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Lake Charles Country Club Wins Back-to-Back LGA Club Team Championships
Lake Charles Country Club can once again be declared the golf club with the best golfers in the state of Louisiana after taking the LGA Club Team Championship title at Contraband Bayou Golf Club at the L ’ auberge Casino Resort this weekend .
The Lake Charles Country Club team successfully defended its 2016 LGA Club Team Championship in a dominant wireto-wire victory , winning by 15 strokes over Squirrel Run Golf Club # 1 from New Iberia and Fennwood Hills Country Club from Zachary . Lake Charles Country Club shot an even par 284 in Sunday ’ s individual stroke play final round , and coupled with their 15-under par 127 in Saturday ’ s 4-Ball round , they finished the Championship with an impressive 15-under par 411 . Championship team members are : John Henry Faulk , Billy Gabbert , Robby Going , Doug Quienalty , Hank Shaheen , and golf professional Greg Sonnier .
Format of play for the LGA Club Team is as follows : each team consists of one of the Club ’ s professionals and five club members or six club members . The 6-man teams compete in 4-Ball play on Saturday with the two best of the three 4-Ball scores from each team making up that team ’ s score for the day .
On Sunday , players compete in individual stroke play with the best four of six scores comprising the team ’ s score . With four counting scores on Sunday vs . only two counting scores on Saturday , it ’ s not unusual for the winning team to come from far back in the pack , making for an extremely exciting finish on Sunday . However , Lake Charles
Country Club team members adhered to their game plan and did not allow any teams to leap them on the leaderboard .
Lake Charles Country Club started the day with a four-shot lead over Fennwood Hills Country Club in Zachary , the team they were paired with in the final three starting times of the day . Hank Shaheen of DeQuincy shot a three under par 68 , tied for the low round of the day . Other contributing individual scores were : Greg Sonnier ( 69 ), Doug Quienalty ( 73 ), and Robby Going ( 74 ). John Henry Faulk also carded a 74 .
Story provided by Louisiana Golf Association .
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