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Popular brand back as name of the Sunny King Charity Classic championship flight; includes SKCC history

By East Alabama Sports Today

The Ford Mustang is back at the front of the parade.

After being parked the last two Sunny King Charity Classics, the popular car brand is once again the name of the event’s Championship Flight. It’s the tenth time the flight has carried the name since 2009.

The top flight has been Mustang every year from 2012 through 2018 until tournament organizers pumped the brakes in favor of the Ford Lightning in 2019 and 2021. COVID cancelled the tournament in 2020.

Flight names have always been drawn from the brands offered by the title sponsor Sunny King Automotive Group.

The First Flight is the Acura MDX for the third year in a row. The Third, Fourth and Fifth Flights are named Ford F-150, Honda Pilot and Toyota Tacoma, respectively, for the first time since 2018.

The 43rd Classic tees off with 206 teams Friday.

Here are all the flight names for the 2022 Sunny King Charity Classic:

FLIGHTNAME
ChampFord Mustang
Champ BFord Explorer
1stAcura MDX
2ndToyota Tundra
3rdFord F-150
4thHonda Pilot
5thToyota Tacoma
6thHonda Civic

SKCC History

SAM BYRD INVITATIONAL
1979 Lewis Roberts-Dennis Braden 59 (-11) Card playoff.
1980 Ken Nunnally-Clayton Dobbins 58 (-12) Margin N/A
1981 John Norton-Buddy Canup 58-59—117 (-23) Playoff, 1st hole.
1982 John Stewart-Graham Stewart 66-65—131 (-9) Won by 1.
1983 Jerry Richardson-Bill Hayes 56-57—113 (-29) Won by 2.
1984 Brett Rothwell-Jim Flynn 60-58—118 (-24) Playoff, 1st hole.
1985 Donnie McClellan-David Messer 58-58—116 (-26) Won by 3.
1986 Lewis Roberts-Rex Curvin 59-58—117 (-25) Won by 2.

SUNNY KING CLASSIC
1987 Jimmy Singleton-Charles Singleton 55-59-59—173 (-41) Won by 5.
1988 Jeff Burns-Wilton Page 61-59-61—181 (-33) Scorecard playoff.
1989-x Chip Howell-Ray Chapman 61-63-67—191 (-23) Won by 6.
1990 Donnie McClellan-Bill Haas 59-66-67—192 (-24) Won by 1.
1991 Jeff Ingram-Greg Thomas 62-64-62—188 (-26) Won by 4.
1992 Pat Hughes-Tim Hughes 64-65-65—194 (-20) Won by 1.
1993 Eddie Jackson-Wayne Garrett 65-58-65—188 (-26) Won by 3.
1994 Eric Hamilton-Patrick Cushman 63-56-66—185 (-25) Won by 2.
1995 Eric Hamilton-Patrick Cushman 59-55-63—177 (-26) Won by 1.
1996 Eric Hamilton-Patrick Cushman 55-61-64—180 (-25) Won by 9.
1997 Randy Reaves-Jeff Russell 66-63-66—195 (-19) Playoff, 2nd hole.
1998 Eric Hamilton-Patrick Cushman 66-53-66—185 (-20) Playoff, 1st hole.
1999 Eric Hamilton-Patrick Cushman 54-63-63—185 (-25) Won by 6.
2000 Randy Reaves-Gary Wigington 62-57-61—180 (-34) Won by 8.
2001 Randy Reaves-Gary Wigington 59-64-62—185 (-29) Won by 3.
2002 Randy Reaves-Gary Wigington 58-56-65—179 (-35) Won by 4.
2003 Jeremy McGatha-Jaylon Ellison 56-62-64—182 (-32) Won by 1.
2004 Ott Chandler-Gary Wilborn 59-61-59—179 (-35) Won by 7.
2005 Ott Chandler-Gary Wilborn 61-61-62—184 (-30) Won by 5.
2006 Jeremy McGatha-Jaylon Ellison 60-60-62—182 (-32) Won by 2.
2007 Randy Reaves-Gary Wigington 60-61-60—181 (-33) Won by 1.
2008 Marcus Harrell-Ott Chandler 58-59-63—180 (-34) Won by 1.
2009 Jeremy McGatha-Jaylon Ellison 59-59-63—181 (-33) Won by 1.
2010 Marcus Harrell-Ott Chandler 57-59-63—179 (-35) Playoff, 2nd hole.
2011 Jeremy McGatha-Jaylon Ellison 57-58-60—175 (-39) Won by 6.
2012 Randy Reaves-Gary Wigington 58-58-60—176 (-38) Won by 1.
2013 Garrett Burgess-Cypress Hathorn 56-58-62—176 (-38) Won by 5.
2014 Ryan Howard-Lance Evans 56-60-60—176 (-38) Playoff, 1st hole.
2015 Ott Chandler-Dalton Chandler 56-57-59—172 (-42) Won by 3.
2016 Ty Cole-Gary Wigington 55-59-57—171 (-43) Won by 8.
2017 Ty Cole-Gary Wigington 56-61-57—174 (-40) Won by 4.
2018 Ty Cole-Gary Wigington 58-57-60—175 (-39). Won by 6
2019 Jacob LeCroy-Jacob Harper 52-56-55—163 (-51). Won by 13.
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Ott Chandler-Dalton Chandler 61-54-61—176 (-38). Playoff, 6th hole.
x-First year of current handicap rule (strokes for no better than par)

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