Christopher Carlin and Nicolas Cavero after FSGA Four-Ball win
(FSGA Photo)
VERO BEACH, FL (July 10, 2016) -- Orchid Island Golf &
Beach Club, located in Vero Beach, hosted the 67th
Four-Ball Championship where teams played 36 holes of
four-ball stroke play to determine the Champion.
Round one saw impressive scores with 38 teams
posting red numbers. The team of Devin Hernandez, of
Saint Petersburg, and Ryder Frerichs, of Seminole, sat
tied for first with the duo Christopher Carlin, of
Plantation, and Nicolas Cavero, of Aventura. The two
teams lead by two-strokes with a first round 10-under-
par, 62.
Hernandez/Frerichs started the day with a birdie on
the first hole and ended the day with back-to-back
birdies on holes 17 and 18 for a total of ten birdies. The
front nine proved to be the favorite of the two nines for
Carlin/Cavero. The team started with four straight
birdies on holes one to four and ended the front nine
with three birdies in a row on holes seven to nine for a
first nine score of 29.
After three more birdies on the back nine,
Carlin/Cavero moved into a tie for first. Jacob
Huizinga/William Wrigley, defending Four-Ball
Champions, and David Giandomenico/Justin Burkhamer
tied for third place with a first round 8-under-par 64.
An exciting second day started with a birdie for the
team of Carlin and Cavero. The duo lit up the front nine
once again with birdies on holes one, three, four, eight,
and nine to turn at 5-under-par, 31. Hernandez and
Frerichs got off to a slow start with only two birdies on
the first nine holes, causing them to fall from the lead
early.
Carlin and Cavero never lost sight of the lead to
finish the tournament with two birdies on holes 17 and
18 for a total of eight birdies in their final round. A
bogey-free tournament and final round of 64 secured
the victory for Carlin and Cavero. The two finished at
18-under-par, 126, to win by three-strokes.
The team of Tiger Godwin, of Fort Meade, and Kelly
Sellers, of Lakeland, were on a birdie train in the final
round en route to a 64 and second place finish, 129
(-15). Tied or third at 130 (-14) were the teams of
Scott Kennedy/Kyle Nathan and Jacob Huizinga/William
Wrigley. First round tied leaders, Frerichs/Hernandez
tied Casper Howells and Austin Schultz for fifth place.
ABOUT THE
Florida Four-Ball
Started in 1963, this is a 54-hole best-ball stroke play
championship. Non-exempt teams must first qualify at
one of nine
sites across the state. Entrants must both be
members of the FSGA, and at least one player must be
at least 16 years of age.
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