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2009 Arbor Trace Club Championship
Keith Ruberg, Robert Etherton, Andrew Porterfield
Keith Ruberg, Robert Etherton, Andrew Porterfield
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Men’s Club Championship: 
   
It took six extra holes but, reigning 2009 Grant County Senior Amateur Champion, Robert Etherton captured his 11th Club Championship in a dramatic sudden death playoff over Andrew Porterfield.  The playoff started on hole #1.  Both had opportunities to close out each other, both birdied #1, Etherton missed a 3 foot birdie putt on #2, both players bogeyed #3, both missed birdie putts on #4, Porterfield missed a 6 foot birdie on #5, then finally on #6 Etherton hit a 5 foot birdie to seal the victory.  Etherton’s first Club Championship win came in 1980,(four years before Porterfield was born) with his last win in 1996.  Defending Club Champion Keith Ruberg finished one shot out of the playoff to finish in third.

Final Results are as follows:
1st Robert Etherton 72-72-144
2nd Andrew Porterfield 68-76-144
3rd Keith Ruberg 72-73-145
4th Todd Chin 74-75-149
5th Brian Brewer 81-78-159
6th Bob Smithson 77-84-161
7th Blake McQueen 84-80-164
8th Nick Combs 80-86-166
Tom Ferguson 81-WD

Women’s Club Championship:
1st Kayla Adamson 80-86-166

Senior Club Championship:
Jerry Rhoads(76-75) held onto his one shot lead after day one, to win his first Senior Club Championship by two shots.  Last year’s runner up Charlie Piper  finished in second again this year with rounds of 78-75. Dave “Moose” McGuinn placed third with 78-76.  Last year’s champ Herb Smith finished in seventh.  Dennis Fox was low finisher in the age 50-59 division & Gene Hovious was low man in the 70's division.

Final Results are as follows:
1st Jerry Rhoads 76-75-151
2nd Charlie Piper 78-75-153
3rd Dave McGuinn 78-76-154
4th Gene Hovious 79-77-156
5th Dennis Fox 80-77-157
6th Jim Johnson 78-83-161
7th Herb Smith 81-81-162
8th Jim Law 83-80-163
9th Bob Chin 81-83-164
9th Tim Purdom 77-87-164
11th Lonny Harts 81-84-165
12th Randy Shane 80-86-166
13th Mike Line 82-85-167
14th Jim Hutchison 84-85-169
15th Dan Smith 86-84-170
15th Bob Howell 88-82-170
17th Jerry Jump 86-89-175
18th Jim Ayres 85-92-177
18th Don Dailey 86-91-177
20th Bud Moore 89-97-186
Tip Ballinger 84-WD
Bob Cole 84-WD
Bill Millard 92-WD
Vern McCoy DNP

First Flight:
2008 runner up Steve Shugart won the first flight with a 158 two day total.  Shugart fired a 78 to overcome a four shot deficit Sunday to beat first round leader Warren Dailey by two shots.  Bob Welton finished third with an 165 total.

Final Results are as follows:
1st Steve Shugart 80-78-158
2nd Warren Dailey 76-84-160
3rd Bob Welton 80-85-165
4th Jason Anderson 85-89-174
4th Kyle Lawson 85-89-174
6th Kevin Caudill 84-94-178
7th Jonathan Perez 102-91-193
8th Bill Sparks 98-100-198
9th Beau Jenks 100-103-203
Derek Wright 88-WD
Tom Stone DNS

Junior Club Championship:
Eastbrook  High School Junior Andrew Weiland captured his first Junior Club Championship by four shots over Marion High School Senior & defending champ Spencer Hinkle.

Final Results are as follows:
1st Andrew Weiland 35-41-76
2nd Spencer Hinkle 39-41-80
3rd Lance Hoch 41-47-88
4th Kyle Lawson 46-44-90
5th Cody White 44-53-97
6th Christopher Duckwall 54-46-100
6th Austin Engle 47-53-100
6th Michael Law 49-51-100
Blake McQueen WD
Kia Bragg WD
Nick Combs WD

Junior First Flight:
13 year old Kayla Adamson fired her career best 9 hole round -3 (33) to win the Junior first flight by an impressive 13 strokes over Chanse Mygrant(46).  Kayla’s round included 7 par’s, one birdie on #7, and one chip in eagle on #9.
1st Kayla Adamson 33
2nd Chanse Mygrant 46
3rd Richie Brooks 49
4th Caleb Landis 53
5th Griffin Engle 54
5th Brayton Swan 54

-Again this year all the Juniors would like to give a special "Thank You" to Randy LeFavour of LeFavour Steel Detailing for his continued support of junior golf at Arbor Trace.
 
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