FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 3, 2009
JACK RAMSEY CAPTURES 2009 TGA SENIOR MATCH PLAY TITLE
(FRANKLIN, TN) JACK RAMSEY DEFEATED LARRY DUPREE BY A 2 UP MARGIN TO CAPTURE THE 2009 TGA SENIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH WAS CONDUCTED AT VANDERBILT LEGENDS CLUB IN FRANKLIN, TN. THIS WIN MARKS RAMSEY'S FIRST INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLE.
RAMSEY HAD TO MAKE EIGHT BIRDIES IS TODAY'S FINAL MATCH TO OUTLAST DUPREE, THE 2008 TGA SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPION. DUPREE WAS DOWN EARLY AND STARTED MAKING A COMEBACK ON THE 15TH HOLE WHEN HE IT IS APPROACH SHOT ON THE PAR-4 HOLE TO WITHIN INCHES OF THE HOLE, BUT RAMSEY COUNTERED WITH A 40-FOOT BIRDIE OF HIS OWN. DUPREE THEN WON THE 16TH AND 17TH HOLES TO GET BACK TO ONE DOWN STANDING ON THE TEE OF THE REACHABLE PAR-5 FINISHING HOLE. AFTER RAMSEY LAID HIS UP ON THE PAR-5, DUPREE THEN WENT FOR THE GREEN IN TWO BUT CAME UP SHORT IN THE GREEN SIDE WATER HAZARD.
IN ALL, 32 COMPETITORS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE BEGAN PLAY ON TUESDAY IN THE 36-HOLE QUALIFYING ROUND WHICH THEN PAIRED THE FIELD DOWN TO EIGHT PLAYERS WHO BEGAN MATCH PLAY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE TGA SENIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP IS ONE OF FIFTEEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT THE TENNESSEE GOLF ASSOCIATION CONDUCTS ANNUALLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TGA OR THE SENIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP, VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.GOLFHOUSETENNESSEE.COM.
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