gateway section pga november newsletter 2012

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This Issue

Volume 4, Issue 10 October 2012

Growth of the Game P 4

Award Winners P 5‐6

Assistant’s Corner P 7

Rules P 7

Fitness P 9

Tournament Info P 11‐12

Member Updates P 15

Scholarship P 14

Golf Sale P 10

Tournament Update P 8

Secretary Candidates P 2‐3

October was a memorable month for the Gateway PGA in a lot of ways. Our association’s National Senior PNC Qualifier took place in Leesburg, Virginia. As many of us know, this event was the right of

passage for the 2013 Senior PGA Championship presented by Kitch-enAid to be contested at Bellerive Country Club. The Gateway PGA was very well represented by a contingent of PGA Professionals that

included Bob Gaus, JC Anderson, Mark Faulkner, Jeff Whitfiled, Nash Haxel, and David Levine. Our PGA Professionals did not disappoint. Bob Gaus shared the lead at multiple times including a tie for the lead after round one. Gaus went on to a top 5 finish and was followed by JC Anderson who easily finished in the top 35. These gentlemen will move on to represent the Gateway PGA at the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid on May 21-26, 2013. Whitfield, Faulkner, Haxel, and Levine all gave a great effort with Whitfield recording a hole-in-one and missing the cut by one stroke. October also saw the Gateway PGA set an example that brought “National” attention. The Gateway PGA, utilizing their charitable arm, brokered a blueprint for how PGA Champion-ships can create community impact. The Gateway PGA Foundation partnered with a local St. Louis company, National Car Rental, to conduct the first National Car Rental PGA REACH Charity Pro-Am. This event saw 21 Gateway PGA Professionals and 88 amateurs from across St. Louis and the country. Our PGA Professionals competed for a purse of nearly $8,000 while helping to raise nearly $100,000 for PGA REACH. PGA REACH is a collaborative effort between the Gateway PGA Foundation and the PGA of America which leverages the upcoming Championships coming to Bellerive. This outreach will focus on keeping kids in school, creating a sustainable golf park in inner –city St. Louis, creating St. Louis public high school golf teams, and providing economic opportunities for under-privileged youth. PGA REACH will partner with three local organizations: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, and Urban K-Life to extend the impact that they are already having on the youth of St. Louis. The PGA of America is looking to us to create a blueprint on how to leverage Championships, at a local level, to create lasting impacts in the community. Please click HERE to read more about the event and PGA REACH. On the following page, you can see how we gained national awareness through a piece done on CBS during a one hour special. Thank you to National Car Rental for their wonderful support. All the best

Josh Riley, PGA Executive Director

Gateway Section | 17269 Wild Horse Creek Rd, Ste 110 | Chesterfield, MO 63005-1360 | [email protected] | www.gatewaypga.org

Executive Director Report

2 Gateway Section | 17269 Wild Horse Creek Rd, Ste 110 | Chesterfield, MO 63005-1360 | [email protected] | www.gatewaypga.org

Secretary Candidates

General Manager and Director of Golf Benjiman Kent, PGA, MBA, has been a

part of the Persimmon Woods Golf Club team since 2003. He was elevated to

Head Golf Professional in 2006 and became the Club’s General Manager and

Director of Golf in October 2008. In addition to his experience at Persimmon, he

has two years of experience as an Assistant Golf Professional at Brynwood Coun-

try Club in Wisconsin. Early in his career, he gained three years of experience at

public and semi-private facilities in Minnesota and Florida, toggling between

Minnesota in the summer months and Florida in the winter.

Ben earned Class A Membership into the PGA of America in 1999, earning Titleist Foot-Joy Apprentice

Scholarships during his completion of the PGA’s Golf Professional Training Program.

In 2008, he was honored by the Gateway Section of the PGA of America with the Private Club Merchandiser of

the Year Award. He was a 2010 finalist for the Bill Strausbaugh Award. In 2011 and 2012 he was nominated

for the Gateway's Horton Smith Award for Education, winning the award in 2012.

Ben earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota and his MBA from Marquette Uni-

versity in Milwaukee. He and his wife, Veronica, have one son, Payne Alexandyr with another child due in

January 2013.

