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This weekend’s Calhoun County Championship will decide County Tour Player of the Year, 16 slots in County Match Play Championship

By East Alabama Sports Today

Only two players have a chance to become this year’s Calhoun County Player of the Year, but there will be plenty to play for deeper in the standings as players try to secure the final places in the County Match Play Championship during this weekend’s 82nd Calhoun County Championship at the Anniston Municipal Golf Course.

By the end of the weekend current points leader Ty Cole or Gary Wigington will be Player of the Year, but with 13 of the current top 16 and all of the next five in the field there are plenty of spots in the Match Play up for grabs. Only 82.5 points separate 13th from 21st in the current standings.

Cole, a three-time winner on the Tour this season, holds a 112.5-point lead over his Sunny King Charity Classic partner. Cole would win Player of the Year – for the third time in four years – by finishing first or second, which he has done in five of six Tour events this season.

If Wigington wins the tournament it would be his seventh County title, making him the all-time winningest player in the event’s storied history, and could bring his fourth Player of the Year award.

Wigington and Cole could finish tied in the adjusted points standings – if Wigington wins and Cole finishes third – but Cole would get the nod by virtue of his three tour wins.

Jeremy McGatha is the defending champion.

82nd CALHOUN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
At Anniston Municipal GC
Saturday tee assignments

8 a.m. Shotgun
No. 1A – Jimbo Phillips, Nick Hubbard, Chris Hubbard, Tony Hicks
No. 1B – Cal Lambert, Craig Gardner, T.J. McGatha, Scotty Grimes
No. 2 – Brad Harding, Tim Turner, Randy Carroll, Jonathan Pate
No. 3 – Kelly Rogers, Al Muskewitz, Johnny Barnes, Ted Heim
No. 4 – Scott Martin, Brennan Clay, Clay Calkins, Randy Reaves
No. 5 – Timmy Woodard, Chase Thomas, Chase Hollingsworth, Jake Goggans
No. 6 – Billy Thompson, Tim Steward, Lamar Carter, Bruce Collins
No. 7 – Mark Cotton, Keith Hutchenson, Keith Raisanen, Zack Mangum
No. 8 – Ron McClellan, Byron Preston, Dennis Austin, Lenn Coffey
No. 9 – Don Hill, Tyler Teneyck, Al Johnson, Hank Smith

1 p.m. Shotgun
No. 1A – Gary Wigington, Dan McClellan, Ty Cole, Chad Calvert
No. 1B – Jake Ball, George Morris, Tim Fulmer, Kenny Fulmer
No. 2 – Kaine Gibson, Gage Miller, Wesley Jenkins, Kenny Okins
No. 3 – Chip Howell, David Sanders, Kenny Wright, Jeff Borrelli
No. 4 – Benji Turley, Caleb Bowen, Tanner Wells, Mark Gaines
No. 5 – Landon Straub, Jason Johnson, Layton Bussey, Daniel Black
No. 6 – Jeremy McGatha, George Salmon, Andrew Brooks, Matt Rogers
No. 7 – Ott Chandler, Adrian Geeting, Dalton Chandler, Janson Wilborn
No. 8 – Austin Roberts, Keaton Borrelli, Nate Griffin, Andrew Miller
No. 9 – Tyler Dopson, Tim Dennison, Mike Lett, Danny Whittaker.

CALHOUN COUNTY GOLF TOUR
Player points
Ty Cole 1150
Gary Wigington 1037.5
Brennan Clay 875
Jeremy McGatha 802.5
Chad Calvert 692.5
Andrew Brooks 662.5
Scott Martin 660
x-Randy Lipsomb 650
x-Logan Archer 650
Caleb Bowen 600
Clay Calkins 552.5
Matt Rogers 515
x-Chandler Wilborn 447.5
Tanner Wells 427.5
Jake Goggans 420
Daniel Black 412
(Current cut)
Adrian Geeting 375
Timmy Woodard 372.5
Jeff Borrelli 370
Kenny Wright 367.5
Grant Hockman 365

NOTE: x-Not in field this week. Lipscomb’s final points total will be 762.5 based on his best five finishes; Archer’s and Wilborn’s points will remain the same.

CALHOUN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Multiple winners
6 – Chris Banister (1955, 1961, 1969-71, 1973)
6 – Eric Hamilton (1981-84, 1994, 1996)
6 – Gary Wigington (1999, 2004, 2010-12, 2014)
4 – Milton Wigley (1949, 1965-67)
4 – Ott Chandler (2000, 2005-06, 2016)
3 – Wilfred Galbraith (1939-41)
3 – Oscar Bagley (1943-45)
3 – Jack Vardaman (1958-60)
3 – Billy Shelton (1954, 1956-57)
3 – Ray Burgess (1962-64)
3 – Scott Eaton (1993, 1995, 1997)
3 – Chip Howell (1979, 1985, 1998)
3 – Gary Wilborn (1990-91, 2003)
3 – Jeremy McGatha (2002, 2007, 2017)
2 – Marvin Hester (1951, 1953)
2 – Everett King (1986-87)
2 – Scott Townsend (1988-89)
2 – Ty Cole (2013, 2015)

RESULTS IN CANE CREEK ERA
(Year – Winner, score. Margin (runnersup))
2005 – Ott Chandler, 1-under-par 215 (74-70-71). Won by 3 (Jaylon Ellison, Jeremy McGatha, Marcus Harrell)
2006 – Ott Chandler, 8-under-par 208 (67-69-72). Won by 5 (Chris Maye)
2007 – Jeremy McGatha, 2-under-par 214 (71-70-73). Won by 2 (Ott Chandler)
2008 – Garrett Burgess, 5-under-par 211 (71-68-72). Won by 2 (Grant Hockman)
2009 – Jaylon Ellison, 5-under-par 211 (72-66-73). Won by 1 (Garrett Burgess)
2010 – Gary Wigington, 10-under-par 206 (66-70-70). Won on fourth playoff hole (Jeremy McGatha)
2011 – Gary Wigington, 8-under-par 208 (66-70-72). Won by 4 (Jaylon Ellison)
2012 – Gary Wigington, 10-under-par 206 (69-65-72). Won by 2 (Gonzalo Berlin)
2013 – Ty Cole, 6-under-par 210 (67-72-71). Won by 4 (Gary Wigington)
2014 – Gary Wigington, 15-under-par 201 (66-69-66). Won by 11 (Jeremy McGatha)
2015 – Ty Cole, 6-under-par 210 (70-70-70). Won by 6 (Jeremy McGatha)

RESULTS IN RETURN TO ANNISTON MUNICIPAL
2016 – Ott Chandler, 12-under-par 128 (65-63). Won on second playoff hole (Jeremy McGatha)
2017 – Jeremy McGatha, 7-under-par 133 (67-66). Won by 1 (Ott Chandler)

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