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THE GOLDEN TEE SOUTHERN CLASSIC IV |
 4th
Annual Southern Classic
Andy Haas Wins Largest Player-Run Tournament of Year
Theres more video golf news this fall than just the Golden Tee World
Championship. The 4th Annual Golden Tee Southern Classic was held in
Marietta, Georgia in conjunction with the Team USA qualifier October
15th-16th.
87 Golden Tee players made the pilgrimage to Mazzys Sports Bar and Grille
in Marietta to compete in what ended up being the largest player-run
Golden Tee LIVE event of the year! For the fourth straight year, local
players Wade Kids and Dutch Williams directed the tournament and did a
phenomenal job planning the event.
A prize pool of nearly $20,000 was generated through player entry fees and
coin-drop from the games throughout the weekend, along with a $2,000
donation from Mazzys and a $5,000 contribution from Incredible
Technologies.
The event kicked-off Friday night with a high-stakes closest-to-the-pin
competition sponsored by Incredible Technologies. Tony Johnson of
Minneapolis won the contest and took home a $250 Golden Tee LIVE gift card
for his performance. Sean Gervais of Tampa won a $150 gift card for being
runner-up. Graig Kinzler of Schaumburg, IL received $100 gift card for
third place and Bob Niehaus of Rockford, IL won $50 for fourth.
The closest-to-the-pin action was followed by a scotch-doubles tournament
that has become a tradition at many player-run live events. The team of
Sonu Khatri of Dayton, OH and Will Sandstad of Minneapolis took 1st place
and a $500 prize.
The Southern Classic took a break on Saturday afternoon when Incredible
Technologies conducted their 2005 Team USA qualifier.
After the qualification ended early Saturday evening, the Southern Classic
54-hole qualifier began. Players competed on Kangaroo Trail, Whispering
Valley and Heather Pointe with the lowest 32-scores making the cut for
Sundays double-elimination tournament.
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS HERE!
Check out the final results below!
Southern Classic 54-hole Qualifier
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# |
NAME |
Score |
GSP |
GTP |
|
1 |
Andy Haas |
-80 |
92,277 |
12,972 |
|
2 |
Jeffrey Harlow |
-76 |
79,502 |
13,621 |
|
3 |
Jeff Benjamin |
-76 |
13,479 |
8,956 |
|
4 |
Chris Eversole |
-75 |
77,978 |
|
|
5 |
Joe Caradonna |
-75 |
24,843 |
12,748 |
|
6 |
Jason Matkovitch |
-73 |
47,984 |
13,129 |
|
7 |
Anthony M. Johnson |
-73 |
23,089 |
12,199 |
|
8 |
Dan Gralapp |
-72 |
80,172 |
13,164 |
|
9 |
David Long |
-72 |
68,557 |
12,872 |
|
10 |
Wade Kids |
-72 |
35,743 |
12,828 |
|
11 |
Graig Kinzler |
-72 |
20,808 |
12,606 |
|
12 |
Ryan VanManen |
-71 |
64,747 |
12,834 |
|
13 |
Mike Demko |
-71 |
55,491 |
12,957 |
|
14 |
Sonu Khatri |
-71 |
50,734 |
12,877 |
|
15 |
Sean Gervais |
-71 |
41,805 |
12,576 |
|
16 |
Andy Tellman |
-71 |
31,626 |
12,906 |
|
17 |
Dean Liakakos |
-71 |
30,522 |
12,479 |
|
18 |
Ryan McCook |
-71 |
30,466 |
12,941 |
|
19 |
Steven Sobe |
-71 |
13,548 |
12,328 |
|
20 |
Jimmy Parker |
-70 |
54,161 |
15,136 |
|
21 |
Tim Baker |
-70 |
48,666 |
12,816 |
|
22 |
Jeff Vordahl |
-70 |
24,917 |
12,617 |
|
23 |
Nathan Schomberg |
-70 |
22,928 |
12,725 |
|
24 |
Nathan Wiesner |
-69 |
4,405 |
12,684 |
|
25 |
Stephen Dakin |
-68 |
90,813 |
12,923 |
|
26 |
RamZ Thomas |
-68 |
32,313 |
12,368 |
|
27 |
Derek Gibb |
-68 |
32,099 |
12,539 |
|
28 |
Lance Harris |
-67 |
24,364 |
|
|
29 |
Matt VanHoosier |
-67 |
21,071 |
11,975 |
|
30 |
Josh Mertzig |
-66 |
52,449 |
12,949 |
|
31 |
Brian Bernhardt |
-66 |
36,526 |
11,390 |
|
32 |
Casey Brock |
-66 |
19,161 |
|
|
33 |
Ryan Sparks |
-66 |
14,106 |
8,020 |
|
34 |
Will Sandstad |
-65 |
59,843 |
12,115 |
|
35 |
William Lee |
-65 |
48,504 |
11,814 |
|
36 |
Steven Miller |
-65 |
26,590 |
11,752 |
|
37 |
John Cramer |
-65 |
12,486 |
11,956 |
|
38 |
Erik Strowbridge |
-65 |
9,118 |
11,595 |
|
39 |
Tom Payne |
-65 |
0 |
11,298 |
|
40 |
Stuart Fox |
-64 |
57,526 |
7,711 |
|
41 |
Marc Muklewicz |
-64 |
54,636 |
12,274 |
|
42 |
Don James |
-63 |
84,262 |
12,899 |
|
43 |
Jody Williams |
-63 |
53,640 |
7,870 |
|
44 |
Paul Kovacs |
-63 |
43,315 |
7,725 |
|
45 |
Mike Collier |
-63 |
34,047 |
7,147 |
|
46 |
Chad Schrump |
-63 |
29,604 |
|
|
47 |
Chris Litzinger |
-63 |
19,557 |
|
|
48 |
Ryan Bourgeois |
-62 |
60,204 |
12,115 |
|
49 |
Brant "OSO"
Arrington |
-62 |
14,835 |
11,647 |
|
50 |
Mark Firestone |
-62 |
10,492 |
11,445 |
|
51 |
Rob Holtrey |
-61 |
74,311 |
7,946 |
|
52 |
Dayton Root |
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