PLYMOUTH – Bob Branham returned to the top spot last weekend at the Canasawacta Country Club’s Club Championships.
Branham fell a stroke shy in the rain-shortened tourney a year ago. Using rounds of 70, 67, and 72 – a 4-under-par aggregate – Branham easily claimed the men’s scratch title winning by 17 shots over runner-up Tim Carson.
Also winning titles were Joe Loftus (senior men’s gross); Larry Lewis (men’s and senior handicap); Casey Marson, women’s scratch; and Joan Porack, women’s handicap.
Marson, coming off a win in the Chenango County Amateur, won her first CCC title edging longtime defending champion, Amy Spittler by a single stroke.
Lewis won the men’s handicap in a playoff with Joe McBride. The two finished a net 8-under-par to force the extra holes. Lewis and McBride also shared the first-place spot in the senior men’s handicap, with the playoff result determining both titles.
Loftus captured the senior scratch title by one shot over McBride. Loftus finished a combined 7-over-par.
Scoring
(par-71 at C.C.C.)
Name, Aggregate score
Men’s scratch (3 rounds)
Bob Branham, 209
Tim Carson, 226
Bryan Smith, 227
Joe McBride, 231
Jacob Kelly, 232
Women’s scratch
Casey Marson, 162
Amy Spittler, 163
Men’s Handicap
*Larry Lewis, 134
Joe McBride, 134
Wayne Emmons, 137
