Millington, TN - On a perfect weekend for golf, the Golfweek Amateur Tour of Memphis/N.MS held its final tournament of the 2013 season at the Glen Eagle golf course. The course was in excellent condition, and the greens were FAST! Thanks to Brandon and the entire staff at Glen Eagle for a job well done!
A very big congratulation goes out to Bart Watkins, who hit his first hole-in-one on the #11 par 3! Way to go Bart!
Thanks to all the golfers that played at Glen Eagle, and to all the golfers that played this season on tour. There were three flights up for grabs in the last tournament and some close finishes for the points races. Congratulations to all the flight Champions!
The season long points race winners for each flight:
Champ – Ed McDugle
A’ Flight – Rick Hamilton
B’ Flight – Chris Prince
C’ Flight – John Mazzola
D’ Flight – John Bennett
Tournament Winners:
Champ – Ed McDugle wins for the 8th time this season to claim his third consecutive flight championship. Phillip Roberts finishes second with Hunter Sharpe third respectively.
A’ Flight – Joey carded a 73 on Saturday to grab a big lead in route to his first tournament win on tour! Congrats Joey! Keith Nuckolls takes second and Tom McMurdy grabs third.
B’ Flight – Chris Prince’s and Mike Bertoldo battled back and forth for the lead all day on Sunday, but Chris pulls out the win at the end. This was Chris’s second tournament win this season.
C’ Flight – John Mazzola put up an 85 on Saturday, and held a 7 stroke lead over tour director Greg Cryder going into Sundays round. After the lead got down to 5 strokes, Mazzola’s steady play held off Gregs assault on the back nine to win the tournament title and the flight championship with it. Congrats to John! Jose Oakley grabbed third after a hard fought battle with Greg for second. “It was a really close all day long with John and Jose, and could have gone in any direction for a while.” Said Greg Cryder. “We all really had a good time and the competition was awesome!”
D’ Flight – With the flight title already his, John Bennett faced a 4 stroke deficit to Bart Watkins going into Sundays final round. Even though Bart scored a HOLE-IN-ONE on #11, John pulled out the win by one stroke! Jason Grant takes third in the final tournament.
Thanks to all golfers that participated on tour this season. Stay tuned for the 2014 schedule. See you next season!