WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Geoff Lee of Palm Beach Gardens fired a six under par 66 for the victory Friday at the West Palm Beach Municipal Golf Club, his third win on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Playing a bogey-free round, Lee birdied Nos. 2, 8, 10, 13, 16 and 18.

Making his first start of the year, Lee edged Andrew Pressentin of Green Bay, Wis., and Dan McCarthy of Syracuse, N.Y., who matched 67s to tie for second among 23 starters. Lee’s first two wins were within five days in May, 2012. He got $550 from the $2,375 purse, raising his career earnings to $6,781.

The Golfslinger.com Tour has played has played 51 tournaments this year. Three more18-hole events are sc... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Fountains Country Club is now offering membership to GOLFslinger Tour Members.

Fountains Executive Membership and Fountains Summer to Executive Membership

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Eric Cole of Orlando birdied the second playoff hole Friday to earn his ninth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Cole, Michael Kartrude of Royal Palm Beach and Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ontatio, had tied at four under par 68 at The Falls Country Club. They halved the first hole with birdie-4s, then Cole was the only one to birdie the par-4 second. In regulation, Cole and Silverman each made five birdies and a bogey, Kartrude six birdies and two bogeys.

Cole receicved $725 from the $3,525 purse, raising his career earnings to $27,280.21 since he joined Golfslinger in August, 2009. Kartrude and Silverman collected $575 apiece.

The 48th Golfslinge... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Michael Midgette of Plainview, N.Y., birdied the third extra hole Monday to win for the third time on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Midgette edged Marc Issler of Toms River, N.J., after they tied at two under par 69 on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club.

In the playoff, they halved the par-4 first and second holes with two-putt pars. At the 182-yard third, Issler missed birdied from 18 feet and Midgette sank his 12-foot putt for the victory. In regulation, each had four birdies and two bogeys.

Midgette earned $625 from the $1,975 purse, raising his career total to $8,191.84 since he joined Golfgslinger in April, 2012. Issler is still looking for hi... more

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Ryan Armour of Jupiter made back-to-back eagles Tuesday at The Wanderers Club enroute to a four under par 68 to earn his fourth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Armour holed a 125-yard wedge shot at the par 4 16th hole, then also eagled the par-5 17th. And he won by two strokes despite bogeys at the first and 18th holes.

Armour, who has had status on either the PGA or Nationwide Tour each year since 2004, has career earnings of over $2,000,000. Ryan won his first two Golfslinger starts in November, 2009, and added a third victory on April 4, 2011. Tuesday’s title was worth $700 from the $3,525 purse, raising his career Golfslinger earnings to $2... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Dan McCarthy of Syracuse, N.Y., won a playoff with 2 birdies, then a par-4 on the third extra hole Wednesday at Abacoa Golf Club to win for the ninth time on the Golfslinger.com Tour. McCarthy collected $10,000 from the $31,781 purse, raising his career earnings to $41,185 since he first played on the Golfslinger Tour in October, 2007.

Playing in Golfslinger’s second “major” of the season, McCarthy, 27, outlasted Ryan Armour of Jupiter, Eric Cole of Orlando and Greg Etimos of East Islip, N.Y., after they tied at seven under par 137. Etimos was the first round leader with 66. The other three matched rounds of 69-68.

In the playoff, al... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Wednesday to earn his 17th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Moments earlier, David Smith of Ruston, La., missed a putt from just outside O’Mahony’s ball. They had tied at four under par 68 at the West Palm Beach Municipal Golf Course.

In regulation, each player had six birdies, O’Mahony at Nos. 4, 5, 10, 12, 17 and 18; Smith at Nos. 2, 3, 5, 10, 11 and 16. O’Mahony made a double bogey at the par-4 15th hole. Smith bogeyed the first and eighth holes.

O’Mahony, a former three-time NCAA Division II All-American at Nova Southeastern... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Devin Kay of Potomac, Md., beaten in a playoff Tuesday, came back Thursday to score his third victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a three under par 68 at the Country Club of Coral Springs.

Kay, 25, edged Eric Cole, 24, of Orlando by a stroke while Canadian Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, 23, the only female in the 27-player field, was among four players tied for third at 70. Cole has seven Golfslinger titles since August, 2009. He started birdie-bogey-birdie, then birdied the 18th hole for 69. It is LeBlanc’s ninth start since joining the Golfslinger Tour in January.

Kay made four birdies (Nos. 1, 5, 10 and 16), then bogeyed the par-4 18th hole.... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Oscar Alvarez of Medellin, Colombia, cashed his first check on the Golfslinger.com Tour when he fired a five under par 67 to earn the victory Monday at TPC Eagle Trace.

After two birdies (6 and 10) and two bogeys (5 and 11), Alvarez, 29, whose American home is in nearby Weston, finished with birdies at 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 to win by four shots. He earned $800 from the $4,357 purse.

Tied for second at 71 among 33 starters were Sal Spallone of Vero Beach and Devin Kay of Potomac, Md. They received $580 apiece in the 36th tournament of the year on the Golfslinger Tour. Spallone has five career Golfslinger wins, Kay two.

There ... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Ben Vertz of Coral Springs won his second straight start on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a four under par 67 Wednesday at Jacaranda Golf Club. Vertz birdied the par-3 eighth and eagled the par-5 ninth to turn in 32, then made three birdies and two bogeys on the back nine of the East course to win by two shots over Bobby Bode of Fort Lauderdale, who scored 69. Bode had four birdies and two bogeys and received $615.

Vertz, 24, won on the first playoff hole last Friday at the Champions Club in Stuart but did not play Monday at Fountains CC in Lake Worth. He scored his first Golfslinger victory Jan. 24 at the Links @ Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach. Wednesd... more

STUART, Fla. – Ben Vertz of Coral Springs overcame two early bogeys with a 40-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Friday to earn his second victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Vertz outlasted Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach after they tied at two under par 70 at the Champions Club.

In regulation, Vertz bogeyed the third and fourth holes, then made birdies at Nos. 8, 10, 13 and 17. He received $1,000 from the $4,716 purse, raising his career earnings to $4,726.69 since he joined the Golfslinger Tour last November. He won in January at the Links at Madison Green.

After two birdies and a bogey on the front, Smith took the lead with an eagle at the par-4 14th hole... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens earned his 29th Golfslinger.com Tour title Thursday with a bogey-free, seven under par 65 on the South course at Fountains Country Club.

Kim birdied Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 15. He earned $1,000 from the $5,039 purse, raising his career earnings to $126,775 since he joined the Golfslinger.com Tour in October, 2006.

Whit Staples finished tied for 2nd for the second time this week as did the player he tied with. Today Staples and Mark Baldwin shot 67 to tie for second, on Monday Balwin finished second after losing a playoff to Jimmy Lytle.

The Golfslinger’s 30th tournament of the year drew 40 entries. ... more

STUART, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge earned his 35th Golfslinger.com Tour victory Monday in a playoff with Mark Baldwin of Laconia, N.H., who is still looking for his second.

After they tied at one under par 71 at the Champions Club, Lytle won with par-4 on the first extra hole. In regulation, Lytle had three birdies, two bogeys, a double bogey at the par-4 10th hole and eagled the par-5 18th for 36-35. Baldwin carded 34-37 on five birdies, two bogeys and also doubled the 10th hole.

Lytle earned $1,000 from the $2,635 purse, raising his career earnings to $127,467.82 since 2006. He won twice as an amateur before turning pro and winning his first play-for-pay sta... more

JUPITER, Fla. – David Smith of Ruston, La., won his fifth tournament on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a three under par 69 Tuesday at Abacoa Golf Club. Smith made two birdies on each nine and a bogey at the fourth hole.

Smith, 32, earned $1,000 from the $7,021 purse, raising his career earnings to $44,725 since he joined Golfslinger in September, 2005.

Jake Katz of Buffalo, NY tied for second place with Dan McCarthy of Syracuse, NY and Sal Spallone from Vero Beach. Each player earned $600.

There were 59 starters. On Thursday, the Links at Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach will be the next Golfslinger.com Tour host.

There was $310 in the skins pot with... more

Jon Curran's 8-under 64 on Monday earned him a spot in this week's Puerto Rico Open on the PGA TOUR at Trump International Golf Club. Today, he took advantage of the opportunity and fired a 6-under par 66 to finish his opening round 1 shot back of the leaders, in a tie for third place.

Curran, has 3 GOLFslinger Tour victories in 14 starts since joining the tour last fall, including a T7 finsh in the Major at Champions Club last Friday where he closed with a 68 before heading over to Puerto Rico for the Monday Qualifier.

Four time GOLFslinger Tour winner John Stolz also Qualified on Monday with a 6-under par 66.

37 time GOL... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Devin Kay of Potomac, Md., sank a 30-foot birdie putt from the back fringe on the fourth playoff hole Wednesday to earn his second victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

After they tied at three under par 69 at West Palm Beach Golf Course, Kay, 25, outlasted Willy Pumarol of Dominican Republic, who bogeyed the par-4 first extra hole; Ryan Armour of Jupiter, who bogeyed the par-5 second hole; and Pat Steffes of Milwaukee, Wis., Kay and Steffes halved the third hole with par-3s.

In regulation, Kay birdied the third and eagled the 12th hole. He received $1,000 from the $4,847 purse, raising his career earnings to $38,965.79 since he joined Golfslin... more

STUART, Fla. – Jhared Hack of Sanford birdied the 18th hole two days in a row for a two-stroke victory Friday at the Champions Club at Summerfield in the first “major” of the year on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

After consecutive five under par 67s, Hack collected $10,000 to raise his career earnings to $14,005. He made seven birdies and two bogeys each day and had back-to-back birdies at the par-5 fourth, par-3 sixth and par-4 14th holes as well as the par-5 18th. It was his fourth Golfslinger title, his second this year.

At 134, Hack finished two up on Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens (69-67), Ryan Armour of Jupiter (68-68) and Ireland’s Stephen Grant... more

PALM CITY, Fla. – Patrick Steffes of Milwaukee, Wis., scored his first Golfslinger.com Tour victory Friday with a six under par 66 on the Osprey Creek course at Martin Downs Country Club.

Steffes made birdies at Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 13 and 17 and did not have a bogey, winning by two shots and receiving $1,000 from the $4,128 purse.

He has career earnings of $3,338 in 13 Golfslinger starts during January and February the last two years.

Justin Bryant of St. Louis, MO shot 68 to tie for second place with Stephen Grant of Birr, Ireland. There were 32 starters.

Earlier this month, Steffes won four matches in three days in advancing to the semifinals of the P... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm, Beach Gardens birdied the second extra hole Tuesday to earn his 29th win on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Kim edged Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta after they tied at six under par 66 at The Links at Madison Green.

They halved the first hole with pars, then Kim made an eight footer for birdie at the par-5 second for the win. Moments earlier, O’Mahony left his 10 footer just short.

In regulation, Kim birdied the first three holes and finished the day with seven birdies and a bogey for his second win of the year, earning $1,000 from the $7,452 purse. Second among 60 players, O’Mahony made eight birdies and two bogeys,... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ontario, sank an 18-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Monday to win a Golfslinger.com Tour event on the North course at Fountains Country Club. Moments earlier at the par-4 16th hole, Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge missed birdie from 20 feet. They had tied at six under par 65.

In regulation, Silverman made seven birdies (Nos. 1, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 17) and a bogey at the par-3 12th hole. Lytle had three birdies on each nine. It was Silverman’s 12th win and he received $1,000 from the $8,625 purse, raising his career earnings to $64,261 since he joined Golfslinger in September, 2010. Lytle collected $750. Last Wednesd... more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Drew Perry of Charlotte, N.C., parred the first playoff hole Tuesday to earn his first victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Perry and Ryan Armour of Jupiter had tied at two under par 70 at the Santa Lucia River Club.

Perry, playing in his fouth GOLFslinger Tour event, earned $1,000. Armour has three wins and earnings of $11,346.79 in 23 events since November, 2009.

Fernando Figueroa who shot 71 to finsh solo third, finished T3 yesterday at TPC Eagle Trace after a 3-under par 69.

Four players, Justin Dorward, Port St. Lucie, Greg Duncan, Scotland, Matt Springer, Gary, Ind., and Stephen Grant, Ireland, tied for fouth at even par 72.... more

STUART, Fla. – Jon Curran of Jupiter grabbed the first round lead and never let go, winning for the third time on the Golfslinger.com Tour at the Champions Club at Summerfield. Curran shot 67-70 and at 137 he won by three strokes over the 42-player field. Curran made five birdies Thursday, four birdies and two bogeys Friday.

Curran earned $2,000 from the $13,650 purse. It was his 13th start since he joined Golfslinger in September. Both his previous wins were within four days the week after Thanksgiving, at Ironhorse CC and the Links at Madison Green.

2009 GOLFslinger Tour Championship winner Eric Cole of Orlando finished 3 back at 4-under par 140 (72-68) followed by... more

January 27, 2013

If you checked the website early on the morning of Sunday January 27th, you would have seen that 24 players were registered to play in the 1-Day event Monday at Hammock Creek. When this event was booked a few months ago, we reserved 24 teetimes, enough for 72 player in threesomes. As of this morning, we only had 24 players, 1 player per teetime.

The Tour usually books 17-24 tee times months in advance. Two or three days before the event---the course checks our registered player list and their tee sheet. If our signup is light, they will start taking back our tee times and booking them with member or public play. They do this because we can not guaran... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jimmy Hazen of Jupiter overcame a bogey on the first hole with eight birdies, four on each nine, Tuesday at Ironhorse Country Club to earn his fourth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

At seven under par 65, Hazen, 32, won by two strokes over Stephen Grant of Palm Beach Gardens, earning $1,000 from the $5,474 purse. Grant, who shot 67 with six birdies and a bogey, was second among 46 starters, collecting $600.

Tim Cantwell of Palm Beach Gardens tied for third place with Thomas Buran from San Francisco at 3-under par 69.

The Golfslinger schedule for the rest of the month: Thursday, Links @ Madison Green, Royal Palm Beach; Monday, Hamm... more

ATLANTIS, Fla. – Michael Midgette of Conway, S.C., birdied the first playoff hole Thursday at Atlantis Country Club to earn his second Golfslinger.com Tour victory in nine days.

Midgette sank a three footer at the short, par-5 first hole to edge Chris Damiano of Jupiter after they tied at five under par 67. Moments earlier, Damiano missed a five-foot birdie putt.

Midgette, who scored his first Golfslinger victory Jan. 9 at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter, earned $1,000 from the $4,750 purse. Damiamo, second among 38 players, received $575.

Golfslinger plays three 18-hole tournaments next week: Monday, Fountains CC-South, Lake Worth; Tuesday, Ironhorse CC, West Pa... more

CORAL SPINGS, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens made a routine two-putt par on the first playoff hole Monday to earn his 28th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

After they tied at four under par 68 at the TPC at Eagle Trace, Kim edged Eric Beringer of Delray Beach on the first extra hole, the par-5 10th, after Beringer’s tee shot stuck under the lip of a fairway bunker leading to a bogey. In regulation, Kim made an eagle, five birdies and three bogeys. Beringer was bogey-free with four birdies.

Kim received $1,000 from the $5,945 purse, raising his career earnings to $120,996 since he joined Golfslinger in October, 2006. Beringer, second of 49 starters, ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Michael Midgette of Conway, S.C., made two eagles and birdied the last three holes Wednesday enroute to a seven under par 65 and victory on the Golfslingeer.com Tour at Abacoa Golf Club.

Midgette, 25, eagled the par-5 second and 10th holes, birdied Nos. 3, 16, 17 and 18, and bogeyed the par-4 seventh hole. It was Midgette’s first victory as a golf pro and he earned $1,000 from the $7,735 purse. A former New Yorker, he won the Long Island Public Links title in 2008.

Liam Friedman of Lackawana, N.Y., was second among 65 players with 66 as he made seven birdies and a bogey. He received $675.

