(left to right) David Jones, Don Summers and Whitey Adams listen to see who gets to putt for $2,500
2003 Erskine Open
Four Erskine College
graduates from the late 1960s and early 1970s combined to shoot an 18-under-par
54 to win the 29th Annual Erskine Open Golf Tournament Tuesday at Hunter’s
Creek Golf Club in Greenwood.
Jim Bradford, Skip Goley and Bob Thompson, all 1971 Erskine graduates,
and John Abercrombie of the Class of 1969 won the tournament, finishing
one stroke ahead of a team led by 1969 graduate Asa Hatfield that included
Jason Allen, Sam Ranzanno Jr. and Sam Ranzanno III.
Hatfield also won both long drive competitions on Oak No. 4 and Maple
No. 2.
Other prizes went to Jim Estes for closest to the pin on Maple No. 8 (10
inches), Steve Linder on Oak No. 7 (2 feet, 3 inches) and Jason Peevy
on Oak No. 2 (4 feet, 8 inches).
Prior to the shotgun start, John Bolt missed a long putt for $2,500 on
the practice green.
Funds raised for the tournament support the Erskine Flying Fleet Hall
of Fame Banquet, scheduled this year for Oct. 11 at homecoming.
Erskine Athletic Director Chip Sherer said 142 golfers participated in
the tournament, the largest group in more than five years.
