Quoted in an article on the Herald-Citizen web site Golf Club general manager and PGA professional Matt Manzaro said, ”It’s an opportunity to give back to the community of Cookeville. We always go out and ask for money to sponsor tournaments, but now we have an opportunity to bring people in from out of town and spend money in our community.”

More information an be found at Golf House Tennessee or read the Hearld-Citizen article here.

from left are:Matt Swallows, Swallows Ins, Teresa Galey WPGC, Sylvia Burton, Cookeville Civitans, Mike Swallows, Swallows Ins

The Cookeville Civitan Club will conduct a fund raiser golf tournament on June 4, 2011 at White Plains golf course with registration beginning at 7 a.m. and teeing at 8 a.m. Winning teams will be awarded cash prizes and Swallows Insurance is sponsoring a $10,000 hole in one prize during the tournament. The tournament fee of $150 per 3-man team includes tournament play, a green fee practice round, breakfast provided by Hardee’s, lunch by Subway, goodie bag for each player, complimentary Coke products, and range balls on tournament day.

Procedes from the tournament will benefit Special Olympics and other local community service organizations.

For more information contact White Plains, 931-537-6397 or Jim Towery at 931-537-6485.

Boys Divison: 1 Cumberland Co. 366
2 White Co. 374
3 Algood 395
4 Jackson Co. 410
5 Cornerstone 413

Top 10 1 Robert Agee 83 Algood
2 Cameron Bruce 85 White Co.
T3 Stone McCoy 88 Cumberland Co.
Austin Combs 88 Jackson Co.
T5 DJ Shelton 91 Cumberland Co.
Tommy Sparkman 91 White Co.
7 Hogan Herring 92 Cumberland Co.
T8 Dustin Lee 95 Cumberland Co.
Will Brooks 95 Cornerstone
10 Jordan Graham 96 Cumberland

* 12 upper cumberland teams played
Results submitted by Randy Herring..tincup2@frontier.com

IRONWOOD GOLF COURSE-The 2011 Putnam County Senior Championship was played here on April 30, 2011 with 20 players competing in 4 age divisions. The lowest score, 75, was recorded by W.C. Howell in the 65-69 group.

Complete results:

from left: Mike Borden and Mark Ogletree

from left: Jere Cumby and Bill Fletcher

from left: Larry Moores and George Rupert

from left: WC Howell and JB Rittenberry

Tennessee Professional Golf Association officials and City of Crossville marketing Director Billy Loggins said today that “registration is coming along great,” with 68 players already signed up and only 10 spots remaining, long before the official deadline of May 18.

The Senior Open will be the first of three state championships held in Crossville again this year.

The field is expected to be even stronger than last year’s, Loggins said, with Buzz Fly, Jeff Golliher, Steve Golliher, Danny Green, Buddy Harston, Randy Helton, Mark Houser, Tim Jackson, Harry Taylor (last year’s winner), and Bob Wolcott among those who have already entered.

The prestigious Tennessee Women’s Open Golf Championship, also held at Stonehenge, and the Tennessee Team Golf Championship, held at Lake Tansi, will both be played in July.

Last year’s tourney

Old Hickory pro Harry Taylor fired two under-par rounds to win the inaugural Tennessee Men’s Senior State Open Championship at Stonehenge Golf Club.

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.

Taylor was the only player in the field to break par in both rounds of the tourney, held May 25-26. Long shot 73 in the opening round. Amateur Danny Green of Jackson was the first-round leader, firing a 69. He shot 76 in the second round to wind up tied for fifth at one-over par.

Only Taylor, Long and amateur Steve Golliher of Knoxville (-1) were under par for the tournament. PGA pro Will Brewer of Franklin was even par for the tourney, finishing alone in fourth. Green tied with PGA pro Hunt Gilliland of Chattanooga for fifth at one-over.

Crossville amateur Eddie Wyatt was the low local player, tying for 16th at six-over.For more information on the Senior State Open, contact Olinger at (615) 790-7600 or visitwww.tnsenioropen.com. You can also call Stonehenge PGA golf pro Warren Huddleston, at (931) 484-3731.

The City of Crossville will serve as the title sponsor for the Senior State Open, and Stonehenge is in the second year of a three-year agreement with the Tennessee Professional Golfers Association (TPGA) to host the event.

“Golf has been such an important part of the Crossville community for so long, and we look to continuing that tradition,” said Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III. “It’s truly an honor for us to be able to again partner with the Fairfield Glade Community Club to host and sponsor the Senior Men’s Open, one of three TPGA championships held this year in Crossville, the Golf Capital of Tennessee.”

“The City of Crossville embraces these events, and really helps make them special,” said TPGA Executive Director Jeff Abbot. “Players told us that last year’s tournament was one of the best they participate in.”

TPGA Tournament Director David Olinger said the field, which will be capped at 78 players, is filling up fast, with the entry deadline set for May 18. Officials think the field will be filled long before the deadline.

The tournament is open to amateurs and professional golfers who will be at least 50 years old by the tourney’s opening day (May 24), live in the state of Tennessee, and have a 10 or better handicap. The tournament is a two-day, 36-hole, stroke-play event.