Jake Katz and Jon Curran tied for third place ea... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Stephen Grant of Palm Beach Gardens, playing in the first group off the tee in the first event of the Golfslinger.com Tour’s 10th season, was the winner Monday with a five under par 67 on the Estate course at PGA National.

Grant, 35, a former professional soccer player from Birr, Ireland, made seven birdies and two bogeys to win by a stroke over Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach. Smith finished an hour and a half later with a bogey at the 18th hole for 68. Grant had birdied the par-5 closing hole.

It was Grant’s third Golfslinger title. He received $1,000 from the $4,994 purse. He has played Golfslinger since March, 2008, and has... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Brooks Koepka of Lake Worth overcame an erratic first round Tuesday with a bogey-free second Wednesday to win the Golfslinger.com Tour’s ninth annual Tour Championship and a $10,000 check at Abacoa Golf Club.

A former Cardinal Newman High School golfer and June graduate of Florida State University where he earned multiple all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, Koepka, 22, shot 70-66—136 to win by a shot.

On Tuesday, Koepka started his round with a triple bogey at the par-5 10th hole, birdied 12, 14 and 15, bogeyed 16 and 17, birdied the first, eagled the second, had a double bogey at the fifth and birdied the seventh. In the final round, he... more

ATLANTIS, Fla. – Gavin Dear of Scone, Scotland, birdied three straight holes right after back-to-back bogeys Monday enroute to his second victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Dear, 28, whose American home is in Delray Beach, won with a five under par 67 at Atlantis Country Club. He made four birdies in each nine, at Nos. 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15 and 16. His bogeys were at the seventh, eighth and 14th holes.

Dear received $1,000 from the $5,280 purse, raising his career earnings to $7,060 since he joined Golfslinger in 2009. His only previous win on the local mini-tour was on Oct. 28, 2009, at Hillcrest CC in Hollywood.

Golfslinger’s 119th tournament of th... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Thomas Buran of San Francisco, making just his second start on the Golfslinger.com Tour, was the winner Wednesday at Jacaranda Golf Club. Playing the East Course, Buran made four birdies and eagled the par-5 ninth hole for a 65. He did not make a bogey.

Buran earned $1,000 from the $5,437 purse. On Monday at Fountains CC near Lake Worth, Buran shot 73 to tie for 11th, collecting $138.

Brad Adamonis of Cumberland, RI tied for second at 67 with Brandon Smith from West Palm Beach and Anders Kristiansen of Norway. Each player earned $541.67. Kenny Leech of Boca Raton, FL finished solo fifth.

There were 41 starters in Golfslinger’s 117th... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge, in the second group out Monday morning, came back with a three under par 68 and had to wait nearly two hours to see if it would hold up. He made four birdies on the front nine of the West course at Fountains Country Club, another at the par-3 13th hole but finished with a double bogey at the par-5 18th.

Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach came closest, posting 69 on five birdies and three bogeys. He made four birdies and a bogey on the back nine to finish second among 42 players.

Lytle earned $1,000 from the $5,490 purse, raising his career earnings to $120,261 since he joined Golfslinger in July, 2006. It was his 34th vict... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jon Curran won for the second time on the Golfslinger.com Tour, his second victory in four days, with a six under par 66 Thursday at the Links at Madison Green.

Curran birdied five of the last six holes to win by three strokes. By comparison, he had to go three extra holes Monday at Ironhorse in West Palm Beach after seven players tied at two under par 70, the largest playoff in more than eight years of Golfslinger play.

The runnerup at 69 was Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens, who won Wednesday with 63 at West Palm Beach Municipal.

Curran had seven birdies and a bogey, earning $1,000 from the $3,915 purse. He finished his round wit... more

LaQuinta, Ca - Starting Wednesday, 172 players will start a 108 hole marathon that will result in 25 players getting 2013 PGA Tour status.  This will be the last year the PGA Tour will award cards for its main tour through Q-School. 

Q-school will be changing next year from an event that awards PGA Tour and Web.com Tour exemptions, to a tournament that only provides players with a path to the Web.com Tour. That fact alone will be enough to ramp up the pressure on players a notch higher than in previous years, making this week, the last shot at going "all the way" to the PGA Tour.

While it is true that al... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Mike Ballo of Jupiter birdied six of his first seven holes enroute to an eight under par 64 and a five stroke margin of victory Monday in a Golfslinger.com Tour event at the TPC at Eagle Trace.

Following birdies at the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh holes, Ballo made his only bogey of the day at the par-4 ninth for 31 at the turn, then birdied three more times on the back, at Nos. 10, 12 and 15, for an incoming 33.

It was Ballo’s second Golfslinger victory. He earned $1,000 from the $5,875 purse. Ballo won once in six starts in April and May, posting back-to-back 67s in a 36-hole tournament at Ironhorse Country Club in Wes... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Clayton Gamber III of Doral played bogey-free golf with five birdies Wednesday at Abacoa Golf Club to earn his fourth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Gamber edged Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens 67-68. Silverman had six birdies but made two costly bogeys. Silverman was the winner of a Golfslinger event Monday at Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation.

Gamber received $1,000 from the $6,317 purse, raising his earnings to $9,960 since joining Golfslinger in July, 2006. Silverman, second among 48 players in Golfslinger’s 110th tournament this year, collected $650.

A half dozen players tied for third place with 2-under par 70. Nick Bova... more

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Chad Bricker of Waynesboro, Pa., fired an eight under par 64 Thursday at Ocean Breeze Golf Club to earn his first victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

A strong back nine was decisive as Bricker beat Michael Buttacavoli of Miami by four shots. Bricker finished with an eagle at the par-5 13th hole and birdies at Nos. 14, 15, 17 and 18.

It was just the eighth Golfslinger appearance since February, 2011, for Bricker, 25, a former Pennsylvania Amateur (2006) and Junior Amateur (2004) champion. He earned $1,000 from the $4,322 purse.

Playing the South and North nines, Buttacavoli posted 34-34—68 to finish second among 32 entrants in Golfsli... more

PALM CITY, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens birdied the first playoff hole Monday at Hammock Creek Golf Club to score his 27th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Kim outlasted Dan McCarthy of Syracuse, N.Y., and Will Coleman of Kensington, Md., after they tied at six under par 66. After McCarthy missed from 50 feet and Coleman from 12 feet at the par-4 first hole, Kim made a six footer for the win.

Kim earned $1,000 from the $3,087 purse. McCarthy and Coleman, tied for second among 21 starters in the 106th tournament of the year, received $450 apiece. McCarthy has six Golfslinger wins, Coleman two. McCarthy was the Golfslinger winner last Friday at the Champi... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens has made it two victories in as many days on the Golfslinger.com Tour, each coming on a score of one over par 73.

Silverman edged Clayton Gamber III of Doral by a stroke Tuesday, each making a double bogey at the TPC at Eagle Trace. Silverman won a playoff with Paul Scaletta of Jupiter on the second extra hole Monday at the Links at Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach and he picked up $10,000 last month when he birdied the final hole in the 36-hole "Major" tournament conducted by the Golfslinger.com Tour at Bear Lakes Country Club.

Silverman, now with eight Golfslinger wins, doubled the par-4 16th hole and also ... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach scored his 21st victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a five under par 67 Thursday at Ironhorse Country Club. Turpen edged Tyler Kitson, also of West Palm Beach, by a stroke.

Turpen made seven birdies and two bogeys, receiving the winner’s guaranteed share, $1,000, from the $1,927 purse, raising his earnings to $92,485 since he joined Golfslinger in July, 2006. Kitson, at 68 second among 11 starters, had three birdies and a bogey on each nine. He collected $450.

The small field was due to several withdrawls due to the threat of Tropical Storm Sandy. There were a few brief rain squalls and some brisk winds... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Justin Peters of Stuart birdied the third playoff Monday to edge Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens and win the 100th tournament of the year on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

After they tied at four under par 67 on the West course at Fountains Country Club, Peters and Silverman halved the first two holes with pars. At the par-4 third, Peters birdied from 19 feet and Silverman missed from 18 feet.

In regulation, Peters made eight birdies and four bogeys, including Nos. 17-18 to set up the playoff. Peters earned $1,000 from the $2,505 purse, raising his career earnings to $93,111.75 since joining Golfslinger in September, 2006. He has won 34 times.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta was the only player to break 70 Tuesday in a Golfslinger.com Tour event at Bear Lakes Country Club, winning with a three under par 69.

With the Links stretched out to nearly 7,400 yards, O’Mahony, 26, eagled the par-5 11th hole after turning in 37. He birdied Nos. 2, 6, 10, 12 and 16, and bogeyed 5, 8, 9 and 18. He earned $1,000 from the $3,672 purse.

It was O’Mahony’s 14th Golfslinger victory since he turned pro in August, 2009, a few days after winning the Palm Beach Open as an amateur. His career Golfslinger earnings have reached $51,297.

Only one other player broke par. David McAndr... more

PALM CITY, Fla. – Jem Buchanan of Loudonville, N.Y., earned his first win as a professional golfer when he fired a three under par 69 Friday at The Evergreen Club. It was his third start on the Golfslinger.com Tour, all this week.

Buchanan started quickly on each nine with birdies at the first, 10th and 12th holes. He did not make a bogey and earned $1,000 from the $2,338 purse.

Earlier this week, Buchanan tied for eighth at Bear Lakes with par-72, earning $168.75, and missed the money list at Breakers Rees Jones, both in West Palm Beach.

Greg Etimos and Sunny Kim tied for second place with 2-under par 70.

Scott Marino and Tim Turpen tied for fourth p... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Kevin Jorden, an amateur from Juno Beach, playing in his first Golfslinger.com Tour event, was the winner in a playoff Tuesday at Bear Lakes Country Club.

Jorden outlasted Chris Damiano of Jupiter, who has four Golfslinger wins, with birdie from three feet on the par-5 third hole after they tied at four under par 68 on the Lakes course. They halved the first two holes with par-4s and par-3s, respectively.

Jorden played mistake-free golf in regulation climaxed by a 12-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole. He birdied Nos. 1, 6 and 7 on the front. Jorden received a $750 merchandise certificate from Golfsmith.

Damiano had six birdies but doub... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Tim Turpen of Fayetteville, Tenn overcame two early bogeys Thursday to score his 20th win on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a four under par 67 on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club.

After bogeys at the third and fourth holes, Turpen, 37, birdied Nos. 6, 9, 10, 13, 14 and 17 to win by a stroke over Sunny Kim. It was his third Golfslinger victory this year. He received $1,000 from the $4,288 purse, raising his career earnings to $90,850 since joining Golfslinger in July, 2006.

Tyler Kitson of New Providence, NJ shot 69 to tie for third place with Craig Hicks of Windsor, Ontario, Hector Zapata of Weston, Florida and Alfredo Adrian from Venezuela... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ontario, shot a streaky, eight under par 63 on the North course at Fountains Country Club Monday for his sixth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour, his fourth since Aug. 12.

Silverman birdied three holes starting at No. 6, then eagled the 11th and birdied the 12th and 13th. Overall, he made seven birdies and a bogey in addition to the eagle at the short, par-5 11th hole.

Collecting $1,000 from the $3,087 purse, Silverman, 25, raised his career earnings to $47,650 since joining the Golfslinger Tour less than two years ago. He played his first event Sept. 13, 2010.

Also highlighting Monday’s play, Geoff Lee o... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta won for the 13th time on the Golfslinger.com Tour with an unusual eight under par 64 Wednesday on the North course at Quail Ridge Country Club.

After a par-4 at the first hole, O’Mahony birdied seven of the next eight holes, marred only by a bogey at the par-3 fourth, to turn in 30, then added two more birdies, at Nos. 11 and 16.

O’Mahony earned $1,000 from the $3,614 purse, raising his career earnings over the $50,000 mark since he joined Golfslinger in August, 2009. He has Monday-qualified to play in several Web.com Tour events this year.

Alfredo Adrian of Venezuela and $10,000 Major III winn... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens made a $6,000 putt for birdie on the final hole Thursday to win a 36-hole "Major" tournament conducted by the Golfslinger.com Tour at Bear Lakes Country Club.

Playing in the final group after sharing the first round lead at 68 with five other players Wednesday, Silverman and Sunny Kim were tied at nine under par through 35 holes on the Lakes course. At the par-4 18th, Silverman made a six footer for the win moments after Kim had missed from 12 feet.

This being the 3rd of four GOLFslinger.com Tour Majors, the winner was guaranteed $10,000, while the runner-up received $4,000 from the $33,265 purse. Kim, also of Pa... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Eric Cole of Orlando won a Stableford points tournament conducted by the Golfslinger.com Tour at Winston Trails Golf Club. Cole shot 64 on his own ball Monday and earned 52 points, earning $1,000 from the $2,385 purse. It was his sixth Golfslinger victory.

Other winners Monday were Dan McCarthy, Palm Beach Gardens, and Brett Macias, pro-amateur teams, 85 points, and Stevenson Clarke, West Palm Beach, low amateur, 44 points. Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens, who had won the last four Golfslinger tournaments, failed to cash a check.

The Golfslinger’s 86th tournament of the year drew 15 players in the pro division. A 36-hole “major” i... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - The inaugural GOLFslinger Tour PRO, AM, TEAM Stableford event is on Monday, September 17, at Winston Trails Golf Club in Boynton Beach.

The tournament is 3 events rolled into one, using this modified stableford scoring.
Double Bogey or Worse=0 pts, Bogey=1 pt, Par=2 pts, Birdie=4pts, Eagle=6pts, Double Eagle=8pts

1. Professionals will pay their $200 entry fee and compete against other pros

2. Amateurs will pay a $75 entry fee and compete against other amateurs

3. Teams (optional) can be formed for $25 each and will be scored by adding the total of both team members.

Amateurs without a Team partner can pay the additional $... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens won his third straight Golfslinger.com Tour tournament Monday with a four under par 68 on the East course at Indian Spring Country Club.

Playing in the final group of the day, Kim had to wait out a brief, 10-minute rain delay to save par for a one-stroke victory over Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge. Lytle tied for second in Kim’s two wins last week.

With Lytle already atop the leaderboard at 69, Kim returned to the 18th fairway when play resumed and hit his second shot into a greenside bunker. He then hit a 20-yard sand shot to about three feet and made his par putt for the win.

Kim made six birdies and t... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens fired a closing round of nine under par 63 Wednesday at Winston Trails for a come-from-behind victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

At 134, he finished one shot ahead of first round co-leaders Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge and Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens, each scoring 65-70—135 to tie for second among 12 starters.

Kim did not make a bogey the final round with birdies at Nos. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 18. He had three birdies and a double bogey at the par-5 ninth hole Tuesday for 71 to trail Lytle and Silverman by six.

Kim earned $2,000 from the $4,350 purse. It was his eight win of the year, hi... more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens rallied with four birdies on the inward nine Thursday to post a three under par 69 for his fourth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Down by at least two strokes after turning in 37 on two birdies and three bogeys, Silverman, 24, birdied Nos. 10, 11, 15 and 18 to win by three strokes at The Club at Emerald Hills. He earned $1,000 from the $2,385 purse.

Hernan Rey of Jupiter matched par 72, second among 15 starters. He received $425.

Emerald Hills was an alternate site after rain from Hurricane Isaac earlier this week made unplayable the original choice, The Links at Madison Green in Royal Palm B... more

JUPITER, Fla. - The third $10,000 added in winner's share GOLFslinger.com Tour Major is on September 19 & 20 at Bear Lakes, Lakes Course. The deadline for exempt players inside the top 72, and ranked players 73+ to register is Thursday September 13, 2012.

Players that have earned at least $400 will be put on the player list immediately.

If you want to play and have not earned $400 PLEASE go ahead and register. You will be put on the waiting list and you will be added into the event BY YOUR RANK on Thursday September 13.

Spots will be finalized after play concludes Thursday September 13.

