Air Force wins 2004 Armed Forces Golf Championship

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  The Air Force golf team won the 2004 Armed Forces Golf Championship at Fort Carson, Colo., Sept. 21 to 25.

The host Army team jumped to a three-stroke lead over the Air Force (731-734) after the first day of play. Team’s scores are determined by adding the 18-hole stroke total of the six men and three women on the team.

Brian Billingsley, from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., kept the Air Force competitive with his 1-under-par 71, tying Mark Johnson of the Army for the best score of the day.

Tammy Garcia, from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, led all women golfers on opening day with her round of 84.

Jeff Scohy, also from Wright-Patterson AFB, shot the best round on the second day of play -- a 5-under-par 67.

Matthew Peterson, from Offutt AFB, Neb., had a 3-under-par 69, while Billingsley and Arnell Garza, from Fairchild AFB, Wash., came in at 70.

The Air Force also had the top three women’s scores of the day with Karin Tjelmeland, from Lajes Field, Azores, with 78 to lead the group.

Garcia and Amy Rongey, from Osan Air Base, South Korea, both shot 81. The combined scores of the Air Force Team beat the Army’s total by 21 strokes, giving the Air Force an 18-stroke lead over the Army after the second day of play.

Scohy’s 69 once again led the Air Force team on Day 3, followed closely by 72 from Billingsley, Garza and Barry Cousler, from Offutt AFB. James Logan Gage, from Patrick AFB, Fla., was not far behind with a score of 73. Rongey’s 86 led the women on Day 3. These scores contributed to the Air Force’s overall 41-stroke lead going into the final day of play.

Peterson’s 70 led the Air Force on the final day of competition. Scohy, Cousler and Garza all shot 72, while Billingsley ended the tournament with a 73.

Rongey led the women with an 84. The Air Force claimed the team title with a 2,793-stroke total, followed by the Army (2,842), the Navy (3,000), and the Marine Corps (3,096).

Scohy topped all competitors with his four-day total of 283, followed closely by Billingsley’s 286. This earned them gold and silver medals for the championship.

Tjelmeland was the top female golfer with her four-day total of 341. Army won the women’s silver medal with a 342 total, while Garcia won the bronze medal with 344.