SANTEE – Among a field of men and through a brief period of rain, a 14-year-old managed to separate himself from his opponents to win the Santee Amateur Golf Tournament on Sunday.

Austin Cody, who has been playing golf since the age of 2, shot an opening-round score of 69. This put him in a three-way tie with former champion Mike Cobb and former College of Charleston golf coach Daniel Dukes.

“I knew that it would be tough today going up against Mike Cobb, but I just went out and played my game,” Cody said.

Cody, a student at Pinewood Preparatory School, posted a score of 73 to win the tournament by three strokes. Dukes finished in second place and Bob Paulling, a native of St. Matthews, ended the day in third place.

In the championship B flight, Howard Vroon took top honors after shooting a 73. Vroon, who is the golf coach at Charleston Southern, fired 73 to stay atop the championship B leaderboard. Matt Wood placed second with a final-round score of 76, while Chris Asbell posted a 77 and came in third.

The Senior Championship proved to be very competitive. Donald Hardy overcame a three-stroke deficit to win his second Santee Amateur Senior title. Hardy shot a 76 in the opening round and a 71 in the final round. He joins Bob Varn, who finished in fourth place, as the only other two-time champion of the tournament. Johnny Graham finished his weekend in second place by two strokes. Rodger Dandridge put up a 78 in his final round to take third place.

Robby Robbins was pleased with the number of players that played in this year’s competition.

“The turnout was great. We feel like we made the right call by having the tournament this weekend,” Robbins said.

A total of 137 players competed for top honors in nine different flights throughout the weekend.

Final Results

Championship Flight

Cody, Austin: 69-73–142

Dukes, Daniel: 69-76–145

Paulling, Bob: 71-74–145

Cobb, Mike: 69-77–146

Udo, Enobong: 74-74–148

Thompkins, Kevin: 75-74–149

Yaeger, Kenneth: 75-75–150

Connor, David: 71-79–150

Hiott, Brandon: 73-78–151

Hill, Billy Joe: 75-78–153

Johnson, Jeryl: 76-77–153

Bland, Brian: 76-79–155

Davis, Robbie: 75-80–155

Fleming, Bruce: 75-81–156

Flintom, Michael: 73-86–159

Championship B Flight

Vroon, Howard: 76-73–149

Wood, Matt:78-76–154

Asbell, Chris: 77-77–154

Moore, Marion: 76-78–154

Bookhart, James: 78-77–155

Reed, Rocky: 77-78–155

Muir, Louis: 77-80–157

Coates, Brian: 77-80–157

Ford, Brian: 78-80–158

Byler, Marcus: 78-80–158

Ensley, Tyler: 77-82-159

Decamps, Jared: 77-83–160

Mallard, Patrick: 76-87–163

Berkner, Scott: 77-87–164

First Flight

Harrington, Dan Jr.: 78-74–152

Maton, Gari: 78-75–153

Meredith, Michael: 80-73–153

Fairey, Joe: 79-74–153

Marcus, David: 78-78–155

Fralix, Mark: 78-79–157

Yingling, Andrew: 80-77–157

Banks, Brett: 80-78–158

Taylor, Ken: 79-80–159

Mullane, Jonathan: 79-81–160

Donnelly, Charles: 79-81–160

Hood, Barry: 80-80–160

Dochniak, Brian: 79-82–161

Thompkins, Mitch: 78-85–163

Vroon, Daniel: 78-85–163

Second Flight

Ashton, Mike:83-75–158

Craven, Ralph Jr.: 83-77–160

Stone, Jack: 82-78–160

Chapria, Rusty: 83-77–160

Lindley, Robert: 83-79–162

Mixon, Dylan: 83-79–162

Warley, Christian: 81-82–163

Heyward, Bobby: 82-81–163

Bunch, Marty: 82-81–163

Ramsey, Jim: 82-81–163

Ensley, Mark: 81-83–164

Case, Craig: 83-82–165

Boltin, Brian: 80-88–168

Varn, Randy: 81-88–169

Clayton, Marion 84-87–171

Third Flight

Shuler, Randy: 85-76–161

Leasure, James: 85-79–164

Berak, James: 87-77–164

Lee, Michael: 86-78–164

Beasley, Howie: 86-78–164

Bolin, Lewis II: 84-85–169

Altman, Joel Jr.: 85-85–170

Westbury, Mark: 85-87–172

Peper, Mark: 85-87–172

Miller, Denny: 88-85–173

Christy, Michael: 87-87–174

Brickle, George: 87-87–174

Kouten, Peter: 87-88–175

Moorer, Murch: 88-87–175

Crawford, Butch: 86-80–186

Fourth Flight

*Gagne, Rich: 88-80–168

Hoats, Jason: 89-79–168

Berry, Brandon: 91-78–169

Avant, Brad: 92-78–170

Leduc, Todd: 90-83–173

Donnelly, Johnathan: 94-79–173

Childress, David: 90-85–175

Hazelton, Mark: 89-87–176

Wamer, Thomas: 89-89–178

Hucks, Steve: 90-88–178

Creel, Mark: 93-86–179

Hutto, Mich: 91-91–182

Chowelsky, Al: 99-88–187

Perry, Robert: 97-91–188

Freer, Ben: 95-98–193

Rickborn, Joseph: 96-102–198

*won first playoff hole

Senior Championship

Hardy, Donald: 76-71–147

Graham, Johnny: 76-73–149

Dandridge, Rodger: 74-78–152

Varn, Bob: 73-80–153

Avery, Nick: 77-79–156

Peper, Warren: 78-79–157

Schneider, Joe: 80-78–158

Linderman, Ralph: 80-87–167

Mizzell, Wayne: 80-88–168

Senior First Flight

Stone, Derrell: 83-72–155

Pratt, Jack: 85-79–164

Young, Sam: 85-80–165

Westbury, Philip: 85-80–165

Weiss, Jerry: 83-83–166

Butler, Stew: 84-85–169

Zeigler, Bill: 87-83–170

Stall, Bob: 91-79–170

Norrell, Bill: 86-86–172

Dangerfield, Larry: 89-89–178

Weathers, John: 86-92–178

Clayton, Ron: 87-98–185

Senior Second Flight

Walters, Bill: 95-80–175

Tucker, Mike:93-85–178

McEwen, Dowd: 95-84–179

Grooms, Andy: 93-92–185

Caines, Howie: 94-93–187

Caines, Richard: 100-88–188

Fender, John: 93-95–188

Donnelly, Harold: 95-93–188

Robbins, Doug: 93-99–192

Chapria, Reed Jr.: 100-92–192

Johnson, Robert: 93-100–193

Johnson, Roy: 97-97–194

Burris, Roger:96-98–194

Brownlee, Gene: 95-100–195

Bolin, Lewis Sr.: 103-97–200

Snider, Sam: 96-106–202

Karst, Gerald: 112-108–220

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