Congrats to Ted Fort and his partner Steve Ridge on their recent T-1 in the Georgia PGA Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble. Aided by Ted's eagle 3 on the par 5 tenth hole, the team was Ten-under-par for the round. Unfortunately for the good guys, they ultimately finished second, losing on the eighth hole of a sudden death playoff. As we say down south, they were "hard dogs to get off the porch".
Proud of you, Ted!
One stroke behind the leaders were two other professionals well known to LBGers: Jeff Hull and Chris Asbell. Great playing, guys!
The complete press release is reprinted below.
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Georgia PGA
Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble
Presented by Oxford Golf
Berkeley Hills Country Club
March 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MIKE PAULL (404) 664-2485 or mpaull@pgahq.com
ROSWELL, GA – Jim Arendt head PGA professional at Chicopee Woods Golf Course in Gainesville , and Gary Miller from Reynolds Landing Golf Club in Greensboro worked overtime to win the 19th annual Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble presented by Oxford Golf at Berkeley Hills Country Club in Duluth .
Arendt and Miller shot a ten-under par 62 to earn a spot in the playoff against PGA professional Steve Ridge of College Park Municipal Golf Course and PGA teaching professional Ted Fort from the Marietta Golf Center . The playoff went on for eight holes, and finally concluded when Arendt made a three-foot birdie putt on the first hole to give himself and Miller their first title in the Pro-Pro Scramble.
Defending Champions PGA teaching professionals Chris Asbell from the Georgia Golf Center in Roswell and PGA teaching professional Jeff Hull from the University of Georgia Golf Course shot nine-under par 653 to finish in a tie for third place.
The Georgia PGA is one of the 41 Sections of the PGA of America. Its membership includes nearly 850 PGA professionals working at over 265 golf courses, clubs, retail stores, and ranges throughout the state. Additionally, more than 20 Georgia PGA members compete on one of the PGA Tours. In keeping with the fundamental objectives laid down by its founders, one of the Georgia PGA's primary goals is promoting the game of golf through clinics, junior and minority golf programs, consumer programs, and print and television media.
We had a great time and both played well. Both teams were running out of gas since we started the round at 10:30 am and finished the playoff at 6:30 pm. Our box lunch was done by 12:30.
It's not easy to finish in front of Hull. It happens once every 13th leap year, during a harvest moon, if it snows 7 inches the week before the tournament and keeps Jeff from practicing.
We were so hot in our first 7 holes it was tough to keep up the magic. We were 7 under after 7 holes, with one par on a 185 yard par 3 and an eagle on 10. Steve was hitting the ball well, so I had many green lights for bombs. The second hole is 435 yards with two sets of trees on the right. Steve hit a perfect drive down the middle, so I let it fly over the trees. We had 98 yards remaining.
Our starting hole was 573 yards and Steve hit a perfect drive down the middle. One of our competitors said, "Fort, you can get in the cart" after Steve hit. I was a little offended, so I smashed it (about 40 yards past their best ball) and we had 245 yards remaining. They expected the old Fort. After that hole, they didn't say anything about me getting in the cart and riding.
Pretty good from a guy who spends all his waking hours teaching
__________________ Hitting the Ball is the easiest part of the game-hitting it effectively is the most difficult. Why trust instinct when there is a science."1-G.
Phil Mickelson credits his great play of late to a short game instructional DVD he just made. He said in order to articulate what he does he had to simplify his technique. He says he's never chipped it better.
__________________ Hitting the Ball is the easiest part of the game-hitting it effectively is the most difficult. Why trust instinct when there is a science."1-G.
Our starting hole was 573 yards and Steve hit a perfect drive down the middle. One of our competitors said, "Fort, you can get in the cart" after Steve hit. I was a little offended, so I smashed it (about 40 yards past their best ball) and we had 245 yards remaining. They expected the old Fort. After that hole, they didn't say anything about me getting in the cart and riding.
Great play'n Luke
Are you way longer than you used to be? When and how did you achieve that?
Are you way longer than you used to be? When and how did you achieve that?
Regards
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One more kid and I'm going on Tour!
My geometry is much better than it ever was. As a result, I can load it as hard as I can. My geometry was so bad for so long that direction was in question when I tried to heavy load it.
I've done some limited practice with Speed Chains and Impact Bags, etc. I've tested my speed when using different drills, to find out which ones are paying off.
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