gateway pga june 2012 newsletter

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This Issue

Volume 4, Issue 6 July 2012

Employment P 4

Growth of the Game P 5

Rules P 6

Assistants P 6

Fitness P 8

Tournaments P 9 ‐ 14

Member Updates P 16

Golf 2.0 P 17

Women’s Golf Day P 2‐4

I am extremely proud and honored to be involved with the Gateway PGA. I have always felt that way but maybe more now after being part of June’s growth of the game initiatives.

Our Foundation helped pull together PGA Professionals, allied associations, and vendors across the area to deliver a phenomenal Women’s Golf Day presented by Callaway

Golf. Thank you to Mid Rivers Golf Links for providing a venue that allowed for over 100 women to experience and/or grow in the game of golf. The wom-en in attendance had all different backgrounds and reasons for attending. The one thing I can say, these women have so much control over discretionary time and financial spend. Growing the game through our ladies is one, if not the most, important growth of the game strategy. Please keep your eyes out and your ears open for ladies coming to your facility who are eager to discover more of our great sport. Below, you can read more about our growth of the game programs that were delivered in June. Thank you to those PGA Profes-sionals who help our section and foundation programs to really flourish. Bob Gaus, Tower Tee, obviously knows how to get his ball around the golf course. However, he seems to thrive in Match Play. After Bob took the Sec-tion Match Play Championship in May, he took to Sunset Hills Country Club with his eyes on the Senior Match Play Championship. Bob’s near error free play allowed him to win back-to-back titles over Brian Fogt, Bellerive CC, for the second year in a row. Congratulations to Bob Gaus and a at-a-boy to Brian Fogt for qualifying for the US Senior Open the very next day! Congratualtions to JC Anderson for making the cut at the 2012 PNC. JC finished 36th with rounds of 75, 71, 77, 71.Gateway PGA Professionals now start setting their sights on the PNC Qualifier at Persimmon Woods in late July. Please take a moment to view some of the upcoming opportunities to get in-volved with the section and Foundation. We have world renown instructor Jimmy Ballard coming to WingHaven as well as our Family Golf Day which is right around the corner. hope to see you soon!

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

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Growth of The Game

I n the past month, the Gateway Foundation has been busy bringing golf to the lives of

many! Hosting two events of our own, and partici-pating in one outside event, made June a great four weeks. On Saturday, June 9th, the Gateway Foundation and Mid Rivers Golf Complex hosted 100 ladies for our Women’s Golf Day. These women ranged in experience from true beginners to competitive golf-ers, but they all had one thing in common… they love learning about golf! In a span of three hours, participants received instruction on every part of their golf game, had the opportunity to shop at 14 different vendors, were introduced to different golf fitness exercises and stretches, and were then able to socialize with their friends at Happy Hour. I would like to thank Alex Anderson, JC Anderson, Cindy Beache, Jill Bertram, Dennis Biedenstein, Barbara Blanchar, Missy Brennan, Sally Collins, Steve Finn, Nash Haxel, Helen Kurtin, Barb Mi-chael, Bev Miller, Josh Riley, Rob Sedorcek, and Jeff Whitfield for making this event a success. I would also like to thank David Kohlberg with Callaway for sponsoring the event. Exactly one week later, we were out at WingHaven Country Club for the first annual College Golf Combine! Forty juniors came out to test their golf game and physical fitness skills against twelve dif-ficult assessments. Participants and parents had a blast. Additionally, they were very appreciative of the opportunity to evaluate their games during such an important stage in their young golfing careers. This event will continue to grow as we received tons of positive feedback and heavy interest in holding another one next year. The following Pro-fessionals and helpers need to be thanked, again, for their hand in putting on a successful first Col-lege Golf Combine: Alex Anderson, Barbara Blanchar, Missy Brennan, Michael Brown, Katie Coufield, Steve Finn, Nathan Jacquin, Helen Kur-tin, Alisha Matthews, Kasey McCammack, Barb Michael, Josh Riley, Ed Schwent, and Rob Sedorcek. Also, a thank you goes to TaylorMade Adidas for sponsoring this one-of-a-kind event.