Entry fees are $200 for amateurs and TPGA “Players Club Members,” and $250 for TPGA “Non-Players Club Members” and non-TPGA professionals. Payment can be mailed to:

Tennessee PGA Section

400 Franklin Road

Franklin, TN 37069

Practice rounds will be available on the Monday prior to the event, and reservations for the practice rounds can be made by calling (931) 484-3731.

Crossville will also host the state Women’s Open and the Team Championship later this summer.

Stonehenge gets its name from walls of native stone found throughout the 6,549 yard, par 72 layout. Natural rock outcroppings come into play on multiple holes, with a stone retaining wall running along the left and rear of the signature downhill par 3, 14th hole. The course has been named the number one resort course in Tennessee.

Last year’s tourney

Old Hickory pro Harry Taylor fired two under-par rounds to win the inaugural Tennessee Men’s Senior State Open Championship at Stonehenge Golf Club.

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.

Taylor was the only player in the field to break par in both rounds of the tourney, held May 25-26. Long shot 73 in the opening round. Amateur Danny Green of Jackson was the first-round leader, firing a 69. He shot 76 in the second round to wind up tied for fifth at one-over par.

Only Taylor, Long and amateur Steve Golliher of Knoxville (-1) were under par for the tournament. PGA pro Will Brewer of Franklin was even par for the tourney, finishing alone in fourth. Green tied with PGA pro Hunt Gilliland of Chattanooga for fifth at one-over.

Crossville amateur Eddie Wyatt was the low local player, tying for 16th at six-over.

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For more information on the Senior State Open, contact Olinger at (615) 790-7600 or visit www.tnsenioropen.com. You can also call Stonehenge PGA golf pro Warren Huddleston, at (931) 484-3731.

WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMP-Danielle Downey (center) shot a two-under 214 to win the Tennessee Women's Open on July 24, topping second-place Margaret Shirley (left), who was also the low amateur. Downey is from Clearwater, Florida, while Shirley, the assistant women's golf coach at the University of Georgia, is from Athens, Georgia. Downey won the tournament, played at Stonehenge Golf Club at Fairfield Glade near Crossville (TN), in a one-hole playoff. Making the trophy presentations was City of Crossville mayor J.H. Graham III. (Photo courtesy Walt Riches)

Tennessee Women's Open champion Danielle Downey blasts from a sand trap during the final round of the tournament. Downey, from Clearwater (FL), took the title in a one-hole playoff. (Photo courtesy Walt Riches)

FAIRFIELD GLADE-As Danielle Downey walked off the 18th green at Stonehenge Golf Club on Saturday, she thought she’d lost the Tennessee Women’s Open by a shot to amateur Margaret Shirley.

Then she heard something that stunned her. “I heard somebody say, ‘The playoff will begin at No. 1’ ” Downey said. “I thought, ‘What?’ Somebody must have added the scores wrong.”

In the scorer’s tent, Downey, who shot a final-round 74 for a 2-under-par 214 total, learned that no mathematical errors had occurred. And as strange as it seemed, Downey, the second-round leader who trailed by six shots after shooting a front-nine 40, was in a playoff for the championship. Shirley, who was 4-under for the round and 6-under for the tournament after the 10th hole, closed with a 72 for her 214.

Once Downey, who plays on the LPGA Tour, got over her initial shock, she went to work. At No. 1, the first playoff hole, she hit a pitching wedge to two feet. Downey didn’t even need a birdie after Shirley three-putted for bogey, but she drained it anyway.

“Unbelievable,” Downey said. “After the front nine, I just told myself to hang in there for myself, to try and bounce back no matter who won the tournament.”

Shirley, who won the Georgia Open two times as an amateur, seemed determined to add the Tennessee Open to her resume. Starting the day two shots behind Downey at 2-under par, Shirley quickly pulled even at the par-4 No. 1 hole when she made birdie to Downey’s bogey. Shirley grabbed the lead and went to 4-under with another birdie at the par-3 third hole, and got to 5 under with a third birdie, this time at the par-3 sixth.

Meanwhile, Downey was going south. After a bogey at No. 4, a double bogey at 6 and a bogey at 7, she stood 1-over, six shots behind Shirley, who finished the front in 33 to Downey’s 40.

Shirley kept charging with a birdie at the par-5 10th to get to 6-under, but two holes later, some oil began leaking when she made a bogey at the par-4 12th. That didn’t seem to matter at the time, nor was Shirley too concerned after Downey birdied the tough par-3 14th and went to 1-under par. Shirley was still 5-under at that point.

Shirley drove into the water at the par-5 15th and made bogey, but still seemed in control with a three shot lead with three holes to play.

Downey birdied No. 16 to trim the deficit to two shots, and that’s when the heat turned up on Shirley. Trying to hit a punch shot at No. 17, Shirley left her approach 20 yards short of the green and made her third bogey of the back nine.

Downey probably won the tournament at 17 after her approach landed in the bunker. It was a shot she’d seen in a practice round earlier in the week.