Starting Friday September 14 spots will be OPEN TO ALL on a first... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens and Thornhill, Ontario, fired a five under par 67 with six birdies and a bogey Tuesday at the TPC at Eagle Trace to claim victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Starting at the 10th tee, Silverman, 25, birdied the 12th and 15th holes and bogeyed the par-4 18th, then birdied Nos. 3, 5, 7 and 9 coming back on the front side. He made two birdies each on the par-3s, the par-4s and the par-5s.

It was Silverman’s third win since he started playing Golfslinger events two years ago. He received $1,000 from the $3,087 purse to raise his career earnings to $32,500.

Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta shot 69 wit... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Brett Stegmaier of Vero Beach and Hamden, Conn., fired a three under par 69 Thursday to earn his sixth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Stegmaier made five birdies and two bogeys on the Champion course at PGA National.

The victory was worth $1,000 from the $4,902 purse and enabled Stegmaier to earn the 7th of ten 2012 Web.com GOLFslinger Tour $1,000 Monday Qualifying bonuses. Stegmaier will be on his way to Knoxville, Tenn., to try and qualify Monday for the News-Sentinel Open, a Web.com event scheduled Aug. 23-26. He earned $2,475 in the four tournaments, since Aug. 7.

Sunny Kim was second in the bonus race with $2,288.34, including $5... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Dan McCarthy of Syracuse, N.Y., shot the low score of the tournament, an eight under par 64 on Tuesday, enroute to his fifth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Playing the South course at Fountains Country Club, McCarthy, 27, bogeyed the third hole he played Monday and was error-free the rest of the way, posting 67-64—131 to win by two shots. He made 14 birdies, including the par-5 fifth, 12th and 15th holes and the par-4 eighth and 11th both days.

He earned $2,000 from the $7,260 purse, raising his career earnings to about $20,000 in addition to his five wins since October, 2007.

Justin Peters and Derrick Bohannon tied for 2nd pla... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta sank a nine-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Thursday to score his 12th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. O’Mahony outlasted Brett Stegmaier of Vero Beach after they tied at three under par 69 on the North course at Quail Ridge Country Club. Moments earlier, Stegmaier had missed his birdie putt from 30 feet.

It was O’Mahony first Golfslinger start since June 6, his first win since May 1. A three-time NCAA Division II All-American at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, he has spent most of the summer chasing the Web.com and other tournamnents around the country. He made five birdies and two boge... more

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens eagled the 13th hole to go with three birdies on each nine Tuesday at North Palm Beach Country Club to win for the 21st time on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

In addition to his eagle, Kim birdied Nos. 2, 3, 7, 11, 15 and 18, and bogeyed the 10th and 14th holes for a six under par 65. He earned $1,000 from the $4,475 purse.

Hugo Leon of Tequesta, a native of Chile, posted a bogey-free four under par 67 to claim second among 33 starters. His birdies were at the ninth, 11th, 12th and 13th holes. He received $575.

Next on the schedule will be Quail Ridge-North on Thursday.

There was $140 in the skins po... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Tim Turpen of Fayetteville, Tenn., and West Palm Beach parred the second hole of a playoff on the Rees Jones course at The Breakers on Wednesday to earn his 19th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Turpen outfinished Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach after they tied at five under par 67. They halved the first extra hole with par-4s, then Bohannon hit his drive into some bushes off the second fairway, took an unplayable lie and Turpen won with a two-putt par from 10 feet.

In regulation, Turpen had seven birdies, five on the inward nine, and two bogeys, earning $1,000 from the $3,807 purse. After nine straight pars, Bohannon birdied the same fiv... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach birdied the last three holes of regulation and the first playoff hole to win a Golfslinger.com Tour event Friday at Ironhorse.

Smith outlasted Brett Stegmaier of Vero Beach after they tied at eight under par 136. While Smith was finishing with three consecutive birdies, Stegmaier bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes to drop into the tie at the top.

In regulation, Smith scored a pair of 68s with six birdies Thursday and four Friday. Stegmaier shot 66-70 with 12 birdies and four bogeys in 36 holes. In the playoff, Smith won with a three footer moments after Stegmaieer missed his birdie putt from 10 feet.

Su... more

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England - Former standout GOLFslinger/Minor League Golf Tour member Justin Hicks shot 68 in the final group at the 2012 Open Championship......on Thursday. After a 74 on Friday, Justin got it going again on Saturday with a 69, before matching Adams Scott's 75 in the final round.

Hicks, who has won 21 times on the GOLFslinger.com tour qualified for his third major last month in Texas. He has made the cut in all three, and was tied for the lead after the opening round of the US Open back in 2008.

Justin has won twice on the Nationwide/Web.com Tour and spent the 2011 season on the PGA Tour. Currently he is 8th on the Web.com Tour money list.more

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach and Shelbyville, Ky., fired a five under par 66 Wednesday at North Palm Beach Country Club to earn his 21st victory on the GOLFslinger Tour and the $1,000 first place check.

His third victory in five events also earned Bohannon a second check for $1,000, this one for winning the 5th 2012 GOLFslinger Bonus Contest.

The 2012 GOLFslinger.com Tour has 10 Web.com/Nationwide Tour Monday Qualifier Bonus Contests worth $1,000 each.

Each contest is 2 weeks (6 playing days) and depending on the contest either the leading money winner or lowest total score for the six days (like Q-School Finals) will win the... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach and Shelbyville, Ky., played bogey-free golf Monday for a five under par 66 to win a Golfslinger.com Tour event on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club.

Bohannon birdied Nos. 1, 5, 9, 11 and 14 to win by a stroke over Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens and Clayton Gamber III of Doral. Kim made six birdies and two bogeys, Gamber five birdies and one bogey.

It was Bohannon’s 20th Golfslinger title, his fourth this year and second this month. On July 10, he edged Kim by a stroke, 65-66 at the Links @ Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach. Kim has 20 Golfslinger victories, Gamber two.

There was $120 in the skin... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – With both playing in the final pairing Tuesday, Derrick Bohannon birdied the 18th hole to win a Golfslinger.com Tour event at The Links at Madison Green, edging Sunny Kim by a shot, 65 to 66.

Until then, each player had seven birdies and each made his only bogey of the round at the par-4 fifth hole. Bohannon, of Jensen Beach and Shelbyville, Ky., birdied Nos. 1, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 16; Kim, of Palm Beach Gardens, at 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 15.

It was Bohannon’s 19th Golfslinger title, his 7th at Madison Green and his third this year. He earned $1,000 from the $3,442 purse. Kim, second among 24 starters, received $550. He has 20 Golfslin... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Hernan Rey of Buenos Aires, Argentina, fired a five under par 67 without making a bogey Monday as the Golfslinger.com Tour resumed play at the Jupiter Country Club after a two-week summer vacation.

It was Rey’s 10th career Golfslinger victory, his second this year, as he edged Brett Stegmaier of Vero Beach by a stroke. Rey, whose U.S. home is in Jupiter, birdied Nos. 6,8, 9, 13 and 16, earning $1,000 from the $4,402 purse. Stegmaier, second among 31 starters, made six birdies and two bogeys for 68, worth $600. Horacio Leon of Chile was third with 69.

The $1,000 first place check puts Rey off to an early lead in the 5th of 10 Nationwide Monday B... more

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Sunny Kim of New York won the 4th of ten $1,000 Nationwide Tour Monday Contests that are being held by the GOLFslinger.com Tour throughout the spring and summer of 2012.

Each contest is 2 weeks (6 playing days) and depending on the contest either the leading money winner or lowest total score for the six days (like Q-School Finals) will win the bonus.   The next contest begins on July 9th when the tour returns to action after the summer break.

Tim Turpen and Sunny Kim started the round and final day of the 4th $1,000 Nationwide Monday Bonus Contest with Kim leading Turpen by 2 shots.   The format of this contest was tot... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Justin Peters of Stuart edged Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach in a final round duel that went to the final hole Thursday in a Golfslinger.com Tour event at Abacoa Golf Club. Tied at 14 under par while walking up the 18th fairway, Peters missed the final green left and pitched to 12 feet. Turpen was short and right in two, pitched to 30 feet and his par putt was on line but just a couple of inches short. Then Peters made his par putt for the win, edging Turpen, 130 to 131.

It was Peters’ 33rd Golfslinger title, his first since a 36-hole tournament at Binks Forest in February. He scored a pair of 65s with four consecutive birdies each day, starting at No. 4... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach and Shelbyville, Ky., birdied the second extra hole Monday at Ironhorse to win the Club Fit Classic, his 18th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

After they tied at two under par 70 and matched par-4s on the first playoff hole, Bohannon beat Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens and Sal Spallone of Vero Beach by making an eight-foot putt for the win at the par-4 second. Moments earlier, Kim and Spallone had two-putted for pars, Sunny from 20 feet and Sal from 25 feet.

In regulation, Bohannon and Kim each had four birdies and two bogeys. Spallone made five birdies, a bogey and a double bogey. Kim has 20 Golfslinger w... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Sixteen players are within 2 shots of the lead after the opening round of the June Major at PGA National's Champion Course.  The winner will take home $10,000 and the event has a total of $12,490 added into the purse from qualifying and buy in players.

View the $33,260 purse.    Wednesday's Scores and Thursday's Teetimes



There was $320 in the skins pot with 2 skins out worth $160 each.

3- Jason Trout (Eagle)
5- Jordan Holley

STUART, Fla. – Newcomer Mark Smith of Stuart earned his first Golfslinger.com Tour victory Thursday with a three under par 69 at the Champions Club at Summerfield.

Smith overcame an unusual back nine to win by a stroke. After turning in 36 with two birdies and as many bogeys on the front, Smith had six birdies, a bogey and a double bogey on the inward side. He parred the 10th hole, birdied Nos. 11 and 12, made double bogey at the par-5 13th, birdied 14, 15 and 16, bogeyed the short 17th and birdied the long 18th for the margin of victory.

In his 11th start since joining Golfslinger in March, Smith earned $1,000 from the $2,338 purse at stake for the 14 entrants. Here... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens made three consecutive birdies on the front nine Tuesday and held on for his 14th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Soero, 28, finished with a four under par 67 on the West course at Fountains Country Club. After birdies on the sixth, seventh and eighth holes, he made two birdies and a bogey on the back nine.

Soero received $1,000 from the $3,922 purse, raising his career earnings to pocket change short of $50,000, or $49,995.95 since he joined Golfslinger in March, 2008.

Greg Forest of Stuart, Scott Marino from Tequesta, Michael Midgette of Plainville, N.Y., and Ben Silverman of Palm Beach Gardens, tied ... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens sank a 25-foot eagle putt on the second playoff Thursday at The Links at Madison Green to earn his 19th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

With Paul Scaletta of Jupiter and Tim Cantwell of Palm Beach Gardens looking at birdie opportunities, Kim ended the contest with his winning putt at the par-5 second hole. After tying at five under par 67, they halved the first extra hole with par-4s.

In regulation, Kim eagled the par-5 eighth hole and made three birdies, Scaletta had six birdies and a bogey, and Cantwell scored five birdies. Kim received $1,000 from the $3,864 purse. Scaletta and Cantwell, tied for second... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Alfredo Adrian of Sunrise birdied the first four holes on the Champion course at PGA National on Monday and went on to score his second consecutive victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Adrian, 29, a native of Venezuela, finished with four under par 68 on the course which each March hosts the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. He added birdies at the 14th and 15th holes and bogeys at Nos. 8 and 17. Adrian earned $1,000 from the $7,325 purse.

It was also Adrian’s second career Golfslinger title after a runnerup finish May 14 at Jupiter Country Club. He won Thursday at Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation on the first playoff hole after a 36-h... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Kyle Willmann of Edmond, Okla., fired a six under par 66 Monday at for his 10th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour, his third this year. Playing at Jupiter Country Club, Willmann, 32, made four birdies on each nine and bogeyed the 10th and 12th holes to win by two strokes. He received $1,000 from the $2,990 purse, raising his career Golfslinger earnings to $48,387 since February, 2008. There were 20 starters.

Alfredo Adrian of Venezuela shot 68 to finish 2nd followed by Alejandro Garmendia of Weston, FL in third place with 69. Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens was fourth at 2-under par 70.

The tournament also marked the start of the third two... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens eagled the second playoff hole Wednesday at Abacoa Golf Club to earn his 13th win on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Soero outlasted Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge and Joachim Altonen of Deerfield Beach after they tied at four under par 68. Altonen hit his drive out of bounds at the first hole. Then Soero made a 30 footer for the win, leaving Lytle with a birdie opportunity he couldn’t try.

In regulation, Soero made six birdies and two bogeys, Lytle an eagle at the par-5 10th hole, three birdies and a bogey, and Altonen seven birdies and three bogeys. Soero received $1,000 from the $5,918 purse, raising his career Golfslin... more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Jordan Holley of Greensboro, N.C., and Boynton Beach birdied 1/3 of the holes he played on Friday to win by 2 shots in a GOLFslinger.com Tour event at The Club of Emerald Hills.

Holley's 68 helped him capture his third GOLFslinger Tour title. He has won three of thirteen individual events he has played in counting his first win back in November, giving him a Tiger like 23% winning percentage during that period.

Ben Silverman picked up his second top 2 finish in as many days with a 2-under par 70, followed by Will Coleman in solo third place with 71.

There was $120 in the skins pot with 4 skins out worth $30 each.

2- Joe Shaktman... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta played a consistant, bogey free, 3-under par round in very windy conditions on Tuesday at Bear Lakes Country Club. The event was held on the Lakes Course to give many players a chance to play a tournament round on the same track that they will be attempting to qualify for the 2012 US Open on May 14.

Greg O'Mahony's 69 gave him a 1 shot margin over Mike Balo of Stamford, CT and earned him his eleventh GOLFslinger.com victory.  O'Mahony started hot with birdies at the first and third holes, he added another birdie at eleven, then parred in.   Balo's round was streaky.  He started with consecutive bogies... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Scott Hawley of Shrewsbury, Mass., birdied the second extra home Thursday at Abacoa Golf Club to win for the 10th time on the Golfslinger.com Tour. Hawley outlasted Paulo Pinto of Cordoba, Argentina, after they tied at four under par 68. Pinto was making his first Golfslinger start.

Hawley was forced into the playoff after he bogeyed the final hole. They halved the fourth with par-3s, then Hawley birdied the par-4 fifth for the win. Earlier in regulation, Hawley birdied Nos. 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13. Pinto made three birdies and a bogey on each nine.

The win was worth $1,000 from the $6,000 purse, raising Hawley’s career Golfslinger earnings to $26,6... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens fired a four under par 67 to win by four strokes Monday in a Golfslinger.com Tour event at Jacaranda Golf Club. It was Soero’s 11th career Golfslinger title, his third this month. He earned $1,000 from the $4,248 purse.

Fernando Figueroa of Doral and El Salvador matched par 71on the East course and was second among 32 starters in the Golfslinger’s 37th tournament of the year.

The leading money winner for five consecutive Golfslinger tournaments, including Jacaranda, will receive a $1,000 bonus to be used toward Monday qualifying this summer for the PGA or Nationwide tours. The others: April 17, L... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Mike Ballo of Stamford, Conn., fired his second straight five under par 67 Thursday at Ironhorse Golf Club to earn his first victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

At 134, Ballo won by three strokes over Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens, who shot 69-68—137. Bobby Collins, also of Palm Beach Gardens, led after the first round, posting 66-72—138 to tie for third among 39 starters.

Making just his third Golfslinger start, all this month, Ballo, 33, eagled the par-5 14th hole Wednesday to go with four birdies and a bogey at the par-3 11th hole. He had five birdies Thursday. Ballo earned $2,000 from the $12,100 purse.

In a separate... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Nathan Sutherland of Jupiter birdied eight of the nine odd-numbered holes Thursday, and bogeyed the other one, enroute to his first victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Playing the South course at Fountains Country Club, Sutherland, 23, birdied Nos.1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 17 and bogeyed the par-3 13th hole. He also birdied the 12th hole and finished at eight under par 64 to win by two strokes. It was his sixth Golfslinger start. He earned $1,000 from the $4,689 purse.