In between Women’s Golf Day and the College Combine, the Gateway Foundation made a stop at a block party in north St. Louis. An organization called Urban K-Life, which works with at-risk high school youth, invited hundreds of local families to attend a block party which reached much further than only one block. Offering free food, music, basketball tour-naments, kickball games, face painting, tee ball, and yes golf, families from all over the area showed up to have fun with their neighbors and meet new people. Golf was a huge hit with the kids – many asked when we would be returning! The Foundation was honored to have been asked to participate. Keep your eyes open for more information coming soon about our upcoming Family Golf Night. Tak-ing place at Yorktown Golf Course in Belleville, Illinois, the afternoon and evening will be filled with a family golf tournament, a cookout, and games and activities for the whole family. Save the date and bring your family out for a great even-ing of fun and golf! Again, more details and an event flyer will be arriving in your inbox soon. Finally, I have an injury update on Gateway Golfzilla. He’s been out and about so much during the month of June that we think he just became de-hydrated. While performing for a group, he injured his right foot, became light-headed, and fainted. We brought him inside to cool off in the air condi-tioning, took him to a podiatrist to fix his foot, and gave him a week to rest. It was a close one, but he’s back and he’s ready for more! Many dates are still open in July… book him now before it’s too late!

Ali Wells, PGA Director Foundation Programs and Player Development

Ali Wells, PGA Director

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

Employment Services

Golf 2.0 – Knowing your customer or CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

Plan are available on www.golf20.net. Log in with your PGALinks password and explore this very important part of growing the game and communicating with your customers and members. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I am available for counseling on career planning, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, negotiating and Golf 2.0 initia-tives. I welcome your questions and am willing to help in any way I can. Have a great summer! Tim Marks, PGA Employment Consultant 815.630.5196 – office [email protected]

Ask yourself, does my facility do enough, or any, cus-tomer tracking? Do we really know who our custom-ers/members are and what can we do to learn more? These questions are asked on a daily basis at facilities all over the country and CRM may be one of the more important practices that you can implement, or im-prove, to make your facility successful. Knowledge of your customers/members trends, likes, frequency of play and spending can go a long way to improve your communication and customer service/retention at your facility. There are five (5) steps in the “pathway to CRM… Relationship building – improving customer ser-

vice and relations to retain the core and grow rounds

Customer database development – the leading indi-cator of revenues, marketing, profiling, and effec-tiveness of planning

Communicating with your customer database – in order to increase customer/member retention and utilization of facilities – answering the questions of why communicate, how to communicate and what to communicate

Customer database segmentation – not all custom-ers/members are created equally – segment based on specific criteria and make communication and execution of plan more effective

CRM marketing plan execution – a personal com-munication system with your customers/members

Not every facility has the appropriate POS system to get all the information needed. Put a plan together with your employer to put one of these systems in place, or utilize your computerized handicap system to get some of the information you need to get started immediately. You may not have time during this busy summer to put time toward this, but you should give it some thought for the fall and winter in order to put a plan together to take advantage of this information to the fullest! The coming off-season will be a great time to communicate the “Facility Plan” (found on golf20.net) to your em-ployer. These steps are important in continuing to in-crease your worth at your facility. The “Know Your Customer” PlayBook and Facility

Tim Marks, PGA Employment Consultant

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Private member-owned Country Club in Jacksonville, IL is seek-

ing an Assistant Golf Professional. Candidate must have strong customer service and communication skills. Re-sponsibilities include but not limited to counter time, merchandising, assisting in tournament operations, golf lessons, outside service along with opening and closing the golf shop. Job entails 40-50 hours a week during season. Wage commensurate with experience. Appli-cants should submit resume to: Mike Anderson General Manager / Head Golf Professional Fax 217-245-7413 Email [email protected] Mail to: Jacksonvile CC P.O. Box 1235 Jacksonville, IL 62650

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Women’s Golf Day

Women's Golf Day was sponsored by Callaway Golf who takes Golf 2.0 and welcoming women to the sport of golf very personally. Callaway brought tons of golf clubs for the ladies to try: putters, wedges, irons, hy-brids, woods, different set makeups, and bags.

