Ones and twos

By EASportsToday.com
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Updated: June 29, 2024

Two holes-in-one highlight first round that sees Wigington, McGatha shoot twin 69s to lead Oxford City Championship by one stroke.

**Cover photo: David Coffey (left) and Mike Lett had the shots of the day during Saturday’s first round of the Oxford City Championship at Cider Ridge, each hitting a hole-in-one. (Submitted photos)**

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today

OXFORD — Good things came in twos during Saturday’s first round of the Oxford City Championship.

Correction: good things came in ones, twice.

On a day when Jeremy McGatha and Gary Wigington shot twin 69s to lead by one stroke, David Coffey and Mike Lett hit the shots of the day with twin holes-in-one.

Even in a field of 162 golfers, Cider Ridge owner and president Cory Etter called two aces in one round “very rare.”

Coffey hit the day’s first ace, using a pitching edge from 134 yards on No. 8. Witnessed by foursome partners Tanner Wells, Layton Bussey and Cam Hurst, the ace was Coffey’s first.

“Good solid contact shot,” he said. “I knew about halfway there that it was going to be all over the stick. Just over the flag, and it started trickling back to the cup.

“I thought I saw it disappear and turned to Cam, and he said, “That’s In!” It was great.”

Lett hit a pitching wedge from 120 yards on No. 17, scoring his second ace. He played with son James Lett, Scotty McFry and David Medders Jr.

“The funny part was, my son James had hit his tee shot to about 2 feet for closest to the pin,” he said. “So dad had to do a little better.”

The two aces highlighted a day that saw a rain delay and two sub-70 rounds. McGatha turned in the day’s first sub-70 score, with birdies on 5, 9, 11, 13 and 15.

“Steady round,” he said. “Hate playing in the rain.”

Wigington shot a 32 with four birdies on the front nine.

“Just a solid round,” he said. “Never got in any trouble but just needed to close it out a little better.”

Each player seeks his third career victory in Tour events at Cider Ridge.

Defending champions and three-time winner Ty Cole and Tanner Wells each shot a 70 to sit one stroke back.

“This is a lot of players to get through an event,” Etter said, “but I want to give props to our staff for working extremely hard and allowing us to get 162 golfers through with three different rainstorms during round one.”

Scores

CHAMPIONSHIP A FLIGHT
PLAYER	RD. 1	RD. 2	TOTAL
Jeremy McGatha	69		69
Gary Wigington	69		69
Ty Cole	70		70
Tanner Wells	70		70
Dawson Day	71		71
Mason Dennis	71		71
Ethan McCareeth	71		71
Matt Wilson	71		71
Layton Bussey	72		72
Graham Morrow	72		72
Kevin Daugherty	72		72
Logan Forrester	72		72
CHAMPIONSHIP B FLIGHT
Greg Shultz	73		73
Andrew Weathers	73		73
Brayden Cochran	73		73
Caleb McKinney	73		73
Benji Turley	73		73
Jake Goggans	74		74
Austin Elliott	74		74
Chip Howell	74		74
Chase Hollingsworth	74		74
Hunter Carr	74		74
Kilgore Knight	74		74
Will Reaves	74		74
FIRST FLIGHT
Janson Wilborn	75		75
Ryan Huff	75		75
Cam Hurst	75		75
Jonathan Pate	75		75
Jared Waits	75		75
Chad Calvert	75		75
John Rollins	75		75
Billy Thompson	75		75
Chris Reaves	76		76
Andrew Brooks	76		76
Jeff Bain	76		76
Ott Chandler	76		76
Carson Chandler	76		76
John Swader	76		76
Sawyer Edwards	76		76
Dalton Chandler	76		76
SECOND FLIGHT
Matt Miller	77		77
Dustin Travis	77		77
Tim Wilcox	77		77
Coleman Messer	77		77
Cain Hollingsworth	77		77
Chance Harris	77		77
James Otwell	77		77
Dre Davenport	77		77
Vann Hall	77		77
Daniel Black	77		77
Bob Eaton	78		78
Bradley Elliott	78		78
Kobe Messer	78		78
Landon Winfrey	78		78
Caden Wood	78		78
Stephen Keen	78		78
Nick Ledbetter	78		78
Lamar Carter	78		78
THIRD FLIGHT
David Coffey	79		79
Josh Reynolds	79		79
Luke Armstrong	79		79
Chad Key	79		79
Skylar Dennis	79		79
Jason Rich	80		80
Billy McCroskey	80		80
Jimbo Phillips	80		80
Mark McCaig	80		80
FOURTH FLIGHT
James Lett	81		81
Kyle Glover	81		81
Blake Drummond	81		81
Randy Archer	81		81
Michael Rich	81		81
Nathan Williams	81		81
Wesley Jenkins	81		81
Ryder Hudgins	81		81
Cody Boyd	81		81
Robin Wood	82		82
Timmy Woodard	82		82
Clayton Chandler	82		82
Jamarus Stokes	82		82
Wyatt Cotney	82		82
FIFTH FLIGHT
Scotty McFry	83		83
Caleb Bowen	83		83
Caleb Morrow	83		83
Wade Richardson	83		83
Sean Kline	83		83
Cole McNeal	83		83
Craig Duncan	84		84
Shane Lee	84		84
Mark Gaines	84		84
Cypress Hathorne	84		84
Matt Greer	84		84
Ray Stover Jr.	84		84
SIXTH FLIGHT
Bradley Young	85		85
Hunter Fordham	85		85
Bart Smith	86		86
Braxton Burnham	86		86
Nash Messer	86		86
Aaron Gregerson	86		86
Danny Whittaker	86		86
Ricky Carden	86		86
Drake Bearden	87		87
Scott Watson	87		87
Andrew Miller	87		87
SEVENTH FLIGHT
Matt Rogers	88		88
Chance Haywood	88		88
Greg Rainey	88		88
Bailey Masters	88		88
Joey Folker	89		89
Nate Pearce	89		89
Jeff Roszell	89		89
Tyrel Tucker	91		91
Allen Hamlin	91		91
Jesse Miles	91		91
Ted Gregerson	91		91
Larry Champion	91		91
Jason Payne	91		91
EIGHTH FLIGHT
David Medders Jr.	92		92
Chase Thomas	92		92
Daniel Ricks	92		92
Heath Waldrop	93		93
Kolby Slick	95		95
Houston Black	96		96
Adam Benefiel	96		96
Daniel Mitchell	96		96
Scott Jimerson	96		96
Chris Hollingsworth	96		96
NINTH FLIGHT
Logan Turner	98		98
Hayden Mann	100		100
Zoey Etter	100		100
Andrew Kennemer	101		101
Keith Hutcheson	102		102
Bill Gowan	104		104
Jason Swope	108		108
Palmer Pearce	113		113
Shaughn Rankin	114		114
SENIOR A FLIGHT
Kevin Wells	74		74
Mike Lett	75		75
David Messer	76		76
Bob Feicht	76		76
Jerry Kemp	77		77
Keith Haywood	77		77
Andy Jenkins	77		77
Jimmy Ingram	79		79
Gary Austin	79		79
Charley Estes	79		79
David Sanders	80		80
SENIOR B FLIGHT
Ron Wheeler	81		81
Wilton Page	81		81
Ron Fleming	81		81
Allan Mangham	82		82
Tim Steward	82		82
Rich Etter	84		84
Dennis Austin	88		88
Mike Thompson	89		89
Steve Perry	89		89
Richard Patty	91		91
Lee Clark	92		92
Lamar Ward	96		96