Scott Marino of Tequesta and Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens matched 66s to tie for second among 36 players in the Golfslinger’s 34th tournament of the year. They rec... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens fired a 64 Monday, eight under par at Winston Trails Golf Club, for his ninth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Soero, 29, twice strung birdies together to win by two strokes, four in a row starting at the fourth hole and three straight beginning at No. 15. Overall, he made nine birdies and a bogey at the par-4 14th hole. He earned $1,000 from the $4,385 purse.

Soero shot 61 back in July of 2010 in a GOLFslinger event on the South Course at Fountains Country Club.

Matt Springer of Palm City shot 66, second among 33 starters. Two more Golfslinger tournaments are scheduled this week: Tuesday at Abac... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Carlos Velez of Miami overcame a double bogey on the first hole Monday with a birdie when he played the hole a second time in a playoff to earn his third victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Playing the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club, Velez outlasted Jonathan Orchin of Jupiter and Alejandro Garmendia of Weston after they tied at two under par 69. Velez birdied the par-4 first hole from 15 feet after Orchin two-putted from 14 feet and Garmendia made par after his second shot missed the green.

After his shaggy start, Velez made five birdies and a bogey the rest of the way. He earned $1,000 from the $4,783 purse, raising his career earnings to $11... more

JUPITER, Fla. –Sandro Piaget of Jupiter made three eagles Tuesday enroute to an eight under par 64 at Abacoa Golf Club to earn his fourth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

He one-putted the par-5 second and 10th holes and holed a 110-yard wedge shot at the par-5 sixth. He also had four birdies and was 10 under after 13 holes before scoring bogeys at the 14th and 15th holes. He parred the remaining par-5, the 17th, and won by four strokes.

Piaget earned $1,000 fromn the $6,069 purse. There were 51 players.

There was $270 in the skins pot with 4 skins out worth $67.50 each.

6- Sandro Piaget (Eagle)
7- Andrew Giuliani
11- Philip Arouca (... more

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach edged Justin Peters of Stuart with a birdie on the second playoff hole Thursday in a Golfslinger.com Tour event at Binks Forest Golf Club.

After they tied at four under par 68 and halved the first extra hole with par-4s, Peters two-putted from 30 feet and Smith sank a 12-foot birdie putt for the victory at the par-5 second. In regulation, Smith had five birdies and bogeyed the 18th hole. Peters made five of his eight birdies on the back nine after scoring four bogeys on the front.

It was Smith’s 12th Golfslinger victory, two of which came before he turned pro in 2010 and two more in late-January. He earned $1,... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach fired a six under par 66 Tuesday at Winston Trails Golf Club enroute to his 17th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour, his first since last June.

He was six under par on the first nine holes with an eagle at the par-5 fourth hole and birdies at Nos. 2, 5, 6 and 9. His run was interrupted with a double bogey at the par-3 12th hole but he finished with birdies at 13 and 18 to win by two strokes, earning $1,000 from the $5,142 purse.

Devin Kay of Potomac, MD shot a four under par 68 to finish second by himself.  Five players tied for third with 69.

There was $220 in the skins pot with two ski... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – David Smith of Ruston, La., edged James Porter of Florence, Ala., by a stroke with a final round of eight under par 64 Wednesday at Ironhorse Country Club to win the first of four 2012 Golfslinger.com Tour Majors.

Smith came back from a windy opening round of 77 for 141 compared to back-to-back 71s for 142 by Porter, who hit his second shot into the water at the par-5 18th hole Wednesday while attempting to win the event by closing with a birdie. Smith had birdied 18 in the opening round Tuesday and did not even consider laying up.

In regulation, Smith had two birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey at 18 on Tuesday, an eagle and six birdies W... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Fernando Figueroa of Doral and El Salvador won his first Golfslinger.com Tour title Monday on the second playoff hole on Jacaranda Golf Club’s West course.

Figueroa outlasted Daniel Obremski of Pittsburgh and Josh Arndt of Grove City, Minn., after they tied at three under par 69. On the first extra hole, Arndt hit his second shot into the water behind the green, then Figueroa birdied the second hole from 12 feet for the win.

Figueroa earned $1,000 from the $6,065 purse. Obremski and Arndt, tied for second among 50 starters, received $587.50 apiece. Obremski won a Golfslinger event for the first time last Thursday at the Champions Club in Stua... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Tom Gillis shot a bogey free 6-under par 64 to earn a share of the lead with Justin Rose in the 2012 Honda Classic.  Gillis (pictured above with his GOLFslinger Tour Team Championship partner Kevin Johnson) won the first event of 2012 on the GOLFslinger.com Tour and plays with us to keep his game sharp when he is here in Jupiter.

Scott Langley is T-31st going into the weekend, while fellow GOLFslinger Monday Qualifiers Alejandro Garmendia and Bo Hoag missed the cut at 1-over par 141.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Alejandro Garmendia of Venezuela/Weston (pictured above), Bo Hoag of Columbus, OH/Palm Beach Gardens, and Scott Langley of Purceville, PA/Singer Island, all made it through the PGA Tour's Honda Classic Pre-Qualifier last Thursday, where 26 of the 39 players that advanced into the Monday Qualifier have played on the GOLFslinger.com Tour.

On Monday, 86 players battled windy conditions for the four spots available, PGA Tour Veteran Vaughn Taylor shot 64 to capture the top spot, then Alejandro Garmendia and Bo Hoag shot 65 to grab spots 2 and 3. Scott Langley had to outlast Danny Balin and Robert Castro in a playoff to earn the 4th and final spot.
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JUPITER, Fla. - The first $10,000 added in winner's share GOLFslinger.com Tour Major is next week and the deadline for exempt players inside the top 72 to register is Thursday March 1, 2012.

DON'T DELAY, REGISTER NOW BY EMAIL, PHONE, OR ONLINE PAYMENT!!!!!

After the top 72 deadline, Players ranked 73 and higher will have until Saturday March 3rd, to register. They will be added into the event BY THEIR RANK after the March 3rd deadline.

DON'T DELAY, REGISTER NOW BY EMAIL, PHONE, OR ONLINE PAYMENT!!!!!

IF after both deadlines pass and there are still spots available, they will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Players that have not played... more

CONGRATS TO TYLER KITSON WHO WAS SELECTED TO BE IN THE GOLF PRIDE COMMERCIAL!

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Mike McMann and Greg Huxman got a call back.

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AT THE TIME OF CHECK IN YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED AN AUDITION TIME, MOST LIKELY STARTING AROUND 2PM. 50 AMATEURS WILL BE AUDI... more

JUPITER, Fla. - 26 out of 39 players advancing through the Honda Classic Pre-Qualfier on Thursday are GolfSLINGER.com Tour Players, including the Medalist from all three qualifying sites.

Congratulations and GOOD LUCK!


Thursday's February 23rd, 2012 Results by Venue

Fountains (16 of 21 available spots)

T1 Brandon Smith 64, Michael Tobiason 64
T4 Nick Kenney 66, Tim Martin 66
T6 Stephen Grant 67, Sunny Kim 67
T9 Alejandro Garmendia 68, Brandon Parker 68, Chris Damiano 68, Hernan Rey 68, James Jazen 68, Kevin Foley 68, Pierre-Henri Soero 68, Richard ... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Chris Scialo of New City, N.Y., made a hole-in-one enroute to a six under par 65 Thursday for his third victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour, the first on his own ball.

Playing against the largest field in the history of the Golfslinger.com Tour, formerly known as the Minor League Golf Tour, Scialo made two birdies on each nine of the North course at Fountains Country Club in addition to acing the 200-yard eighth hole with a 6-iron.

Scialo’s previous victories were in two-man team events, both with Chris Damiano of Jupiter as his partner and both at the Santa Lucia River Club in Port St. Lucie, on Dec. 17, 2010 and on Dec. 16, 2011. Scialo ear... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens birdied the second extra hole Monday at the TPC Eagle Trace for his eighth victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour, his second this year.

Tied at three under par 69, Soero outlasted Alfredo Adrian of Sunrise, who bogeyed the first playoff hole, the par-4 ninth, and Kyle Moore of Palm Beach Gardens. At the second extra hole, the par-5 10th, Soero got past Moore by sinking a three-foot birdie putt. Soero and Alfredo each made three birdies, Moore four birdies and a bogey.

Soero received $1,000 from the $8,233 purse. Adrian and Moore tied for second among 68 starters and earned $675 apiece. Soero’s most r... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Dan McCarthy of Syracuse, N.Y., made nine birdies – twice scoring three in a row – and needed every one of them Wednesday to beat the largest field of the year on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

McCarthy shot a nine under par 63 at Abacoa Golf Club with birdies at Nos. 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 18. He won by a stroke and earned $1,000 from the $8,850 purse. It was his fourth title since he joined Golfslinger in October, 2007, his first since Oct. 15, 2009.

Second among 75 starters was Ryan Armour of Jupiter, who also had nine birdies but bogeyed the par-3 15th hole. Stephen Grant of Palm Beach Gardens made seven birdies on the front nine fo... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens won for the second time on 11 days on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a final round of seven under par 64 Thursday on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club. Still, at 137, Kim won by only a single shot as Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge closed with 68 for 138, second among 44 starters.

Kim did not make a bogey and had seven birdies, at Nos. 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11 and 14, making up four strokes on the first round leaders. Kim opened at two over par 73 on three birdies, as many bogeys and a double bogey at the par-4 seventh hole. He earned $2,000 from the $12,385 purse to add to his $1,000 for his victory Jan. 23 at nearby Eagle Trace. H... more

STUART, Fla. – Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach earned his 10th Golfslinger.com Tour victory Thursday, winning by two strokes at the Champions Club on rounds of 68-70—138. Between an eagle at the par-5 fourth hole Wednesday and a double bogey at the par-4 16th hole Thursday, Smith had eight birdies and two bogeys. He received $2,000 from the $12,300 purse.

Tied for second at 140 were Justin Hicks of Royal Palm Beach and Stephen Grant of Palm Beach Gardens. Hicks, headed back to the Nationwide Tour next month, bogeyed the last two holes for 75-65, while Grant shot 71-69. Each collected $1,250. Career-wise, Hicks has 22 Golfslinger titles, Grant two.

The eighth t... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach birdied the last two holes Thursday to pull out a one-stroke victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour with a five under par 66 on the West course at Fountains Country Club.

Turpen made seven birdies and two bogeys for his 18th Golfslinger title, earning $1,000 from the $7,888 purse. Tied for second at 68 in the 64-player field, the largest of the season, were Frank Dully of Salem, Mass., and Chris Damiano of Jupiter. Each received $650.

Jimmy Lytle picked up $550 for his solo fourth finish at 3-under par 68, followed by Devin Kay from Boca Raton and Chris Scialo of New York at 69.

The Golfslinger schedule next week ... more

PALM CITY, Fla. –Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens birdied his first four holes Monday and went on to post a four under par 68 at The Evergreen Club for his seventh victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

After his fast start, Soero added two more birdies (Nos. 15 and 17) and a pair of bogeys (Nos. 6 and 11) to win by a shot. He earned $1,000 from the $4,859 purse.

Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach shot 34-35—69 to tie for second place with Kyle Willmann of Palm City fired 36-33—69.

The Golfslinger’s fourth tournament of the year drew 38 starters.

There was $150 in the skins pot with 7 skins out worth $22.86 each.

1- Pierr... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brett Stegmaier of Vero Beach made two-putt pars on two extra holes and won for the third time on the Golfslinger.com Tour when his playoff opponent hit his second tee shot out of bounds at Ironhorse Country Club.

Stegmaier and Mark McGuire of Clifton, N.J. tied at five under par 67. McGuire eagled the par-4 second hole in regulation, then finished with birdies on the last three holes. Stegmaier earned $1,000, guaranteed this season for winners of 18-hole events.

Back in November, the last time the tour visited Ironhorse, Stegmaier also shot 67 with a streak of 5 birdes in a row enroute to his victory. Brett has to be one of the favorites ... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens birdied the second playoff hole Monday at Fountains Country Club to win the final event of the year in the Golfslinger.com/Minor League Golf Tour.

After they tied at four under par 67 and matched par-4s at the 10th hole of the North course, Kim won when he birdied the par-5 11th as both Justin Peters of Stuart and Ben Silverman of Delray Beach both hit into the water.

It was Kim’s 14th career MLGT victory, his second in 11 days. He won the Tour Championship Dec. 8 at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter on the third playoff hole. Kim earned $900 from the $5,250 purse. Peters and Silverman, tied for second among 42 playe... more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Chris Damiano of Jupiter and Chris Scialo of New City, N.Y., made a successful defense Friday in the Holiday Team Championship staged by the Golfslinger.com/Minor League Golf Tour at the Santa Lucia River Club.

Damiano and Scialo combined for a 15 under par 57 to win by three strokes. They eagled the par-5 fifth hole and added six birdies on the front nine for a scramble score of 28, then made seven birdies in four-ball stroke play on the back nine for 29.

They won in 2010 at Santa Lucia on the third playoff hole after a 62. Nine of 27 teams beat that score Friday. That was Scialo’s only other MLGT victory. Damiano now has four wins. They... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Justin Peters of Stuart chipped in from eight feet behind the green for birdie as he teamed with Mike Larkin of Gibsonia, Pa., to win the 27-hole, Par 3 Team Trilogy tournament at the Jupiter Dunes Golf Club.

Peters and Larkin outlasted two other teams in the unique event in which players competed in scramble on the back nine, alternate shots on the front, then four-ball stroke play back on the back. They received $820 apiece from the $8,120 purse.

Peters’ birdie at the 11th hole beat out Jordan Holley and Nathan Stamey of Boynton Beach. Olin Browne Jr. and Gabe Costa of Tequesta were eliminated when they bogeyed the first... more

By Tour Owner Jay Slazinski

JUPITER, Fla. - As 2011 winds down, The Minor League Golf Tour is ramping up for an awesome 2012. There will be a lot of positive changes in 2012, starting with the name of our tour.

The harsh economy has taken its toll. So, like so many players, profession golf tours are looking for new sponsorship. Hooters of America, Inc. dropped The NGA Tour. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company will end its sponsorship of the PGA Tour's feeder tour at the end of 2012, and The Minor League Golf Tour's sponsor Fuzion Golf closed its doors back in October. Since their support was in player discounts and bonuses, it will not in any way affect the tour pa... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Jordan Holley of Greensboro, N.C., and Boynton Beach cruised to a six-stroke victory Thursday in a Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour event on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club.

Ahead by six after a 66 the first round Wednesday, Holley added 69 for 135, scoring an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys (one each day) in 36 holes. He earned $1,500 from the $6,000 purse. It was his second MLGT title, the first coming a week and a half ago, Nov. 21, at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter.

Tied for second at 141 were Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach and John Stoltz of Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., on final round scores of 69 and 70. Each received $962.50.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach birdied the last two holes Monday to edge playing partner Dan McCarthy of Palm Beach Gardens by a shot, 65 to 66, for his 17th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

McCarthy took the early lead at Ocean Breeze Golf Club with an eagle to Turpen’s birdie at the par-5 first hole on the South nine. Turpen fell another stroke behind with bogey at the second hole, then McCarthy birdied the third to go up by three. Turpen caught up with consecutive birdies at 4, 5 and 6, McCarthy went ahead again with birdie at No. 11 and both birdied the 13th and 15th holes to set up Turpen’s furious finish on the North nine.

ATLANTIS, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens posted an 11 under par 61 on Thursday at Atlantis Country Club to win on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour for the sixth time. He earned $900 from the $5,000 purse.

In July 2010, Soero shot 61 to win a MLGT event and set the course record on the south course at the Fountains Country Club.

Today, for the 59 Challenge, the course was set up at 5,400 yards, compared to 6,600 from the back tees which the MLGT would normally play. The four par-5s were all reachable in two, the four par-3s all were played from about 110 yards, and many of the par-4s were drivable, according to tournament director Jimmy Jones.

