Kelli Murphy added yet another SCJGA title to her resume as she captured the 17th playing of the Picard Junior Classic after she shot an even par round of 72 to post the lowest overall score. The Elgin native posted three birdies in her round including the tough par 3 16th to post her score of 72. The boys division took extra play to determine the champion as three juniors tied at one over 73. Ford Blanchard, Jackson Moore, and William Godfrey all finished the day one stroke shy of par. A 20 foot birdie bid dropped on the second hole to give Godfrey his first SCJGA title. Jimmy Self took top honors in the boys 13-14 action while Wil Shepard and Annika Bovenden won their respective nine hole divisions.
Ford Blanchard and his dad Leonard took the overall honors in the Ford Parent Child after a one hole playoff. The low score in the division actually was posted by the Greenwood Team of Jimmy and Jay Self after they shot a great score of 72 in the select drive alternate shot format. Jimmy is actually competing in the boys 13-14 bracket and as such played a shorter tee than the rest of the flight. The same feat was accomplished last year by his cousin Coleman Self, showing the older players that these young guns can play too! Three teams of older players finished the day at one over 73. A birdie on the first sudden death hole earned the Orangeburg team their first Ford Parent Child Trophy over the Todd Family of Laurens and the Long crowd from Bluffton.
The Links Course of Wild Dunes has been the host facility since inception and has been a vital part of the SCGA family of host golf courses. Polly’s Fine Jewelry is back again as the title sponsor for both rounds of the tournament. The first day’s festivities are named for seven time SCGA Amateur Champion Frank Ford with a parent – child format. The second day’s event is named after Mr. Henry Picard who was one of the top SC golfers of all time as he won the Masters tournament, numerous PGA titles, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The second round of the tournament is for juniors only in an individual stroke play event as part of the Ford Picard Christmas Classic.
The Ford -Picard paves the way for youngsters to grow in the game and learn about our great SC players that came before them. Two former SCGA Amateur Champions played in the inaugural event in 1994 as juniors, Alex Hamilton and Emmett Turner.
| Boys 12-Under | Sheppard, Wil (Mt. Pleasant) |
39 |
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| Harwood, William (Columbia) | 2016 |
41 |
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| Parrott, Jack (Columbia) |
42 |
|||||
| Westmoreland, Jay (Mt. Pleasant) |
54 |
|||||
| Wilson, Graham (Bamberg) | 2019 |
64 |
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| Boys 13-14 | Self, Jimmy (Greenwood) | 2015 |
36 |
39 |
75 |
|
| Self, Coleman (Greenwood) | 2015 |
41 |
38 |
79 |
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| Gibbs III, Stuart (Greenville) |
38 |
42 |
80 |
|||
| Carter, Jake (Aiken) | 2016 |
41 |
39 |
80 |
||
| Kennedy, Logan (Greenwood) | 2015 |
39 |
42 |
81 |
||
| Glasgow, Davis (Mt. Pleasant) |
37 |
45 |
82 |
|||
| Garrison, Grant (Anderson) | 2014 |
40 |
47 |
87 |
||
| Dorton, Alexander (Anderson) | 2015 |
46 |
41 |
87 |
||
| Lewitt, David (Moore) |
45 |
