2026 Papa John’s Clear Creek Classic Recap

It was a long weekend of golf at Alpine Bay. We had 50 teams in the tournament. There was a threat of storms both days.  We were able to get the two days of golf completed without delay.

Saturday’s round was completed and a meal was provided for the golfers. We had a catfish plate with Cole slaw, baked beans and hushpuppies.  The meal was prepared by Bull Dog catering.  We had 5 flights in the tournament.  The Calcutta was held once everybody completed their meal and Saturday’s scores were recorded.

We had heavy rain during the Calcutta, later that night and again early Sunday morning.  The rain prevented the maintenance crew from working bunkers, cutting greens and moving pins for Sunday’s round.

Papa John’s provided pizza for all the golfers after Sunday’s round while the final results were being finalized.

In the Championship flight the team of James Otwell, Tanner Wilder and Noah Hathorn posted an overall total of 111 to claim the Clear Creek Championship. They posted a 57 on day one and a 54 on day 2. The 2^nd day 54 was also the low score in the Calcutta. The team of Ellison, Ellison and Boyles posted a 116 to win 2^nd in the tournament. They also had a hole in one on #4. Burnham, Rouse and Rouse posted a 117 to take 3^rd in a call back from #18 over the team of Hathorn, Hathorn and Hill who received the 4^th place prize. These two teams also posted a 56 on day two. They split the 2^nd & 3^rd place Calcutta prize. The team of Kirk, Smith and Williams also had a hole in one on #8. They were playing with Ellison, Ellison, Boyles.  Amazing that the same group of golfers had two hole in ones on the same day.

1^st Flight winners were the team of Denty, Crow and Bassett with a total score of 122. They also took 1^st in the Calcutta with a 60. Four teams shot 124 and the call back decided the winners. 2^nd place went to Wahl, Shelton and Brown. 3^rd went to Knight, Knight and Conner. Four teams posted a 61 on Sunday and the 2^nd and 3^rd place Calcutta money was divided and split four ways. Those four teams were Wahl, Shelton and Brown, Knight, Knight and Conner,  Smith, Brasher and Coughran, and Clayton, Riggins and Dailey.

The 2^nd flight winners were Hardin, Williams and Edwards with a 122. They also took 1^st in the Calcutta with a 57. Three teams posted a 126 to tie for 2^nd,3^rd and 4^th place. Once again the call back from 18 decided the winners 2^nd went to the team of Cooper, Grimes and Sawyer. 3^rd went to Cleckler, Cleckler and Ngirailab and 4^th went to Green, Hodges and Fernandez.  Green, Hodges, Fernandez and Cooper, Grimes and Sawyer posted 61 on day 2 to split 2^nd and 3^rd place Calcutta.

In the 3^rd Flight, Mills, Whitmire and Keffner took 1^st place in the tournament and Calcutta with a 131 tournament score and a 64 Calcutta score, The team of Powell, Griffin and Stubbs posted a 135 for 2^nd place. The 3^rd place winners were Daugherty, Carpenter and Sweatman with a 136. Both 2^nd and 3^rd place teams also split the 2^nd and 3^rd place Calcutta money with a score of 68.

The 4^th Flight winners were Brown, Brown and Travis with a 144. Spradley, Spradley and Willingham took 2^nd place by call back over Wood, Wood and Hay. Both posting a two day total of 145. Spradley, Spradley and Willingham took 1^st in the Calcutta with a 71. Brown, Brown and Travis shot a 72 as well as Wood, Wood and Hay to split the 2^nd & 3^rd place Calcutta prize.

A special note of thanks to our sponsors: Papa John’s Pizza, Hardin HVAC, Tygre Roofing, Cotney Aerospace, The Alpine Bay Men’s Golf Association, Davison Insurance and Southland Golf Carts.

Thanks again to our incredible staff and volunteers here at Alpine Bay. They work hard and strive to make your experience at Alpine Golf pleasant.

We have a field of 46 teams that played in our 2026 Member/Member tournament this past weekend. Both days were typical June weather, hot and muggy but at least we did not have any storms.

The Men’s Golf Association provided breakfast both days prior to the beginning of play. A Bar bq rib plate was provided prior to the start of the Calcutta on Saturday. The rib plates were fantastic and they were prepared by Bulldog Bar Bq in Sylacauga. Ray Lineberry and Papa John’s Pizza provided pizzas after Sunday’s round.

All of the scores were based on net results except for the one prize of the low gross score. We had a tie for that prize between the teams of Nathan Fernandez/Myles Fincher and B G Simmons/Harry Gaither. Both teams posted a gross total of 123. We held a shootout on #18 and the team of Fernandez/Fincher won it on the second attempt.

