Senior Amateur Golf Tour North Central Florida: Gallagher Shoots First Tour Win; Tayman Wins in Sudden Death

Howey-in-the-Hills, FL—Tom Gallagher recorded his first win on the Senior Amateur Golf Tour of North Central Florida yesterday (Monday, September 12) with a 77 in the Championship Flight, while John Tayman claimed the C Flight victory with a 99, after a sudden death playoff with George Danforth on the El Campeon course at Mission Inn Resort. It was Tayman’s second Tour win.

Gallagher played steady golf all day; but, parring the back nine that was set up by two birdies, clinched the win. “I played pretty solid on the back side,” he said.

The A Flight was won by Wayne Morrison with an 87, after “playing steady golf all day until I got to 17 and 18,” he said, “those two holes really did me in.”

Ben Hamby won the B Flight with an 84, that included a birdie on the difficult par 4 eighteenth hole.

Gallagher is from The Villages, Morrison is from Macclenny, FL, Hamby is from Winter Springs, FL, and Tayman lives in Deltona, FL.

Skins in the Championship and A Flights birdie pool paid $14 each; in the B and C Flights they paid $15 each.

Closest-to-the-pin in the Championship and A Flights on number 2 was won by Steve Johnson; and, on number 8, Ron Cooper. Closest-to-the-Pin in the B and C Flights on number 12 was won by Dave Raybin; and, on number 15 by Danforth.

Championship Flight:

1. Tom Gallagher, 77

2. N/A

3. N/A

“A” Flight:

1. Wayne Morrison, 87

2. Ed Paterniti, 88

3. Larry Barousse, 89

“B” Flight

1. Ben Hamby, 84

2. Jerry Felty, 89

3. N/A

“C” Flight

1. John Tayman, 99 (Sudden Death Playoff)

2. George Danforth, 99

3. N/A

The Tour’s next tournament is Monday, Sept. 26, at Juliette Falls in Dunnellon, FL.

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