L-R: Michael Benson, Shane McCloud

Michael Benson (left) and Shane McCloud took honors with 24 points this week as the Scramble Tour sponsored by Miller Light played at Ironwood Golf Course. The duo hacked out 6 pars (12 points) and a double bogey (0 points) through the first 7 holes and then closed their round with a birdie (4 points) and an eagle (8 points) to beat out three other teams who had tallied 20 points each to tie for second.

See all the scores here.

Boys Divison: 1 Cumberland Co. 366
2 White Co. 374
3 Algood 395
4 Jackson Co. 410
5 Cornerstone 413

Top 10 1 Robert Agee 83 Algood
2 Cameron Bruce 85 White Co.
T3 Stone McCoy 88 Cumberland Co.
Austin Combs 88 Jackson Co.
T5 DJ Shelton 91 Cumberland Co.
Tommy Sparkman 91 White Co.
7 Hogan Herring 92 Cumberland Co.
T8 Dustin Lee 95 Cumberland Co.
Will Brooks 95 Cornerstone
10 Jordan Graham 96 Cumberland

* 12 upper cumberland teams played
Results submitted by Randy Herring..tincup2@frontier.com

Left to right: Peter Grima, Bernie Wickersham

The team of Peter Grima and Bernie Wickersham scored 24 points to take the win at the Scramble Tour sponsored by Miller Light at Ironwood Golf Course on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The pair skipped a shot across the lake to make birdie on number 9 and gain first place prizes courtesy of the host course. More information and all the Tour’s stats can be seen at tour.uppercumberlandgolf.com and click the Scramble Tour link.

IRONWOOD GOLF COURSE-The 2011 Putnam County Senior Championship was played here on April 30, 2011 with 20 players competing in 4 age divisions. The lowest score, 75, was recorded by W.C. Howell in the 65-69 group.

Complete results:

from left: Mike Borden and Mark Ogletree

from left: Jere Cumby and Bill Fletcher

from left: Larry Moores and George Rupert

from left: WC Howell and JB Rittenberry

(L-R): Chuck Rossow, Shane McCloud

Shane McCloud joined the Scramble Tour sponsored by Miller Light for the first time as this season began and has been steadily moving up the Leader Board resulting in a win on this the 3rd week of the Tour’s season. Teaming with Chuck Rossow the pair carded 3 birdies, 5 pars and a bogey to total 23 points on the modified Stableford system used by the Tour. This was Rossow’s second win, his first coming during the 2009 season. Each player was awarded a nine hole round provided by the host course, Ironwood.

After 3 weeks of play Harold Penley leads the championship points chase with 82 total points. The Tour plays a 20 week season and accumulates each player’s points to determine a season champion. For more information click the Scramble Tour link near the top of this page.

(L-R): Perry Haile, Dustin Reels set record at 30 points

Setting a scoring record for the Scramble Tour sponsored by Miller Light, Perry Haile(L) and Dustin Reels earned 30 points to win the Aug. 26, 2009 event at Ironwood. The pair made eagle on the par 4, 327 yard # 4 at Ironwood by putting their tee shot within 20 yds of the green and chipping in from there. Five pars and 3 birdies added to the eagle gave them the winning total. The host course awarded each with a round of golf. The Scramble Tour uses a modified Stableford scoring system and tracks scores during a 20 week season to crown a season champion. More at www.tour.uppercumberlandgolf.com.

COOKEVILLE-Former Celina resident Paul Korth made a crucial birdie late in the second round to take his third Upper Cumberland Amateur golf championship here recently. Korth, who finished second in another amateur championship several weeks ago, shot rounds of 5-under-par 67 on Saturday and 4-under-par 68 on Sunday to edge five-time champ Tim Richardson by a single shot at Ironwood Golf Course.

Korth made a big birdie on the long par-4 16th hole on Sunday to take the win. He was tied for the lead with Ryan Allison and had a one-stroke advantage on Richardson at that point.

Korth, a former Tennessee Tech golfer whose son Wes also plays at TTU, claimed UCA crowns in 2001 and 2006.

Lee Campbell (L) and Richard Boykin win at Ironwood

IRONWOOD – Lee Campbell teamed with Richard Boykin to win the 12th week of the season on the Scramble Tour sponsored by Miller Lite. The pair carded 4 birdies and 5 pars on the front nine to earn 26 points and edge out the team of Dustin Reels and Robert Null by 2. The winners were presented with a certificate for nine holes of play by the host course, Ironwood.

The win helped Campbell maintain his second place standing in the season championship chase as Harold Penley continues to lead the league with 247 total points. All of the scores and standings can be seen here.

The Scramble Tour recently added another four weeks to its schedule making the season 20 weeks in length with the 16 best scores for each player counting toward the championship. The Tour next plays at Belle Acres Golf Course on Wednesday, July 22 with a 5 p.m. tee time. Belle Acres will be awarding a prize for the closest to the hole shot on number nine. New players are welcome to join at the course.