NATCHEZ — The 66 golfers participating in the 2008 Wharlest Elks Lodge Invitational at Beau Pré Country Club were hoping the rain would stay away long enough for Sunday’s final round to be completed.

Kevin Smith Jr. and Wesley Rogers were more than happy that there were no weather delays as they teamed up to shoot a final-round, 12-under-par 60 to finish with a two-day total of 22-under-par 122 and a three-shot win in the championship flight.

“We made a lot of putts. That’s what it comes down to,” Smith Jr. said. “We didn’t play good on the par-3s, but we played real good on the par-5s and par-4s. It was a solid round.”

Smith Jr. and Rogers didn’t make any eagles, but they did have 12 birdies and six pars in their round.

“I’ve got a partner that played really well today. We knew we had it in us (to shoot 60),” Smith Jr. said. “I can’t complain about that.”

Kevin Smith, the father of Kevin Smith Jr., and Woody Allen had to wait for the final two groups in the championship flight to finish their rounds to see where they finished.

Smith and Allen wound up in second place after firing a 10-under-par 62 to finish at 19-under-par 125.

“We played a perfect scramble format,” Smith said. “Good brother-in-lawing. We each contributed a fair amount of good shots. The tournament was good because of a lot of good fellowship. Tom Matthews did a good job.”

Even though there were four rain showers at Beau Pré between 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., all the bad weather that forced the final round to have a 9 a.m. shotgun start stayed well away from the area.

Beau Pré golf pro Dwayne David said he was pleased not only with the turnout, but also the weather.

“We had 33 teams this year. It was more than last year. That’s good,” David said. “We’ve been fortunate these two days. Today is like yesterday. We had a little drizzle. That’s kept the temperature down.”

First and second place in the first flight went to a scorecard playoff after the teams of Willie Richardson and James Mallett as well as Matthews and Leonard Singleton each had rounds of 62 to finish at 17-under-par 127.

Richardson and Mallett finished in first place while Matthews and Singleton had to settle for second place.

Keith Rayborn and David Cothren made several key putts to finish at 9-under-par 63 as they won the second flight with a two-day score of 130 – one shot better than the team of Henry and Jordan Farmer, who also shot a 63 to finish at 131.

“We made a lot of putts,” Cothren said.

“In scrambles, you’ve got to make a lot of long putts and we made a lot of long putts today,” Rayborn said.

Dave Wiggins and Butch Scarborough won the third flight after shooting a round of 67 gave them a two-day score of 138.