In addition to golf, Ben’s interests include bass fishing, economics, finance and attempting to procure the

perfect chicken wing sauce.

He is running for Secretary for two reasons. In his words, first; “I hope to build upon our current efforts of

enhancing the image of PGA Professionals within our Section.” Second, “I believe with my significant indus-

try experience, when combined with my strong formal educational background, I am in a position to assist our

Section with our endeavors. I look forward to the opportunity to speak about these ideas in greater detail at our

2012 Fall Meeting.”


Secretary Candidates

Kevin Schaeffer brings more than just an impressive resume with stellar business ini-tiatives and years of experience to the game and business of golf. With more than sixteen years of proven experience to his credit, his meaning has and always will be an attitude of service, to the Gateway PGA Section and to his facility. His expertise, credentials and winning practices are all beneficial to golfers in this section and be-yond. Kevin represents the game professionally to the Gateway PGA Section, the members and customers of his facility and golfers beyond for many years to come. From the minute he picked up the game as a grade school student to his present role as PGA Head Golf Professional at Annbriar Golf Course, Kevin has always delivered incomparable customer service, professionalism, interpersonal skills, leadership and motivation to the golfing community of this section. Leadership and motivation has always been Kevin’s strong attributes. Kevin Schaeffer’s superb interpersonal skills are invaluable to this fast-paced environment in the game and business of golf. His strong interpersonal skills enable him to maintain a positive outlook even when dealing with difficult situations. Kevin is reliable, dependable, trustworthy and a wonderful intricate team player with the ability to build consensus among our Members. Over the last sixteen years, Kevin has been employed at several facilities in the Gateway Section. Kevin started his career at Greenbriar Hills Country Club as a caddy, moved to the bag room staff and eventually became an Assistant Golf Professional under the direction of PGA Member Scott Oulds. In the years follow-ing Kevin was employed at Four Seasons Country Club, Westborough Country Club, The Links at Dardenne, Golf Galaxy – Brentwood and then onto Annbriar Golf Course where he calls home as the Head Golf Profes-sional for the last seven years. During these years and leading to the present day Kevin has supported the Gateway PGA Tournament Program. He has also served as the Chairman of the Social Committee while being involved with the Growth of the Game Committee. Kevin attended the 2009 National PGA of America Annual Meeting where he served as an Alternate Delegate. Also in 2009, Kevin was awarded the Gateway PGA Merchandiser of the Year – Public award. He was a member of the PGA of America President’s Council on the Growth of the Game in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Kevin has held the position of the Presidential Appointment on the Board of Directors for the Gateway PGA Section for the last two years. Kevin has a handful of reasons why he is running for Secretary of the Gateway PGA. He believes in returning to the section what it has given him over the last sixteen years. Kevin is an exceptional human being, PGA Professional and true Member of the Gateway Section. Kevin wants to prove his leadership and deliver creative solutions that PGA Members and Apprentices demand and deserve. He also wants to share his extensive knowledge in business and player development to help find effective solutions to the challenges that we all face today and in the future. Finally, Kevin wants to utilize his experiences, personality, dedica-tion and passion to help lead the Gateway PGA Section today, tomorrow and in the future. Kevin resides in Arnold, Missouri with his wife Shannon.

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GROWTH OF THE GAME

On behalf of the Gateway PGA Foundation and PGA REACH, I would like to thank every Pro-fessional who participated in the National Car Rental PGA REACH Charity Pro Am on Octo-ber 8th at Boone Valley. The inaugural fundraiser raised awareness and funds for PGA REACH and was a great success.

On October 10th, the Gateway Staff was invited to participate in the Nestlé Purina Health and Wellness Fair. In just two short hours, over 1,000 people attended the fair and were exposed to the Gateway PGA and its Professionals, programs, and community events. Opportunities like these are valuable in continuing to promote our brand and profession. Moreover, we welcome any suggestions for opportunities like this in the future.

As a follow-up to the Education survey that went out the end of October, I want to thank all of you who took the time to complete the questionnaire and submit your responses. This information is extremely helpful in planning this winter’s Educational opportunities. Golf 2.0 continues to be an important topic and valua-ble resource in helping Professionals grow their business. Much of these educational opportunities will focus on various strategies of Golf 2.0 and implementation assistance. Please stay tuned for the schedule to be released soon.

