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7th Annual United States Golf Teachers Cup®
MARK HARMAN WINS SEVENTH PLAYING OF
UNITED STATES GOLF TEACHERS CUP
MOORS GOLF & LODGING
PENSACOLA, FL • 2002 |
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Take two days of
beautiful weather, a course where the Senior Tour plays, one of the
South’s premier vacation destinations, great golf and friendships,
and what do you have?
Why, the 7th annual
edition of the United States Golf Teachers Cup, of course.
The Moors Golf &
Lodging, just outside Pensacola, Florida, is home to the annual
Emerald Coast Classic on the Senior PGA Tour, which showcases some
of the greatest names in professional golf. This past November, it
featured some of the greatest teaching names in the USGTF in
competition. Two days of 75-degree weather and cloudless skies only
made the tournament that much more enjoyable for the participants.
USGTF Course Director
Mark Harman, from Pensacola, c a p t u red his third United States
Golf Teachers Cup, shooting a two-round total of 141 to take home a
two-stroke victory over Jim Perez of Fresno, California. Perez’s
runner-up finish was his best showing to date in the championship.
There were plenty of
fireworks during the second day, including:
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Harman’s back
nine score of 31 to propel him from fourth place, at the turn,
to victory;
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Perez’s
hole-in-one at the par-3 eighth hole, giving him the lead at
that point and fueling his fine showing
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John Linton
rolling in a 12-foot birdie putt on the second hole of
sudden-death in the Super Senior Division to defeat past
champion, and very solid player, Bert Boyce;
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Robert Kleabir,
playing in his first professional stroke-play tournament, coming
back from an opening 88 to a second- round 73, a 15-stroke
improvement
A new feature
experimented with this year was second day money. This allowed those
who did not do well the first day to still have something to play
for. In the Open Division, Joey Justice took the money with a 72;
Tom Buckley’s 75 copped the honors in the Senior Division; and Mike
Perez came back from an opening round 91 with a 78 to grab the Super
Senior Division dollars.
The low four scorers
consisting of Harman, Perez, Ron Longoria of Santa Barbara,
California, and Mike Stevens of Tampa, Florida, will re p resent the
United States in the team portion of the next World Golf Teachers
Cup, to be held in 2003 in Spain.
“I know all of us
involved with the tournament had a great time in the Pensacola
area,” stated USGTF President Geoff Bryant. “The Moors is a fine
course, and we enjoyed it immensely. Currently, we’re finalizing
plans for the next US Golf Teachers Cup, and we hope to once again
have outstanding participation.”
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