October 24, 2021
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
Graveman, the No. 13 seed, wins two tight matches to join the top three seeds and past champions in the Calhoun County Match Play semifinals
CALHOUN COUNTY MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
At Anniston Municipal GC
Buddy Moore Bracket
No. 1 Gary Wigington def. No. 16 Layton Bussey, 3&2
No. 9 Josh Poole def. No. 8 Clay Calkins, 4&3
No. 12 Jonathan Pate def. No. 5 Tanner Wells, 3&1
No. 13 Justin Graveman def. No. 4 Chad Calvert, 1 up
Chris Banister Bracket
No. 3 Andrew Brooks def. No. 14 Tee Brown, 3&1
No. 6 Dalton Chandler def. No. 11 Chip Howell, 2&1
No. 7 Jeremy McGatha def. No. 10 Landon Straub, 20 holes
No. 2 Brennan Clay def. No. 15 Timmy Woodard, 4&3
Round of 8
Wigington def. Poole, 2&1
Graveman def. Pate, 19 holes
Brooks def. Chandler, 1 up
Clay def. McGatha, 2&1
Sunday Semifinals
No. 1 Wigington vs. No. 13 Graveman, 9 a.m.
No. 2 Clay vs. No. 3 Brooks, 9:10 a.m.
Championship match to follow
Every week there has been a Calhoun County Golf Tour event Justin Graveman dutifully drives the hour or so from Trussville to find a level of competition he couldn’t get in other places. Days like Saturday make those drives all worth it.
The 13th-seeded former junior college golfer went the distance – and then some – in both of his matches to join a trio of county regulars in the final four of the Calhoun County Match Play Championship at Anniston Municipal.
He eliminated fourth-seeded Chad Calvert 1 up in his first-round match and then outlasted No. 12 Jonathan Pate with a 25-foot eagle putt on the 19th hole, the second-longest match of the day.
He’ll play top-seeded Gary Wigington in one of Sunday’s semifinals. The winner will face either second-seeded Brennan Clay or his third-seeded Buddy Moore Tournament partner Andrew Brooks in the championship match.
This story will be updated.
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