The South Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association continued to dominate the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association’s annual golf championship by taking the Chapter Team and Low Medalist honors. It was the third team victory in a row and Bob Harper from The Club at Emerald Hills won his second title in his last three tries. The tournament was held at the Southern Dunes Golf Club on Oct. 7.
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Harper had to battle fellow team member Stephen Fox from the Ocean Reef Club and Everglades GCSA superintendent Jim Torba (Wilderness Club, Naples) in a playoff for the low medalist title. All three shot 72 for the 18-hole event contested with some very demanding pin placements. Harper birdied the first two playoff holes to win the title.
Using the best 4 out of 5 net scores, the South Florida team shot a 301 to beat the closest pursuer of six chapter teams, Central Florida with a 309. South Florida team members were Bob Harper, Seth Strickland, Stephen Fox and Jason Bagwell, Westview C.C. in Miami.
Harper’s individual victory qualifies him for the Florida GCSA team to compete in the GCSAA Golf Championship to be held in Palm Springs in February 2007. Joining Harper on the Florida team so far will be fellow south Floridians Stephen Fox, Ocean Reef who won the Poa Annua Classic in May and Seth Strickland, Miami Shores G.C., who won the Crowfoot Open in July. The fourth team member will be the superintendent with the lowest scoring average in two out of three of the statewide qualifying events.
This is the 11th year that Southern Dunes has hosted the event.