WESTWOOD HILLS CAPTURES SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN CUP

JACKSON -- Westwood Hills Country Club of Poplar Bluff successfully defended its Southeast Missourian Cup crown Saturday with a nine-stroke victory at Kimbeland Country Club.

Westwood Hills' eight-man team, paced by the play of Ben Godwin and Scott Spencer, totaled 549 strokes over the 36-hole competition. Host Kimbeland finished runner-up for the second straight year with a 558 total. Sikeston C.C. (569) placed third, followed by Cape Girardeau C.C. (570), Kennett C.C. (581) and Hidden Trails (606).

The tournament was comprised of two-man teams playing nine holes in four different formats -- Scramble, Best Ball, Chapman and Scotch. Each club had four two-man teams which comprised its team score.

Godwin and Spencer won or tied for first in three of the formats. The pair carded a tournament-low 33 in Best Ball and posted the same scores in Chapman and Scotch to tie for low score.

C.W. Knauts and Russ Fullerton of Kennett and Rennie Law and David Schilp of Westwood also had 33s in Chapman, while Kevin Collins and Tom Fowler of Sikeston had a 33 in Scotch.

Godwin-Spencer's 36-hole total of 11-under-par 131 edged the Kimbeland pairing of Todd Ladd and Mark Unger by a stroke. Ladd and Unger fired a 29 to post the low score in Scramble.

In addition to Godwin and Spencer's 131, Westwood Hills also received a 137 from Bobbie Godwin and Steve Schock, a 139 from Law and Schilp, and a 142 from Bob Reeves and Jim Sides.

The competition is sponsored by the Southeast Missourian.