PLYMOUTH – Bob Branham returned to the top spot last weekend at the Canasawacta Country Club’s Club Championships.

Branham fell a stroke shy in the rain-shortened tourney a year ago. Using rounds of 70, 67, and 72 – a 4-under-par aggregate – Branham easily claimed the men’s scratch title winning by 17 shots over runner-up Tim Carson.

Also winning titles were Joe Loftus (senior men’s gross); Larry Lewis (men’s and senior handicap); Casey Marson, women’s scratch; and Joan Porack, women’s handicap.

Marson, coming off a win in the Chenango County Amateur, won her first CCC title edging longtime defending champion, Amy Spittler by a single stroke.

Lewis won the men’s handicap in a playoff with Joe McBride. The two finished a net 8-under-par to force the extra holes. Lewis and McBride also shared the first-place spot in the senior men’s handicap, with the playoff result determining both titles.

Loftus captured the senior scratch title by one shot over McBride. Loftus finished a combined 7-over-par.

Scoring

(par-71 at C.C.C.)

Name, Aggregate score

Men’s scratch (3 rounds)

Bob Branham, 209

Tim Carson, 226

Bryan Smith, 227

Joe McBride, 231

Jacob Kelly, 232

Women’s scratch

Casey Marson, 162

Amy Spittler, 163