Amateur Wins the 66th Annual South Carolina Open on Dataw Island

Dataw Island, S.C. – Amateur Tate Hoisington of Hilton Head Island today won the 66th Annual South Carolina Open, a Carolinas PGA Section event held at Dataw Island in Beaufort, SC and presented by Yamaha Golf Cars.

Peter Skirpstas of Jacksonville, NC, came in second overall and won the first place professional division prize.

After days of rain delays, tournament officials today decided to conclude the tournament at the completion of 36 holes. Another afternoon rain delay today left two groups anxiously awaiting the weather to break long enough to allow them to complete their rounds, with the possibility of a playoff buzzing throughout the Clubhouse, with three leaders in the Clubhouse tied at two under: Ray Franz of Mount Pleasant, SC (pro); Johnson Holliday of Aynor, SC (amateur); and Matt O’Quinn of Beaufort, SC (amateur), who is a member of the Dataw Island Club.

Around 4:30, the groups were given the greenlight to complete their rounds with amateur Tate Hoisington finishing at 140 for first. Skirpstas, competing in the same group, finished at 142 while the trio of Franz, Holliday, and O’Quinn finished in third.

In an interview with Yamaha’s JT Carney following the round, Hoisington said that the Dataw Island superintendents and golf maintenance team did a fantastic job of maintaining the course, even with several inches of rain falling each day.

“It was fantastic,” Hoisington said. “The greens were perfect. And, the course surprisingly wasn’t that wet. It was phenomenal. All things considered, it was great!”
His favorite hole? Nine! Why? He birdied it twice. Congrats, Tate, on a job well done!

The event was sponsored by Yamaha, 2 UNDR, Premier Golf Services, and True Temper and was played on Dataw’s Cotton Dike course, a Tom Fazio design.

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Dataw Island is a gated golf, tennis and boating lifestyle community located fifteen minutes outside of historic downtown Beaufort. The island features two recently-renovated golf courses by designers Tom Fazio and Arthur Hills, a tennis center, a community center with workout and massage facilities, indoor and outdoor pools, three restaurants and impeccably-maintained croquet lawns. The community has also been ranked the number one best retirement destination in South Carolina by Best Retirement Destinations and is the recipient of the 2017 Bliss Award for “Happiest South Carolina Community.”
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