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Optimist State Qualifiers The following golfers qualify for the Optimist International Championship at PGA National Resort and Spa, July 18-28. Tennessee Optimist Qualifying Montgomery Bell State Park June 25, 2002 Boys 16-18 Chris Barron Ashland City 68 Alex DeBardeleben Memphis 69 Braxton Hunter Knoxville 71 Alan Reece Clarksville 72 Josh Risley Columbia 73 Boys 14-15 Brad Stevens Brentwood 64 Nick Wallace Knoxville 68 Bud Reynolds Knoxville 69 Bobby Baird Knoxville 69 Girls 16-18 Shelly Green Clarksville 73 Taylor Bunnell Germantown 75 Anna-Claire Daniels Oak Ridge 79 Taylor Cooper Clarksville 79 Girls 14-15 Stephanie Larson Knoxville 77 Lauren Nelms Germantown 83 Mary Alice Orr Knoxville 84 Shayla Forsey Morristown 83 Ashley Spangler Hixson 88

Brandon Burris is proving himself to be a fine golfer in Tennessee also. He probably just dosen't have the resourses to get in these high profile tournaments that Whittenburg does. Thu June 27, 2002 Tennessee Golfers Qualify for USGA Junior Memphis--Casey Wittenberg, fired a two-round total of 134 to claim the sole qualifying spot at Memphis CC for the USGA Boys Junior Championship. At Old Fort GC, Brandon Burris shot 134 to lead the qualifying. Also, qualifying for the Championship was Chris Gilliland. 06/25/02 MEMPHIS, TENN. - THE MEMPHIS CC Casey Wittenberg - Memphis, Tenn. 134 A - Bobby Hudson - Memphis, Tenn. 146 A - Michael Murphy Jr - Germantown, Tenn. 146 A - Bradley Pate - Jackson, Tenn. 148 A - Ben Glover - Paris, Tenn. 148 06/25/02 and 06/26/02 MURFREESBORO, TENN. - OLD FORT GC Brandon Burris - White House, Tenn. 134 Chris Gilliland - Chattanooga, Tenn. 139 Jeffrey Edelman - Southlake, Texas 141 A - Seth Brandon - Dalton, Ga. 141 A - Ian Hoffman - New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 141 A - Philip Pettitt Jr - Murfreesboro, Tenn. 142 A - Jonathan Mount - Kingston, Tenn. 142

The best player in the world is Tiger Woods, he's proved that. Casey Whittenburg is just a very good golfer that lives in Tennessee. He has no titles. When he wins the state open or the state championship or state amature, I will agree.

That still dosen't prove anything to me. He's playing in his back yard on some special exemption I'm sure. He did shoot a respectable 74 (+2), which in my opinion proves he is a very good player. He just dosen't have any title to prove he's the best player or high school player in Tennessee. I rest my case. [Edited by Duckbutterbandit on 6/29/02 9:12A] [Edited by Duckbutterbandit on 6/29/02 9:13A]

Westfield PGA Junior Championship Lakewood Country Club, Tullahoma Round One Boys Chris Barron 71 Ashland City Bryce Ledford 73 Ooltewah Ian Rochester 73 Cordova Kaleb Nichols 74 Cordova Cody Hale 74 Tullahoma Jeremy Cox 74 Lake City Matt Brown 74 Knoxville Blake Lannom 75 Hendersonville Grayson Painter 75 Carthage Rhett Cheatwood 75 Lawrenceburg Lucas Tabor 75 White Pine Zach Primm 75 Murfreesboro ZachPiper 76 Gallatin Clark Milner 76 Knoxville Dustin Lynch 76 Tullahoma Peter Malnati 76 Dandridge Brad Stevens 76 Nashville Chad Forsey 76 Morristown Bobby Baird 77 Knoxville Sean Schmit 77 Tullahoma Brenton Glassell 77 Clarksville Tyler Lane 77 Dayton Sam Roberts 78 Lawrenceburg Trevor Scobey 78 Newbern T.C. Baker 78 Bristol Ricky Johnson 78 Lookout Mountain Luke Ladd 78 Knoxville Derek Cates 78 Tullahoma Phillip Marshall 78 Kingsport Tyler Miers 79 Brentwood Ryan Martin 79 Kingsport Brad Meccia 79 Knoxville Gaylon Cude 79 Centerville Alex Coughlin 79 Baneberry Chris Wynne 80 Johnson City Jacob Swafford 80 Tullahoma Brett Comerford 80 Athens Trent McNabb 81 Tullahoma Travis Bell 81 Knoxville Ryan Webb 81 Riceville Tyler Clark 81 Bristol Kyle Kirwin 81 Jonesborough Nick Parker 82 Clinton Tripp Harris 82 Soddy Daisy Brett Rogers 82 Shelbyville Brian Lorberbaum 82 Chattanooga Drew Chrestman 82 Arlington Daniel Sochalski 82 Elizabethton Kevin Wilson 82 Nashville Josh Lawson 82 Hixson Josh Dyer 82 Cookeville Garrick Malone 83 Chapmansboro Jacob Eberhart 83 Crossville Dane Voss 84 Jonesborough Chase Whitby 84 Millington Eifion Hughes 84 Johnson City Danny Calway-Fagen 85 Nashville Mark Dorris 85 Nashville Allen Crawford 86 Knoxville Chase Teeples 88 Goodlettsville Scott Anderton 91 Shelbyville Joey Dilg 91 Nashville Adam Wilcox 92 Murfreesboro Girls Elizabeth Dotson 70 White Bluff Jamey Dillard 75 Madison Jenny Kim 77 Seymour Betsy Houseman 78 Chattanooga Taylor Bunnell 80 Germantown Kellye Belcher 82 Bartlett Leigh Wilkins 82 Murfreesboro Marie Fillers 83 Johnson City Ginna Beazley 83 Madison Melissa Rosloniec 83 Cordova Mary Alice Orr 84 Knoxville Ashleigh Garman Franklin Kayla Stewart 89 Cookeville Morgan Hale 89 Tullahoma Lauren Nelms 89 Germantown Stephanie Larson 90 Clarksville Martha Autry 92 Knoxville Shayla Forsey 94 Morristown Mallory Alder 95 Franklin Bethany Glassford 97 Nashville