Fingers crossed for a cold off season! I look forward to seeing everyone at the Awards Dinner, Fall Meeting, and Fall Sale!


Ali Wells, PGA Director

Foundation Programs & Player

Development

CBS “GOLF’S BEST” CBS AIRED A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL ON OCTOBER 28TH WHICH RE-CAPED THE

BEST STORIES AROUND THE GOLF WORLD IN 2012. A TREMENDOUS SPOTLIGHT

WAS PLACED ON OUR LOCAL EFFORT, PGA REACH, WHICH IS GAINING TRE-

MENDOUS TRACTION LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE GOLFING WORLD.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE TO SEE THE SEGMENT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfnktgGjvKg


Nathan Charnes, PGA

Professional of the Year

Brett Moomey PGA

Assistant Professional

of the Year

Chris Hahn

Hard Goods Rep

of the Year

Mike Govern

Soft Goods

Rep of the Year

Paul Leahy, PGA

Bill Straughsbaugh

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Resort Merchandiser

of the Year

Todd Meyer, PGA

Junior Golf Leader

Mark Christensen, PGA

Teacher of the Year

Ben Kent, PGA

Horton Smith

Ryan Johnson , PGA

Private Merchandiser

of the Year

Jim Knoesel, PGA

Public Merchandiser

of the Year

Mike Suhre, PGA

President’s Plaque

Kevin Corn, PGA

President’s Plaque

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GATEWAY PGA AWARDS DINNER

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH

OLD HICKORY GC

GATEWAY PGA FALL MEETING

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH

CC OF ST. ALBANS

REGISTER HERE


Bob Gaus, PGA

Player of the Year

Shane

Blankenship, PGA

Assistant Player

of the Year

JC Anderson, PGA

Senior

Player of the Year

Steve Heckel, PGA

Super Senior

Player of the Year

Barbara Blanchar , PGA

Ladies Player of the Year

http://gatewaypga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gatewaypga12/event/gatewaypga1245/index.htm


RULES CORNER

Ryder Cup “Time of Starting”

I had a few anxious moments on Sunday morning at the Ryder Cup. I was the referee for the Rory

McIlrory vs. Keegan Bradley match. As you all know Rory barely made his tee time.

Their tee time was 11:25. At 10:55 AM there was a report on the rules channel that McIlroy was not on the property. I was leaving the clubhouse head-ing across the practice putting area at that time. I made my way to the first tee where chief referee David Price was located. He asked if I was aware of the situation. We got another report at 11:08 from a Ryder Cup Europe official on the tee who said McIlroy was still on the interstate. Knowing the traffic situation, that elevated the concern. Fortunately, that report was not accurate. A few minutes later past PGA of

Jesse Barge, PGA Master Professional

America Rules of Golf Committee Chairman, Mark Wilson, called on the radio to let us know Rory had just pulled in to the parking lot at Medi-nah. Mark was doing analysis for NBC and they had a camera on the lot. Fortunately, McIlroy arrived on the tee at 11:19 AM with no time to warm up. He was remarkably composed considering the situation. Many friends and members have asked what the ruling would have been if he arrived at the tee late. Rule 6-3 covers Time of Starting. If he arrived at or anytime prior to 11:25:00 he would be on time. If he arrived between 11:25:01 and 11:35:00 I would have informed he was late to the tee and the penalty was loss of the first hole and the match would have proceeded to the second tee. If he ar-rived at 11:35:01 or later the penalty would have been disqualification and Keegan Bradley would have won the match. See Decision 6-3a/2.5 which explains the meaning of "Time of Starting.

Assistants Corner We would like to thank everyone that played in this year’s Assistants Championship and to our national sponsors of the event National Rental Car and Cobra Puma Golf. We had a total of 36 players participate for 2 qualifying spots. This year’s two qualifiers are Jeffery Schmidt, PGA from Perche Creek and Ty Zimmerman, PGA from Westwood Country Club. Our grand prize winner for the trip for 4 to Valhalla Golf Club is Brandon Coffee, PGA from Forest Hills Country Club. Congrats and have fun!!! On a personal note, I (Ty Zimmerman) would also like to thank your Assistants Committee members for putting on two great events this year. They all have worked very hard to provide two wonderful events and they should really be applauded for their efforts. Thank you guys very much!!! Feel free to contact any one of your committee members with any questions or concerns you might have.

