Anniston, AL – Four teams share lead after first round of Ted’s Charity Invitational, and three more lurk one stroke off of the lead headed into Sunday’s final round.
By Joe Medley
Four teams shot 11-under-par 59 to share the lead after Saturday’s first round of the first annual Ted’s Charity Invitational Golf Tournament at Anniston Country Club, and three more teams lurk one shot back.
Ty Cole/Gary Wigington, Jacob LeCroy/Tanner Wells, Scott Murphree/Greg Shultz and Corey Ray/Dane Moore shot 59.
Kevin Daughtery/Chandler Wilborn, Jaylon Ellison/Adam Kilpatrick and Tyler Huckaby/Jack Svensen finished the day one shot off of the lead.
The first Ted’s Charity Invitational drew 80 two-man teams and will play out over two days, concluding with Sunday’s final round. This year’s tournament will benefit Cobb Preparatory Academy, and each year’s tournament will benefit a different school in Calhoun County.
Ted’s take
“A word from Ted Gregerson, tournament director, after Day 1 of the first-ever Ted’s Charity Invitational:
“Day 1 could not have went better for our inaugural Tournament.
“We were really concerned with how the pace of play would be having 80 teams and 40 tee times. But everyone agreed that the pace of play was better than expected.
“We were constantly asking the golfers for suggestions as to how we could make it better. They all said there was absolutely nothing they could suggest. They said they were amazed, and would never have guessed this was our first tournament.
“We had a lot of volunteers that helped out, and we cannot thank them enough. The two food stations we had seemed to be a hit with everyone, The Classic Melt and Coldwater Mountain Brewpub.
“Weather was perfect.
“Course was in great shape. The greens were aerated 2 1/2 weeks ago and even though they were not back to perfection yet, all the golfers said they were a tad slower than normal, but the putts rolled good.
“Scoring was about what we expected for Day 1, as the projected winning score for the tournament is 20 under, and there were a number of 11 and 10 unders. Tomorrow is the more difficult format, so that should put us right at the 20 under projection.”
![Gary Wigington tees off on No. 16 during Saturday’s first round of Ted’s Charity Invitational at Anniston Country Club. (Photo by Joe Medley)](https://calhounjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Crowd-at-top.jpg)
Scores
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT | |||
TEAM | RD. 1 | RD. 2 | TOTAL |
Ty Cole/Gary Wigington | 59 | 59 | |
Jacob LeCroy/ Tanner Wells | 59 | 59 | |
Scott Murphree/Greg Shultz | 59 | 59 | |
Corey Ray/Dane Moore | 59 | 59 | |
Kevin Daugherty/Chandler Wilborn | 60 | 60 | |
Jaylon Ellison/Adam Kilpatrick | 60 | 60 | |
Tyler Huckaby/Jack Svensen | 60 | 60 | |
Bob Eaton/Dustin Travis | 61 | 61 | |
Ott Chandler/Dalton Chandler | 61 | 61 | |
Jackson King/Freeman Fite | 62 | 62 | |
Cain Hollingsworth/Chance Harris | 62 | 62 | |
Randy Lipscomb/Drew Anderton | 62 | 62 | |
Mark McCaig/Sawyer Edwards | 62 | 62 | |
Chad Watson/Derek Sewell | 63 | 63 | |
Andrew Brooks/Brennan Clay | 63 | 63 | |
Chad Calvert/Chase Watwood | 63 | 63 | |
Benji Turley/Seth Parmer | 63 | 63 | |
FIRST FLIGHT | |||
Cory Etter/Cameron McCarteeth | 64 | 64 | |
John Rollins/Daniel Black | 64 | 64 | |
Justin Graveman/Zac Love | 64 | 64 | |
Jimbo Phillips/Brad Moultrie | 65 | 65 | |
Hunter Carr/Casey Harmon | 65 | 65 | |
Ryan Howard/Garrett Burgess | 65 | 65 | |
Jason Johnson/Landon Straub | 65 | 65 | |
Nick Hubbard/Corey Mize | 65 | 65 | |
Kolby Slick/Caleb Bowen | 65 | 65 | |
Rob Svensen/Ross Svensen | 65 | 65 | |
Chris Hubbard/Tony Hicks | 65 | 65 | |
Jeff Noah/Jake Nichols | 65 | 65 | |
Graham Morrow/Caleb Morrow | 65 | 65 | |
Nick Ledbetter/Kenny Okin | 65 | 65 | |
Will Broome/Warren Askew | 66 | 66 | |
Rob Davie/Jake Goggans | 66 | 66 | |
Layton Bussey/Matt Rogers | 66 | 66 | |
Doug Gardner/Jay McElroy | 66 | 66 | |
SECOND FLIGHT | |||
John Lindsey/Ryan Huff | 67 | 67 | |
Jason Alderman/Hank Smith | 67 | 67 | |
Jeremy McGatha/Matt Miller | 67 | 67 | |
Scott Martin/Michael Casey | 67 | 67 | |
Randy Reaves/Will Reaves | 67 | 67 | |
Kevin Third/Morgan Cunningham | 67 | 67 | |
Danny Whittaker/Chase Hollingsworth | 68 | 68 | |
Mark Durden/Taylor Jones | 68 | 68 | |
Landon Winfrey/Frank Brady | 68 | 68 | |
Brandt Middlebrooks/Chuck Hawkins | 68 | 68 | |
Jeff Bain/Kilgore Knight | 68 | 68 | |
Chase Thomas/Timmy Woodard | 69 | 69 | |
Norris Ray/Ron McClellan | 69 | 69 | |
Clay Calkins/George Salmon | 69 | 69 | |
Tyler Dopson/Will Brown | 69 | 69 | |
Mike Hughston/Kevin Wells | 69 | 69 | |
Ted Heim/Doug Huie | 70 | 70 | |
Derrick Kirby/Eric Ray | 70 | 70 | |
Kenny Wright/Cypress Hathorn | 70 | 70 | |
Tyler TenEyck/Al Johnson | 70 | 70 | |
Chris Cox/Blake Grisham | 70 | 70 | |
THIRD FLIGHT | |||
Chris Reaves/Wilton Page | 71 | 71 | |
Daniel Clonts/Clay Blackwell | 71 | 71 | |
Zack Mangum/Dillon Parker | 71 | 71 | |
Chris Randall/Sean Gillespie | 71 | 71 | |
David Coffey/Jimmy Ingram | 72 | 72 | |
Greg Smith/Brett Rothwell | 72 | 72 | |
Andrew Tyson/Cody Eldridge | 73 | 73 | |
Brian Howell/Brad Williams | 73 | 73 | |
Cal Lambert/Jose Lambert | 73 | 73 | |
Arlin McCauley/Tyler McNickel | 75 | 75 | |
Josh Bradley/Bobby Hunt | 75 | 75 | |
Andy Jenkins/Mark Gaines | 75 | 75 | |
Henry Pritchett/Neil Elders | 75 | 75 | |
Johnny Barnes/Charles Carden | 75 | 75 | |
Brett Key/Matt Hunter | 76 | 76 | |
Jeremy Wright/Josh Wright | 76 | 76 | |
Steve Akers/Lamar Carter | 76 | 76 | |
Tripp Johnson/Steve Gendron | 76 | 76 | |
Terry Smiley/Kelvin Wright | 77 | 77 | |
Kevin Gibson/Will Hollingsworth | 78 | 78 | |
Dennis Miller/Leroy Austin | 79 | 79 | |
Doug White/Kyle Price | 80 | 80 | |
Tommy Stevens/Jason Wilson | 82 | 82 | |
Dylan Lard/Dustin Merritt | 86 | 86 |