Congrats to Ted Fort and his partner Steve Ridge on their recent T-1 in the Georgia PGA Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble. Aided by Ted's eagle 3 on the par 5 tenth hole, the team was Ten-under-par for the round. Unfortunately for the good guys, they ultimately finished second, losing on the eighth hole of a sudden death playoff. As we say down south, they were "hard dogs to get off the porch".

Proud of you, Ted!

One stroke behind the leaders were two other professionals well known to LBGers: Jeff Hull and Chris Asbell. Great playing, guys!

The complete press release is reprinted below.




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Georgia PGA
Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble
Presented by Oxford Golf
Berkeley Hills Country Club
March 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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ROSWELL, GA – Jim Arendt head PGA professional at Chicopee Woods Golf Course in Gainesville , and Gary Miller from Reynolds Landing Golf Club in Greensboro worked overtime to win the 19th annual Club Car Pro-Pro Scramble presented by Oxford Golf at Berkeley Hills Country Club in Duluth .

Arendt and Miller shot a ten-under par 62 to earn a spot in the playoff against PGA professional Steve Ridge of College Park Municipal Golf Course and PGA teaching professional Ted Fort from the Marietta Golf Center . The playoff went on for eight holes, and finally concluded when Arendt made a three-foot birdie putt on the first hole to give himself and Miller their first title in the Pro-Pro Scramble.

Defending Champions PGA teaching professionals Chris Asbell from the Georgia Golf Center in Roswell and PGA teaching professional Jeff Hull from the University of Georgia Golf Course shot nine-under par 653 to finish in a tie for third place.

The Georgia PGA is one of the 41 Sections of the PGA of America. Its membership includes nearly 850 PGA professionals working at over 265 golf courses, clubs, retail stores, and ranges throughout the state. Additionally, more than 20 Georgia PGA members compete on one of the PGA Tours. In keeping with the fundamental objectives laid down by its founders, one of the Georgia PGA's primary goals is promoting the game of golf through clinics, junior and minority golf programs, consumer programs, and print and television media.

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Arendt/Miller*-10F62
2Ridge/Fort-10F62
T3Stevens/Murchison-9F63
T3Cain/Fricke-9F63
T3Hull/Asbell-9F63
T3Hough/Detmer-9F63
T3Schwaderer/Reeves-9F63
T3Reneau/Trively-9F63
T9Spratlin/Hamilton-8F64
T9McCain/Blanton-8F64
T9Joyce/Knebels-8F64
T9Fober/Matthews-8F64
T9Lovelady/Ormsby-8F64
T9Marston/Dixon-8F64
T9Potts/Wade-8F64
T16McKinnon/Basso-7F65
T16Frasier/Lee-7F65
T16Crane/Webster-7F65
T16Kennedy/Koch-7F65
T16Curiel/Weinhart-7F65
T21Stubbs/Brown-6F66
T21Phillips/Morgan-6F66
T21Carlisle/Nicol-6F66
T21Roman/Zimmerman-6F66
T21Brooks/Taylor-6F66
T21Williams/Sanders-6F66
T21Drawdy/Williams-6F66
T28Skinner/Clark-5F67
T28Evans/Smith-5F67
T28Harris/Cressend-5F67
T28Guerra/Bishop-5F67
T28Hartle/Larson-5F67
T28Richardson/Williams-5F67
T28Batey/Smith-5F67
T28Robertson/Scheck-5F67
T36LaPointe/McCranie-4F68
T36Gilgrist/Paton-4F68
T36Fowler/Arnold-4F68
T36Avery/Smith-4F68
T36Paschetto/Miller-4F68
T41Korytoski/Heitmueller-3F69
T41Ross/Spannuth-3F69
T41Williams/Sjoberg-3F69
T41Meier/Coffee-3F69
T41Weaver/Wolff-3F69
T46Allstun/Speegle-2F70
T46Sobelson/Story-2F70
T46Losinger/Smith-2F70
T46Parrott/Webb-2F70
T46Phillips/Reece-2F70
T51Long/Peterson-1F71
T51Conley/Freeman-1F71
T53Szymoniak/Szymoniak+1F73
T53Baker/Bradshaw+1F73
T53Barfoot/Thompson+1F73
T53Renaud/Korytoski+1F73
T53Morton/Byrd+1F73
T53Wood/Woodyard+1F73
59McIntire/Crumbley+3F75