DORAL, Fla. – Jon McLean of Weston birdied the final hole Sunday on a course designed by his father to edge Ryan Willis of Alpharetta, Ga., and win his fifth title on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

McLean nipped Willis 69-70 on the McLean course at Doral Country Club. The course was created by Jim McLean, a renowned instructor who has a golf school headquartered at Doral with several branches nationwide.

The younger McLean had six birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. He earned $550 from the $1,801 purse, raising his MLGT cache to $17,484 since January, 2010. Willis made three birdies and as many bogeys and was second among 15 starters. It was Willis’ t... more

JUPITER, Fla. - 58 Players that have competed and won a combined 201 events on the Minor League Golf Tour will be competing at second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School, including 15 out of 22 players from the Port St. Lucie first stage qualifying site.

All of five 2011 Q-School Contest winners moved on to second stage, and 9 of the 12 Minor League Q-School contest winners (since 2009) will be vying for status.

The complete list of 58 Players with their MLGT Career highlights.

Jimmy Lytle - 2011 Q-School Contest Winner, 30 MLGT Victories,
All Time MLGT Leading Money Winner (o... more

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Alejandro Garmendia of Weston eagled the first hole and held on Thursday to win on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour at Ocean Breeze Golf Club. Garmendia outdueled David Smith of West Palm Beach 67 to 68 on the South and North nines, adding five birdies and two bogeys. Smith had six birdies and two bogeys.

It was Garmendia’s third MLGT title, all in the last five months. He won June 6 at Indian Spring CC, Boynton Beach, and Sept. 29 at Jacaranda GC, Plantation. Smith also has three wins. Garmendia earned $625 from the $2,806 purse. Smith, second among 23 players, received $500.

The MLGT has scheduled a 54-hole tournament next week, the annual... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Jake Katz of Williamsville, N.Y., is having a good week. Three days after making it through the first stage of qualifying for the PGA Tour in 2012, Katz was the winner Monday on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

Katz shot three under par 69 on the Estate course at PGA National with five birdies and a double bogey at the par-4 seventh hole. His birdies were at the par-3 10th, the par-4 fourth and 13th and the par-5 fifth and 15th. It was his second MLGT start. On Oct. 4, he tied for third at Ironhorse in West Palm Beach. He earned $750 from the $4,125 purse here.

Last Saturday, Katz was among 22 golfers who made it through the first stage q... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Justin Peters of Stuart tuned up for an attempt to qualify for the PGA Tour with a six under par 66 Tuesday at Abacoa Golf Club for his 30th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. Peters finished with five birdies on the inward nine of a bogey-free round. He earned $625 from the $2,710 purse.

The first stage of qualifying for the PGA Tour in 2012 is scheduled Wednesday through Saturday on the Wanamaker course at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie. Peters played predominantly on the Nationwide Tour this year.

The MLGT, which had 22 starters at Abacoa, plays again Thursday at the Links at Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach.

There was $100... more

STUART, Fla. - Justin Peters birdied the first extra hole Friday to edge Derrick Bohannon in a battle between Martin County golfers on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. Peters sank an 18 footer on the par-4 first hole for the win at the Champions Club at Summerfield after Bohannon hit his second shot over the green.

In regulation, each made four birdies and three bogeys for one under par 71. Both birdied the par-5 18th hole. It was the 29th MLGT victory for Peters, of Stuart, who earned $525 from the $1,755 purse. Bohannon, of Jensen Beach, has 16 wins on the MLGT. Second among 14 starters in the event rained out Monday, he received $400.

The MLGT has played 112 tournamen... more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – David Vanegas of Medellin, Colombia, making his first start on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour, birdied the fourth extra hole for the victory Thursday at The Club at Emerald Hills.

Vanegas outlasted Devin Kay of Potomac, Md., after they tied at four under par 68. They halved the par-5 first and par-3 third holes and in between matched bogeys at the par-4 second. At the par-4 fourth, Vanegas sank a 50 footer and got the win when Kay missed his birdie opportunity from eight feet.

In regulation, Vanegas had seven birdies, a bogey and a double bogey at the par-5 fifth hole while Kay made six birdies and two bogeys. Vanegas earned $800 from the $3,840 ... more

On Monday, Jimmy Lytle, Ben Hartman, Brian Anderson, Kevin Foley, Brad Klapprott, Andy Bare, and Manuel Villegas all qualified for the Miccosukee Open, a Nationwide Tour event starting Thursday in Miami.

All time MLGT leading money winner Lytle was the medalist with 63 at Jacaranda in Plantation.  Lytle competed in a 2-Day Minor League Golf Tour event last month on the course the championship will be played on.  Other competitors in that 2-Day MLGT event that are playing this weekend are Carlos Velez and Nicholas Thompson

In addition to the nine players above, Brad Adamonis, Ryan Armour, Marc Turnesa, Alan Morin, Ken Duke, Steve Whea... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens eagled the par-4 11th hole two days in a row enroute to a victory Thursday on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour at Abacoa Golf Club.

Kim, 22, shot 68-67—135 with four birdies in each round, a double bogey at the 16th Wednesday and a bogey at the 17th Thursday. His first round birdies were at Nos. 4, 6, 10 and 15; and at first, fourth, 15th and 16th the second day.

It was Kim’s 11th title since he joined the MLGT in October, 2006, his second this year following a win Jan. 13 at The Evergreen Club in Palm City. He earned $2,000 from the $10,830 purse.

In the MLGT’s 107th event of the year, Bobby ... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Alejandro Garmendia of Weston overcame bogies on the first hole two days in a row to win a Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour event Thursday at Jacaranda Golf Club. Both days, he rallied to score 68-67—135 on the par-71 East course, winning by one stroke.

After his shaky starts, Garmendia birdied the ninth, 10th and 11th holes both days and also birdied No. 12 Wednesday. He made five birdies each round and three bogeys overall and earned $2,000 from the $9,554 purse. It was Garmendia’s second MLGT victory. He won June 6 at Indian Spring west of Boynton Beach.

There were 34 starters in the MLGT’s 105th tournament of the year, including ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Chris Peddicord of Palm City, Florida won 2 of the Senior Division events in the 2011 Champions Tour Q-School Contest to propel him to the final prize, a $2,500 bonus to pay his entry fee into qualifying for the Champions Tour later this year.

Peddicord earned a check in 6 of 8 events he played and edged Warren Jurkowitz by $150 dollars. Jurkowitz also finished second in the contest last year.

PALM CITY, Fla. – Greg Duncan of Edinburgh, Scotland, earned his first victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour in a playoff Wednesday at The Evergreen Club. Duncan outlasted Scott Marino of Tequesta and Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach after they tied at three under par 69.

Smith was eliminated with par-5 on the first extra hole. Duncan and Marino halved the second with par-4s and the third with birdie-4s. At the fourth, Duncan won with par-3 after Marino missed his par from five feet. Duncan, 20, earned $600 from the $2,320 purse. Smith and Marino, tied for second among 19 starters, got $387.50 apiece.

The younger brother of the PGA Tour’s Steve Marino, S... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Mark Bucek of Winter Park won a separate senior division event at Fountains Country Club for players 47 and older. He shot 69 with four birdies on the front nine and two bogeys on the back. He collected $450 for the win and another $250 with a tie for sixth in the open division.

The 2011 Champions Tour Q-School Contest is going down to the wire. The 10th and final event of the contest is Thursday at PGA National's Esatates Course.  Today, Chris Peddicord maintained his $45 lead over Warren Jurkowitz when they tied for second place at 1-under par 70.  Each player earned $245.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Steve LeBrun increased his career total of titles on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour to 35 with a five under par 67 Thursday at Ironhorse Country Club. It was his ninth win this year, second this month following a victory Sept. 2 at Jupiter Country Club.

After turning in 34 on three birdies and a bogey, LeBrun saved par from a waste area behind the green at the par-3 13th when his third shot, a chip, hit the flagstick and dropped into the cup. He then birdied the next three holes and won by a stroke. LeBrun earned $725 from the $3,375 purse.

Scott Langley, playing in his first Fuzion MLGT event, finished a shot back after shooting 68. He pic... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Andrew Pressentin of Palmetto Bay fired a five under par 66 Monday to earn his second victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. Pressentin edged Greg O’Mahoney of Tequesta by a stroke on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club.

Pressentin eagled the par-5 11th hole and also had four birdies and a bogey, earning $750 from the $3,881 purse. He scored his first MLGT victory June 24 at Fountains CC-West near Lake Worth. O’Mahoney made six birdies and two bogeys for 67, second among 32 starters, and received $525. O’Mahony has 10 MLGT wins.

Play was interrupted for an hour and a half by lightning and rain.

There was $160 ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach earned his career record 34th Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour victory Tuesday with a seven under par 65 at Jupiter Country Club. LeBrun, 33, a graduate of John I.Leonard High School and Florida Atlantic University, made seven birdies in a bogey-fee round, at Nos. 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16 and 18 and earned $900 from the $5,368 purse.

Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge and Brian Anderson of Jupiter matched 68s to tie for second in the 44-player field. Each received $562.50. Lytle, 25, becomes the first MLGT player to top $100,000 in career earnings, reaching $100,558.13 with Tuesday’s check. He started on the MLGT as an amateur in July, 20... more

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge fired a six under par 66 Monday at The Wanderers Club for his 30th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. It was his fifth MLGT win this year, his first since July 18 at Jupiter Country Club.  Lytle, is $610 away from becoming the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour's first $100,000 winner.

Jacob Korb shot 67 to finish second followed by Brett Bergeron in third place with 68.

The MLGT plays a 36-hole event Wednesday and Thursday on the Rees Jones course at Breakers West.

There was $170 in the skins pot with 5 skins out worth $34 each.

#3- Bobby Collins
#4,#9- Adam Adams
#13- Pa... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Bobby Collins of Palm Beach Gardens won for the sixth time on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour when Brian Anderson of Rochester, Ill., hit his tee shot out of bounds on the first playoff hole Wednesday.

They had tied at five under par 66 on the West course at Fountains Country Club, Collins winning with a routine par-5. Collins made seven birdies and two bogeys. Anderson eagled the first hole in regulation and added six birdies and three bogeys, including the 16th and 18th holes as Collins parred in the last three.

Collins earned $700 from the $3,160 purse. Anderson, second among 26 starters, got $500. Anderson has won 15 MLGT tournaments.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - In a separate 18-hole stroke play event at Indian Spring Country Club (for players who were not in the Match Play semifinals)  Carlos Velez of Miami claimed his second MLGT victory, scoring a four under par 67 on the west course with five birdies and a bogey. He received $525. There were 14 starters.

David Smith finished 2 back with 69 and Gregory Della-Pietra finished 3rd with 71 in his first event as a professional.
 
There was $70 in the skins pot with 10 skins out worth $7 each

#2,#15- Anthony Kuey
#5- Carlos Velez
#7- Hector Zapata
#8,13- Ben Hartman
#9,#18- Andrew Pressentin
#16- ... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Mike Stern of Orlando won the Match Play Shootout on Tuesday by shooting 64 on the west course at Indian Spring.  Of the 24 players in the Match Play Qualifier, Stern and 15 other players participated in a optional $100 per player shootout during the qualifying round.

PLANTATION, Fla. – Will Coleman of Kensington, Md., without a victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour for nine months, won for the second day in a row Wednesday, scoring a four under par 68 on the West course at Jacaranda Golf Club.

Returning to the course after a 30-minute delay because of rain, Coleman finished with three consecutive pars to win by one shot. He scored five birdies and a bogey earlier in the round. Brian Friederichs of Boca Raton and Mike Stern of Orlando had posted 69s before play was suspended and tied for second among 22 players.

Coleman won his first MLGT title Tuesday at Ironhorse Country Club in West Palm Beach, beating David Smith of Rus... more

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brett Bergeron of LaPlace, La., sank a four-foot putt for par on the sixth extra hole Thursday for his 22nd victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. He outlasted Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach after they tied at four under par 67 at North Palm Beach Country Club. Moments earlier at the par-3 15th hole, LeBrun had missed a five footer for par. Both had missed the green off the tee.

They had halved the 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th holes with par-4s. At the par-3 13th, Bergeron stayed alive by holing a shot from off the green for birdie moments after LeBrun’s eagle putt slid past the hole.

Scott Marino of Tequesta also shot 67 but misse... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Terry Burke of Bethesda, Md., birdied the first playoff hole Tuesday at President Country Club to edge Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach for his third victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

After they tied at eight under par 63 on the Eagle course, Burke two-putted from 50 feet near the front of the green at the par-5 first hole. Bohannon had made it easy after hitting his first shot of the playoff into the water.

Each player made nine birdies and a bogey. Burke, at 51 nearly twice Bohannon’s 26 years, birdied his first three holes, Bohannon the first four. Burke finished with birdies at 15, 16 and 17, while Bohannon was birdie-bog... more

The MLGT also conducted a separate 72-hole competition based on two 36-hole events, Monday and Tuesday on the East course at Indian Spring Country Club, Boynton Beach, and the two rounds at Fountains. The winner was Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach on three 70s and a 67 Friday for 277. He received $600 from the $1,400 pot.

PLANTATION, Fla. – Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach birdied the last four holes Thursday after a two-hour delay because of rain and lightning at Jacaranda Golf Club to earn his career record 32nd victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

Playing in the final group of the 42-player field, LeBrun was on the 14th green of the East course when play was suspended. When he resumed, LeBrun made the putt for par-5, then birdied in for six under 65. He made four birdies and two bogeys earlier in the day and received $875 from the $5,050 purse.

Adam Adams of Coconut Creek was the leader in the clubhouse when play was interrupted. He had finished earlier with 67 on seven bir... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge birdied the first extra hole Monday to earn his 29th career title on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. After he tied at four under par 68 with Devin Kay of Boca Raton and Potomac, Md., at Jupiter Country Club, Lytle made a four footer for the win moments after Kay two-putted for par from 30 feet.

In regulation, Lytle made seven birdies and three bogeys while Kay had six and two, respectively. Lytle received $700 from the $3,517 purse. Kay, second among 29 players, collected $500. It was Lytle’s fifth win this year while Kay is still looking for his first all-time on the MLGT.

The MLGT has two more tournaments this wee... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –  In a separate senior competition, Chris Peddicord of Palm City was low with 71, scoring two bogeys on the front and a pair of birdies on the back. He was awarded $350 for winning the four-player senior flight, another $110 in tieing for 10th overall on Thursday at Ironhorse Country Club.

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach birdied the first extra hole for the victory Monday at The Wanderers Club as the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour resumed after a two-week summer break.

Turpen, 36, and Brenton Flynn, 27, of Nashville, Tenn., had tied at four under par 68, each with six birdies and two bogeys. In the playoff which began at the par-4 first hole, Turpen sank a 12-foot birdie putt from below the hole moments after Floyd two-putted for par from 40 feet.

It was Turpen’s 16th victory since he joined the MLGT in July, 2006, his first since August, 2010. He earned $810 from the $4,305, raising his career earnings to $66,497.50. Flynn had ma... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Chris Peddicord of Palm City won a the separate senior division event on the West course at Fountains Country Club, edging Adam Adams of Coconut Creek with birdie-3 from five feet at the second playoff hole after they had tied at 69. Both players birdied the first extra hole.

2011 Senior Q-School Contest
Between January and September 2011 we are having a 10 event contest where the leading money winner from those events gets their 2011 Champions Tour Q-School Entry paid for by the Fuzion MLGT.

The winner must be eligible for 2011 Champions Tour Q-School and the check will be paid directly to the PGA Tour.

STUART, Fla. – David Johnson of Palm Bay, beaten in a playoff two days earlier, came back Friday to earn his second victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. Johnson birdied three straight holes on the front nine enroute to a six under par 66 at the Champions Club at Summerfield.

Johnson earned $680 from the $2,928 purse and added to his lead in Q-School Contest Four, May 31-June 24. He moved $864 ahead of Matt Springer of Stuart for that period in which the leading money winner will have his entry fee paid into PGA Tour qualifying later this year.