Championship Flight 1^st place Simmons/Gaither net score (122)  $1000.00, 2^nd place Frenandez/Fincher (123)  $700, 3^rd place Paul Woo/Steve Giddens (124) $500.00. Calcutta Results  Tie for 1^st between David Donahoo/Mike Sweatman and Giddens/Woo posting a net (61) they split the $2583.00 amount for 1^st & 2^nd.  We also had a tie for 2^nd place between Simmons/Gaither and Jeff Bullen/Shane Cleckler both teams posting a (62) and they split the 3^rd place prize of $738.00

1^st Flight Winning team was Moses Ngirailab/Bryan Smith. They finished in 1^st place in the tournament and the Calcutta, winning $800 and $1010. Their tournament total was (121) and their Calcutta net was a (60). Tournament 2^nd place went to the team of David Mills/Bob Whitmire (124) for $600 and 3^rd place was a tie between the teams of Skeet Harper/Jimmy Ray and Wayne Mitchell/Chuck Woodard. Both teams posting a net score of (125) for the $400 prize money. Woodard/Mitchell also won the 2^nd place prize in the Calcutta with a net (62) for the $757 prize. We had a 3 way tie for 3^rd place Calcutta money with Harper/Ray, Whitmire/mills and Chris Robertson/Hondo Galloway all posting a net (63) to split the $504 3^rd place prize.

2^nd Flight tournament winners were Anthony Isbell/Derrick Helms. They posted a net (122) to take the $800 prize. 2^nd place went to Landry Bradford/Landon Smith with a (127) $600 and 3^rd went Cory Baird/Steven powell with a (128) for the $400 prize. Calcutta results were Bradford/Smith (62) for 1^st place $952. 2^nd place was Isbell/Helms (65) $714 and 3^rd place went to Baird/Powell (66) $476.

3^rd Flight was a three way tie with all three teams posting a net (129) and they split the $1800.00 tournament money. Those teams were Rae Clayton/Lee Clark, Joseph Wood/Holly Wood and Mathu Travis/Amy Travis.  The team of Mike Gardner /Terry Brown took 1^st place in the Calcutta with a Sunday score of (64) to win the $641 prize. There was a three way tie for 2^nd between Wood/Wood, Ryan Hay/Braden Hay and Travis/travis all posting a (66) to split the remaining $641.

4^th Flight Winners in the tournament was Tommy and Brenda Vines with a (129) for $800. 2^nd place went to Jim and Sandra Brown (135) for $500 and 3^rd was Steve Willingham and Helen Spradley (137) for $300. In the Calcutta Jim and Sandra Brown posted a net (66) to win 1^st place prize of $515. 2^nd place went to the team of Missy Bullen/Jamie Kimberly (68) for $309 and 3^rd went to Vines/Vines (70) for $206.

A special thanks to all the members that participated in the tournament and especially to the staff here at Alpine Bay. I also want to thank the volunteers that help us out.

2026 Memorial Day Yellow Ball Recap

We had 72 golfers to sign up for the Yellow Ball dogfight. The forecast was doom and gloom but 71 of the golfers still showed up. The rain held off until very late in the round and overall it turned out to be a fun day on the course.

Prior to the start, we held a bell ringing ceremony for Mary Palmer. Mary has completed her radiation and chemo treatment for breast cancer and she wanted to ring the bell on the #1 green. We are all so proud for her and admire her for her great attitude and tenacity while fighting this cancer.

We had 18 teams in the field and 15 teams returned to the clubhouse with the Yellow Ball. We had a four way tie for 1^st place with a dogfight score of +4 with the Yellow Ball. They split all the Yellow Ball prize money ($720.00) 16 ways .  They were team 16a (Steve Giddens, Rae Clayton, Chuck Daugherty & Mike Gardner). Team 13 ( Rodney Guy, Tommy Griffin, Ryan Smith & Vaughn Wahl). Team 7 ( Blake Woo, Cory Baird, Brian Proctor & Helen Spradley) and Team 3b ( Mike Griffin, Ray Lineberry, Pramad Bhatia & Jamie Kimberly).

In the regular dogfight portion of the tournament, Rodney Guy’s team finished at +25 points above their quota to take 1 st place and the $380.00 prize. Steve Giddens’ team finished 2^nd at +22 for 2^nd and $240.00. Blake Woo’s team finished 3^rd at +18 (160.00)and we had a tie for 4^th place at +15 between team 6 (R D McDonald, Steve Dean, Hunter Payant & David Gaston) and team 16b ( Mike Sweatman, Chris Palmer, Mark Richard and Sandra Brown. They split the $80.00 4^th place prize.

The individual most over points award went to Ryan Smith who finished +12 above his quota. Chuck Daugherty was 11 points above his quota for 2^nd and Helen Spradley was +10. The two closest to the pins went to Hole #4 at 6’10”to team 12(Brandon Fincher, Hippie Cleckler, Steven Powell & Missy Bullen) Hole #17 (3’8”) went to team 9a (Cooper Dean, Andy Payant, Lee Clark & Jeff Kimbrel).

We are covering our greens today and we will be closed for the next few days due to the extreme cold weather.