NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – After a double bogey at the par-4 ninth hole, Jimmy Lytle of Ocean Ridge birdied the next four enroute to a three under par 68 Thursday at the North Palm Beach Country Club for his 36th victory on the Golfslinger.com Tour.

Lytle, 27, had birdied the third hole, turned in 36, and after birdies at 10, 11, 12 and 13, he finished with another birdie at 16 hole and a bogey at 17.

He received $625 from the $2,080 purse, raising his career earnings since he turned pro in August, 2008, to $129,820. He joined Golfslinger in July, 2006, winning his first start as a pro. Two of his 36 wins were as an amateur.

The career record for Golfslinger victories is 37 by Steve LeBrun of Palm Springs, who is now on the PGA Tour. Sunny Kim of Palm Beach Gardens is the tour’s leading money winner with $131,743, followed by Lytle and LeBrun, third at $106,394.

Playing partner Zack Shriver of Marysville, Wash., matched par 71 and was second among 16 starters. He birdied the first and 13th holes, bogeyed the fifth and sixth, and collected $525.

Golfslinger has three 18-hole tournaments scheduled next week: Monday, CC of Coral Springs; Wednesday, Rees Jones course at Breakers West; and Thursday, Fountains CC-North.

There was $60 in the skins pot with 5 out worth $12 each.
1- Zack Shriver
8,17- Mike Meisenzahl
10,16- Sunny Kim