October 30th, 2009
Joe Jaspers wins his third eGolf Amateur Tour National Championship!
On Sunday, already two shots behind the lead Joe Jaspers stepped up to the first tee and hit his first drive out of bounds. Jim Aughtry playing right behind
Jaspers told his playing partners, “We are in trouble now. The three other players responded “Why you would say that?” and Aughtry's response was “He (Joe) is mad
now and will probably shoot 69.” Aughtry might not have been prophetic on the 69 but he was accurate on the outcome for Jaspers.
Jaspers ended up with double on number one, then bogied four and five before he began to heat up. On hole five, he made his first of 5 birdies, four of which
came on the back nine holes.
Jaspers turned the front in 39 then birdied 10, 11, 14 & the most difficult hole, 18 to win the eGolf Amateur Tour National Championship by only one shot. Jaspers
shot a 73, 72 for a final total of 145. Saturday's round was played in Palmetto Dunes at the Fazio course and Sunday was played at the Cupp Course in Palmetto Hall.
David Schmidt had the round of the day on Sunday, pouring in five birdies in route to a 3 under par round of 69. Schmidt finishes in the second spot, one shot behind
Jaspers with a two day total of 146. Rounding out the top three was Josh Earnest of Lexington , KY with scores of 74 and 73 for a total of 147.
Top honors in the A Flight went to David Anthony of the Houston (TX) Tour. Anthony fired a final-round 77 to finish at 153. Second place in A Flight went to Tidewater (VA)
David Scearce (79, 78 for a total of 157); while Jim Boyce of Charlotte was third with 85, 73 totaling 158.
The B Flight champ was Mark Toloso of the Louisiana Tour. Toloso shot 78, 83, total of 161 for a three-shot victory over Greg McCoy (82, 82, total 164) of Charlotte (NC) Tour.
Hilton Head (SC) produced the C Flight champion as Shawn Colin vaulted into the top spot with an 87 for a 168 total. Second place went to Richard Peavy ( Houston TX ) at 85, 89, total 174.
In the D Flight, Daryl Taylor from the (Louisiana North Tour) shot a 175 total and beat out Charles Mines of (Charlotte NC) by four shots at 179.
This marked the fourth straight year the eGolf AGT has hosted its National Tour Championship on Hilton Head Island . This year's field of 540 golfers was one of the largest
ever for a golf tournament on the island. Competition took place on six courses: Oyster Reef Golf Club, Shipyard, two courses at The Cupp and all three courses at Palmetto Dunes Resort.
This Tour Championship marked the beginning of a year long campaign to raise money for Stand Up for Cancer in memory of Roger Mitterling who was a tour director for 10 years
before passing away in January from this terrible disease. This weekend participants raised $1000 and the eGolf Amateur Tour is going to match that amount to jump start the
campaign for the 2010 season.
April 7th, 2007
The Louisiana Tour
will have its 4th tournament on April 14th averaging 143 players per event for our fourth event of the season.
In keeping with the Motto; "The Tour that treats the Amateur like a Pro," our Championship Flight will play from 7,400 yards on April 14th.This course was used by the Nationwide Tour for a Qualifier and they only played it at 7,000 yards.
October 29th, 2006
Jaspers' Record Round Wins Amateur Tour's Championship Flight; Female Golfer Takes A Flight Title
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Joe Jaspers of Charlotte fired a course-record 67 Sunday to win the Amateur Golf Tour's 2006 National Championship at Palmetto Dunes Resort.
Jaspers poured in seven birdies, including a 30-footer on his last hole, to finish the two-day event at 149 and take a three-shot victory over Chad Frank of Orlando. Jaspers' five-under-par round set the course record on the Robert Trent Jones course at Palmetto Dunes. It was his first-ever course record and the second time he's won the AGT's national title. In 2002, he took top honors in a playoff.
"That was probably the best competitive round of golf I've played in terms of hitting the ball well and putting well," said Jaspers. "I made a couple of birdies early and got things rolling a little bit. To play so well in the final round is very gratifying."
Frank, who shot 152, took second place in the Championship Flight on a scorecard playoff. Also at 152 were Curtlan Barrett of Tidewater, Va., and Michael Bailey of Charlotte.
Another milestone occurred in the A Flight, as 23-year-old Katja Dammann of Pinehurst became the first female champion in Tour history. Dammann fired a final-round 74 to finish at 155 and edge the Triad's Mike Meadows (156) by a shot. Rick Tomei (158) of Charlotte placed third.
Dammann, who took up golf four years ago after moving to Pinehurst from Germany, had a consistent round that included one birdie and pars on nine of her last 10 holes. There was also a hole-in-one in the A Flight. Hilton Head's Leonard Bracknell aced the 153-yard 15th hole on Palmetto Dunes' Hills course with a 7-iron.
The B Flight title was won by Ziggy Hathaway of Myrtle Beach. Hathaway shot 83-76--159, while Raleigh's Ken Gritton was second at 163.
A two-hole sudden death playoff decided the C Flight as Robert Kelly of the Upstate got the win over Orlando's Jeremy Langeneck Both tied at 174 in regulation. It was Kelly's first win this year.
In the D Flight, Stephan Phipps of the Tri-Cities tour in Tennessee captured first place. Phipps shot 174, while Abraham Moore of Western Piedmont, N.C., was second at 176.
Orlando won the team competition. Tidewater finished second and Charlotte and Upstate tied for third.
The AGT's National Championship featured a record field of 461 golfers competing on five courses. The tourney used all three courses at the host resort, Palmetto Dunes, as well as the Arthur Hills course at Palmetto Hall and the Robbers Row course at Port Royal Plantation.
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