True Temper Masters Division 2002 Willowbrook GC Standings for Willowbrook GC 06/26/2002 Masters Boys 16-18 6650 yards Jared Parsons Fayetteville 75 Nick Palmer Nashville 79 Brian Bjork Murfreesboro 79 Zack Primm Murfreesboro 79 Nick Garretson Franklin 80 William Thompson Smyrna 81 Webb White Nashville 83 Bobby Payne Hendersonville 83 Matt Cotton McMinnville 83 Stephen Ailes Rockvale 83 Lee White Nashville 85 Darrin Wall Elora 86 KEVIN BECNEL FAYETTEVILLE 87 Drew Wright Shelbyville 88 Matt Anderson Murfreesboro 89 Matthew Kirby Sparta 91 Jason Bobo Shelbyville 91 Michael Morren Murfreesboro 95 Graham Richardson Gainesboro 97

Results from SJGT - Bear Trace Chickasaw 1st Kyle Ellis Senatobia, MS 72 67 139 2nd Gator Todd Florence, AL 73 69 142 3rd Landon Tate Bartlett, TN 73 70 143 Wes Williams Franklin, TN 73 70 143 5th Scott Stallings Oak Ridge, TN 75 71 146 Ben Schmidt Germantown, TN 75 71 146 David King Pleasantville, TN 75 71 146 Matt Barefoot Kingsport, TN 74 72 146 Clay Jarrell Belden , MS 78 68 146 Trey Burbic Hoover, AL 74 72 146 11th Reed Davis Cordova, TN 76 71 147 Stewart Whitt Athens, AL 77 70 147 13th Brent Long Carthage, TN 77 71 148 14th Philip Pettitt, Jr. Murfreesboro, TN 76 73 149 Matt Mullins Savannah, TN 75 74 149 16th Casey Rigsby Boaz, AL 77 73 150 Ian Rochester 76 74 150 18th Andrew Villarreal Decatur, AL 73 79 152 J.T. Williamson Meridian, MS 78 74 152 20th Jared Parsons Fayetteville, TN 77 76 153 21st Grant Leaver Centerville, TN 77 77 154 Rhett Cheatwood Lawrenceburg, TN 73 81 154 23rd Will Nelson Old Hickory, TN 78 77 155 Andrew Krei Grand Rapids, MI 76 79 155 25th Bradley Pate Jackson, TN 85 73 158 Matt Sellers Senaiobia, MS 84 74 158 27th Tyler Miers Brentwood, TN 81 78 159 28th John Maupin Franklin, TN 80 80 160 29th Robert Lents Jackson, TN 77 84 161 30th Sam Roberts Lawrenceburg, TN 75 87 162 Harrison Lowery Franklin, TN 82 80 162 32nd Todd Armstrong Watkinsville, GA 83 80 163 CHARLIE HAMMER WHITE PINE, TN 79 84 163 34th Robbie Wilson Goodlettsville, TN 80 84 164 35th Luke Ferguson Jackson, TN 87 78 165 36th Jason Anderson Germantown , TN 83 83 166 Graham Honeycutt Atlanta, GA 86 80 166 Parks Williamson Jackson, TN 87 79 166 39th Matthew Patterson Memphis, TN 88 80 168 40th Michael Murphy Germantown, TN 88 81 169 41st Ryan Reese Murfreesboro, TN 88 82 170 Matt Ellis Madison, MS 87 83 170 43rd Scott Warren Memphis, TN 82 89 171 Andrew Bouldin Brentwood, TN 88 83 171 Daniel Furlong Birminghm, AL 84 87 171 46th John Loomis Marietta, GA 94 81 175