About 100 ladies attended the 2012 Women's Golf Day presented by Callaway Golf.

Barbara Blanchar gave a wonderful opening address personally thanking every lady who attended, all helping Professionals, Mid Rivers Golf Complex for hosting us, and the vendors for brining product. She also explained how the event will flow and what every lady was to ex-pect and experience.


Women’s Golf Day

Alex Anderson and Jill Bertram, LPGA taught ladies of all skill levels about chipping.

Nash Haxel, PGA spent some time at the beach helping the ladies learn about bunkers and how to effectively hit out of them.

2012 Gateway PGA Women's Golf Day at Mid Rivers Golf Complex. With temps in the 90s, coolers of water were a must!


Merchandise Row had 14 vendors from across the Great St. Louis area showed up to participate in the fun of Women's Golf Day. Vendors ranged from jewelry, to purses, to makeup, to children's books, to skin care, to juices, and more.

Ladies had the opportunity to visit Barb Michael (near Calla-way Golf) to practice warm up activities, golf stretches, and learn about proper nutrition and hydration for golf.

Women’s Golf Day

Josh Riley, PGA and Missy Brennan, PGA spent quality time on the putting green helping lady participants to drain putts from all over the green.


TOURNAMENT UPDATES

Education

Brian Schmersahl, PGA [email protected]

Teaching the Teacher Seminar by Jimmy Ballard WingHaven Country Club Friday, July 13, 2012 9:00am – 1:00pm, 1:00-2:00pm lunch Gateway PGA Professionals & Apprentices Cost: $50 Non-Gateway PGA Professionals Cost: $100.00 Online registration coming soon…contact Gateway Section to sign-up now PGA Professional Dress Code: Slacks and collared shirt for men. Women may wear shorts or skorts.

I t’s hard to believe that it’s already the 4th of July and all of our golf seasons are in full swing at our respective facilities. The 2012 Gateway PGA tournament program has several major events coming up in the next 2 months highlighted by the PGA National Qualifier events which all have deadlines approaching in the coming weeks. They are as follows:

2012 Gateway PGA PNC at Persimmon Woods GC July 23-24, entry deadline is Thursday, July 5th

2012 Gateway PGA Senior PNC at Lake Forest CC August 20-21, entry deadline is Wednesday, July 11th

2012 Gateway PGA Assistants Championship at Westwood CC Sept. 4, entry deadline is Wednesday, July 18th

Entries for all three of these events are available on www.pgalinks.com The month of July also brings with it the popular 36-Hole Team Championship which returns to Quincy CC on July 9. Newly renovated Sunset Country Club will play host to the St. Louis Pro Open on July 16. On the Pro-Am side, Annbriar will be a fine venue for the Sr. Pro-Am on Thursday, July 12 and the always well attended Pro-Ladies will once again be played at St. Albans with a double shotgun on July 30. Registration for all of the events are available on Blue Golf. For those looking to test their games against the best local amateurs and touring professionals, the Metro Open and Missouri Open will be played two weeks apart. Both events will be 54-hole championships this year with a cut com-ing after 36 holes. St. Albans will host the Metro Open July 12-14 and Old Hawthorne welcomes the Missouri Open July 26-28. Both events will feature strong fields and professional purses. On a personal note, I’d like to congratulate and wish good luck to Bellerive Director of Instruction Brian Fogt as he travels to Detroit for the 2012 United States Senior Open! I’m sure he’ll be a fine representation of the Gateway Section on the national stage!! Enjoy the rest of the summer, I hope to see everyone out on the links!! Brett Moomey, PGA Gateway PGA Tournament Chair

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Rules Corner

Juniors & The Rules of Golf


Assistants Corner

As PGA Professionals one our responsibilities is to teach the Rules of Golf to junior golfers. The Links at Kokopelli recently hosted a PGA of America Jun-ior Series Tournament. Bob Shogren and I served as rules

officials at this 54-hole event. From that experience here are a few things you want to be

sure your junior golfers know. If there is a possibility the ball may be out of bounds or lost outside of a water hazard they should play a provisional ball to speed up play. We had several de-lays in play because players did not play a provision-al. However, if the player plays a provisional and then discovers the ball is in a water hazard the provi-sional ball must be abandoned immediately.

