Georgia's Team: Front - Davin White, Matthew Beringer, Jimmy Beck, Austin Vick. Back - Pete Cox, Jack Gibbs, Caleb Morris, Layne Williams, Scott Wolfes, Joe Lewis

35th Annual Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match
Atlanta Country Club, Marietta
July 16-17, 2010

Final Results

Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match Ends in a Tie
First tie in 35 years of Challenge Match History

ATLANTA -- For the second-straight day, it came down to the final hole in the final match on the course at the Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match, taking place at Atlanta Country Club, July 16-17.  Grant Waggoner of North Charleston halved the 18th hole with Davin White of Locust Grove to maintain his 1-up lead and give South Carolina a team point.  For the first time in the 35-year history of the match, however, his point resulted in an 8-8 final tally and a tie between the two teams.

Georgia trailed by just one point, 4 ½ to 3 ½, after the first day, but rallied with four wins and one halved match in Saturday’s final round to pull even with South Carolina.  The Palmetto State didn’t make it easy, however.  In the first match of the day, Cody Proveaux of Leesville defeated Austin Vick of Evans, 2 and 1, while Austin Langdale of Townville posted an 8-and-6 win over Jack Gibbs of Evans.

The Peach State picked up a win from its reigning, two-time Junior Champion Scott Wolfes of St. Simons Island, who defeated Hayden Garrett of Easley, 3 and 1. Also tallying points for Georgia were Matthew Beringer of Macon, who won 2 and 1 over Will Murphy of Columbia; Joe Lewis of Savannah, who won 1-up over Wick Andrews of Columbia; and Jimmy Beck of Columbus, who won 2 and 1 over Ford Blanchard of Orangeburg. Caleb Morris of Metter finished All Square in his match with C.J. Liner of North Augusta to earn a half-point.

Lewis was the lone player on the Georgia squad to win both of his matches and earn the full two team points. Morris contributed 1 ½ points to the effort.

Since the event adopted a match-play format in 1995, the closest match was an 8 ½ to 7 ½ South Carolina victory that year.  The last two years have produced lopsided 11 ½ to 4 ½ wins, one for each team (Georgia in 2008, South Carolina in 2009).

This was the 35th playing of the Georgia-South Carolina Junior Challenge Match, which brings together the top junior golfers in the two neighboring states.  Teams are composed of the top eight finishers from each state’s Junior Championship.  Georgia now owns a 21-13-1 lead in the all-time series. 

Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924.  Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 355 member clubs and 85,000 individual members.  With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups.  Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.

Final Results
Georgia 8, South Carolina 8 

Round One - Friday, July 16
South Carolina 4 ½, Georgia 3 ½
South Carolina		Georgia	Match Result	Team Pts.
Will Murphy, Columbia	vs	Joe Lewis, Savannah	Lewis, 5 and 4	GA 1
Wick Andrews, Columbia	vs	Matthew Beringer, Macon	Andrews, 2 and 1	SC 1
Ford Blanchard, Orangeburg	vs	Caleb Morris, Metter	Morris, 4 and 3	GA 1
C.J. Liner, North Augusta	vs	Jimmy Beck, Columbus	Liner, 2 and 1	SC 1
Austin Langdale, Townville	vs	Austin Vick, Evans	Langdale, 2 up	SC 1
Cody Proveaux, Leesville	vs	Jack Gibbs, Evans	Proveaux, 5 and 4	SC 1
Grant Waggoner, North Charleston	vs	Scott Wolfes, St. Simons Island	All Square	½  each
Hayden Garrett, Easley	vs	Davin White, Locust Grove	White, 4 and 2	GA 1
Round Two - Saturday, July 17
Georgia 4 ½, South Carolina 3 ½
South Carolina		Georgia	Match Result	Team Pts.
Cody Proveaux, Leesville	vs	Austin Vick, Evans	Proveax, 2 and 1	SC 1
Hayden Garrett, Easley	vs	Scott Wolfes, St. Simons Island	Wolfes, 3 and 1	GA 1
Will Murphy, Columbia	vs	Matthew Beringer, Macon	Beringer, 2 and 1	GA 1
Wick Andrews, Columbia	vs	Joe Lewis, Savannah	Lewis, 1up	GA 1
Ford Blanchard, Orangeburg	vs	Jimmy Beck, Columbus	Beck, 2 and 1	GA 1
C.J. Liner, North Augusta	vs	Caleb Morris, Metter	All Square	½ each
Austin Langdale, Townville	vs	Jack Gibbs, Evans	Langdale, 8 and 6	SC 1
Grant Waggoner, North Charleston	vs	Davin White, Locust Grove	Waggoner, 1 up	SC 1