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9:29 pm Monday, April 28, 2003

Gordon, Carle claim Spring 4-Ball

By By Marty Stamper / EMG sports assistant
April 28, 2003
Chuck Gordon and Jimmy Carle entered Sunday's second round of the Spring Four Ball at Northwood Country Club with a two-stroke lead.
By the time the final 18 holes were played, Gordon and Carle enjoyed a four-stroke advantage along with the tournament championship.
Gordon and Carle finished 12 strokes under par with a 63-67130. Tied for second at 134 were John Rea and Chase Williams and the team of Willie Frazier and Billy McWilliams.
Rea and Williams had a consistent 67-67134, while Frazier and McWilliams closed with a 65 after shooting a 69 on Saturday.
Aiding Frazier and McWilliams was Frazier's hole-in-one on the par-3, 123-yard No. 17.
Coming in fourth place was the team of Bo Welch and Joe Rush, who entered Sunday's round just two strokes off the pace.
Gordon and Carle opened the day with a birdie on No. 1 to take a three-stroke lead over playing partners Welch and Rush. A bogey on No. 4 cut their lead back to two strokes.
Meanwhile, Frazier and McWilliams, who started on No. 4, had an eagle on the par-5, 517-yard No. 6 and a birdie on the par-3, 132-yard No. 7 to trim their six-stroke deficit down to three.
Frazier and McWilliams ran into disaster on No. 10 as they took a double-bogey on the par-4, 388-yard hole.
Welch and Rush met their Waterloo on No. 12, a par-5, 525-yard challenge, as they took a double-bogey to fall out of contention.
Meanwhile, Gordon and Carle picked up birdies on Nos. 7, 9, and 10 to take control of the tournament.
Tied for fifth place at 138 were the teams of Winston Powell-John Williamson, Sidney Bowers-John Dement, Eddie Brown-Nicholas Brown, and Jack Combest-Aaron Davidson.
Powell and Williamson had an even-par 71 on Sunday after shooting 4-under in the first round.
Bowers and Dement had 69s each day.
The Browns had a 70 Sunday after turning in a 68 on the first 18 holes.
Combest and Davidson also had 69s each day.
Frazier wasn't the only golfer to record a hole-in-one Sunday as John Kelly aced No. 7.

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