“I knew I couldn’t go right at the hole,” Downey said. So she blasted left and her ball settled 18 feet below the hole. Trusting her newly improved putting stroke, Downey slammed the par put in the cup. But she still trailed Shirley, who was 3-under, by a shot.

At 18, Shirley’s approach found the bunker. She blasted to five feet, but when her putt slid past the hole and Downey made par, it was on to the playoff. Even if Downey wasn’t aware of it.

“I’m proud of the way I hung in there,” Downey said. “After the start I had, to come back and win … this will help my confidence down the road.”

Shirley, the assistant women’s golf coach at Georgia, was tough on herself after losing, but she needn’t have been. Despite not playing much golf since joining the Georgia staff a year ago, she’s had a great month of July, finishing second in the Georgia and Tennessee Opens and qualifying for the U.S. Amateur.

“I pretty much chocked my guts out the last four holes,” Shirley said. “It’s been a while since I’ve been in this position. But give credit to Danielle. She played great to come back and win it.”

Ashli Bunch finished third overall and second among professionals. First-round leader Mallory Blackwelder wound up in seventh place overall and fifth among professionals.

By Chris Dortch

For a complete list of players or to learn more about the

Tennessee Women’s Open Championship

Presented by The City of Crossville

visit  www.tnwomensopen.com

2009 WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMP-Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III with 2009 Golf Capital of Tennessee Women’s Open champ Leah Wigger after her one-stroke victory. The 2010 tournament will be held at Stonehenge Golf Course July 22-24.

FAIRFIELD GLADE – With so many spectators at the finishing hole in last year’s Tennessee Women’s Open, tourney officials are challenging area residents to assemble in record numbers around the 18th green in support of the 2010 championship contestants.

“Our target is to gather 1,000 spectators around the 18th green at Stonehenge Golf Course on Saturday, July 24, and create a day in Tennessee golf history,” said a tournament spokesperson.

Stonehenge will host the Tennessee Women’s Open on July 22-24. The event, officially known as the Golf Capital of Tennessee Women’s Open, will be played over the 6,500-yard layout for the second straight year. Stonehenge has already played host to the Tennessee Senior Men’s Open this year.

The Tennessee Golf Association event has been held at a Cumberland County course since 2003, with Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain State Park hosting the tournament for five years prior to it being moved to Stonehenge.

“We hope you will join us as we kick off one great week of golf and competition as the City of Crossville welcomes the top women professional and amateur competitors from all around the world,” said Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III. The City of Crossville is the title sponsor for the event.

About the Women’s Open Championship

Professionals and amateurs will compete in 54 holes of stroke play, with the field being cut to the low 60 scorers and ties after 36 holes.

This year’s field is expected to be more competitive than ever, with a new handicap reduction from 10 to 7, and the dropping of the “Tennessee only” amateur restriction of previous years, opening the field nationwide.

The champion will have her named engraved on the Tennessee Women’s Open Trophy and receive a replica trophy.  The low amateur will receive a crystal award and the top 10 low amateurs will receive medals and gift certificates to the Stonehenge golf shop. Professionals will be competing for a $25,000 purse, with the low professional taking home $5,000.

Admission to the Women’s Open Championship is free.  For more information,  visit www.tnwomensopen.com or call The Tennessee Golf Association @ 615-790-7600.

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.

“Our target is to gather 1,000 spectators around the 18th green at Stonehenge Golf Club on Saturday, July 24, and create a day in Tennessee golf history,” said a tournament spokesperson.

The Women’s Open Championship is scheduled for July 22-24 at Stonehenge. To help spur on the final round attendance record, spectators will be outfitted with official event t-shirts, distributed at the Women’s Open Reception on July 21.

The City of Crossville will host the reception for Championship contestants, the Fairfield Community and The City of Crossville, in place of previous years’ pro-am event. The reception will include live entertainment by the One Leg Up Jazz Band, a southern style dinner, and door prize drawings for contestants. The event is set for 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21st and will be held at the Fairfield Glade Community Center.

Tickets for the reception can be purchased in advance for $15 by contacting Tammy French with the City of Crossville at 931-456-6632. Tickets will also be available at the door for $20.

“We hope you will join us as we kick off one great week of golf and competition as the City of Crossville welcomes the top women professional and amateur competitors from all around the world,” said Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III.

About the Women’s Open Championship

Professionals and amateurs will compete in 54 holes of stroke play, with the field being cut to the low 60 scorers and ties after 36 holes.

This year’s field is expected to be more competitive than ever, with a new handicap reduction from 10 to 7, and the dropping of the “Tennessee only” amateur restriction of previous years. The champion will have her named engraved on the Tennessee Women’s Open Trophy and receive a replica trophy.  The low amateur will receive a crystal award and the top 10 low amateurs will receive medals and gift certificates to the Stonehenge golf shop.

Professionals will be competing for a $25,000 purse, with the low professional taking home $5,000.  Registration is open and will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7th.

Admission to the Women’s Open Championship is free.  For more information,  visit www.tnwomensopen.com or call The Tennessee Golf Association @ 615-790-7600.