Ty Zimmerman

Feel free to contact any one of your committee members with any questions or concerns you might have. Your 2012 Assistant Committee

Members are:

Westwood Country Club

Illini Country Club

Persimmon Woods Golf Club

Quincy Country Club

Forest Hills Country Club

The Club at Old Hawthorne

WingHaven Country Club

Ty Zimmerman, PGA Chairman Michael Leotta, PGA Vice-Chairman Trey Strong, PGA Secretary Gideon Smith, PGA Board Liaison Brandon Coffey, PGA Kevin Stall, PGA Andrew Jury George Schrage RJ Villafuerte, PGA

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TOURNAMENT UPDATES

T he leaves are falling and the tempera-tures are dropping which means the end

of another Gateway PGA tournament schedule and the beginning of the offseason for most us! The sea-son once again came to an end at the Cleveland Golf Lake Team Event. The field was a little smaller than year's past, but those who played had three great days of golf with pristine course conditions and un-believable weather!! After three full days of compe-tition, the teams of Rob Sedorcek and his younger brother Jeff tied with Bob Gaus and Steve Lotz. A special thanks to the Gateway Section staff, Kevin Hefner from Cleveland Golf, Tory Hayes and the staffs at Porto Cima, Old Kinderhook and Osage National for an outstanding event. As we all know by now, Bellerive Country Club will host the best players in the world over fifty years of age next May for the 2013 Senior PGA Champion-ship presented by KitchenAid! Two members of the Gateway Section, Bob Gaus and JC Anderson will represent us after qualifying last month in Virginia at the Senior PNC. Congratulations to both Bob and JC on their outstanding play, I look forward to seeing them compete with Couples, Vijay and Watson for the Alfred S. Bourne Trophy in their own backyard. Well done gentlemen!! The last two years as Gateway PGA Tournament Chairman has been a fun & rewarding experience. I always enjoy competing against and socializing with the members of our section. Even though my game has wavered the last few years, I look forward to each and every Monday and know a lot of time and energy goes into each event we put our logo

behind. I want to send out a big thank you to all of our host facil-ities for opening your doors to us this year. Also, thank you to our dedicated staff who put in tireless hours to making our program successful. Steve Finn, Josh Riley, Susan Bender, Bob Shogren & Gene Keiter all do their part to make our events professional every time we tee it up. On a personal note, I am extremely honored to have been chosen by my peers as the 2012 Gate-way PGA Assistant Golf Professional of the Year. It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by my colleagues and friends and I look forward to join-ing the rest of our award recipients at the annual awards dinner on November 4th. If you have any feedback on our 2012 tournament program, please don't hesitate to contact me or Ste-ve Finn. Please be on the lookout for the BlueGolf survey going out later this Fall. We value the answers and opinions in planning for future events. See you all at the Fall Meeting and have a great offseason! Brett Moomey, PGA Gateway PGA Tournament Chairman

Brett Moomey, PGA

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Lake Team Event Recap Perfect Weather Highlights 2012 Lake Team Event

Most players spend a lot of time packing for the annual trek to the Lake of the Ozarks for the Lake Team Event as it is any-one's guess what the weather may hold. This year was the ex-ception, with temperatures over 80 each day, most of the field was sent scrambling for sunscreen and shorts for the year end-ing team event.

Longtime PGA Partner, Cleveland Golf, was well represented by Kevin Hefner and John Mason, both pre-sent for the event. After 54 holes, 2 teams were at the top of the leaderboard, Jeff & Rob Sedorcek and Ste-ve Lotz & Bob Gaus, both finished the event at 18-under par. The Sedorcek brothers have played in the event for years and were extrememly happy with their 2012 performance. Next year should be even better and Rob will enter the Senior Division next year for the event and be able to move up a set of tees. Lotz & Gaus have won this event in the past, but stumbled a bit in the Scramble format, were still able to grab a piece of the overall title. Walt Siemsglusz & Dave Levine had a great week and finished alone in 3rd place, 1 shot back at 17-under. Three teams split 4th place at 16-under were Jeff Escott & Jeff Whitfield, defend-ing winners Rob Wilkin & John Richman, and former champs Brian Fogt & JC Anderson.

