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From “Crossville Life” Magazine

Former TTU golfer Scott Stallings. (Photo courtesy Tennessee Tech Sports Information)

Former Tennessee Tech golfer Scott Stallings recently recorded another top 25 finish and has moved into the top 74 in earnings and FedEx Cup points on the PGA tour.

Stallings, a 2007 graduate of TTU, fired a final-round 67, the lowest round of the day, in the Valero Texas Open to finish tied for 11th. Earlier in the season, he finished third in the Transitions Championship, playing on a sponsor’s exemption.

The 11th-place paycheck raised Stallings’ 2011 money total to $521,661, and gave him 266 FedEx points, ranking 75th and 74th, respectively on the tour.

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Tourney Officials Shooting for 18th Hole Final Round Record

FAIRFIELD GLADE-The Tennessee Golf Association and The City of Crossville welcome exciting changes to events connected with the 2010 Golf Capital of Tennessee Women’s Open, tournament officials say.

With so many spectators lining the 18th green at last year’s Open, tourney officials are challenging spectators to again attend the final round of play and line the 18th green in support of the Championship contestants. [Read more →]

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SENIOR OPEN WINNER-Old Hickory pro Harry Taylor (center) won the inaugural Tennessee Men's Senior Open championship at Stonehenge Golf Club in Fairfield Glade May 25-26. City of Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III (left) and Marketing and Public Relations Director Billy Loggins presented Taylor with his $3,000 winner's share of the prize. Taylor's rounds of 70 and 69 (five under) were good enough to top pro Rob Long of Clarksville by a single stroke. Long made a second-round surge, with a tournament-low 67, to challenge Taylor down the stretch. Crossville amateur Eddie Wyatt was the low local player, tying for 16th at six-over.

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Alan Brown

We golfers certainly love our game, don’t we? There’s that age-old story of a man playing a links course by the sea, getting so mad at his ineptness that he throws his clubs into the ocean, and then drowns trying to retrieve them.

That says a lot about the game and our love for it, but as much as we love the game, we still (like all sports people) occasionally like to make excuses about why we hit a bad shot or had a bad round. Fill in the blank with your favorite excuse–we all have one.

There’s an area golfer, though, who puts our excuse-making to shame. [Read more →]

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