls)-Dave Spannbauer (Potomac Falls)
10:51 a.m. – Frank Driver (Timberville)-Emmett Clougherty (Timberville); J.W. Entsminger (Lexington)-David Brogan (Lexington)
11 a.m. – Mike Brennan (Leesburg)-Steve Douglass (Leesburg); Mike Howell (Centreville)-John Price (Centreville)
11:10 a.m. – Rick Wakefield (Fairfax)-H. Dudley Payne (Fairfax); B.K. Kelley (Chester)-Dustin T. Hussey (Chester)
11:19 a.m. – Duff Meyer (Harrisonburg)-Chris Slonaker (Harrisonburg); Greg Henderson (Fredericksburg)-Chester Guzek (Fredericksburg)
11:29 a.m. – Tom Offutt (Arlington)-Richard C. Thomas (Arlington); Jimmy Angel (Midlothian)-Hunter Russell (Midlothian)
11:38 a.m. – Chad F. Hanes (Vienna)-Grayson Hanes (Vienna); Rodney Peters (Woodbridge)-Brad Love (Woodbridge)
11:48 a.m. – Allen Barber (Yorktown)-Paul C. Erdman (West Point); Michael Kirby (Fairfax)-Craig Mason (Fairfax)
12:07 p.m. – Robert Nussey Jr. (Midlothian)-Glenn Mullian (Richmond); Daniel Hurley (Leesburg)-Joey McLister (Leesburg)
12:16 p.m. – Chris Tuttle (Virginia Beach)-Robert Bradshaw (Virginia Beach); Brent Daughtrey (Troy)-D.P. Seay Jr. (Troy)
12:26 p.m. – Scott Campbell (Mechanicsville)-Larry Loving Jr. (Mechanicsville); Kevin Dillard (Fairfax)-Jamie Gough (Fairfax)
12:35 p.m. – Craig Groenendaal (Centreville)-Albert Johnson (Centreville); Jon Zampedro (Centreville)-Jeffrey Topp (Centreville)
12:45 p.m. – Tom Vlahakis (Ashland)-Spence Andrews (Glen Allen); Bill Musto (Sterling)-Andy Heye (Sterling)
12:54 p.m. – Keith Decker (Martinsville)-David Partridge (Manakin-Sabot); Tim Vigotsky (Centreville)-Blair Johnson (Centreville) |
