Austin Coggin (L) and Alan Coshatt (R) of Vestavia Hills Advances to Semifinals

OPELIKA, AL – Round of 16 and Quarterfinal match play results of the 35^th Alabama State Four-Ball Championship hosted by Saugahatchee Country Club in Opelika, AL on Saturday, May 6, 2017 (6946 yards, par 36-36—72, 73.2/136).

Co-medalists and top seeded Vic Kyatt III of Birmingham and Andy McRae of Hoover won two decisive matches on Saturday with a 6 and 5 win over Phillip Weaver and Edward Hubbard of Tuscaloosa in the morning Round of 16 that included a walk-off hole-in-one from 140-yards by Kyatt on the 13^th hole. Then followed it with a 6 and 4 victory over Walker Grant of Montgomery and Matthew Gourgeot of Decatur in the afternoon Quarterfinals.

Kyatt and McRae will square off against Matt Johnson and Heath West of Dothan who had to go the distance for a 1 up victory in their Quarterfinal match against 2016 Alabama State Amateur Champion Turk Pettit and George Hall of Auburn.

In other action, Forrest Crabtree of Mobile and Woodie Eubanks of Trussville will face Alan Coshatt and Austin Coggin of Vestavia Hills in the second semifinal match. Crabtree and Eubanks advanced with a 2 and 1 win over Matthew Myers and Will Golden of Auburn in the round of 16 and a 4 and 3 decision over Trip Smalley and Michael Johnson of Mobile. Coshatt and Coggin needed all 18 holes to defeat Saugahatchee members Walker Jamison and Jim Teel, 2 up in the round of 16 but only needed to 14 holes to advance past Kevin Carden of Hoover and John Randall of Tuscaloosa by a 6 and 4 score.

Semifinal matches begin at 7:30am at Saughatchee Country Club with the championship match slated for approximately 12:00pm.

Match Play Bracket: https://www.ghintpp.com/bamagolf/TPPOnlineScoring/MatchTree.aspx?id=328

Match Play Hole-by-Hole Scoring: https://www.ghintpp.com/bamagolf/TPPOnlineScoring/ResultsMatch.aspx?archive=match&id=328

This championship is conducted by the Alabama Golf Association.

 

 Round of 16 Results

(1) Vic Kyatt III / Andy McRae   def.  (16) Phillip Weaver Jr / Edward Hubbard    6 and 5

(8) Walker Grant / Matthew Gourgeot  def. (9)  Nicholas Cortez / Taylor McCullum    5 and 4

(4) Matt Johnson / Heath West  def. (13) Stewart Alexander / Scott Johnston   5 and 4

(5) George Hall / Turk Pettit   def.  (2) Will Swift / Clay Guerin  4 and 3

(2) Trip Smalley / Michael Johnson  def.    (15) Ty Thompson / Jordy Hayden   2 and 1

(7) Forrest Crabtree / Woodie Eubanks def.    (10)      Matthew Myers / Will Golden  2 and 1

(3) Alan Coshatt / Austin Coggin def.    (14) Walker Jamison / Jim Teel  2 up

(6 ) Kevin Carden / John Randall  def.    (11)  Ryan Campbell / Scott Weaver  2 and 1

 

Quarterfinal Results

(1 ) Vic Kyatt III / Andy McRae   def.    (8)  Walker Grant / Matthew Gourgeot     6 and 4

(4) Matt Johnson / Heath West  def.    (5)  George Hall / Turk Pettit   1 up

(7) Forrest Crabtree / Woodie Eubanks  def.    (2)  Trip Smalley / Michael Johnson   4 and 3

(3 ) Alan Coshatt / Austin Coggin   def.    (6)  Kevin Carden / John Randall   6 and 4

 

Semifinal Starting Times

7:30 am          (1)       Vic Kyatt III / Andy McRae (132)               vs.    (4)          Matt Johnson / Heath West (133)

7:45 am          (7)       Forrest Crabtree / Woodie Eubanks (136)    vs.   (3)          Alan Coshatt / Austin Coggin (133)

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