Jesse Barge, PGA Master Professional

With deadline for the Assistant’s Championship fast approaching make sure that you are signed up through www.pgalinks.com. The national entry fee is $30.00 and needs to be paid by Wednesday, July 18th at 5:00 pm EDT. Even if you are unsure if you are going to play please at least go and sign up today! This will help with the number of spots that we can secure. How to apply: Login in to PGALINKS Click on Tournaments/Events Click on Section Assistant’s Championship Follow the steps from there Or Call 1-800-414-2116 and register through member services Sign up now through PGALinks to be eligible to qualify for the Assistants Championship!! The site for this year’s event will be Westwood Country Club.

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 Quincy Country Club Meadowbrook 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

Make sure to remove the phrase "line of flight" from your junior golfers’ rules vocabulary. There were a couple of times players substituted a ball for a ball in a water hazard on the line of flight. The ball needed to be dropped on a spot so the point where the ball LAST crossed the margin of the hazard is directly in line with the flagstick and the spot where the ball is dropped. Fortunately, in both situations, Bob and I stopped the players before they made a stroke at the ball dropped in a wrong place; thus avoiding the two stroke penalty. Finally, be sure juniors are aware that it is their respon-sibility to be on the starting tee and ready to play at the time prescribed by the committee. If a player has a tee time at 8:50 AM and arrives at 8:50:11 the player is late to the tee and will be assessed a two stroke penal-ty.





Where: WingHaven CC When: Friday, July 13, 2012 Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (Lunch at 1:00 pm) Cost: $50/Includes Lunch (If we do not fill with GPGA Pro’s, Am’s will be invited at $100/each) Register: Click HERE

On Sunday, July 15, Jimmy Ballard will be holding a private golf school for up to 12 individuals. The event will be filled by order of registration. This is a great opportunity for you and/or your customers to experience Jimmy Ballard in a more private setting. Take advantage by registering today. Where: WingHaven CC When: Sunday, July 15, 2012 Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Cost: $695/Includes Lunch Register: Click HERE

Jimmy Ballard – Coming to WingHaven

O n Friday, July 13, Jimmy Ballard will be coming to WingHaven Country Club! The seminar will be open to Gateway PGA Pro-fessionals and Apprentices, and if needed, non-PGA Profession-als. The seminar will be held from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm with lunch

service at 1:00 pm. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to be taught by the man who pioneered connection in the golf swing. Space is extremely limited so be sure to register today.

Jimmy Ballard

"Jimmy Ballard's treatise on connection and release makes him a teaching legend." -

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With summer upon us, no doubt you’ve got a thirst for golf – but as you play, don’t forget to drink in the goodness of water or other hydrat-ing fluids. They help to keep your body cool, which prevents dizziness, fatigue, nausea and headaches and muscle cramps – all signs of possible heat exhaustion.

Water isn’t the only thing your body loses in the heat. Electrolytes such as sodium, potassi-um and chloride – which work to optimize your nerves and muscles – are also lost when you sweat. It’s important to replace these dur-ing continuous exercise lasting longer than 60 minutes. While sports drinks may be necessary for certain athletes performing high-intensity and prolonged exercise, plain water remains the ideal beverage for opti-mizing hydration.

Fluid Fact Although it may vary for different body weights and types, one measure to use is to drink half our body weight in ounces of water (for example, if you weigh 100 pounds, then you should drink at least 50 ounces of water per day). A body’s water needs can be met over the course of a day through a variety of fluids and foods, including vegetables, fruits, juices and milk. While water alone will quench thirst, some people may not drink as much as when they are drinking flavored water or beverages, such as low sugar sports drinks. Hydration Hints – Drink on a Schedule: Pre-hydrate - Drink 16 ounces of water two

hours before the start of physical activity.

