Elite status

Dalton Chandler joins elite group of players to win all three major trophies at Anniston CC, going wire-to-wire to win the club championship

By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
 
There are three big trophies housed at Anniston Country Club – the Walker Reynolds Club Championship, the Wilfred Galbraith ACC Invitational and the Sunny King Charity Classic.
 
Dalton Chandler now has his name on all three.
 
Chandler joined an elite group of ACC triple crown winners Sunday when he shot a final-round 72 to go wire-to-wire to win the club championship his first time playing it.
 
He didn’t play as well as the day before, but it was good enough to get the job done.  His two-day total of 4-under-par 136 was five shots better than runner-up Lance Evans. Chase Hollingsworth finished third and Chandler’s dad Ott was fourth.
 
“I did not play good,” Dalton said. “I had to grind it out.”
 
He made four birdies on the front in Saturday’s opening round, but turned Sunday in 2-over. He got the round back to even with birdies at 11 and 13 (nearly holing out for eagle), but found the ditch of 14 and made double bogey, bogeyed 16 and birdied 17.
 
Evens and Hollingsworth both got within three shots on the front nine, but fell back. Evan got within three shots after eight holes, but bogeyed 9 and 10 and fell further back after Chandler’s birdies on 11 and 13. Hollingsworth got within three after seven holes, but bogeyed 9 to turn four shots back and then fell back with bogeys at 12, 13 and 14.  
 
Chandler picked up the first jewels in the ACC triple crown when he won the Sunny King with his dad in 2015 and the Invitational in 2017. He joined a group that includes Chip Howell, Eric Hamilton, Jaylon Ellison, Garrett Burgess and Jacob LeCroy. 
 
“It feels like lightning running through my veins,” he said, thoroughly enjoying the moment. “Like Jesus tickling the bottom of my feet, like I’m riding on the back of a zebra through the wild lands of Africa.”
 
NOTES: Ott Chandler and Charlie Smith posted the best rounds of the day (71) … Adrian Geeting won the first flight, Chase Thomas the second, Tyler Huckaby the third and David Sanders the senior division … Thomas won his flight by two shots, the difference coming on 16 when he re-teed after his original shot hit a utility pole guy wire behind the green and he made par with the do-over instead of a projected 5 … Dalton Chandler’s last individual win came in last July’s Pine Hill Invitational.

Walker Reynolds ACC Club Championship

Championship flight
Dalton Chandler	64-72–136
Lance Evans	69-72–141
Chase Hollingsworth	70-72–142
Ott Chandler	72-71–143
Kevin Daugherty	69-76–145
Freeman Fite	71-75–146
Jake Goggans	69-78–147
Tyler Putnam	70-78–148
Ryan Howard	73-76–148
Tanner Wells	73-82–155
Matt Hunter	72-84–156
First flight
Adrian Geeting	74-73–147
Greg Shultz	75-73–148
Chandler Wilborn	74-75–149
Chance Harris	76-75–151
Ross Svensen	75-77–152
Brett Key	76-77–153
Rob Davie	76-77–153
Charlie Smith	75-71–156
Rob Svensen	76-80–156
Jack Svensen	76-80–156
Caleb Morrow	76-80–156
Benji Turley	77-WD
Second flight
Chase Thomas	78-75–153
Timmy Woodard	78-77–155
Ryan Huff	80-76–156
Grant Jackson	79-78–157
Will Broome	81-76–157
Hank Smith	80-79–159
Taylor Morrow	79-83–162
Mike Putnam	82-81–163
Warren Askew	81-86–167
Wes Couch	81-90–171
Trey Stone	81-90–171
Third flight
Tyler Huckaby	85-76–161
Kevin Third	84-79–162
Graham Morrow	88-76–164
John Lindsey	85-80–165
Chris Messer	83-83–166
Andrew Morris	84-85–169
Taylor Jones	84-88–172
Amado Ortiz	83-93–176
Will Coker	89-88–177
Blake Lowery	99-92–191
Steve Gendron	100-95–195
Clay Blackwell	104-100-204
Senior flight
David Sanders	67-72–139
Doug Sears	74-75–149
Don Springer	79-76–155
John Carrozza	81-84–165
Bob Kennamer	82-83–165
Tom Roberts	83-86–169
Rick Taylor	91-86–177
Don Whitlow	94-90–184

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