Golf House Tennessee

September 23, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MATT BROCK (CHATTANOOGA GOLF & CC) CAPTURES TAYLORMADE-adidas ASSISTANT GOLF PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE BEAR TRACE AT HARRISON BAY COURSE

  Contact: David Olinger

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 dolinger@pgahq.com

            
          (Chattanooga, TN) - Matthew Brock (Chattanooga) of Chattanooga Golf & C.C. won the Tennessee PGA TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Championship Tuesday, September 23^rd at Bear Trace at Harrison Bay in Harrison, Tennessee.  This event was the final Level I point event on the Bushnell Assistant Player of the Year points race.  The race will conclude next week in Cookeville with the final point event of the year taking place.

            “It was a good win”, said Brock, the assistant at Chattanooga Country Club.  By winning, Brock qualified for the 2008 TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Championship, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2008, at The PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker Course) in Port St. Lucie, Fla.  The facility will be hosting its thirteenth consecutive PGA Assistant Championship.

            Brock, age 25, posted a final-round 72 for a tournament total of 141 and a 3-stroke victory over Chase Brannon (Nashville) of Richland Country Club.

            “I’m excited for the qualifying position”, said Brannon, the assistant at Richland Country Club.
             The 120-man field for this year’s 32^nd edition of the PGA Assistant Championship consists of the 2007 Champion, if eligible and assistants from a weighted average of total entries of the 41 PGA Sections.

            The winner of the 2008 TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Championship earns $9,000 out of the purse of $100,000.  Top-70 finishers after the second round, including ties will make the cut.

         
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