Eighth United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship - Tentative Date Monday February 26, 2018
Historic Win at the United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship
February 20, 2017: It was one for the history books. Doing her best imitation of Joyce Wethered, Orlando’s Ki Shui Liao used some precision golf to secure the John Shippen Trophy at the United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship. Liao’s 75 was 4 shots clear of Tampa’s Jeff Leonard. The Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club opened in 1922 and laid out by noted architect Tom Bendelow, proved once again to be a severe test for the century old clubs for which it was designed. Liao’s score was the best turned in by a female professional in the seven-year history of the event. It is also the third best winning score all time. This year’s Ladies Championship goes to Jennifer Cully of Apollo Beach Golf Club. Jenn has participated in all but one tournament and has won the ladies crown twice previously.
The Tom Bendelow links at 6,400 yards was described by the Tampa Tribune as a long and difficult layout when it was opened in 1922. In the hickory golf era that was certainly true as most courses of the time were up to four or five hundred yards shorter. Today’s irrigated fairways also stretch the length even further. It did not seem to effect Ki however playing splendid golf throughout the day. In addition to the $1,200 first prize Liao’s’s name will be affixed to the John Shippen Cup for whom the tournament is dedicated. Shippen was America’s first golf professional and played in the 1896 U. S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island.
The USPHGC is sponsored by the United States Golf Teachers Federation and open to all golf professionals, male and female. Players compete for the same $5,000 prize fund associated with the original Florida Open won by Leo Diegel. The golf course is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of only three in the state.
United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship 2017 Results (Full Leaderboard)
Ki Shui Liao 75 ($1200) Jeff Leonard 79 ($950) Eddie Peckels 81 ($500) Mike Stevens 82 ($350) Keith Whightman 82 ($350) Rich Lively 85 ($200) Richard Bullock 86 ($125)
Brian Giordano 87 ($100) Tom McCrary 88 ($75) Jim Cocchi 89 ($50) Gregor Jamieson 89 ($50) Jim Giordano 90 Hank Dettlaff 92 Jennifer Cully 92 ($200) Earl Hines 93
Alice Brown 98 ($100) Carole Clark 100
February 20, 2017: It was one for the history books. Doing her best imitation of Joyce Wethered, Orlando’s Ki Shui Liao used some precision golf to secure the John Shippen Trophy at the United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship. Liao’s 75 was 4 shots clear of Tampa’s Jeff Leonard. The Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club opened in 1922 and laid out by noted architect Tom Bendelow, proved once again to be a severe test for the century old clubs for which it was designed. Liao’s score was the best turned in by a female professional in the seven-year history of the event. It is also the third best winning score all time. This year’s Ladies Championship goes to Jennifer Cully of Apollo Beach Golf Club. Jenn has participated in all but one tournament and has won the ladies crown twice previously.
The Tom Bendelow links at 6,400 yards was described by the Tampa Tribune as a long and difficult layout when it was opened in 1922. In the hickory golf era that was certainly true as most courses of the time were up to four or five hundred yards shorter. Today’s irrigated fairways also stretch the length even further. It did not seem to effect Ki however playing splendid golf throughout the day. In addition to the $1,200 first prize Liao’s’s name will be affixed to the John Shippen Cup for whom the tournament is dedicated. Shippen was America’s first golf professional and played in the 1896 U. S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island.
The USPHGC is sponsored by the United States Golf Teachers Federation and open to all golf professionals, male and female. Players compete for the same $5,000 prize fund associated with the original Florida Open won by Leo Diegel. The golf course is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of only three in the state.
United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship 2017 Results (Full Leaderboard)
Ki Shui Liao 75 ($1200) Jeff Leonard 79 ($950) Eddie Peckels 81 ($500) Mike Stevens 82 ($350) Keith Whightman 82 ($350) Rich Lively 85 ($200) Richard Bullock 86 ($125)
Brian Giordano 87 ($100) Tom McCrary 88 ($75) Jim Cocchi 89 ($50) Gregor Jamieson 89 ($50) Jim Giordano 90 Hank Dettlaff 92 Jennifer Cully 92 ($200) Earl Hines 93
Alice Brown 98 ($100) Carole Clark 100
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The United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship's Title Sponsor is the United States Golf Teachers Federation
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