The Annual Lake Team Event presented by Cleveland Golf features PGA Professionals & Amateurs from the Gateway, Midwest, South-Central, & Iowa Sections of the PGA of America. The 2-person teams are

comprised of 2 Pros or 1 Pro and 1 Amateur, playing 3 different courses with 3 different formats. This years event lineup was comprised of 4-Ball at The Club at Porto Cima, Scramble at Old Kinderhook, and the final round was Chapman Alternate Shot at Osage National Golf Resort. All three facilities

Players Championship Recap Betz & Lotz Win Players Championship Titles

Adam Betz of Meadowbrook CC, capped a very successful 2012 with a victory at The Players Championship at Old Warson CC. Betz took the year ending victory over some of the areas

best players on a damp and cool day. The invitational event features the top 20 players in the Regular Division and top 5 from the Assis-tants Division. Adam had rounds of 71 and 69, 2-under par, to earn him a commanding 5-stroke victo-

ry. Finishing in the runner-up spot was first round leader, Kevin Triefen-bach, of Tapawingo GC. Rounding out the top 5, all tied for 3rd, was Scott Brauer, JC Anderson, & Bob Gaus.

The Senior Division ended up much closer as it took a playoff to determine the champion. Steve Lotz of Tower Tee and Brian Fogt of Bellerive were tied at 72 and headed out to the first hole for a sudden death playoff. Lotz prevailed, giving him his second victory of 2012. Steve's other victory also was determined in a playoff at Sunset CC in July. Walt Siemsglusz and Bob Gaus tied for 3rd while Jeff Whitfield and Scott Bess tied for 5th.

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Place Player Events Points

1 Barbara A. Blanchar 6 550.00

2 Helen A. Kurtin 2 130.00

Ladies Player of the Year

Click HERE for complete Points standings.

Assistants Player of the Year


1 Shane J. Blankenship 14 692.47

2 Ty G. Zimmerman 10 588.33

3 Adam M. Betz 8 500.00

4 Jeffrey W. Schmid 7 482.33

5 Justin D. Auping 11 418.80

6 Larry W. Emery 5 298.33

7 Brett A. Moomey 9 270.80

8 Loel B. Fischer 9 256.33

9 Cameron C. Faulkner 8 185.00

10 Bobby J. Pavelonis 2 157.50

Regular Player of the Year


1 Bob T. Gaus 44 668.66

2 JC Anderson 42 585.58

3 Mike L. Suhre 48 556.58

4 Mark W. Faulkner 34 478.33

5 Brian R. Fogt 35 334.30

6 Shane J. Blankenship 53 323.33

7 Michael L. Tucker 35 282.22

8 Gideon H. Smith 20 252.50

9 Jeffrey W. Schmid 12 206.67

10 Kevin J. Triefenbach 21 205.00

Senior Player of the Year


1 JC Anderson 20 550.00

2 Brian R. Fogt 15 529.00

3 Bob T. Gaus 14 485.00

4 Mark W. Faulkner 16 395.00

5 Jeff Whitfield 12 352.50

6 Steve L. Lotz 10 341.00

7 Nash Haxel 9 275.00

8 Walter Siemsglusz 12 274.00

9 David Levine 9 215.00

10 Doug D. Castellari 12 144.50

Super Senior Player of the Year


1 Steve Heckel 5 460.00

2 Mike Brengard 6 382.50

3 Bill F. Hall 5 237.50

4 Bill R. Proctor 3 187.50

5 Samuel K. Gilliland 2 130.00

6 Scott Bess 2 104.00

7 Michael A. Wensing 1 100.00

8 Brad Hulett 2 97.50

9 Charles R. Stock 1 60.00

T10 Ralph C. Tiffany 1 50.00

The 2013 PGA CareerLinks Profile Survey

The PGA of America developed the award-winning CareerLinks system to help golf industry employers and quali-fied PGA professionals connect for employment opportunities. The CareerLinks Profile is the method used to quantify the skillsets, background, experience, etc., of our PGA professionals and allows the system to search and identify matching candidates for jobs in the golf industry.

