Friday, Jun. 05, 2009

Area golf roundup: eGolf Tour event halted at 18 holes

The eGolf Professional Tour's Greater Richmond Open was rained out Friday and the tournament was reduced to 18 holes, with Clint Jensen and David Lutterus splitting the winner's purse.

The tournament was played on two courses: the Royal New Kent Golf Club in Providence Forge, Va., and Country Club of Petersburg (Va.); therefore, the first-round leaders from each course split the winner's purse. Jensen, who shot 66 at Royal New Kent Golf Club, and David Lutterus, who shot 64 at the Country Club of Petersburg, each earned $15,887.50. However, neither was declared the official winner because of tour rules. The overall purse of $220,000 was also split in half between the players who played each course.

The tour had planned to complete the second round and play the final round Friday before weather caused the cancellation of both.

Murrells Inlet's Derek Watson shot 68 at Royal New Kent Golf Club to finish tied for sixth and earn $3,550.

Amateur golf

GREENVILLE, S.C. | Waccamaw High grad Baxter Culler of Hartsville and teammate Jamie Lightsey of Fort Mill, the second seed and medalist in the four ball portion of the 46th Annual Four Ball Championship, were defeated in the first round of match play.

The duo lost 4 and 2 to 32nd-seeded Jamie Amick and Benji Miller of Spartanburg.