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 Here
is the new
Team USA that will represent America at the upcoming Golden Tee World
Championship in Orlando.
Golden Tee players come in all shapes and sizes. They also come in
varying levels of skill. Bronze Division newbies. Silver Division
up-and-comers. And Gold Division professionals. Other than a
friendly game or two at the local watering hole, seldomly do these
different divisions have the opportunity to play together.
That all changed this year as Team USA opened its ranks for the
first time to Bronze and Silver players.
And at last weekends live Team USA qualifier, the Bronze and Silver
players acquitted themselves admirably. The scoring average of the
two Bronze qualifiers was a stunning
56 for the 54-hole qualifier better than a birdie a hole! This
compares favorably to the Silver average of 60. The
Gold average of 67.8 was again stratospheric attesting to the
unbelievable ability of our sports top players.
At stake at this years online qualifier were the 11 remaining spots
on Team USA. The core of the team is composed of Graig Kinzler,
last years world champ; Ryan Bourgeois, this years national
champ; Dean Liakakos, 3-time player-of-the-year (GTGA
points); Jason Matkovich, 2-time player-of-the- year
(scoring), and Steven Sobe, former 3-time national champ.
Detailed Bios are below...
72 players, 24 from each division, descended upon Officials Time
Out sports bar in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. 2 Bronze spots and 4
Silver spots were available, while the Gold players vied for the
remaining 5. The final leaderboards and player biographies are
below. FULL PLAYER BIOS ARE BELOW!!!
|
TEAM USA LEADERBOARDS |
|
BRONZE |
SILVER |
GOLD |
|
# |
Player |
Score |
GSP |
LD |
# |
Player |
Score |
GSP |
LD |
# |
Player |
Score |
GSP |
LD |
|
1 |
Miller |
-57 |
52556 |
365.00 |
1 |
Haas |
-63 |
63312 |
366.00 |
1 |
DeTiege |
-70 |
86645 |
350.00 |
|
2 |
McClellan |
-55 |
41337 |
363.00 |
2 |
Firestone |
-61 |
84442 |
362.00 |
2 |
Eversole |
-70 |
10789 |
366.00 |
|
3 |
Bennett |
-49 |
31269 |
350.00 |
3 |
Rieger |
-61 |
69635 |
355.00 |
3 |
Tellman |
-69 |
33920 |
360.00 |
|
4 |
Sealy |
-47 |
45669 |
356.00 |
4 |
Ketchman |
-55 |
76991 |
361.00 |
4 |
Churak |
-66 |
60618 |
381.00 |
|
5 |
Lopez |
-47 |
43780 |
339.00 |
5 |
Zayed |
-54 |
9269 |
361.00 |
5 |
Bernhardt |
-64 |
34402 |
379.00 |
|
6 |
Galloway |
-45 |
25587 |
337.00 |
6 |
Demko |
-53 |
77912 |
368.00 |
6 |
Schaefer |
-64 |
28281 |
361.00 |
|
7 |
Joadwine |
-42 |
7697 |
355.00 |
7 |
Penticoff |
-53 |
63943 |
371.00 |
7 |
Pierce |
-64 |
14833 |
379.00 |
|
8 |
Cashin |
-41 |
10840 |
383.00 |
8 |
Bulger |
-53 |
38677 |
365.00 |
8 |
Tirey |
-63 |
30953 |
365.00 |
|
9 |
Zaske |
-40 |
28317 |
373.00 |
9 |
Clark |
-53 |
35366 |
378.00 |
9 |
Strowbridge |
-63 |
28616 |
393.00 |
|
10 |
Anderson |
-38 |
45995 |
360.00 |
10 |
Niehaus |
-53 |
18630 |
355.00 |
10 |
Wisniewski |
-63 |
20800 |
377.00 |
|
11 |
Martin |
-36 |
25599 |
368.00 |
11 |
Brower |
-52 |
5685 |
359.00 |
11 |
Long |
-63 |
15166 |
376.00 |
|
12 |
Sharkey |
-35 |
9111 |
347.00 |
12 |
Zink |
-47 |
59730 |
380.00 |
12 |
Shive |
-62 |
16979 |
378.00 |
|
13 |
Depto |
-34 |
30263 |
355.00 |
13 |
Jarosz |
-47 |
49270 |
332.00 |
13 |
Litzinger |
-61 |
29392 |
392.00 |
|
14 |
Smith |
-34 |
10635 |
364.00 |
14 |
J Dambrosia |
-47 |
16960 |
377.00 |
14 |
Schomberg |
-61 |
18971 |
365.00 |
|
15 |
Class |
-33 |
20229 |
376.00 |
15 |
Sameroff |
-44 |
3121 |
375.00 |
15 |
Lastuka |
-61 |
9810 |
360.00 |
|
16 |
Tirocke |
-32 |
12015 |
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