In addition to birdies at the fourth, fifth and sixth holes, Johnson also birdied 8, 13 and 14. The fourth, eighth a... more

Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Md. - Six Players with MLGT experience will play this week in the 2011 US Open at Congressional Country Club. Justin Hicks, Michael Tobiason, Marc Turnesa, Brad Adamonis, Sam Saunders, and Chris Wilson all qualified for the second major championship of 2011.

Marc Turnesa has won on the Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour and The Fuzion MLGT back in October 2006 at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter where he beat Justin Hicks by 2 shots.

Justin Hicks, a 2011 PGA Tour memeber who has won 2 Nationwide Tour events and 20+ events on the MLGT, lead the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines after the fi... more

Three time MLGT winner Ryan Armour has had a good 11 days.  He finished T2 last week in the Nationwide Tour's Melwood Prince George's County Open (won by Steve Wheatcroft who has played on the MLGT) and ended up in a tie for 5th today in The Rex Hospital Open.

The $72,875 vaulted him into 10th place on 2011 Nationwide Tour Money List, where the top 25 at the end of the year get a 2012 PGA Tour card. In April and May, Armour won and had two second place finishes on The Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

JUPITER, Fla. – Derrick Bohannon of Shelbyville, Ky., fired a six under par 66 Wednesday at Abacoa Golf Club to earn his 16th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. Bohannon made only one bogey, at the par-3 13th hole, and birdied Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16 and 17. The sixth and 17th holes are par-5s. The other birdies were on par-4s.

Bohannon, 27, received $850 from the $4,343 purse, raising his career earnings to $68,124 since he joined the MLGT in May, 2006. His most recent MLGT win was on March 9 at Binks Forest GC in Wellington.

David Johnson of Palm Bay was second among 36 players in the MLGT’s 63rd tournament of the year. He scored 68 on an eagle, fo... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Ben Hartman of West Palm Beach birdied the first playoff hole to edge Sal Spallone of Vero Beach to earn the victory Friday on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

After they tied at five under par 67 on the Estate course at PGA National, Hartman sank a nine footer at the par-4 first hole for the win. Spallone, bidding for his sixth MLGT title, two-putted from 25 feet. It was Hartman’s second MLGT victory, his first coming on May 2 at The Falls Country Club in Lake Worth.

In regulation, Hartman had eight birdies and three bogeys, while Spallone made an eagle, five birdies and a double bogey. Hartman earned $850, Spallone $580, from the ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Pierre-Henri Soero of Palm Beach Gardens earned his fourth victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour on Wednesday with a six under par 66 at the Jupiter Country Club. Soero birdied the first two holes and finished with seven birdies and one bogey. He earned $850 from the $4,731 purse.

Soero now leads the fourth of five 2011 Fuzion-MLGT Q-School Contests. Last summer he also won the first event of a Q-school contest by shooting 61 at The Fountains Country Club.

Terry Burke of Bethesda, Md., was second among 39 starters with 68 on five birdies and one bogey. He received $580.

David Johnson from Palm Bay shot 33-36 to finish solo third, earnin... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Jacob Korb of Newtown, Pa., fired an eight under par 64 on the South course at Fountains Country Club to earn the victory Thursday on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. It was his eighth MLGT title, his first since March 17 when he won on the same course with a 66. He eagled the par-5 12th hole and also made seven birdies and a bogey, earning $750 from the $3,760 purse.

Ryan Armour of Jupiter was second among 31 starters, a stroke back at 65. He also eagled the 12th hole and added six birdies and a bogey. He received $525

Benjamin Silverman from Delray Beach and Sal Spallone of Vero Beach tied for third place at 6-under par 66 followed by Dion Gons... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach birdied the first three holes Monday and rolled to his career record 30th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour, his fourth title this year.

A graduate of John I. Leonard High School and Florida Atlantic University, LeBrun, 33, posted a six under par 65 on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club, adding birdies at Nos. 9, 11 and 18. He received $725 from the $3,960 purse.

Matt Springer of Stuart was second. He shot 34-33—67 to finsh one better than Mike Stern of Orlando. Nicholas Thompson from Coral Springs shot 69 for solo fourth. Thompson also shot 69 yesterday in the final round of the BMW sponsored Na... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Brian Anderson of Rochester, Ill., earned his 15th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour with a four under par 68 Wednesday on the Champion course at PGA National.

Anderson, 29, eagled the par-5 sixth and 18th holes and matched four birdies (Nos. 3, 4, 9 and 10) against four bogies (2, 8, 13 and 16) on the course which has hosted the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic each March since 2007.

He received $950 from the $5,500 purse, raising his career MLGT earnings to $34,834.46 since Dec. 12, 2005 when he won his first Minor League start. Prior to Wednesday, his most recent victory was last Oct. 18.

Nick Cupper from Hollywood, Flor... more

STUART, Fla. – Bobby Collins of Palm Beach Gardens earned his fourth victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour with a final round of seven under par 65 Friday at the Champions Club at Summerfield. On a 136, he finished five strokes ahead of the field as he posted the lowest score since the course was reopened after being renovated last summer, setting the new course record.

Following an opening round of 71 which trailed the leader by a stroke, Collins birdied five holes on the front nine, Nos. 1, 3, 4, 8 and 9, and the 13th and 15th coming home. He had four birdies and three bogeys Thursday. Collins earned $1,500 from the $5,510 purse.

David Johnson of Palm Bay, t... more

ATLANTIS, Fla. – Burgess Houston of Wellesley, Mass., scored his first victory as a professional golfer when he won on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour Thursday at Atlantis Country Club. Houston fired a six under par 66 with seven birdies and a bogey, making birdies on the last two holes to win by three strokes.

The 2007 Massachusetts Amateur champion, Houston, 29, received $700 from the $3,065 purse, raising his career MLGT earnings to $976.06. It was his seventh start this year. He also played in one MLGT event 13 months ago (April 12, 2010).

Danny Mijovic of Palm Beach Gardens won a separate seniors division for players 47 and older with 69, tied for second overa... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Bobby Tracy of Miami, making his first start on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour, was the winner Tuesday at Bear Lakes Country Club with a bogey-free three under par 69.

Once one of the state’s top junior golfers, Tracy birdied the par-5 third, sixth and 17th holes on the Lakes course to win by a stroke. He earned $900 from the $4,075 purse. During the late-1980s, Tracy won the South Florida PGA, Florida State Golf Association and Doral championships among other junior titles.

Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta was second among 38 starters with 70 on six birdies and four bogeys. On the back nine, O’Mahony bogeyed the 10th and 16th ho... more

MOBILE, Ala. - Sixteen year old Alexis Thompson fired a 5-under 67 on Saturday at the Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama to earn a share of the lead in the AVNET LPGA Classic.

Thompson, a resident of Coral Springs, has the opportunity to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history tomorrow. No player under the age of 18 years has ever won on the LPGA Tour.

When not traveling worldwide, Alexis has been keeping her game sharp by competing on The Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour where she has 9 top 10 finishes since October 2010.

Earlier this year Alexis won the TPC February Shootout at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs. After shooting a four under ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Eric Cole of Orlando played a bogey-free final round Wednesday at Abacoa Golf Club for a comeback victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. It was Cole’s third MLGT win, all in 36-hole events. The first two were in 2009, at Quail Ridge in August and in the Tour Championship at Abacoa on Dec. 16.

A closing round of 67 for 140 followed Cole’s opening 73 on Tuesday in which he trailed the leaders by six shots. He made four birdies, a bogey and two double bogeys Tuesday, an eagle and three birdies Wednesday. Cole earned $2,000 from the $10,668 purse.

Derek Fathauer of Jenson Beach, FL shot 71 to tie for second at 3-under par with first rou... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Robert McKnight fired a five under par 67 on the Haig course at PGA National on Thursday for his second Minor League Golf Tour victory in 10 days.

A native of Kilmarneck, Scotland, who plays out of Lago Mar Country Club in Broward, McKnight made seven birdies and two bogeys to replicate his win April 12 on the East course at Bonaventure Country Club near Fort Lauderdale. He earned $950 from the $5,591 purse here.

Ryan Armour of Jupiter shot 68 and was second among 48 players, receiving $600. Armour had a little of everything with an eagle, six birdies, two bogeys, a double bogey and eight pars

Kyle Willmann was solo third with ... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Scott Hawley of Shrewsbury, Mass., overcame an unusual bogey on the first hole Friday, rallying for an eight under par 64 to win a Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour event at the Links at Madison Green.

Believing he had hit his first shot of the day into the water, after a brief search Hawley took his penalty drop and hit his next shot to the green. But while walking toward the green he found his original ball. By rule, Hawley was obliged to play the second ball and bogeyed the hole.

Hawley responded by making birdies on nine of the next 16 holes, at Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16 and 17. It was Hawley’s eighth MLGT victory, his fourth this ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Juan Aller of Miramar hit all 18 greens in regulation Monday, birdied half of them and won for the first time on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour at Abacoa Golf Club.

Aller, 30, an MLGT regular since July, 2007, made birdies at Nos. 2, 5, 7 and 9 on the front, then 10, 11, 15, 16 and 18 coming back to shoot 63 and win by two strokes. He received $950 from the $5,710 purse, raising his career earnings to $7,943.

Kyle Willmann of Palm City was second with 65 on eight birdies and a bogey. The solo second place finishe moved Willmann into first place in the 3rd 2011 Q-School Contest after four events.

Andy Golden of Davie fired a 6-under par 66 t... more

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Vaughn Snyder of Massillon, Ohio, fired a six under par 66 Tuesday at Binks Forest for his seventh victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour, his second this year. Snyder, 23, made seven birdies and a bogey and earned $800 from the $3,693 purse, raising his career earnings to $17,093.87 since he joined the MLGT in January, 2010.

Tom Carter, Dustin Cone, and Jimmy Hazen tied for 2nd place with 3-under par 69.

The tour’s 37th tournament this year, and 708th since beginning in August, 2004, drew 31 players. Next on the schedule: Thursday on the West course at Fountains CC, Lake Worth.

There was $170 in the skins pot with 3 ... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Benjamin Silverman of Thornhill, Ontario, earned his first victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour with a three under par 68 Thursday on the Eagle course at President Country Club.

Making his 22nd start since last September, Silverman, 23, a seasonal resident of Delray Beach, birdied his first two holes and held on to win by a stroke over Sandro Piaget of Jupiter.

Piaget, who played in the first group, made eagle at the 18th hole to post an early 3-under par 69. Overall, Silverman made four birdies and a bogey. Piaget had three birdies, a bogey and a double bogey prior to the climactic eagle.

Brett Bergeron of LaPlace, La. fin... more

JUPITER, Fla. - Jerry Tucker, 61 of Stuart, shot a bogey-free 67 with five birdies to win $350 and the second of ten events in the 2011 Fuzion MLGT Champions Tour Q-School Contest.

Hector Zapata shot 72 to finish second followed by Event 1 winner Ken Martin (77), who leads the contest by $150 over Jerry Tucker and Warren Jurkowitz. JC Woody was fourth.

Tucker, Zapata, and Martin also competed in the regular division where Tucker earned an additonal $437.50 and Zapata $73.29 for their efforts.

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Chris DeJohn of Boca Raton made five consecutive birdies midway through the round Thursday, finished with a seven under par 65 and won on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour for the first time. Playing the South course at Fountains Country Club, DeJohn birdied the fifth hole early, the 15th hole late and in between he made five straight starting at the eighth hole.

It’s the second day in a row that the winner earned his first MLGT victory, following Nick Bova’s triumph Wednesday at Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation. DeJohn, 23, received $1,000 from the $6,408 purse, raising his career total to $2,787.26 in 11 starts since Oct. 25.

Scott F... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Jacob Korb of Jupiter and Newtown, Pa., made four consecutive birdies on the inward nine Thursday and pulled out the victory in the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour tournament on the South course at Fountains Country Club.

After making the turn in 34 with three birdies and a bogey, Korb birdied 12, 13, 14 and 15 for a six under par 66 and won by a stroke. It was his seventh career MLGT title, his first since Nov. 1, 2010. He earned $1,000 from the $7,237 purse.

Zac Oakley and Justin Peters tied for second place at 5-under par 67 followed by 6 players who tied for fourth. Ben Hartman, Amateur Dylan Healey, Matt Hungerman, Q-School Contest 2 Leader Derr... more

TAMARAC, Fla. – Ben Taylor, an amateur from London, England, making his first start on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour, birdied the first playoff hole to claim the title Friday at Woodmont Country Club.

Taylor outlasted Alexis Thompson of nearby Coral Springs after they tied at three under par 69 on the Cypress course. He had bogeyed his final hole, the par-3 ninth, but in the playoff he birdied the par-5 10th from 10 feet. Moments later Thompson two-putted for par, missing her birdie from nine feet.

In regulation, Taylor made five birdies and two bogeys, Thompson four birdies and one bogey. She earned her first MLGT victory Feb.21 at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Sprin... more

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Derrick Bohannon fired a four under par 68 Wednesday at Binks Forest Golf Club to earn his 15th victory on the Minor League Golf Tour. Bohannon, of Jensen Beach and Shelbyville, Ky., made five birdies and a bogey to win for the first time since back-to-back titles last Aug. 10 and Aug. 11 at Fountains CC and the Links @ Madison Green, respectively.

Four players tied for second at 2-under par 70, Ben Hartman of Palm Beach Gardens, Devin Kay from Potomac, MD Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach (who was in a playoff Monday) and Rick Price who won the 2008 Nationwide Tour Players Cup and qualified for the 2009 PGA Tour by finishing 12th on the 2008 Nationwide Tour... more

JUPITER, Fla. – John Stoltz of Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., birdied the sixth extra hole Monday at Abacoa Golf Club to earn his third Minor League Golf Tour title. Stoltz and Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach had tied at four under par 68. They halved the first four holes with pars and the fifth with bogey-5s, the only bogeys either one made all day.

At the par-5 sixth hole, Stoltz sank a six footer from behind the hole for the victory. Moments earlier, LeBrun two-putted for par from 15 feet. Stoltz birdied Nos. 2, 8, 9 and 11. LeBrun’s birdies were at 4, 11, 12 and 17. Stoltz earned $1,000 from the $8,364 purse. LeBrun, who holds the MLGT career record with 29 wins, received $7... more

STUART, Fla. – Kevin Foley of Somerville, N.J., made up two strokes on the last hole Wednesday at Champions Club and won his first start on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

Foley birdied the par-5 18th hole for 68, earning $1,000 from the $7,393 purse. About an hour and a half earlier, Derrick Bohannon of nearby Jensen Beach bogeyed 18 for 69 and finished second among 62 starters. He received $700.

Earlier, Foley birdied Nos. 5, 8, 10 and 12. He bogeyed the ninth hole. Bohannon birdied 1, 5, 6, 10, 12 and 15 and bogeyed 2, 4 and 18.

Jimmy Hazen of Miller Place, NY finshed in solo third place at 2-under par 70.

There was $340 in the skins pot with... more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Dustin Cone of Bennington, Vt., fired a three under par 69 on Monday at the Santa Lucia River Club for his fourth win on the Minor League Golf Tour, his first in almost a year. Cone made six birdies, a bogey and a double bogey, earning $950 from the $5,919 purse. His last MLGT title was on March 10, 2010 at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter.

Cone, won the 3rd (of five) 2010 MLGT PGA Tour Q-School Contest, now leads the 2nd Q-School Contest of 2011 by $505 over five players who tied for second at 1-under par 71.

There was $290 in the skins pot with 3 skins out worth $93.34 each.
#5 - Drew Perry (Eagle)
#7 - Dustin C... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Sal Spallone of Vero Beach birdied the 17th hole and earned his sixth victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour Wednesday at Abacoa Golf Club when Jason Caron of Jupiter bogeyed the 18th.

Spallone edged Caron 137 to 138, earning $3,000 from the $20,150 purse. Claiming his first MLGT win since Feb. 9, 2010, Spallone shot 65-72 with seven birdies for a share of the opening round lead, three birdies and three bogeys Wednesday.