In 2009 when we made the decision to do the Compensation Survey on a yearly basis we stopped sending out The PGA CareerLinks Profile as a survey. It is a document that PGA professionals have always had the ability to up-date at any time so we didn’t feel the need to keep making them start from scratch. However in the past 4 years the industry has experienced change and the Survey has been enhanced with new questions based on the priorities of today’s golf industry and the needs of employers, including player development and higher level management positions.

PGA professionals were sent an email with a link provided to complete their new PGA CareerLinks Profile. This must be filled out to remain active in CareerLinks after the December 31st deadline. If you have questions please contact your PGA Employment Consultant or call 1-800-314-2713.

http://gatewaypga.org/yearstandings/


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PGA Financial Assistance Scholarship Beginning November 15th the PGA Financial Assistance Scholarship will be available online.

PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Program Fact Sheet

Graduating high school seniors and college students who are the children or grandchildren of PGA members are invited to apply online at the home page (before you log in) of PGALinks.com to be considered for financial support for college through the PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Program.

The scholarship program is an academic based scholarship program that takes into account the following depending on the class level of the student:

High School Graduating Senior

High School Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale). This number is to be an unweighted GPA based on a 4.0 scale.

ACT and/or SAT test scores (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)

Extracurricular activities in high school such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc. (10% of the scholarship weighting scale).

Current College Student (has not reached their senior year in college)

College Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale)

Most recently completed college semester or quarter GPA (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)

Extracurricular activities in co llege such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc. (10% of the scholarship weighting scale)

The amount and number of scholarships is determined by the availability of funds, and may vary from year to year based on these factors and IRS guidelines. In 2012 eight $5,000 scholarships were awarded and 126 $2,000 scholarships were awarded out of 848 applications. Schol-arships are awarded at the discretion of the PGA Sc holarship Committee. The sc holarship is for accredited Universities or Coll eges in the United States only.

The application process is live online (www.PGALinks.com) between November 15, 2012 and March 15, 2013 and students are asked to wait until they are in possession of their most current grade report (first semester) or transcript before applying. The applicant must enter the students Social Security number and the PGA affiliated parent or grandparents PGA ID number to gain access to the application.

After submitting the online application, the applicant must have postmarked by March 15,2013 to the below address a sealed official school grade transcript that shows their GPA information and ACT/SAT test scores (if a high school applicant) to:

PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship ProgramAttention: Linda Bennington

Grant and Scholarship Specialist

100 Avenue of the Champions

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418

888.532.6661; 561.624.7612 or e-mail: [email protected]

PGA members can check out the Scholarship Search Tips for additional listed websites to help you with your scholarship search by visiting the homepage of PGALinks.com/Personal Benefits/PGA Scholarship Program.



As of October 31, 2012

New Apprentices

Name Employer Class

Joseph Branco II The Club at Porto Cima B-8 Andrew Joung-Su Kim Pro Am Golf Center B-6

EMPLOYMENT CHANGES Name Employer Class Jeffrey D. Allen, PGA Golf Galaxy - Chesterfield A-15

Michael J. Formuth, PGA Dick’s Sporting Goods A-15

Dennis M. Biedenstein, PGA 11/2 Brett K Fisher, PGA 11/15

Gene Carello 11/2 Shawn F. Barnes, PGA 11/17

Bob Furkin, PGA 11/3 Travis S. McCubbin, PGA 11/17

Tory W. Hayes, PGA 11/4 Matthew P. Tausig, PGA 11/18

Bob Jones, PGA 11/4 Joe L. Burden, PGA 11/19

Brandon M Smith 11/6 Justin D Hoagland 11/20

Michael V. Wyatt, PGA 11/6 William J. Morrow, PGA 11/20

Gregory M. Anderson, PGA 11/10 Robert T. Gaus, PGA 11/22

Scott Armstrong, PGA 11/10 Daryl J. Hartig, PGA 11/22

Danny Pesch, PGA 11/10 Ralph C. Tiffany, PGA 11/28

Craig A. Zinzilieta, PGA 11/10 James D. Berrey, PGA 11/29

Robert Wilson, PGA 11/11 John G. Gilchrist, PGA 11/30

Matthew Gindler, PGA 11/14 Richard L. Martin, PGA 11/30

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