By Tom Reck
Tribune-Star Correspondent
TERRE HAUTE
July 19, 2008 10:59 pm
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Consistency was the name of Phillip Myers golf game for three days as he won the Country Club of Terre Haute championship for the first time.
The recent Terre Haute South graduate opened play on the Allendale course with a 2-under-par 69 and finished the event Saturday with the same score. He had a 74 in the second round and finished with a 1-under-par 213 score.
Dick Vining took second with 222 and 2007 champ Dave Callahan was third at 223.
Myers went 33-36 in his final round. He started the day with a two-shot lead over Callahan.
My ball striking was strong. I hit a lot of greens
I missed 10 in the three rounds, said Myers.
In his senior season at South, he was No. 1 player most of the year and was medalist for the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference and the regional at Country Oaks.
He is currently ranked ninth on the boys Masters Tour and is a member of the Indiana team that will meet players from Kentucky before he reports for freshman orientation at Purdue in August.
Gary Hosking shot 226 to win the first flight while John Lukens won the third flight with 240 and Tom Tucker the third flight with 265.
The senior club championship is scheduled for August 2-3 and the junior interclub will be played at the course August 1.
Thomas Goss had the second-low score of the day Saturday, shooting 71 as he completed a run of eight straight days in a tournament.
He edged Zach Hosking by one shot to win the boys 15-17 title in the city junior tournament on Thursday.
Goss will be a sophomore at South and qualified for the Boys State competition in August by shooting 77 at Harrison Hills at Attica on Friday where more than 80 players competed for spots in the tournament.
Hosking shot 79 and is first alternate for the state event which will be a combination of stroke and match play.
Country Club Championship
Championship flight
212 Phillip Myers 69-74-69; 222 Dick Vining 78-72-74; 223 Dave Callahan 74-71-78; 224 Jim Winning 78-71-75; 225 Mike Toney 73-79-73; 226 Chris Yamamoto 72-76-78; 227 Earl Elliott 74-77-76; 229 Thomas Goss 81-77-71; 239 Jeff Lewellyn 74-80-85; 260 Zach Hosking 80-90-90.
First flight
226 Gary Hosking; 232 Geoff Shuck; 244 Steve Danielson; 246 Jimm Nidlinger; 247 Mike Goeller, Bret Holmes; 250 Bryan Gordy.
Second flight
240 John Lukens; 249 Charlie Williams; 253 Doug Grim; 256 Tom Cummins; 261 Ted Hazledine; 268 Mike Woodward; 279 Greg Conrad.
Third flight
265 Tom Tucker; 272 Nick Lizanich; 274 Don Meiners.
n Junior CC championship At the Country Club of Terre Haute, the following are results of the Junior Club Championship on Saturday:
Girls Allie Danielson (champion) 71-57-128.
Boys 10-and-under Cam Lewellyn (champion) 40-40-80, Jacob English 56-52-108, Zak Teffeteller 70-80-150, Chase Dinkel 58-56-114.
Boys 11-12 Spencer Danielson (champion) 47-48-95, Mat Cooper 59-57-116, Logan Dinkel 66-65-131.
Boys 13-and-over Sam Pollock (champion) 87-86-173, Will Pollock 92-87-179, Grant Lewellyn 94-90-184, Wes Heck 95-95-190.
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