Caron, second among 66 players, carded 68-70 with six birdies and two bogeys Tuesday, an eagle, a birdie and the decisive bogey Wednesday. He received $1,850. Caron has three MLGT titles.

The MLGT has three 18-hole tourn... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Ken Martin of Wellington shot 70 to win the senior division event, the first of a monthly series from which the leading money winner will receive his entry paid into the Champions Tour qualifying later this year.

Warren Jurkowitz from Aventura shot 71 to finish solo second, followed by Chris Peddicord in third place with 72. Terry Burke of Bethesda, Maryland was fourth with 73 and Hector Zapata of Weston tied for fifth place with Michael O'Connor from Titusville, Florida.

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jim Fitzpatrick of Stratford, Conn., didn’t make a bogey enroute to a five under par 67 and a Minor League Golf Tour victory Wednesday on the Links at Madison Green.

After making the turn in 35 (a birdie on 7), Fitzpatrick birdied 10, 11 and 12 to get to four under par. Knowing he needed a birdie at the last to surpass the 68 posted by Jimmy Hazen, Fitzpatrick hit a punch 9-iron to eight feet and rolled in the left to right breaker for the lead. Hazen also birdied the 18th, but had two bogeys against his six birdies.

A couple of players preparing for the 2011 Nationwide Tour, Sal Spallone of Vero Beach and Justin Peters from Stuart, tie... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach and Carlos Velez of Miami were declared co-champions Thursday in a Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour event on the North course at Fountains Country Club. A combination of a large field of 80 players, weather delays, and early darkness due to heavy cloud cover cut the event to 12 holes.

Tour policy dictates all players must complete nine holes for an event to be official. After that, if all players do not compete 18, scores are based on the number of holes the last group of players completes. On Thursday, that was 12 holes and LeBrun and Velez were tied at four under par 44.

It was a record 28th MLGT victory for LeBrun, b... more

TAMARAC, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge, FL and James Donahoe of Murrieta, CA tied at 6-under par 66 Friday on the Cypress Course at Woodmont Country Club before Lytle made birdie on the first extra hole to win his 25 Minor League Golf Tour title.

The $1,000 first place check moves Lytle into 2nd place in 2011 Q-School Contest 1 with one week remaining.

Nicholas Thompson of Coral Springs, FL finished solo third with a 5-under par 67 one shot ahead of Taylor Cerjan from Vero Beach and Q-School Contest 1 leader Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach, who tied for fourth place.

Next week starts with a two day event at Binks Forest in Wellington (with 40 players firs... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – It took Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach just a week to get his revenge on Chris Damiano of Jupiter, winning on the first playoff hole Tuesday after they tied at six under par 138 in a Minor League Golf Tour tournament on the Links at Madison Green.

On Jan. 24 at the TPC at Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Damiano and LeBrun tied at 66 with the former winning with birdie on the second extra hole.

At Madison Green, LeBrun had consecutive 69s and was one of four players to share the first round lead. Damiano shot 72-66. LeBrun two-putted from 12 feet for the win after Damiano missed the green on his second shot, chipped long and missed the putt for... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach fired a six under par 65 – a bogey-free round with three birdies on each nine – to win by three strokes Thursday on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour at President Country Club.

Playing the par-71 Eagle course, Smith claimed his seventh MLGT title, his second in a week. Smith’s birdies were at Nos. 2, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 14. He earned $950 from the $6,202 purse.

Smith was also the winner Jan. 21 at the Links at Madison Green in Royal Palm Beach, site of a two-day MLGT tournament Monday and Tuesday.

Nearing the halfway point of Q-School Contest 1, Scott Hawley and Jimmy Lytle are still less... more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Chris Damiano of Jupiter birdied the second extra hole to edge Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach and win on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour Monday at TPC at Eagle Trace.

After they tied at six under par 66, they matched par-5s at the long 10th hole. Then at the short 11th, Damiano sank a nine-foot birdie putt for his third MLGT title. Moments earlier, LeBrun had missed birdie from 10 feet.

In regulation, Damiano made seven birdies and a bogey. He earned $950 from the $6,085 purse. LeBrun, second among 52 starters, had four birdies on each nine and one double bogey. He collected $600.

Jimmy Lytle shot 67 to finish solo third. He picked up... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Scott Hawley of Shrewsbury, Mass., won his second straight Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour tournament Tuesday, beating Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens in the second hole of a playoff after they tied at eight under par 64.

Playing at Abacoa Golf Club, Hawley and Kim halved the first extra hole with par-4s, before Hawley won with par-5 on the second hole aftert Kim hit both into the water and out of bounds.

In regulation, Hawley made six birdies and an eagle at the par-5 10th hole. Knowing what he needed to catch Hawley, Kim finished birdie-eagle-birdie. He had four birdies on his first 12 holes.

A day earlier at the Santa Lucia River Club in Port... more

PALM CITY, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens sank a four footer for par and the victory on the fourth extra hole Thursday in a Minor League Golf Tour event at The Evergreen Club.

After Kim and Drew Perry of Charlotte, N.C., tied at three under par 69, they matched two-putt pars on the first three playoff holes, Kim won when Perry hit over the green at the par-3 fourth hole, chipped back and two-putted from nine feet for bogey.

It was Kim’s 10th MLGT victory, the first start on the South Florida mini-tour for Perry. Kim earned $950, Perry $550, from the $5,265 purse. There were 45 starters in the circuit’s fourth tournament of its eighth season, the t... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Nicholas Thompson of Coral Springs, making his first start on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour, fired an unusual five under par 66 for the victory Monday on the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club. Thompson made five birdies in a bogey-free round, none on the par-5 holes. He birdied Nos. 2, 4, 10, 13 and 18.

Thompson, who was born on Christmas Day 1982, played on the PGA Tour in 2006 and 2008-10 but failed to requalify for the 2011 season. However, he has full status on the Nationwide Tour where he won the HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship in 2007. He earned $1,000 from the $7,023 purse Monday.

Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach was second among 60 star... more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Chris Damiano of Jupiter sank a short birdie putt on the first playoff hole Friday as he teamed with Chris Scialo of New York City to win the holiday team championship conducted by the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

Damiano and Scialo tied with two other teams at 10 under par 62 at the Santa Lucia River Club. They birdied seven holes on the front nine in a scramble format, and added four birdies and a bogey on the back, a four-ball stroke play event.

They outlasted Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach and Kyle Wilmann of Palm City (31-31) and Jeremy Pope, Pawleys Island, S.C., and Rich Hanna, Standardsville, Va. (30-32). They tied for second in the... more

ATLANTIS, Fla. – Vaughn Snyder of West Palm Beach edged Ben Hartman of Jupiter by a stroke, 63 to 64, in a Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour event Monday at Atlantis Country Club.

It was Snyder’s fifth MLGT victory, his fourth this year. He earned $800 from the $4,375 purse. A day earlier, Snyder received $5,000 as a member of the winning team in a pro-scratch amateur tournament at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach. His amateur partner there was Stephen Anderson of Hobe Sound, who recently was honored as the Palm Beach County Golf Association Player of the Year for 2010.

Two special events remain on the MLGT schedule before the Christmas break: Tuesday and... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Matt Springer of Stuart, who has played on the Minor League Golf Tour for two and a half years, scored his first victory Wednesday with an eight under par 64 at the Links at Madison Green.

Springer eagled the par-5 11th and 14th holes to go with birdies at Nos. 2, 9, 15, 16 and 18 and a bogey at the par-4 10th hole. He earned $750 from the $3,625 purse. Springer’s first MLGT start was on June 4, 2008, at Hammock Creek in Palm City.

Justin Goodhue of Glastonbury, CT earned $525.00 for his solo 2nd place finish at 5-under par 67. All time Fuzion MLGT leading money winner Jimmy Lytle was third with a 68 followed by 2010 leading money winne... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Vaughn Snyder of West Palm Beach and Jimmy Hazen of Jupiter were the winners Monday in the second annual 27-hole par-3 tournament conducted by the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour at the Jupiter Dunes Golf Club.

Snyder and Hazen shot 13 under par 68 with 25, scramble, back nine; 21, modified alternate shots, front nine; and 22, four-ball stroke play, back nine. It was Snyder’s fourth MLGT victory, the second for Hazen. Each received $750 from the $7,560 purse.

There was $1,080 in the skins pot with 2 skins out worth $540 each. 

Everything was halved. So we followed the tour policy and went to least birdied holes. ... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge parred the fourth extra hole Thursday as he outlasted Robert McKnight of Sunrise to claim victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

After they halved the first three playoff holes on the Eagle course at The President Country Club with pars, Lytle won at the par-3 fourth when he came out of a bunker right of the green and sank a two-footer for par and the win. Moments earlier, McKnight missed par from seven feet after hitting his tee shot into a bunker left of the green.

In regulation, they tied at two under par 69, each scoring four birdies and two bogeys. It was Lytle’s 24th MLGT victory, his second t... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Zac Oakley of Palm City arrived just a few minutes before his 7:54 a.m. starting time Tuesday at Abacoa Golf Club, birdied the first five holes and held on to win his third Minor League Golf Tour title.

The son of former British Senior Open champion Pete Oakley, Zac scored a five under par 67 to win by a stroke, adding an eagle at the par-5 10th hole and two bogeys to his fast start. He earned $900 from the $5,360 purse.

Corey Brigham of Port St. Lucie, FL tied for second place with Jacob Korb of Newtown, PA at 4-under par 68 followed by Vaughn Snyder of Massillon, Ohio in solo fourth place with 70.

There was $230 in the skins pot with 5 skins... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Ken Martin of Wellington fired a three under par 68 on Monday to score his second victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour. Playing the East course at Jacaranda Golf Club, Martin made four birdies (Nos. 4, 7, 9 and 14) and bogeyed the par-3 13th hole. He earned $950 from the $7,125 purse.

A teaching professional at Village GC in Royal Palm Beach, Martin, 51, won the Southeast Chapter seniors championship and back in October finished tied for third at the 2010 Senior PGA Professional National Championship in Palm Springs, California.

That finish eaned him a pass directly into the final stage of Champions Tour qualifiying held last week ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Stephen Grant of Palm Beach Gardens fired a four under par 68 Tuesday at Abacoa Golf Club to score his second victory on the Minor League Golf Tour. Knowing he needed a birdie on the last hole, Grant sank a 24 footer to edge past three players, Chris Scialo of New City, NY, Scott Hawley from Shrewsbury, MA, and Frank Dully the Head Golf Professional at Kernwood CC in Salem, MA, who had already posted 69s. They ended up tied for second among 52 starters.

Overall, Grant made five birdies and a bogey, earning $950 from the $6,330 purse. Then he headed back home to Ireland to prepare for European PGA Tour qualifying later this year. Grant’s only previous ML... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach made eight birdies on his last 11 holes Thursday enroute to a 4 and 3 victory over Jacob Korb of Newtown, Pa., in the finals of the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour’s fourth annual match play championship.

Korb led by one hole twice early in the match on the South course at Fountains Country Club, winning the first, losing the third and winning the fourth. Then LeBrun got hot with birdies at Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15. The match ended when LeBrun two-putted from 25 feet for birdie and a four-hole lead with only three to play.

In the semifinals Thursday morning, LeBrun beat Brad Adamonis of Dania with par-5... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Jesse Larson of Stuart and Vaughn Snyder of West Palm Beach shared medalist honors Monday in qualifying for the fourth annual match play championship conducted by the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

Playing the South course at Fountains Country Club, each shot four under par 68. Larson was awarded the top seed in a match of cards. Snyder is seeded second. Each received $575 in an optional shootout Monday.

First round matches are scheduled Tuesday, the second and third rounds Wednesday, the semifinals and finals Thursday. The winner will receive $2,500, the runnerup $1,500, the two beaten semifinalists $1,000 each.

There were 40 qualifiers fo... more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -  It would seem the odds were against Eugene Smith Friday as he faced MLGT all time leading money winner Jimmy Lytle and all time victory leader Justin Peters in a playoff at Santa Lucia River Club, but maybe the course owed him one. 

On this course in May of '09, it seemed like it was Eugene Smith's day.  He made a hole-in-one on the third hole and ended up in a 4-man playoff.  In that playoff he hit his tee shot OB on the first extra hole--the difficult par-4 18th, but made birdie with his second ball to score a bogey.  The other players had not done better.  Steve Hart was in po... more

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Jacob Korb of Jupiter scored a two-putt par on the first playoff hole Monday at North Palm Beach Country Club to record victory on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

Korb outlasted Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge after they tied at two under par 69. In regulation, Korb made five birdies, three bogeys and parred the last three holes. Lytle bogeyed 16 and 17 but birdied the par-5 18th, then bogeyed the extra hole.

It was Korb’s sixth MLGT victory, two of which came last month, one at North Palm Beach. He earned $800 from the $4,270 purse. Lytle, who has 22 MLGT wins, received $550.

Corey Brigham from Port St. Lucie, FL and Stephen Gran... more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – David Schuster of Turner Hill, Mass., made five consecutive birdies on the front nine Thursday and held on for a Minor League Golf Tour victory at Hillcrest Country Club.

At six under par 66, Schuster, 39, won by a shot. He started his streak at the fourth hole and added one more birdie on the back nine, at the 16th. He earned $850 from the $4,702 purse. It was his second MLGT win, the first coming on Feb. 14, 2007 at Bonaventure Country Club in nearby Fort Lauderdale.

Carlos Velez of Miami, Alexis Thompson of Coral Springs and Matthieu Pavon of Fort Lauderdale tied for second at 68. Velez made five birdies, Thompson three birdies on each nine and a... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens two-putted for par from 10 feet on the third extra hole Monday at Abacoa Golf Club to earn his eighth victory on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

Kim outlasted Kyle Willmann of Edmond, Okla., after they tied at three under par 69. They halved the par-4 first hole with bogeys and the second with par-5s before ending the playoff at the par-4 third where Willmann missed a four footer for par.

In regulation, Kim birdied Nos. 10, 13, 15 and 16 after making the turn in 37 following a bogey at the ninth hole. Willmann eagled the second hole and added two birdies and a bogey. Kim earned $850 from the $4,945 purse. Willmann, w... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Jacob Korb of Jupiter fired am eight under par 63 and won by three strokes in Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour action Wednesday on the West course at Fountains Country Club.

Korb eagled the par-5 11th hole and birdied Nos. 6, 7, 10, 14, 15 and 16. It was Korb’s fifth career MLGT victory, his fourth this year and second this month. He earned $925 from the $5,693 purse.

Guy Boros, Ben Siverman, and Kyle Willmann tied for 2nd at 5-under par 66, followed by Brian Anderson and Steve LeBrun at 67. Five players tied for seventh with 69.

There was $180 in the skins pot with 3 skins out worth $60 each.
Devon Kay #2
Guy Boros #10
Ja... more

PLANTATION, Fla. – Adam Adams of Coconut Creek holed a bunker shot for an eagle, the victory, and the Fuzion MLGT Champions Tour Q-School Bonus Wednesday at Jacaranda Golf Club.

Moments after Warren Jurkowitz of Aventura chipped to within a foot for an easy birdie at the par-5 ninth hole on the East course, Adams slam-dunked his shot from a bunker from off the left front of the green.

The outcome in the senior division shootout gave Adams a $2,500 bonus to pay his entry fee into qualifying for the Champions Tour later this year. He had led Jurkowitz by $103.33 heading into the winner-take-all finale and earned an additional $250 Wednesday for a total of $2,578.35. Ju... more

In the Fuzion MLGT’s 100th tournament of the year, Vaughn Snyder of West Palm Beach shot five under par 67 to win by a stroke Tuesday at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida.

Snyder made four birdies in a row starting at No. 4 and overall had six birdies and a bogey. He received $800 from the $4,340 purse.

Matt Donovan of Pittsfield, MA tied for second place with Jacob Korb of Newtown, PA at 4-under par 68.