47 |
92 |
|||
| Dodgen, Hunter (Columbia) |
53 |
54 |
107 |
|||
| Harper, Victor (Isle of Palms) |
wd |
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| Glennon, Michael (Mt. Pleasant) |
ns |
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| Boys 15-18 | Godfrey, William (Columbia) | 2012 |
37 |
36 |
73 |
Playoff Victory |
| Blanchard, Ford (Orangeburg) | 2011 |
38 |
35 |
73 |
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| Moore, Jackson (Isle of Palms) | 2012 |
34 |
39 |
73 |
||
| Long, Wesley (Bluffton) | 2013 |
38 |
36 |
74 |
||
| Sease, Chandler (Mt. Pleasant) | 2012 |
39 |
36 |
75 |
||
| Reid, Steven (Simpsonville) |
39 |
36 |
75 |
|||
| Dorton, Nicholas (Anderson) | 2013 |
35 |
41 |
76 |
||
| Grice, Andrew (Columbia) |
39 |
37 |
76 |
|||
| Keur, RJ (N. Charleston) | 2014 |
37 |
40 |
77 |
||
| Hiott, Grayson (Anderson) | 2011 |
41 |
39 |
80 |
||
| Mason, Will (Columbia) | 2012 |
41 |
40 |
81 |
||
| Todd, Neal (Laurens) | 2011 |
41 |
40 |
81 |
||
| Finigan, Justin (Greer) | 2013 |
41 |
40 |
81 |
||
| Killingsworth, Garris (Johns Island) | 2012 |
41 |
41 |
82 |
||
| Sease, Christian (Mt. Pleasant) | 2012 |
40 |
42 |
82 |
||
| Thompson, Andrew (Charleston) | 2014 |
43 |
44 |
87 |
||
| Chickarello, Doug (North Charleston) | 2011 |
46 |
43 |
89 |
||
| Eskew, Jay (Mount Pleasant) | 2013 |
44 |
46 |
90 |
||
| Lipsmeyer, Bradley (Mt. Pleasant) |
46 |
47 |
93 |
|||
| Blum, Andrew (Fort Mill) | 2013 |
49 |
57 |
106 |
||
| Nicholson, Nic (Lexington) | 2013 |
wd |
||||
| Valluzzo, Charles (Mount Pleasant) | 2011 |
wd |
||||
| Long, Ryan (Fort Mill) | 2013 |
ns |
||||
| Girls 14-18 | Murphy, Kelli (Elgin) | 2014 |
37 |
35 |
72 |
|
| Buchanan, Samantha (Bluffton) | 2012 |
39 |
41 |
80 |
||
| Thompson, Elizabeth (Charleston) | 2011 |
43 |
39 |
82 |
||
| Nizolek, Kylie (Bluffton) | 2014 |
45 |
41 |
86 |
||
| Bryan, Mary Chandler (Chapin) | 2012 |
47 |
41 |
88 |
||
| Case, Chandler (Rock Hill) |
39 |
50 |
89 |
|||
| Lezcano, Nathalie (Hilton Head) |
47 |
44 |
91 |
|||
| McCain, Alexandria (Lancaster) |
46 |
46 |
92 |
|||
| Sowell, Jordie (Lake Wylie) | 2013 |
wd |
||||
| Girls 13- Under | Bovender, Annika (My Pleasant) | 2015 |
37 |
|||
| Cleary, Hailey (Lexington) | 2016 |
43 |
||||
| Tindal, Jaelyn (Rock Hill) | 2015 |
45 |
||||
| Elliott, Madison (Little River) | 2017 |
47 |
||||
| Kelly, Larkin (Camden) | 2016 |
56 |
||||
| Bovender, Ella (Mt. Pleasant) |
59 |
|||||
| Harper, Kate (Isle of Palms) |
wd |
Ford Parent Child Results:
| Division 1 | Self, Jimmy (Greenwood) – Self, Jay (Greenwood) |
33 |
39 |
72 |
Division Champions |
| * | Blanchard, Ford (Orangeburg) – Blanchard, Leonard (Orangeburg) |
35 |
38 |
73 |
Overall Champions-Playoff |
| Long, Wesley (Bluffton) – Long, Robert (Bluffton) |
38 |
35 |
73 |
||
| Todd, Neal (Laurens) – Todd, Walter (Laurens) |
35 |
38 |
73 |
||
| Bryan, Mary Chandler (Chapin) – Bryan III, George (Chapin) |
36 |
38 |
74 |
||
| Self, Coleman (Greenwood) – Self, Furman (Greenwood) |
37 |
38 |
75 |
||
| Mason, Will (Columbia) – Mason, Randy |
36 |
40 |
76 |
||
| Sheppard, Wil (Mt. Pleasant) – Sheppard, Tre (Mt. Pleasant) |
40 |
36 |
76 |
||
| Keur, RJ (N. Charleston) – Keur, Ronald (North Charleston) |
36 |
41 |
77 |
||
| Thompson, Elizabeth (Charleston) – Thompson, Scott (Charleston) |
37 |
40 |
77 |
||
