Virginia Golfer Jul / Aug 2016 | Page 12

(atc) 33rd Virginia-West Virginia Matches The Omni Homestead Resort’s Cascades Course, Hot Springs | April 23-24 Format: Team play featuring foursome, four-ball and singles matches The VSGA continued its dominance in the event, winning 17½-10½ for its seventh straight win and improved to 28-4-1 against the WVGA. Top performers included super senior J.P. Leigh (Elizabeth Manor G&CC), who went 3-0, and regular Justin Young (Ballyhack GC), the 2015 VSGA Men’s Golfer of the Year who went 2-0-1 over the weekend. Quotable: “So to enjoy the camaraderie, giving each other the needle—you’ve got to be able to take it, too—it’s just fun. It’s fun to be a part of, especially this late in life. They’ve got something for us old guys to do, you know.” — Senior Jack Allara II (Hidden Valley CC), who won his singles match 8 and 7. 31st VSGA Super Senior Stroke Play Championship Fawn Lake CC, Spotsylvania | June 1-2 Format: 36 holes of stroke play Charles Green III (The Virginian) turned 65 last November, and he wasted little time in making an impact on the Super Senior scene, rallying from a five-shot deficit to best Lynn Wessman (Army Navy CC) and Jon Abbett (Trump National GC) by one stroke. Green, who won his fifth VSGA championship, shot 74-75—149 over the two days at Fawn Lake. Quotable: Green, on his thoughts after missing the green short and in the rough on No. 18 in the second round: “I said, you just got to try to get this on the green somewhere and two putt. You know if Lynn birdies and I bogey, then we’re tied, but you have to make bogey and make him make the putt and hope nobody in front did anything.” 74th VSGA Club Championship The Country Club of Virginia (Richmond) won its first VSGA Club Championship in 76 years, with Brent Higgins and Craig Callens posting a 6-under 66 and Andrew Crowley and Peyton Lawson carding a 5-under 67. The 11-under total was one shot better than Independence GC and The Foundry’s ‘B’ team. Quotable: “We made a great par save on 15 that really kept us going. We had bogeyed 14, so we were staring at another bogey at 15, and that would have hurt. But we made a nice up-and-down there to save the par and keep the round going.” — Callens, PGA, at CCV's Westhampton Course. 10 V I R G I N I A G O L F E R | J U LY /A U G U ST 2 0 1 6 From left, Crowley, Lawson, Higgins, Callens. vsga.org CHRIS LANG (3); VSGA; FARMINGTON COUNTRY CLUB The Foundry GC, Powhatan April 25 Format: Four-ball, two sides per club, to comprise the team score