Adam Adams tied for third with Tim Cantwell and Brandon Smith at 3-under par 69. Adams also finished ahead of Terry Burke by in the 2-Day senior division event to take the lead in the senior q-school contest over Warren Jurkowitz by $103.33.
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NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Terry Burke of Bethesda, Md., won with a par on the first playoff hole Thursday to earn his first senior division title on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

Burke and Warren Jurkowitz of Aventura matched one under par 70s at North Palm Beach Country Club, each with four birdies and three bogeys. In the playoff, it took Jurkowitz two shots to escape a greenside bunker, allowing Burke to win with a two-putt par from 25 feet,

Jurkowitz won his fourth senior event Wednesday at West Palm Beach Golf Club. Burke earned an open division title on Sept. 2. He tied for fifth overall here Thursday.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brett Bergeron of LaPlace, La., fired a four under par 67 on Wednesday at West Palm Beach Golf Club to earn his 20th Fuzion/Minor League Golf Tour title. Bergeron, 27, made five birdies (Nos. 2, 5, 6, 12 and 15) and had a bogey at the 14th hole. He earned $775 from the $3,878 purse. This raised his career MLGT earnings to $58,526 since April, 2008.

Andy Golden of Davie was second among 32 starters with 68. He parred the front nine and then birdied the 10th, 11th and 16th holes. Golden received $550.  Mark C. Williams from South Africa was third with 70 and Jim Fitzpatrick of Stratford, CT was fourth with even par 71.

There was $170 in ... more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge and Adam Adams of Coconut Creek were the winners Monday in a Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour event at The Club at Emerald Hills.

Lytle fired a three under par 69 for his 22nd victory in the open division, scoring three birdies on the last seven holes, four birdies and a bogey overall. He earned $800 from the $4,160 purse. His most recent win was on Aug. 30.

Adams won his third straight senior division tournament for players 47 and older with 71. Adams had a double bogey at the par-5 18th hole or he would have tied Lytle in the open division. Adams entered both flights and earned $400 for the Senior Divison win and $550 for h... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta birdied the first playoff hole Thursday to claim his eighth Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour victory, his second of the month. O’Mahony edged Vaughn Snyder of Massillon, Ohio, at Abacoa Golf Club after they tied at six under par 66.

Moments after Snyder missed a 50-foot attempt for birdie, O’Mahony sank a 15 footer for the win. In regulation, O’Mahony had six birdies (Nos. 1, 7, 10, 12, 14 and 17) while Snyder birdied the first three holes on each nine and the par-4 fifth, but bogeyed the par-4 seventh. O’Mahony received $800, Snyder $565, from the $3,854 purse. Snyder earned his first MLGT title Sept. 22.<... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Tim Cantwell of Palm Beach Gardens birdied the last two holes Tuesday for a five under par 67 at the Links at Madison Green to earn his second Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour victory. He scored four birdies and a bogey prior to his furious finish, a bogey at the par-3 16th hole around birdies at 15, 17 and 18, all par-4s, and earned $700 from the $3,520 purse.

Coincidentally, Cantwell’s other MLGT title was also at Madison Green, with a 68 on Jan. 22, 2008. He also won a Golden Bear Tour event on Jan. 26, 1997, at Bear Lakes CC in West Palm Beach.

Yesterday's winner David McAndrew tied for second with Mike San Filippo at 3-under par 69. S... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – David McAndrew of Palm Beach Gardens birdied his first four holes and rolled to his first professional victory Monday by winning the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour event on the Haig course at PGA National.

At 65, McAndrew won by two strokes over Mike Adamson of Stuart, who shot 67, second among 38 starters. After his fast start, McAndrew made his only bogey at the par-3 fifth hole, then finished with birdies at Nos. 7, 9, 13 and 17. He earned $800 from the $4,610 purse.

Vaughn Snyder was solo third with a four under par 68 followed by a tie for fourth between Greg O'Mahony and Kyle Willmann at 69.

There was $240 in the skins pot with... more

MIDLAND, Texas -- Nate Smith won the WNB Golf Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title, shooting a 6-under 66 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory.  Smith, a two time FuZion MLGT winner, birdied the 18th hole.  His win moved him up to 25th on the 2010 Nationwide Tour money list. 

Twenty-two time MLGT winner Justin Hicks--who is 19th on the Nationwide Tour money list, closed with a final round 67 to move up from  T23 to T11.  Hicks has won twice on the Nationwide Tour.

2009 Q-School contest winner Justin Peters moved up 27 spots to 21st with a final round 66.  Justin Peters has won 28 times on the FuZion Minor League Golf Tour... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Brian Anderson of Jupiter was the winner at five under par 67 on five birdies. It was his career 13th MLGT title, his ninth this year, third this month and second this week. He also won at Jacaranda. Anderson collected $800 from the purse of $4,378.

Benjamin Silverman of Thornhill, Ontario was solo second after shooting 4-under par 68 followed by Chad Bouchard from Fitchburg, MA in solo third at 3-under par 69. Six players tied for fourth at 2-under par 70.

There were 36 players, including three seniors who paid a supplemental fee. Three more one-day MLGT tournaments are scheduled next week: Monday, PGA National-Haig; Tuesday, Links at Madi... more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Warren Jurkowitz of Aventura won the Senior Division Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour event on Wednesday at the Santa Lucia River Club.

Jurkowitz earned his second straight win in the new senior division at two under par 70 on five birdies, a bogey and a double bogey. He received $450 from a purse of $1,125. He won the senior inaugural Monday at Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation.

Terry Burke of Bethesda, Maryland was second, two back of Jurkowitz, followed by Chris Peddicord of Palm City.

PLANTATION, Fla. – Brian Anderson of Jupiter won the regular division at 69 with birdie on the first playoff hole after Alfredo Adrian of Tamarac hit his tee shot into the water left of the fairway. Anderson and Adrian each made four birdies and two bogeys.

When an event ends in a tie, the playoff commences immediately following the end of regulation play. Adrian, who had left the course, was not back in time. In a gracious act of sportmanship, Anderson waited 15 minutes for him to return.

Anderson received $675 from the $3,160 regular division for his 12th MLGT win, his eighth this year and second this month. Adrian earned $525. There were 26 players in the open div... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens birdied the 17th hole, his fifth in seven holes, and held on Monday for his seventh victory on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

Playing the South course at Fountains Country Club, Kim made two birdies and a bogey on the first 10 holes, then birdied the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th holes, bogeyed the 16th and birdied the par-3 17th for the win, earning $750 from the $3,882 purse.

Tied for second at 68 were Jeff Bors, Dustin Cone, Tim Turpen and Jacob Korb. Only Korb finished after Kim and he missed a birdie opportunity at the 18th that would have forced a playoff.

There was $120 in the skins pot with 3 skins ou... more

PALM CITY, Fla. – Brian Anderson of Rochester, Ill., holed a shot from left of the green on the third playoff hole to win a Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour event Wednesday at Hammock Creek.

Anderson and Kyle Willmann of Edmond, Okla., tied at seven under par 65, then halved the 10th and 11th holes with par-4s. After Anderson missed the green at the par-3 12th, he holed his wedge shot for a birdie. Willman then missed a 24-foot birdie putt.

It was Anderson’s 11th MLGT victory, five of which came in April. Willmann has five MLGT wins. Anderson earned $775, Willmann $540, from the $4,000 purse. Neither player made a bogey in 21 holes.

Matt Torrance from East... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Terry Burke of Bethesda, Md., earned his first victory on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour with a record 10 under par 61 Thursday on the Eagle course at President Country Club. Burke, 50, birdied the first three holes, then five in a row starting at the par-4 ninth.

Coincidentally, Burke finished about 20 minutes after Mike Adamson of Stuart had posted 62 to equal the previous record set in an MLGT event in April by Brandon Smith of West Palm Beach. Adamson had to run from the parking lot to the first tee with his golf bag slung over his shoulder to make his starting time.

Overall, Burke, who has been playing on the MLGT since January, 2009, ... more

The Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour is proud to announce the formation of our 47+ Senior Division. Starting September 20th, we will have 11 consecutive events that will have a separate Senior Division. The leading money winner after those 11 events will get their 2010 Champions Tour Qualifying School entry fee of $2,500 reimbursed by the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

After the contest ends mid-October, the Senior Division will continue to have at least 1 event per week in perpetuity.  It is our intention to work in harmony with the Treasure Coast Senior Tour to give players a year round playing option that will ... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta shot his third straight five under par 67 on Friday at Abacoa Golf Club to win the Sunshine State Classic on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour.

At 201, O’Mahoney finished three strokes ahead of Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge, who closed with 65 for 204. In 54 holes, O’Mahoney made 18 birdies and three bogeys, none the second day. He birdied the par-4 11th hole all three rounds.

Q-School Contest winner Brian Anderson finished third at 11-under par.

O’Mahony earned $5,500 from the $22,500 purse. It was his fourth MLGT victory this month, his sixth since turning pro last summer soon after his victory ... more

JUPITER, Fla. - 2008 MLGT Tour Champion and 2009 leading money winner Jimmy Lytle fired and opening round 66 to tie 2010 leading money winner and Q-School Contest winer Steve LeBrun at the top of the leader board. Jimmy Lytle carded a pair of 33's with birdies at #1,2,3,10,11,13 and had no bogeys. Steve Lebrun shot 34-32, which included 7 birdies and a bogey at the last.

Greg O'Mahony (67) is one back and Mike Adamson and Brian Anderson are tied for fourth at 4-under par 68. Zac Amole shot 33 on the back nine and is by himself in sixth place at 2-under par 70.

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JUPITER, Fla. – Mike Adamson of Stuart birdied the second playoff hole Monday to win a Minor League Golf Tour event at Jupiter Country Club. Adamson sank a six-foot putt from behind the hole at the par-4 18th hole to outlast Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach after they tied at three under par 69. They had halved the par-4 first hole of the playoff.

In regulation, Adamson had five birdies and bogeyed the 18th hole for his second error of the day. It was Adamson’s third MLGT title. He earned $900 from the $5,376 purse. Turpen birdied the last three holes and had six for the day to go with three bogeys. He received $600.

Coincidentally, Turpen beat Adamson on the... more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach rolled in an across-the-green 50-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole Wednesday to earn his 15th victory on the Fuzion-Minor League Golf Tour.

After Turpen, Ben Hartman of Jupiter and Mike Adamson of Waynesburg,Pa., tied at two under par 69 on the Eagle course at President Country Club, they halved the first hole with birdie-4s and the second with par-4s. At the par-4 third, neither Hartman nor Adamson could match Turpen’s long distance effort.

In regulation, Turpen and Hartman each made five birdies and three bogeys, Adamson seven birdies and five bogeys. Turpen earned $750 from the $3,767 purse. Hart... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta fired a seven under par 65 Friday at Winston Trails Golf Club to win his third Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour title in the last 10 days and his fifth since turning pro a year ago.

O’Mahony scored four birdies and an eagle on the ninth hole to turn in 30, then added two birdies and a bogey coming back to win by two strokes. Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens was second with 67 on six birdies and a bogey followed by Eddie Peckels at four under par 68. O’Mahony earned $625 from the $2,671 purse as 22 players competed in the MLGT’s 76th tournament this year.

There was $150 in the skins pot with 5 out worth ... more

LAKE WORTH, Fla.—Derrick Bohannon of Jensen Beach hit his 3rd shot (pictured above) to 6 inches and made a 12 foot birdie putt on the second extra hole Tuesday to win a four-man playoff and score his 15th victory on the Minor League Golf Tour, his third this year.

Bohannon outlasted Kyle Willman of Edmond, Olka., and Steve LeBrun and Tim Turpen, both of West Palm Beach, after they tied at four under par 67 on the West course at Fountains Country Club. LeBrun and Turpen were eliminated with par-5s on the first playoff hole. After he birdied from 30 feet at the first hole, Willman missed from 10 feet at the par-4 second.

In regulation, Bohannon made... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Greg O’Mahony of Tequesta birdied his second extra hole Tuesday to earn his third Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour victory. He outlasted Brian Anderson of Rochester, Ill., after they tied at six under par 66 at Abacoa Golf Club.

In the playoff O’Mahony found himself in the lip of the right fairway bunker. He exploded out, then got up and down for par from 65 yards out with his conforming 55 degree wedge. Anderson rolled his birdie putt to within inches and they halved the first playoff hole with par-4s. After Anderson hit his second shot into the water at the par-5 second, O’Mahony hit his second shot on the green and two-putted from 20 feet fo... more

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Kyle Willman of Palm City broke the course record by four shots Wednesday at The Wanderers Club with a 10 under par 62 to earn his fifth Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour victory.

Willman, 30, birdied all four par-3 holes, three of which played longer than 200 yards long. Overall, he made five birdies on each nine, at Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9, and at 11, 12, 13, 15 and 17. The par-3s are the third, the short fifth, 11 and 15.

Willman won his first MLGT start on Feb. 15, 2008, and has four victories this year. He received $825 from the $4,605 purse, raising his career earnings to $15,950.

There were 38 starters in the MLGT’s 70th tournament o... more

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. - Q-School contest leader Tim Turpen fired an opening round 63 on Monday to take a two shot lead going into the final round of the July 2-Day event @ The Links at Madison Green.  Turpen's 63 was one better than the previous course record 64 set twice by 20+ time FuZion MLGT winner Justin Hicks, who has gone on to win twice on the Nationwide Tour.

Matt Donovan, Kyle Willmann, and 2009 leading money winner Jimmy Lytle are two shots back at 7-under par (65) followed closely by Sunny Kim & Steve LeBrun at 6-under, and Josh McCumber who posted a 5-under par 67.  Thirteen of the 39 players competing in the tournament broke 70 ... more

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens eagled the first hole Thursday and went on to shoot seven under par 65 and earn his sixth victory on the Fuzion/Minor League Golf Tour.

After his quick start, Kim, 21, added seven birdies (Nos. 6, 7, 8, 10, 12,15 and 16) and two bogeys at two and eighteen on the East course at Indian Spring Country Club. He earned $900 from the $4,847 purse, raising his career earnings to $38,255 since he joined the MLGT in October, 2006.

Tim Turpen, was in a playoff Monday (finishing second), won yesterday, and tied for second here with David Smith of Ruston, LA after they both shot 67. Turpen earned $2,200 this week, vaulting hi... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Jacob Korb of Jupiter won his second straight Fuzion/Minor League Golf Tour event Monday. Both have come in playoffs after he shot 66 in regulation play.

On Monday at Abacoa Golf Club, Korb beat Tim Turpen of West Palm Beach with par on the first playoff hole, sinking a five footer moments after Turpen did not convert his par putt from seven feet.

Last Friday, Korb, 30, outlasted Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens with par on the second extra hole at Winston Trails Golf Club, Lake Worth. He has earned $1,950 for the two victories, his second and third on the MLGT since August, 2007, and now leads the Q-School Contest 5 money list. If he remains atop the ... more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Brad Klapprott of Lakeland birdied the third extra hole Wednesday for his third victory on the FuZion Minor League Golf Tour. Klapprott outlasted Steve LeBrun of West Palm Beach and Victor Leoni of Miami after they tied at five under par 67 on the Estate course at PGA National.

Leoni, playing in one of the early groups, did not wait through several rain and lightning delays and was not available for the playoff. Klapprott and LeBrun matched par-4s on the first extra hole and birdie-3s on the second. At the par-3 third, Klapprott birdied from three feet after LeBrun missed a 20 footer.

In regulation, Klapprott made an eagle, four birdi... more

JUPITER, Fla. – Shootpar Enterprises, LLC the parent company of The Minor League Golf Tour is proud to announce our new tour title sponsor, FuZion Golf.  "FuZion Golf is exactly what we were looking for in a title sponsor," says Jay Slazinski,  owner and founder of The MLGT.  "Our members will now have world class analysis and fitting available to them at the FuZion Golf Performance Studio in Jupiter, Florida and at select events.  When you add FuZion to our PGA Tour Q-School contests, year round schedule, top courses, strong competition, 50% payout, professional staff and promotion, you end up with a tour that any player without status should play."