| Hiott, Grayson (Anderson) – Hiott, Todd (Anderson) |
40 |
40 |
80 |
||
| Lipsmeyer, Bradley (Mt. Pleasant) – Lipsmeyer, Mark (Mt. Pleasant) |
45 |
41 |
86 |
||
| Godfrey, William (Columbia) – Godfrey, George (Columbia) |
44 |
44 |
88 |
||
| Murphy, Kelli (Elgin) – Murphy, Peter (Elgin) |
44 |
47 |
91 |
||
| Division 2 | |||||
| Carter, Jake (Aiken) – Carter, Brian (Aiken) |
37 |
39 |
76 |
||
| Eskew, Jay (Mount Pleasant) – Eskew, Jim (Mt. Pleasant) |
40 |
38 |
78 |
||
| Grice, Andrew (Columbia) – Grice, Bucky (Columbia) |
39 |
39 |
78 |
||
| Dorton, Nicholas (Anderson) – Dorton, Peter (Anderson) |
36 |
43 |
79 |
||
| Lezcano, Nathalie (Hilton Head) – Lezcano, Lenin (Hilton Head Island) |
38 |
42 |
80 |
||
| Gibbs III, Stuart (Greenville) – Gibbs, Wynn (Greenville) |
40 |
40 |
80 |
||
| Sease, Chandler (Mt. Pleasant) – Sease, Todd (W. Columbia) |
34 |
46 |
80 |
||
| Chickarello, Doug (North Charleston) – Chickarello, Jim (North Charleston) |
42 |
42 |
84 |
||
| Sease, Christian (Mt. Pleasant) – Sease, Tim (Mt. Pleasant) |
42 |
42 |
84 |
||
| Reid, Steven (Simpsonville) – Reid, Kevin (Simpsonville) |
43 |
42 |
85 |
||
| Valluzzo, Charles (Mount Pleasant) – Valluzzo, Timothy (Mt. Pleasant) |
WD |
||||
| Division 3 | Bovender, Annika (MT Pleasant) – Bovender, Rob (Mt Pleasant) |
38 |
42 |
80 |
|
| Sowell, Jordie (Lake Wylie) – Sowell, Jan (Lake Wylie) |
39 |
42 |
81 |
||
| Nizolek, Kylie (Bluffton) – Nizolek, Mark (Bluffton) |
41 |
41 |
82 |
||
| Garrison, Grant (Anderson) – Garrison, Will (Anderson) |
44 |
39 |
83 |
||
| Long, Ryan (Fort Mill) – Long, Mike (Fort Mill) |
38 |
45 |
83 |
||
| Nicholson, Nic (Lexington) – Nicholson, Jimmy (Lexington) |
44 |
39 |
83 |
||
| McCain, Alexandria (Lancaster) – McCain, Joseph (Lancaster) |
45 |
40 |
85 |
||
| Case, Chandler (Rock Hill) – Case, Kimberly (Rock Hill) |
41 |
47 |
88 |
||
| Lewitt, David (Moore) – Lewitt, Mark (Moore) |
45 |
44 |
89 |
||
| Killingsworth, Garris (Johns Island) – Killingsworth, Jim (Johns Island) |
39 |
52 |
91 |
||
| Buchanan, Samantha (Bluffton) – Ray, Michael (Bluffton) |
42 |
49 |
91 |
||
| Finigan, Justin (Greer) – Finigan, Tim (Greer) |
WD |
||||
| Harper, Kate (Isle of Palms) – Harper, David (Isle of Palms) |
WD |
||||
| Division 4 | Tindal, Jaelyn (Rock Hill) – Tindal, Kevin (Rock Hill) |
38 |
40 |
78 |
|
| Harwood, William (Columbia) – Harwood, Bill (Columbia) |
42 |
40 |
82 |
||
| Dodgen, Hunter (Columbia) – Davis, Melvin H. (Columbia) |
38 |
46 |
84 |
||
| Kelly, Larkin (Camden) – Kelly, Deebo (Camden) |
43 |
41 |
84 |
||
| Cleary, Hailey (Lexington) – Cleary, Scott (Lexington) |
43 |
42 |
85 |
||
| Wilson, Graham (Bamberg) – Wilson, Chris (Bamberg) |
42 |
44 |
86 |
||
| Westmoreland, Jay (Mt. Pleasant) – Westmoreland, Westy (Mt. Pleasant) |
44 |
42 |
86 |
||
| Blum, Andrew (Fort Mill) – Blum, Buck (Fort Mill) |
42 |
46 |
88 |
||
| Glennon, Michael (Mt. Pleasant) – Glennon, Michael (Mt. Pleasant) |
42 |
48 |
90 |
||
| Parrott, Jack (Columbia) – Parrott, John (Columbia) |
44 |
48 |
92 |
||
| Glasgow, Davis (Mt. Pleasant) – Glasgow, Jim (Mt Pleasant) |
50 |
48 |
98 |
||
| Kennedy, Logan (Greenwood) – Kennedy, Michelle (Greenwood) |
42 |
61 |
103 |
||
| Elliott, Madison (Little River) – Elliott, Rick (Little River) |
WD |
||||
| Harper, Victor (Isle of Palms) – Cummings, Martha (Isle of Palms) |
WD |