Hydrate - Drink 8 ounces of fluid eve-ry 20 minutes during physical activity.

Rehydrate - Drink 16 to 24 ounces of fluid for every pound of body weight lost after exercise.

Prevent Dehydration Thirst is generally a good guide in determining

fluid intake, but don’t wait until you’re thirsty to start replenishing those fluids. Chances are, by the time you actually feel thirsty, your body is well on its way to becoming dehy-drated. In a dehydrated state the body is unable to cool itself efficient-ly, leading to heat ex-

haustion and possibly heat stroke.

Am I Dehydrated? It’s important to drink even before signs of thirst appear. One way to check your hydration level is to monitor your urine. It should be plentiful and pale yellow (like lemonade). If the urine is clear, then you’re over-hydrated. If the urine looks like apple juice or tea, then you’re dehydrated.

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Gaus Sweeps 2012 Match Play Championships with Senior Win

Bob Gaus won his second Match Play Title of 2012 by winning the Sr. Match Play Championship at Sunset Hills CC. Gaus edged Bellerive CC teaching Professional Brian Fogt 2 & 1 in the Championship Match to secure the title. Like a heavyweight title fight, Gaus & Fogt traded blows the entire match. Gaus held a 1-up lead at the turn and Fogt evened the match after #11. After both players parred the tough #12 par 3, Fogt then birdied #13 to go 1-up. Gaus then got on a roll and birdied the next three holes, while Fogt also birdied #15 to keep it "All square", he found himself 1-down going to #17. Gaus then parred #17 while Fogt couldn't get it up and down from the front bun-ker to take the match to #18.

Gaus defeated Lake of Egypt CC's Mark Faulkner 1-up in the semi-finals, while Fogt edged Tower Tee's Ste-ve Lotz 1-up to reach the final. More...

Bob Gaus, PGA, Match Play Champion

Place Player Events Points

1 Shane J. Blankenship 3 170.80

2 Bobby J. Pavelonis 2 157.50

3 Brett A. Moomey 3 100.80

4 Justin D. Auping 3 93.30

5 Loel B. Fischer 3 90.00

T6 George E. Schrage 2 80.00

T6 Ty G. Zimmerman 2 80.00

8 Adam M. Betz 1 75.00

9 Cameron C. Faulkner 2 55.00

10 Aaron C. Coon 1 52.50

Assistants Player of the Year


1 Bob T. Gaus 19 250.83

2 Mike L. Suhre 19 227.50

3 Mark W. Faulkner 13 190.83

4 Brian R. Fogt 11 128.83

T5 Bobby J. Pavelonis 13 127.50

T5 Jc Anderson 14 127.50

7 Shane J. Blankenship 21 98.33

8 Jeff Whitfield 12 95.00

9 Ryan P. Roy 17 70.20

10 Michael L. Tucker 16 67.83

Regular Player of the Year Place Player Events Points

1 Bob T. Gaus 4 245.00

2 Jc Anderson 6 210.00

3 Brian R. Fogt 3 190.00

4 Mark W. Faulkner 6 182.50

5 Steve L. Lotz 2 105.00

T6 Doug D. Castellari 4 75.00

T6 Jeff Whitfield 2 75.00

8 Nash Haxel 2 65.00

T9 Larry W. Emery 3 52.50

T9 Walter Siemsglusz 2 52.50

Senior Player of the Year


1 Barbara A. Blanchar 2 175.00

2 Helen A. Kurtin 2 130.00

Ladies Player of the Year Place Player Events Points

1 Mike Brengard 2 117.50

2 Bill F. Hall 2 115.00

3 Steve Heckel 1 100.00

4 Scott Bess 1 75.00

5 Bill R. Proctor 1 67.50

Super Senior Player of the Year

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J uly is looking to be the busiest month of the year to date for Gateway PGA Tournament players. With 2 Pro-Ams, 2 Majors, and the State Open, players will be busy from the 4th of July holiday through the end of the month.