Boys 11 & Under: 1st-Jay Strong-score 49 2nd-Ashton Storey-score 51 3rd-Stuart Perrin-score 54 Boys 12-13: 1st-Trey Russell-score 84 2nd-Jonathan Martin-score 86 3rd-Battle Bagley-score 90 Boys 14-15: 1st-Trent McNabb-score 73 2nd-Benton Hart-score 81 3rd-Michael Fisher-score 82 Boys 16-18: 1st-Jared Parsons-score 72 2nd-Kevin Becnel-score 72 3rd-Matthew Henson-score 77 Girls 11 & Under 1st- Julianne Swafford-score 41 2nd-Rachel Parsons-score 70 Girls 12-14 1st -Hannah Weathersby-score 86 Girls 15-18 1st-Kristen Martinez-score 79 2nd-Monica Story-score 101 3rd-Ashley Parsons-score 118

Well like I said, if he doesn't compete in TN he's not the best player in TN. Loren Roberts has a state open title and Gossett won the U S amature they live in TN and are better players than Whittenburg!!! Both live in TN!!!!

I would say the bes t golfer in Tn is either Loren Roberts or David Gossett!

Casey Whittenburg must be a good player. He won a AJGA event in Scottsdale, AR but I haven't seen anywhere that he plays in TN. Has he won anything in TN? If he does not compete in TN in my opinion he is not the best player in TN.

I just don't see Casey Whittenburg with a state champion ring like Ross has. Does he even play in TN? Ross is the AAA state champion and will try to defend his title in the fall. If this thread is about TN high school golf, I would have to give Ross my vote. Spencer Provo finished 2nd to Ross in the state tournament and will be back to challange.

Today's overall quarterfinals 7:30-Painter vs. Cheatwood; 7:38-Mitch Brock vs. George; 7:46-Mansfield vs. Coles; 7:54-Harvey vs. Shorter; 8:02-Roberson vs. Glover; 8:10-Crowell vs. Miers; 8:18-Burris vs. Nelson; 8:26-Roberts vs. Gobble

Congradulations to all qualifiers Greyson Painter 32-33 65; Trey Roberson 32-35 67; Brandon Burris 35-33 68; ; Brett Mansfield 33-35 68; Alex Harvey 34-35 69; Mitch Brock 34-35 69; Sam Roberts 31-38 69; Patrick Crowell 35-34 69. Aaron George 31-40 71; Tyler Gobble 37-34 71; Tyler Miers 36-35 71; Matthew Coles 37-35 72; John Nelson 33-39 72; Ben Glover 36-36 72; Scott Anderton 35-37 72; Dustin Shorter 32-40 72; Michael Fisher 38-34 72; Rhett Cheatwood 36-36 72; Shane Vinson 34-38 72; Drew Gladfelter 37-35 72; I don't agree with the amount of press the boys are getting in this tournament from the Tennessean. I'm glad the girls are getting some ink but let's get real. Who's playing the best golf?

Henry Horton in Chapel Hill (4) Great course. From the tips plenty of challange. Large greens. TN has some nice state courses at reasonable rates. Only draw back, they are public and they allow people to wear anything almost.

Saddle Creek in Lewisburg 3 1/2 Good greens, good layout, fairways are comming along nicely. The front and back are completely different, both are a good test. I would give a higher mark but the pro there can sometimes be a butt.

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT The Annual Junior Regional Golf Tournament - 2002 At the Fayetteville Golf & Country Club, 2216 Lewisburg Highway Friday June 14, 2002 Thad Smith, Club Professional Eligibility: Junior Golfers grouped in the following age groups: Boys 16-18, 14-15, 12-13, (11 & under will play 9 holes); Girls 15-18, 12-14. Format: 18 Hole Stroke Play Championship-Also Long Drive & Closest-to-the-Pin Contests Entry: Entry fee of $50 includes lunch on the 19th ($30 for 11 and under group). Make check or money order to "Chamber of Commerce". Tee Times: 7:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Shotgun start - Call the Chamber of Commerce (931) 433-1234 after June 13th. DO NOT call the Golf Shop for tee times. Entry Deadline: June 12th, 2001 (5:00 p.m. Central Standard Daylight Time) Schedule of Events: Registration: 6:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Favors & Rules Sheets - available at registration Lunch served from 11:00 to 12:30 Awards Ceremony immediately following afternoon play. Withdrawal Policy: If a participant must withdraw, he or she must notify the Chamber of Commerce (931) 433-1234 immediately. No refund will be issued after entry deadline except for illness/injury. Questions: Please direct all questions to the Chamber (931) 433-1234. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fayetteville/Lincoln County Chamber Junior Regional Golf Tournament email: cofc@vallnet.com [Edited by Duckbutterbandit on 6/7/02 11:59A]