Dan Bechtold, Bill Carwile Win Annual Alumni Golf Tournament;
Event's Proceeds Will Provide Pledge Payment for Naming of Room

CONTACT: LISA GARRETT, EXT. 2315
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/20/2000
(By Lisa Garrett)

PENDLETON – Dan Bechtold, of Seneca, and Bill Carwile, of Cheraw, were the winners among the 108 players in Tri-County Technical College's Fourteenth Annual Alumni Association Golf Tournament held April 15.

A low score of 66 won the team the first-place trophy in the Captain's Choice golf tournament held at Falcon's Lair in Walhalla.

Ronnie Lackey of Easley, and Ted Ford, of Hendersonville, N.C., took second place, and Greg Pearson of Pelzer, and Trey Cantey of Greenville won third place.

In addition, Mike Haymond, of Seneca, won a trophy for closest to the pin on hole 16, and John Thorne, of Easley, won a trophy for longest drive on hole 17. Charlie Mays, of Seneca, won the putting contest.

The tournament netted $6,300 which will be applied toward the second payment of a $15,000 pledge to name a room in the College's Health/Science Building. In past years, the tournament proceeds completed the Association's second endowed scholarship. The first scholarship was endowed in 1995, and since 1990, the Alumni Association has contributed more than $33,000 to the College's Foundation.

Hole sponsors included: BASF Corporation, Clemson; Bobby Wood, Chevrolet Pontiac, Inc., Walhalla; Budweiser of Anderson; David Ratliff Auto Sales, Seneca; Drs. Dean, McInnis and McInnis, Orthodontists, Easley and Clemson; Derrick, Ritter, and Williams, P.A. of Seneca; Frigidaire Company Refrigerator Products, Anderson; Joe's Ice Cream Parlor, Easley; Marshall and Martha Parker, Seneca; Michelin Tire Corporation, Sandy Springs; Pendleton Oil Mill, Pendleton; Schlumberger Industries, West Union; Torrington Company, Honea Path and Walhalla; Louis E. Shepard, DDS, Easley; and Lewis Wilson, DMD, PA, Liberty.

Door prize sponsors were: Anderson Auto Parts, Clemson; Anderson Independent-Mail; Baldwin's Sports and Graphics, Seneca; Belk Simpson, Easley; Beltline Driving Range, Seneca; Bill's Lucky Strike Café, Westminster; Boscobel Golf and Country Club, Pendleton; Café Leisure, Pendleton; Capri's Italian Restaurant, Anderson and Easley; Carolina Tire, Seneca; Clemson Little Theatre at Pendleton Playhouse, Pendleton; Cobb's Gold Tee Golf Shop, Seneca; Cole's Car Wash, Anderson; Country Kettle, Pendleton; Cracker Barrel, Anderson; Craft's Photography and Frame Shop, Seneca and Anderson; Dockmasters Food and Spirits, Anderson; Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen, Anderson; Doni's Under the Trees, Anderson; Dunlop Slazenger Group, Westminster; The Easley Progress, Homemaker and Monitor; Easley; East Clemson Florist, Clemson; Falcon's Lair Golf Club, Walhalla; Farmer's Hall Restaurant, Pendleton; Fatz Cafe, Seneca; Fazoli's Italian Restaurant, Anderson; Gallant Belk, Anderson; The Galley, Anderson; Golf USA, Anderson; Greenville Braves, Greenville; Greenville Grrowl, Greenville; Hacker's Haven, Pendleton; Heilig-Meyers Furniture, Seneca; House of Leung, Clemson; and The Journal Tribune and Messenger, Seneca.

Other door prize sponsors were: K-Mart, Seneca; Keith Street Pub and Grille, Clemson; The Lazy Islander, Pendleton; Little Pigs BBQ, Clemson, Easley and Seneca; Masterweave, Inc., Anderson; O'Charley's Anderson; Oconee Lanes, Seneca; Ole Norm's, Inc., Clemson; Outback Steakhouse, Anderson; Pace Jewelers, Pickens; Paesano's Restaurant, Seneca; The Palmetto Bank, Pendleton; Parts Plus, Clemson; Pendleton House Restaurant and Pub, Pendleton; The Pickens Sentinel, Pickens; Pizza Hut, Clemson; Pizza Inn, Pickens; Play it Again Sports, Anderson; Powell Real Estate, Walhalla; Ryan's, Seneca; Schlotsky's Deli, Easley; Skins Hot Dogs, Clemson; Susan's Hallmark, Anderson; T.C. Bearies, Hallmark, Easley; Texas Roadhosue, Anderson; Tiger Town Graphics, Clemson; Tiger Sports Shop, Clemson; Torrington Company, Honea Path and Walhalla; Tri-County Ace Hardware, Clemson; Turner's Jewelers, Seneca and Anderson; Wal-Mart, North Anderson; W.W. Thraves Jewelers, Seneca; Western Sizzlin Steakhouse, Clemson; WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Clemson; White Jones Hardware and Sporting Goods, Anderson; Lewis Wilson, DMD, PA, Liberty; Woodhaven Golf Course, Pendleton; X-press Lube on 123 By Pass, Seneca; and Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe Pendleton.

Other sponsors included BB&T of South Carolina, Seneca; Bi-Lo, Clemson, Pendleton and Seneca; Blair Mills, Belton; David Ratliff Auto Sales, Seneca; Dunlop Slazenger Group, Westminster; Jimmy Edmonds, Anderson; Hardee's, Pendleton; Kentucky Fried Chicken, Seneca; McDonald's, Anderson; Pendleton Ice Company, Pendleton; Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, Anderson; Quality Coffee Service, Seneca; Quality Foods, Anderson; Ralph's Store and Trophy Shop, Seneca; Round Mountain Bottling Company, Long Creek; Lewis Wilson, DMD, PA, Liberty; and Winn Dixie, Anderson, Clemson, Easley, Liberty, Pickens and Seneca.

Cart sponsors were Fabmetco, Townville; Fud Cater, Seneca; Pendleton Tire Company, Pendleton; Ralph Hayes Toyota, Anderson; and Dr. Lewis Wilson, DMD, PA, Liberty.
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