After firing 64 Scott Hawley wins Playoff over Sunny Kim

Kim birdied 16, eagled 17 and birdied 18 to get in the playoff

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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 St. Lucie, Hawley and Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge tied after 18 holes at two under 70. When darkness prevented a playoff, they were declared co-champions.

For his two victories, Hawley earned $1,000 at Abacoa and $775 at Santa Lucia. Kim, second at Abacoa, collected $750 from the $8,713 purse. There were 75 starters, the largest field of the MLGT’s first six tournaments this year.

There was $390 in the skins pot with four skins out worth $97.50 each.
#1 - Tim Puetz
#4 - Corey Brigham
#10 - Scott Hawley (Eagle)
#17 - Sunny Kim (Eagle)