MOULTRIE – It came down to one shot. Which shot? Who knows.

Since there are no playoffs in the annual Pot ‘O’ Gold pro-am golf tournament, any ties for first place after all completed rounds mean a split of the prize money.

But only one side can claim the trophies. According to tournament director Bob Windom, that is decided by which side has the lowest score of the final round.

So congratulations to the Sunset Country Club No. 1 Gold team, now three-time ‘trophy’ winners out of the last four years.

Sunset assistant club pro Aaron Elrod along with amateurs Kevin and Andy Blanton and Lee Wright finished three rounds of the 2019 pro-am with a team score of 182. So did a group from Canebrake Country Club led by pro Kyle Ramey. Sunset Gold’s Sunday score was 59 while the Canebrake crew got 60.

 Elrod, Wright and the Blantons were Pot ‘O’ Gold team winners in 2016 and 2017. Last year, they had to settle for second place when inclement weather cut the final round out while it was in progress.

This year’s tournament also saw repeat success for the low professional, Todd Ormsby of Highland Country Club in LaGrange. He ran away with this year’s title after a second round score of 64 Saturday. He followed it up with a 72 on Sunday to win by five strokes (13-under 203).

John David Kennedy of International City Golf Course in Warner Robins is the low amateur player for the third year in a row. He was the only golfer this year – amateur or pro – to card rounds below 70 all three days (10-under 206).

“Everything went fine,” said Windom, especially happy that the forecasted rain stayed away Sunday. “We all enjoyed the golf, the food.”

The Canebrake team came to Moultrie all the way from Hattiesburg, Miss. Windom said he got to know Ramey during a trip to Mississippi, talked about how few pro-ams there are, and they decided to start playing at Sunset every year in March.

“We have some good players here,” said Windom. “It’s more and more competitive.”