Seventh United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship - Will be Monday February 20, 2017
World Hickory Open Champion Sets Record in Winning the United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship
February 22, 2016: England’s Andrew Marshall, the reigning World Hickory Open champion had too much game for the professionals vying for the John Shippen Trophy at the United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship played over the historic Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club. His three under par 70 was but one shot higher than the score posted by John McLeod in the 1925 Florida Open played at this same venue.
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 Andrew however who at one point was 5 under the magic number before finding a bad lie in the bunker at number 17. In addition to the $1,500 first prize Marshall’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 winner’s name is engraved on the John Shippen Cup, dedicated to America’s first golf professional which is on permanent display in the Temple Terrace clubhouse. The golf course is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of only three in the state.
Scores: 70 - Andrew Marshall - 78 - Eddie Peckels, Paolo Quirici, Richard Bullock, Adam Varney - 79 - Dylan Malafronte, Tom McCrary, Ki Shui Liao, John Hayes - 80 - Bo Turocy, Clay Thomas, Greg Jarmas - 82 - Jeff Leonard - 83 - Mike Stevens - 87 - Rich Lively - 88 - Keith Wightman - 93 - Gregor Jamieson - 98 - Alice Brown - 102 - Earl Hines
February 22, 2016: England’s Andrew Marshall, the reigning World Hickory Open champion had too much game for the professionals vying for the John Shippen Trophy at the United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship played over the historic Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club. His three under par 70 was but one shot higher than the score posted by John McLeod in the 1925 Florida Open played at this same venue.
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 Andrew however who at one point was 5 under the magic number before finding a bad lie in the bunker at number 17. In addition to the $1,500 first prize Marshall’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 winner’s name is engraved on the John Shippen Cup, dedicated to America’s first golf professional which is on permanent display in the Temple Terrace clubhouse. The golf course is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of only three in the state.
Scores: 70 - Andrew Marshall - 78 - Eddie Peckels, Paolo Quirici, Richard Bullock, Adam Varney - 79 - Dylan Malafronte, Tom McCrary, Ki Shui Liao, John Hayes - 80 - Bo Turocy, Clay Thomas, Greg Jarmas - 82 - Jeff Leonard - 83 - Mike Stevens - 87 - Rich Lively - 88 - Keith Wightman - 93 - Gregor Jamieson - 98 - Alice Brown - 102 - Earl Hines
2015 United States Professional Hickory Golf Champion
Eddie Peckels of Winter Springs, Florida
The United States Professional Hickory Golf Championship's Title Sponsor is the United States Golf Teachers Federation
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