T he next stop just 3 days after Quincy is the always popular Pro-Senior Pro-Am at Annbriar GC in Waterloo, IL. With an entry fee of only $80 per Amateur, players will play one of the finest tracks in the area in the 2 BB of 4 format and enjoy a great lunch before and awards following golf. Players will also re-ceive a Pukka cap, compliments of Bruce Rist & Pukka Headwear.

J uly kicks off with the Sterling Cut Glass Team Championship at Quincy CC on Mon-day, July 9th. We are excited to return to QCC as the course and staff are some of the best we experience in the Section. The year, the Team Championship is also open to Ama-teur players as partners on a team with a GPGA Professional. The event features 36 holes with 9 AM and 2 PM shotgun starts, lunch, and an optional Team Calcutta.

T he 2012 Missouri Open will re-turn to The Club at Old Hawthorne on July 26-28th. This event has been moved from its traditional September date and a full field is expected for this years event. Also new in 2012, the event will now be 54 holes with a cut following the 2nd round. Entries for this event are available at www.mogolf.org.

O n the last day of July, Monday the 30th, St. Albans will again host the Pro-Ladies Pro-Am. The event will have 2 shotgun starts, 8 AM or 1 PM. Players will receive a tee gift, lunch, and prizes, all for their $100 entry fee.

T he second Pro-Open of the year will be up next at Sunset CC in St. Louis, on Monday, July 16th. This will be the first GPGA event contested at Sunset since the late 90's. This will be the final tune-up for players to sharpen their games' before the Gate-way PGA PNC at Persimmon Woods GC on July 23-24th.

Playing Ability Test News There has been an addition to the Playing Ability Test schedule for the month of August. Stone Creek GC in Makanda, IL, will host a Playing Ability Test on Wednesday, August 15th. Regis-trations are available through www.pgalinks.com and will end on Wednesday August 1st.

There will be 2 PAT's in the month of September in the St. Louis Metro area. Eagle Springs GC will host on September 6th and Arlington Greens GC will host on September 20th.

Congratulations to the following players who successfully completed the Playing Ability Test on June 7th at Dogwood Hills GC. Daniel AuBuchon (Old Hawthorne), Ty Hayes (Eldon CC), Tim Curran (Lake Forest CC), and David Eddy (Dallas TX), all passed the test.

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July: Family Golf Month July 9-15: Take Your Daughter to the Course Week

Aug 31 - Sept 3: Patriot Golf Day


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The College Combine was a day of golf skill and performance testing designed to help juniors eval-uate the state of their golf game, give them oppor-tunities for improvement, and provide statistics and information for those interested in playing college golf.


View the one-hour Get Golf Ready spe-cial which aired last month. The show highlights how the golf industry is making the game more fun and enjoyable while building life relationships among multiple segments of society.

A monthly feature in PGA Magazine that looks at how PGA Professionals are keeping the

game entertaining.

Golfweek continues its series 'It's Grow Time' which spotlights the individuals, programs and fa-cilities that are striving to make golf thrive again. In the May 25 issue of the magazine, the series fo-cuses on a plan to create golf's version of the "bunny slope" by the American Society of Golf Course Architects and The PGA of America.

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Michael Day, PGA 7/2 Jeffrey Kent, PGA 7/3 Dan Breslin, PGA 7/5 Dave Stone, PGA 7/5 Michael Anderson, PGA 7/9 Jeffrey Schmid, PGA 7/9 Mike Suhre, PGA 7/12 David Pearce, PGA 7/15 Jeff Mullican, PGA 7/15 Steve Sebastian, PGA 7/17 Jon DePriest, PGA 7/17 Kevin Wood 7/18 Richard Poe, PGA 7/19 Matt Ruehling, PGA 7/20 Stephen Loeber, PGA 7/20 Helen Kurtin, PGA 7/21 Ryan Johnson, PGA 7/22 John Dickey, PGA 7/22 Brian Fogt, PGA 7/24 Rob Sedorcek, PGA 7/30


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